[CPEO-MEF] RADIATION, DISPOSAL: "US to build $1.6B East Idaho facility for warships' nuclear waste"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

US to build $1.6B East Idaho facility for warships' nuclear waste 

By Shelbie Harris 
Idaho State Journal
December 6, 2016


Site preparation on a new $1.65 billion Expended Core Facility that handles fuel waste from the nation’s fleet of nuclear-powered warships will begin in 2017, the Navy and U.S. Department of Energy announced Tuesday.

Located at the Naval Reactors facility at the Idaho National Laboratory, the new facility will support the Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program’s (NNPP) mission to provide the U.S. with safe, effective and affordable naval nuclear propulsion plants.

“This action will provide the infrastructure necessary to support the naval nuclear reactor defueling and refueling schedules to meet the operational needs of the U.S. Navy,” the Department of Energy said in a statement.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.idahostatejournal.com/news/local/us-to-build-b-east-idaho-facility-for-warships-nuclear/article_fad4f0b1-e29b-58ef-b884-39c1badc6c5e.html

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice/Fax: 650/961-8918 
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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