Nuclear Waste . . . It Ain’t Easy – Beatrice Brailsford

The Integrated Waste Treatment Unit, designed to lessen one of the primary environmental hazards at the Idaho National Laboratory, has hit a fairly serious obstacle.  It reminds us that INL is not just a bunch of press releases, but a real place with real impacts. The IWTU is slated to suck out the last 900,000 [...]

The Public Opinion Tide Is Turning for Idaho National Laboratory

IDAHO FALLS • As the Idaho National Laboratory prepares to take on another nuclear waste project, officials also hope they’re making just as much headway on gaining the public’s trust. Starting next month, contractors at the Idaho National Laboratory will begin treating 900,000 gallons of radioactive liquid waste, then shipping it out of the state. [...]

Groundwater Contamination Persists — Beatrice Brailsford

The Idaho National Laboratory has made notable cleanup progress in some areas at the Site – but not all. Under the “good news” heading, the Integrated Waste Treatment Unit is slated to start treating the last of the Site’s liquid high-level waste in May and finish emptying the buried tanks by the end of the [...]

Autumn Member Dinner and Presentation on INL!

Join the Snake River Alliance for a night of good food, great company, and a new presentation on radioactive waste and cleanup at the Idaho National Lab. With Idaho in the news as a potential interim storage site for new commercial radioactive waste, it is a critical time to learn about what waste is already [...]