Cleanup & Remediation

Wrap Up: DOE expands Idaho landfill; DNFSB seeks ops director; Orano makes changes

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The Department of Energy and its environmental contractor broke ground last week on a major new expansion to more than double the capacity of the low-level radioactive waste landfill at the Idaho National Laboratory.
The current 390,000 cubic meters of capacity…

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