Since the 1950s, the Department of Energy (DOE) has used the Radioactive Waste Management Complex (RWMC) to manage, store, and dispose of waste contaminated with radioactive and hazardous elements generated in national defense and research programs. The RWMC comprises 177 acres* and includes three main areas: the operations and administration area, the Subsurface Disposal Area, and the Transuranic Storage Area.
More than 700 workers from the Idaho Environmental Coalition, LLC (IEC) support the cleanup work at RWMC. Many are housed in the operations and administration areas in addition to several prefabricated structures to support operations.
Major cleanup scope at the RWMC-Accelerated Retrieval Project includes:
- Shipping transuranic and hazardous waste exhumed from the Accelerated Retrieval Project to offsite repositories
- Constructing a landfill cover over the 97-acre Subsurface Disposal Area (SDA)
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