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The first transuranic waste has been placed in a new panel at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) in New Mexico. Meanwhile, the capacity of a landfill disposal facility for waste and radioactively contaminated debris from decontamination and demolition work at Idaho National Laboratory (INL) is to be increased.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Thursday, 24 November 2022
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/US-facilities-mark-waste-disposal-progress
The US Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Environmental Management (EM) announced that it was set to deactivate and demolish the prototype for a reactor plant used for the first nuclear-powered submarine, a major step toward advancing environmental clean-up at the DOE Idaho National Laboratory (INL) Site.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Tuesday, 15 February 2022
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsus-doe-to-demolish-submarine-reactor-prototype-at-idaho-national-lab-9481309
The US Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management is to deactivate and demolish the land-based prototype for a reactor plant used in the first nuclear-powered submarine. The Submarine 1st Generation Westinghouse (S1W) was built inside a section of a submarine hull at the Naval Reactors Facility (NRF) in the Arco Desert, west of Idaho Falls.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Saturday, 12 February 2022
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Preparations-begin-for-demolition-of-prototype-rea