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The U.S. Department of Energy’s Advanced Mixed Waste Treatment Project is committed to meeting all technical and regulatory requirements to safely retrieve, characterize, treat and package transuranic waste for shipment out of Idaho to permanent disposal at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant in New Mexico.

U.S. Department of Energy Manager, Idaho Operations Office The U.S. Department of Energy is focused on removing stored transuranic waste from the state of Idaho and continuing to meet the milestones in the 1995 Settlement Agreement between the state of Idaho, the U.S. Navy and DOE. With the continued excellent support of its workforce, regulators and the public, DOE believes it has put in place every condition possible to achieve its goals. One key to success is the right contractor to plan and carry out the work. Through its past experience with Bechtel BWXT Idaho, LLC., in managing work at the Idaho National Laboratory, the Department of Energy believes it has selected the right management team to meet those commitments. Bechtel BWXT brings a wealth of experience and knowledge to this project. In 2002 this company successfully negotiated a complex and changing regulatory process to beat the milestone for shipping 3,100 cubic meters of transuranic waste out of Idaho two-and-a-half months ahead of the deadline. In 2003 and 2004 Bechtel BWXT set new standards for safe, innovative and efficient cleanup at the INL Site. The workforce at the AMWTP understands that safety and protection of the public and the environment are driving principles for accomplishing work. They have the skill and expertise to succeed. Under BBWI’s leadership and experience, we are already seeing changes in the way work is getting done at the AMWTP with an emphasis on preventive maintenance, ingress and egress of work areas, and focus on continual improvement concepts. The challenge is real, but the entire DOE complex is focused on the success of the AMWTP. With 100% focus, 100% of the time, by all of the parties involved, I believe we will succeed. If you have questions for the Department of Energy about the work being accomplished at the AMWTP, or other Department of Energy managed work, I invite you to contact our public affairs department at 208 526-0833, or examine our web site at http://www.id.doe.gov/. Elizabeth D. Sellers, Manager Department of Energy Idaho Operations Office

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The Retrieval Enclosure, which houses 53,300 cubic meters of waste, is approximately the same length as an aircraft carrier, or equivalent to the size of four football fields.

The real-time radiography units used in the Characterization Facility to X-ray waste are powerful enough to see the filaments of a light bulb that is wrapped in coveralls, inside a plastic liner, inside a steel container.

Waste is transported to different areas of the Treatment Facility by an intricate system of conveyers and drum-handling robots so all waste handling is done remotely.

The three-story Supercompactor glovebox is one of the largest in the U.S. It was tested in Holland and then Nashville, Tennessee before being shipped to Idaho.

Waste shipped from AMWTP travels more than 1,300 miles to its final destination at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant in New Mexico.

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The real time radiography units used in the Characterization Facility to X-ray waste are powerful enough to see the filaments of a light bulb that is wrapped in coveralls, inside a plastic liner, inside a steel container.

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