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Cost Savings in Idaho Help Accelerate Cleanup Work

Tuesday, April 15, 2025

Cost Savings in Idaho Help Accelerate Cleanup Work

The Idaho Cleanup Project (ICP) has logged a series of performance and cost efficiency victories, allowing it to reinvest associated savings into more cleanup work.

The ICP’s 10-year cleanup contract with the Idaho Environmental Coalition (IEC) is broken up into large, individual tasks, each with their own contract identifying cleanup mission objectives, costs, schedule and resource needs. The U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management (EM) and IEC agree to all conditions before the work begins.

Three years into the contract, much of the work to date has been completed months ahead of schedule and under budget. In fact, identifying efficiencies is the rule rather than the exception.

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Idaho Swiftly Deploys Robotic Technology to Scan Waste Drums Following Testing

Tuesday, April 15, 2025

Idaho Swiftly Deploys Robotic Technology to Scan Waste Drums Following Testing

Idaho Cleanup Project personnel were so impressed with an inventive robotic technology during its demonstration recently that they immediately put it to work confirming the integrity of thousands of legacy waste drums, enabling their safe and compliant shipment to the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant for disposal and saving taxpayers tens of millions of dollars.

During the demonstration at the Advanced Mixed Waste Treatment Project, a crew evaluated ultrasonic testing equipment, which included a robotic arm with an affixed scanner and high-tech software, to validate the thickness of a 100-gallon transuranic waste drum in storage for more than four years.

The technology will ensure more than 4,000 stored drums meet U.S. Department of Transportation minimum thickness requirements — comparable to the width of automotive sheet metal.

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NEWS ARTICLES AND PRESS RELEASES

News Article | Tuesday, April 15, 2025

Cost Savings in Idaho Help Accelerate Cleanup Work

The Idaho Cleanup Project has logged a series of performance and cost efficiency victories, allowing it to reinvest associated savings into more cleanup work.

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News Article | Tuesday, April 15, 2025

Idaho Swiftly Deploys Robotic Technology to Scan Waste Drums Following Testing

Idaho Cleanup Project personnel were so impressed with an inventive robotic technology during its demonstration recently that they immediately put it to work confirming the integrity of thousands of legacy waste drums, enabling their safe and compliant shipment to the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant for disposal and saving taxpayers tens of millions of dollars.

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News Article | Tuesday, April 1, 2025

Idaho Cleanup Crews Celebrate 7,500 Shipments to Waste Isolation Pilot Plant

The Idaho Cleanup Project team recently celebrated 7,500 transuranic waste shipments from the Idaho National Laboratory (INL) Site to the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant.

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News Article | Tuesday, March 18, 2025

Idaho Contractor’s Grants Encourage Students to Pursue Careers Essential to EM

An Idaho Cleanup Project contractor has provided funding to 15 classrooms in southeastern Idaho to support local educators and encourage the next generation of workers to pursue technical careers.

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News Article | Tuesday, March 18, 2025

With One Mission Complete, Idaho Crew Pivots to Support Other Cleanup Work

After successfully completing their mission in one of the largest demolition projects in Idaho National Laboratory Site history, members of the Idaho Cleanup Project workforce are being trained for other cleanup work at the site.

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News Article | Tuesday, March 4, 2025

Idaho Waste Treatment Facility Surpasses State Milestones in Strong Five-Month Run

Facility treated over 1,700 gallons of waste per day — nearly triple the rate of previous run

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News Article | Tuesday, February 18, 2025

Test Proves Robot Successful in Supporting Idaho Waste Retrieval Mission

A robot central to innovative methods Idaho Cleanup Project crews are developing to retrieve calcine, a granular solid waste, has successfully demonstrated its proficiency.

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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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