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Construction of Idaho Landfill Expansion is Next After Crews Finish Excavations

Tuesday, February 4, 2025

Construction of Idaho Landfill Expansion is Next After Crews Finish Excavations

Idaho Cleanup Project crews are preparing for the next stages of construction of a waste disposal facility expansion project following recent progress that includes completion of excavation for a new disposal cell and evaporation pond areas.

For 14 months, crews carefully excavated over 13 acres for the new cell. It will provide more than 500,000 cubic meters of disposal space, increasing the long term capacity of the Idaho CERCLA Disposal Facility (ICDF) threefold and extending its operational life by 25 years.

The additional disposal volume supports major footprint reduction projects at the Idaho National Laboratory (INL) Site, including the demolition of legacy reactor prototypes at the Naval Reactors Facility. When construction began on the new cell in 2023, the ICDF disposal volume was approaching 80% capacity, incapable of meeting future disposal needs.

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Idaho Waste Treatment Facility Employs Successful Radiation Protection Program

Tuesday, January 14, 2025

Idaho Waste Treatment Facility Employs Successful Radiation Protection Program

IDAHO FALLS, Idaho — Since beginning radiological operations in April 2023, the Integrated Waste Treatment Unit (IWTU) at the Idaho Cleanup Project (ICP) has run a successful radiation protection program to control contamination and minimize personnel exposures while the plant converts liquid radioactive waste to a safer granular solid.

IWTU began operations on April 11, 2023, treating 68,000 gallons of the 900,000 gallons of sodium-bearing waste from three nearby underground tanks during the next five months.

During a subsequent outage for maintenance, team members opened IWTU’s cells to replace filters and conduct inspections and repairs. They also designed and built mock-ups, tent enclosures and one-of-a-kind tools; maximized ventilation controls; and continually decontaminated areas to keep personnel exposures to a minimum and contain contamination within the cells themselves.

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NEWS ARTICLES AND PRESS RELEASES

News Article | Tuesday, February 4, 2025

Construction of Idaho Landfill Expansion is Next After Crews Finish Excavations

Idaho Cleanup Project crews are preparing for the next stages of construction of a waste disposal facility expansion project following recent progress that includes completion of excavation for a new disposal cell and evaporation pond areas.

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News Article | Tuesday, January 14, 2025

Idaho Waste Treatment Facility Employs Successful Radiation Protection Program

Since beginning radiological operations in April 2023, the Integrated Waste Treatment Unit at the Idaho Cleanup Project has run a successful radiation protection program.

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News Article | Tuesday, January 7, 2025

Crews Take Down Hot Cell, Prepare to Demolish Idaho Naval Reactors Prototype

The U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management (EM) and its contractor at the Idaho Cleanup Project have removed an important support structure of the Submarine 1st Generation Westinghouse (S1W) naval propulsion prototype as they prepare for the facility’s demolition.

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