January 24, 2023
New Building to Store Material From Idaho Site Waste Treatment Campaign
As crews ready a liquid waste treatment facility at the DOE Idaho National Laboratory Site for sodium-bearing waste processing, EM is preparing to construct a new building to provide additional capacity for the safe storage of treated waste material.
January 17, 2023
Convoy Carrying Transuranic Waste Departs Idaho After Cold Snap Delay
Multiple winter storms gripping the Rocky Mountains created a perfect storm of sorts at the Idaho National Laboratory (INL) Site recently as several trucks and tractor-trailers used for waste shipments were idled for days until conditions were safe.
January 10, 2023
Leak in Idaho Site Treatment Facility Cell Results in Startup Delay
Ten days after beginning a heat-up process to prepare for radiological operations at the Integrated Waste Treatment Unit (IWTU), operators noticed a small leak of non-radioactive, non-hazardous solids in a cell.
December 20, 2022
Idaho Site Prepares Waste Treatment Facility for Radiological Operations
EM’s radioactive liquid waste treatment facility at the Idaho National Laboratory Site will begin its final heat-up this month before initiating radiological operations early next year.
December 20, 2022
Idaho Site Set for Substantial Near- and Long-Term Cleanup Progress
EM and a contractor counterpart have outlined end-state plans for Idaho National Laboratory (INL) Site facilities that will result in a prominent transformation across the 890-square-mile site within this decade.
December 13, 2022
Historic Drone Mission Delivers Data for Calcine Retrieval at Idaho Site
An EM project at the Idaho National Laboratory Site successfully obtained important mapping and radiological data in what is believed to be the world’s first piloted drone mission inside a high-level radioactive waste storage vault.
December 6, 2022
More Than 100 Fire Protection Professionals Attend Idaho Site Workshop
The U.S. DOE Idaho Operations Office and its contractor partners, Battelle Energy Alliance (BEA) and the Idaho Environmental Coalition (IEC), collaborated to host the DOE/ Energy Facility Contractors Group Fire Protection Workshop.
December 6, 2022
Idaho Site Engineer Donates Time to Promote Scientific Concepts to Youth
EM technical staff at the Idaho National Laboratory Site are doing their part to pass the baton to the next generation of aspiring scientists and engineers.
November 22, 2022
EM, EPA and State Agree to Expand Idaho Site Disposal Facility
INL's Site’s largest, active landfill will be expanded to accommodate the disposal of contaminated soil, debris and even reactor vessels for an additional 25 years following approval recently by EM, the EPA and the state of Idaho.
November 15, 2022
Idaho Site Innovation Resolves 30-Year Excess Equipment Challenge
EM has devised a simple but effective way to eliminate proliferation concerns and remove excess components slated for a classified, Cold War era facility at the Idaho National Laboratory (INL) Site.