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"A way ... to make a buck" 1971-76: Carlsbad and WIPP
"This is not a predictable situation" 1975-78: opposition emerges in New Mexico
"An equal partner" 1978-81: Congress, New Mexico seek control
"I'm not in the garbage business anymore" 1981-88: Idaho, "plutonium poker," and opening WIPP
"I love WIPP!" 1989: an admiral at the helm
"No discernible scientific basis" 1990-92: underground testing, Congress, and scientific doubt
"A major break" 1993-96: canceling testing, preparing for disposal
"This is indeed historic" 1997-2001: after fighting his own state, Richardson opens WIPP.
"This is not a predictable situation" 1975-78: opposition emerges in New Mexico
"An equal partner" 1978-81: Congress, New Mexico seek control
"I'm not in the garbage business anymore" 1981-88: Idaho, "plutonium poker," and opening WIPP
"I love WIPP!" 1989: an admiral at the helm
"No discernible scientific basis" 1990-92: underground testing, Congress, and scientific doubt
"A major break" 1993-96: canceling testing, preparing for disposal
"This is indeed historic" 1997-2001: after fighting his own state, Richardson opens WIPP.