article_snippet: half a mile below ground February 14, 2014, 'did not result from .
article_snippet: The accident at WIPP indefinitely suspended key operations at the . site, the Energy Department's only permanent underground .
article_snippet: In September, the Energy Department's officials estimated the cost .
article_snippet: of the initial recovery of the dump at $240million
article_snippet: might be two years or more before it is fully operational again. '
article_snippet: I cannot say how high a priority it is to get WIPP reopened and operating.
article_snippet: procedures should have prevented the addition of The lab's 'waste processing and safety-related control .