Environmental Restoration Program

Environmental Restoration Program

The Environmental Restoration Program is responsible for carrying out the cleanup actions outlined in the past 25 records of decision under the Federal Facility Agreement and Consent Order.

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Fort Saint Vrain

Fort Saint Vrain

The Fort St. Vrain (FSV) Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation (ISFSI) is owned and operated by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Idaho Cleanup Project (ICP) (DOE ICP). The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) licenses the FSV ISFSI to DOE ICP. Routine daily operation of the facility is conducted by the DOE ICP contractor NRC Licensed Facilities (NLF) organization. Spent nuclear fuel from the decommissioned FSV Nuclear Generating Station is stored in the ISFSI

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Idaho Nuclear Technology and Engineering Center

Idaho Nuclear Technology and Engineering Center

The Idaho Nuclear Technology and Engineering Center (INTEC) was established in the 1950s as the Chemical Processing Plant (CPP) to recover usable uranium in spent nuclear fuel used in government reactors. The facility recovered more than $1 billion worth of highly enriched uranium, which was returned to the government fuel cycle.

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Integrated Waste Treatment Unit

Integrated Waste Treatment Unit

The Integrated Waste Treatment Unit (IWTU), located east of INTEC, is a first-of-a-kind, 53,000-square-foot facility. Approximately, 265 workers are supporting efforts to treat approximately 900,000 gallons of liquid radioactive and hazardous waste, called sodium-bearing waste, that has been stored in underground storage tanks. The waste was generated from operations at INTEC. The liquid is stored in three stainless steel 300,000-gallon storage tanks that are part of a tank farm of 15 tanks.

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Radioactive Waste Management Complex

Radioactive Waste Management Complex

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.

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