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The project was finished 18 months ahead of a required schedule in a 2008 agreement with Idaho. Author: Keith Ridler / Associated Press Published: 5:11 PM MDT May 25, 2021 Updated: 5:11 PM MDT May 25, 2021 BOISE, Idaho — The U.S. Navy said it has met a deadline for treating spent nuclear fuel from its fleet of nuclear-powered warships thats stored at its eastern Idaho facility. The U.S. Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program said Monday it has comple...

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The U.S. Navy said it has met a deadline for treating spent nuclear...

INL meets agreement to store used naval nuclear fuel ahead of schedule The Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program stores naval spent nuclear fuel in concrete overpacks at the Naval Reactors Facility on the Idaho National Laboratory. IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (KIFI) - The U.S. Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program (NNPP) announced a major milestone in its agreement with the Idaho National Laboratory Monday. One of the key provisions of the Agreement is that the Naval Reactors Facility (NRF), operated for the NNP...

After 45 years, the Navy is planning to recycle a first-of-its-kind missile submarine insider@insider.com (Benjamin Brimelow) © US Navy/Sgt. Audrey M. C. Rampton US Navy Ohio-class guided-missile submarine USS Ohio gets into position for an exercise off the coast of Okinawa, Japan, February 2, 2021. US Navy/Sgt. Audrey M. C. Rampton The Navys most recent 30-year ship-building plan calls for building 404 new vessels and retiring 304 current ones by 2051. One of the vessels to ...

US Navy/Sgt. Audrey M. C. Rampton The Navys most recent 30-year ship-building plan calls for building 404 new vessels and retiring 304 current ones by 2051. One of the vessels to be retired is USS Ohio, a ballistic-missile sub that was refitted as the Navys first cruise-missile submarine. In December, the US Navy released its 30-year ship-building plan, which called for building 404 new vessels to reach a 541-ship fleet by 2051, with 304 current vessels retired ove...