INL hot cells once again prove value for EM waste treatment mission Published
INL hot cells once again prove value for EM waste treatment mission
IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (KIFI) – The Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management’s (EM’s) use of repurposed, Cold War-era hot cells at the Idaho National Laboratory (INL) Site continues to pay big dividends by allowing workers to address some of the most challenging waste types at the Idaho Cleanup Project.
Crews with EM INL Site cleanup contractor Fluor Idaho recently received a drum full of concrete at the Idaho Nuclear Technology and Engineering Center (INTEC) from the Advanced Mixed Waste Treatment Project (AMWTP). Surveys indicated a radiological source within that concrete was remote-handled (RH) transuranic (TRU) waste, which is defined as having an activity level greater than 200 millirems per hour on contact. AMWTP crews discovered the solid concrete inside the drum during chara
Idaho Site’s largest building moves closer to closure
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A view of the interior of the 316,000-square-foot Transuranic Storage Area/Retrieval Enclosure, which will soon be closed under federal and state regulations.
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Comparable in size to more than five football fields, the Transuranic Storage Area/Retrieval Enclosure (T-shaped building with blue trim) is the largest building at the DOE Idaho National Laboratory Site.
IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (KIFI) – With the Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management’s (EM) mission completed in major sections of the Idaho National Laboratory (INL) Site’s largest building, workers have emptied those areas to prepare them for closure under federal and state regulations.
(Page 1) The Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management plans to relocate some transuranic waste from the Nevada National Security Site to the Idaho
Idaho waste program adapts to pandemic challenges, advances cleanup mission
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Bruno Zovi, Fluor Idaho waste disposal and waste generator services manager, inspects a waste shipment before it is loaded on a tractor trailer for disposal at an off-site facility.
IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (KIFI) – An Idaho National Laboratory (INL) Site program has adapted to the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic and continues to ship waste out of the state in support of the 1995 Idaho Settlement Agreement.
In the last year, Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management cleanup contractor Fluor Idaho’s waste generator services (WGS) program completed 82 off-site shipments of newly generated and stored low-level and mixed low-level radioactive waste, which includes contaminated debris, soils, sludges, salts, and liquids. In all, workers shipped about 530 cubic meters of waste offsite for permanent disposal an amount equivalent to about 2,545 55-gallon drums.
N3B: Los Alamos Interim Measure To Control Contaminant Plume Beneath LANL Reaches Full Operation - 9:38 am
N3B’s Ryan McGuill assists in replacing an ion exchange unit in January 2020 where groundwater contaminated with hexavalent chromium is treated. Courtesy/N3B
N3B News:
This week’s EM Update newsletter from the Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management announced that an interim measure to control migration of a groundwater plume containing hexavalent chromium beneath Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) is now fully operational.
The milestone marks a major achievement for Newport News Nuclear BWXT Los Alamos (N3B) in its efforts to shrink the plume and protect area water quality.