The Idaho Nuclear Technology and Engineering Center. (Photo: DOE)
The quest of the Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management to find a private-sector partner to design, build, and operate a commercial-scale facility to recycle defense-related used fuel at Idaho National Laboratory has transitioned to the review and selection phase, the DOE said July 7. Responses to a request for applications were due on June 19.
The Idaho Cleanup Project is scheduled to construct an estimated 15,000-square-foot staging facility at INTEC, shown above, to store overpacked spent fuel. (Photo: DOE)
The Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management has announced that its Idaho Cleanup Project (ICP) recently received department approval for the conceptual design for a spent nuclear fuel staging facility project at Idaho National Laboratory.
William “Ike” White addresses the audience at INTEC, which gathered to celebrate the completion of the spent fuel wet-to-dry project at the INL site. (Photo: DOE)
At Idaho National Laboratory, Department of Energy leaders joined tribal, state, and local officials; contractors; and workers on March 28 to mark a recent milestone with the state of Idaho nearly 25 years in the making. The milestone was the completion of a spent fuel wet-to-dry project more than nine months ahead of a 1995 Idaho Settlement Agreement deadline.
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