Idaho Cleanup Project is expanding a critical disposal facility, employing lessons learned from two decades of operational success and the best of American technology to continue safely disposing of waste and enabling the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management to meet its commitments to the state of Idaho. November 18, 2025
The U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management is nearing completion of a campaign in Idaho that involves reconditioning previously containerized transuranic waste to allow its safe shipment to the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant in New Mexico for permanent disposal. September 30, 2025
An innovative robotic technology has confirmed the integrity of most legacy transuranic waste drums at the Idaho National Laboratory Site screened so far, enabling their safe and compliant shipment to the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant for disposal and saving taxpayers a potential $20 million. September 23, 2025
The U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management has worked with the state of Idaho and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on an agreement that strikes a balance between public safety and wildlife management. September 16, 2025
The Idaho Cleanup Project is advancing its environmental goals and saving taxpayers nearly $2 million as it demolishes three legacy Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program prototypes at the Naval Reactors Facility. September 9, 2025
Shawna Burtenshaw leads a team gearing up to finish the demolition of a submarine reactor prototype plant this year, a project that will reduce the legacy footprint of the Naval Reactors Facility and advance environmental cleanup at the Idaho National Laboratory Site. September 9, 2025
In spring of 2022, employees with a Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management team saw the final shipment of a specific type of container holding transuranic waste leave the Savannah River Site in a TRUPACT-III shipping package. September 2, 2025
The Idaho Cleanup Project is moving forward with plans to demolish a third defueled naval reactor prototype vessel at the Idaho National Laboratory Site’s Naval Reactors Facility. August 26, 2025
A groundwater treatment well installed by Idaho Cleanup Project crews four years ago to contribute to an important remediation project is preserving the quality of the underlying Snake River Plain Aquifer. August 19, 2025
The U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management Idaho Cleanup Project is modernizing operations and security at two spent nuclear fuel facilities licensed by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. August 12, 2025