The commencement of radiological operations at the Integrated Waste Treatment Unit was a pivotal success for EM last year. It also provided DOE’s Office of Nuclear Energy and the Idaho National Laboratory a key to continued achievements as well.
EM has made significant progress in reducing the transuranic (TRU) waste inventory at the Idaho National Laboratory (INL) Site’s Advanced Mixed Waste Treatment Project (AMWTP), fulfilling a commitment to the State of Idaho.
EM has released its program priorities for calendar year (CY) 2024, covering key cleanup actions, project construction, acquisition and other important activities that will further EM’s environmental mission.
EM crews at the Idaho National Laboratory (INL) Site continue to transfer spent nuclear fuel baskets to second-generation storage vaults, providing safe long-term storage and reducing risk of corrosion.
EM checked off the majority of its priorities for calendar year 2023, completing complex work that led to critical progress, made by possible by support from its state, tribal and local partners.
EM’s use of aerial drones at the Idaho National Laboratory (INL) Site is enabling cleanup contractor Idaho Environmental Coalition (IEC) to collect valuable data, protect workers and reduce costs.
EM’s contractor at the Idaho National Laboratory (INL) Site took an important step in its efforts to support science, technology, engineering, arts and math (STEAM) education in Idaho with the formation of its weSTEAM program.
EM crews have replaced carbon material from two vessels of the Integrated Waste Treatment Unit (IWTU) at the Idaho National Laboratory Site, allowing the plant to resume radioactive liquid waste treatment operations early next year.
A groundwater treatment well that EM installed two years ago at the Idaho National Laboratory Site is working in parallel with a pump-and-treat system to yield great dividends for the water quality of the underlying Snake River Plain Aquifer.
EM project managers at the Idaho National Laboratory (INL) Site have released a draft document to the public proposing a final end state for residual granulated calcine waste, piping, tanks and equipment associated with historic spent nuclear fuel reprocessing.