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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.

DOE names Bechtel BWXT Idaho and the Advanced Mixed Waste Treatment Project as a VPP Star Site July 29, 2009 The U.S. Department of Energy today announced it has recognized Bechtel BWXT Idaho at the Advanced Mixed Waste Treatment Project as a Star site in its Voluntary Protection Program. The Advanced Mixed Waste Treatment Project is located at the U.S. Department of Energy's Idaho Site, and is managed and operated for DOE by Bechtel BWXT Idaho. "The Department's recognition of AMWTP as a Star site comes after an extensive review of the project's safety practices, the knowledge employees have about safety procedures, and our determination that this truly is a site where management and employees have a comprehensive safety and health management program," said DOE Idaho Operations Office Deputy Manager Rick Provencher. Employees at AMWTP have compiled a remarkable safety record. Since December 2003, employees have worked more than 8.8 million hours without a lost time injury. In addition, employees recently passed the one million hour mark of working without an Occupational Safety and Health Administration recordable injury. "The VPP flag is an important symbol for our workforce," said Tracy Anderson, co-chair of the AMWTP Employee Safety & Improvement Team which promotes employee safety at AMWTP. "VPP is not another program, it is a way of life. What we've learned about safety on the job we take home and share with our family and friends." Nearly 900 employees and subcontractors work at AMWTP, carrying out its mission to retrieve, characterize, process, package and ship historically managed stored transuranic nuclear waste for shipment to permanent disposal sites outside of Idaho. The safe work environment has contributed to AMWTP safely shipping more radioactive waste than any other site in the DOE Complex during the past four years. "The recognition of AMWTP as a VPP Star site is a true testament to safe and compliant approach that employees have toward their work," said Jeff Mousseau, president and general manager of Bechtel BWXT Idaho, which manages and operates AMWTP for the Department of Energy. "The recognition we are receiving from the Department is further evidence that AMWTP is worthy of being considered among the safest of the safe sites within the complex." To become a VPP Star Site requires a high degree of management commitment and employee involvement; a high-quality worksite analysis, hazard prevention and control program; and comprehensive safety and health training for all employees. Each of these elements must be effective, in place and in operation for at least one year before a company can apply to join the VPP. AMWTP is the third Star-recognized contractor at DOE's Idaho Site. Also recognized as Star sites are CH2M-WG Idaho, contractor for the Idaho Cleanup Project, and Battelle Energy Alliance, contractor for the Idaho National Laboratory. Approval as a VPP Star site is DOE's official recognition of the outstanding efforts of employers and employees who go beyond compliance, and partner to actively assess, prevent, and control the potential health and safety hazards at the facility. Contact: Danielle Miller, 208-526-5709   Rick Dale, Bechtel BWXT Idaho, 208-557-6552

July 29, 2009 DOE Names Bechtel BWXT Idaho and the Advanced Mixed Waste Treatment Project VPP Star Site July 24, 2009 DOE Intends To Extend The Advanced Mixed Waste Treatment Project Contract For Four Months As Competition For Long-Term Contract Continues July 14, 2009 AMWTP Employees Safely Work One Million Hours Without a Recordable Injury July 8, 2009 DOE Idaho Sends First Offsite Waste to New Mexico May 1, 2009 Stimulus Funding Creating Cleanup Jobs At DOE’s Idaho Site May 1, 2009 Stimulus Funding Creating Cleanup Jobs At DOE's Idaho Site June 2, 2008 AMWTP Sends 2000th Shipment To WIPP March 7, 2008 Idaho Site To Provide Waste Treatment For Other DOE Sites January 16, 2008 Bechtel BWXT Idaho is Recipient of Arts Support Award December 11, 2007 DOE Ships 20,000th Cubic Meter of Nuclear Waste Out Of Idaho November 7, 2007 Jeff Mousseau Named President and General Manager of Bechtel BWXT Idaho May 1, 2007 Advanced Mixed Waste Treatment Project Employees Achieve Record-Setting Safety Performance August 14, 2006 Paul Divjak To Resume Leadership of Bechtel Operations In Idaho Succeeding Frank Russo February 23, 2006 Record amounts of transuranic waste leaving Idaho May 2, 2005 Bechtel BWXT Idaho Now Managing and Operating Advanced Mixed Waste Treatment Project August 18, 2004 Facility Begins Treating Radioactive Waste March 11, 2004 BNFL Inc. Receives WIPP Certification April 2, 2003 BNFL Waste Shipments Begin March 28, 2003 Operations Begin at BNFL Waste Treatment Project August 21, 2000 Groundbreaking for Idaho Treatment Facility

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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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