New Nuclear Waste Facility Planned for Idaho Laboratory

摘要

The US Department of Energy's INL supports its research into nuclear energy and naval nuclear reactors. Some of the LLW generated at INL is classified as remote-handled waste because its potential radiation dose is high enough to require additional protection of workers. Such wastes are those with radiation levels exceeding 2 millisieverts per hour at the surface of a container. Remote-handled LLW generated at INL has historically been disposed of onsite. However, the existing disposal facility within the INL Radioactive Waste Management Complex is set to close in 2017 as part of ongoing cleanup of the INL site.