In the United States, the New Mexico site (Waste Isolation Pilot Plant), which had been operational since #, had to be downgraded as a result of water infiltration which, combined with the rock salt in the mine, had a highly corrosive effect on drums and led to sites in salt formations being considered geologically unstable
Los Estados Unidos han tenido que desclasificar el centro de Nuevo México (Waste Isolation Pilot Plant), activo desde #, a causa de las infiltraciones de fluidos que, combinados con la sal gema que se encuentra en el suelo, provocan una elevada corrosión de los barriles; los centros implantados en formaciones salinas se consideran por ello geológicamente inestablesoj4 oj4