[CPEO-MEF] Idaho nuclear labs

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Nuclear Development Booms in Idaho

Environment News Service
March 24, 2005

IDAHO FALLS, Idaho, March 24, 2005 (ENS) - Big changes are taking place 
at the Idaho National Laboratory on the Snake River Plain in 
southeastern Idaho. A new contractor has been chosen to clean up the 
large amounts of highly radioactive nuclear waste at the U.S. Energy 
Department facility. Advanced nuclear energy systems are planned for 
development there, and the lab may become the production site for 
plutonium-238 power systems.

The plutonium-238 fueled radioisotope power systems are used to provide 
power for classified national security missions. The Department of 
Energy (DOE) is preparing an environmental impact statement for 
producing plutonium-238 in Idaho that is due out in late April.

Meanwhile, the DOE is changing contractors at the Idaho National 
Laboratory. Under a contract announced Wednesday, CH2M-WGI will take 
over management of the cleanup work on May 1 from Bechtel BWXT Idaho.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/mar2005/2005-03-24-02.asp

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Lenny Siegel
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