A section of the U.S. government's nuclear waste site in southeast New Mexico was recently evacuated after a package containing a small amount of radioactive liquid was discovered, KOB 4 reported.

The package was shipped by Idaho National Laboratory, and the leak was discovered in a containment area where shipments are processed before being taken underground for disposal.

"The event at the site has been secured," plant officials said, according to KOB 4. "There is no risk of radiological release and there is no risk to the public or the environment."

In contrast to a prior radioactive leak in 2014, when radiation was discovered in the air, this leakage did not spread and there was no measurable contamination on the employees' hands or in the air.

Bobby St. John, spokesman for the contractor that maintains the repository for the federal government, said that officials on April 11 verified that the container was packed and transported from the Idaho National Laboratory.

St. John confirmed that the waste containers had been safely reinserted into the container, KOB 4 reported. He said that investigators were attempting to identify the source of the liquid discovered in the container, which was improperly packaged at the Los Alamos National Laboratory in northern New Mexico.

It was unknown if operations in the area responsible for cargo processing had resumed, as of April 11.