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U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management decontamination and demolition crews are using innovative technologies and techniques to safely and efficiently demolish two defueled naval nuclear propulsion plant prototypes at the Naval Reactors Facility at the Idaho National Laboratory Site.
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The U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management and its cleanup contractor at the Idaho National Laboratory Site prioritize safety in all facets of their work, a commitment recently on display as employees deployed new tools to address the challenges of aging equipment and protect the physical well-being of the workforce.
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Cleanup crews at the Idaho National Laboratory Site are using a soft-sided enclosure — basically a building within a building — to open containers to treat and repackage transuranic waste inside of them, enabling the material to be compliantly shipped to the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant in New Mexico for permanent disposal.