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Advanced Test Reactor begins major overhaul to replace core componentsThe Advanced Test Reactor (ATR) at Idaho National Laboratory is getting an overhaul that will shut it down for nine months, an outage that occurs about every 10 years on average. E
The largest waste disposal site at the US Department of Energy's Idaho National Laboratory has received its final shipment of radioactive waste, meaning work can now begin on the closure of the facility. Separately, the DOE Office of Environmental Management has announced the award of a USD6.4 billion cleanup contract for INL's site near Idaho Falls.
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Environmental Management crews prepare to place the final waste shipment into a vault at the Subsurface Disposal Area at the Idaho National Laboratory Site.
IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (KIFI) – Environmental Management (EM) crews recently placed a final radioactive waste shipment into the Idaho National Laboratory (INL) Site’s largest waste disposal area and will begin closing the facility, fulfilling a Department of Energy commitment to the state of Idaho.
Waste Management program personnel with Fluor Idaho, EM’s INL Site cleanup contractor, used a 55-ton cask to insert activated metals into a concrete-lined vault within a fenced section of the 97-acre disposal site, known as the Subsurface Disposal Area (SDA).