article_snippet: nuclear waste dump in New Mexico, scientists revealed this week.
article_snippet: Laboratory near Santa Fe before arriving for disposal.
article_snippet: repository for certain types of radiological waste tied to US nuclear labs and weapons sites.
article_snippet: In general terms, it is critical for everything we do in geologic disposal of nuclear materials,' Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz said at a Senate Energy and Water Appropriations Subcommittee hearing earlier this week.
article_snippet: A worker drives a cart through a tunnel inside the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant No. 2, 150 feet below the surface near Carlsbad, New Mexico .
article_snippet: The lab's 'waste processing and safety-related control .