In 2014, a radioactive release occurred at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP), an underground nuclear waste repository near Carlsbad, New Mexico, contaminating parts of the facility. SRK’s ventilation engineers were brought in to help with recovery efforts by developing ventilation schemes for operation with limited airflow, strategies for recovery, and the design and modelling of a new interim ventilation system. SRK engineers also designed the long-term ventilation system, specifying the airflow needs for the future of the facility. In 2017, WIPP resumed its mission of nuclear waste emplacement, the primary goal of nearly three years of recovery efforts.
