New Mexico nuke repository studied for plutonium storage

CARLSBAD, N.M. (AP) -- The U.S. Department of Energy has commissioned a national group of scientists to study the viability of diluting surplus weapons-grade plutonium and storing it permanently at the federal government's underground repository in New Mexico....

from AP Top Science News at 11:57 a.m. EDT http://ift.tt/2DAy6Cr