Feds ask for extension on waste cleanup at INL
IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (AP) -- The U.S. Department of Energy has asked Idaho officials for an extension of one year on deadlines involving cleanup of high-level radioactive waste at the Idaho National Laboratory in eastern Idaho.
The Post Register reports in a story published Wednesday that the federal agency failed to meet a September deadline to begin treating the waste at the Integrated Waste Treatment Unit, and a Dec. 31 deadline to submit a schedule for processing the waste.
The 900,000 gallons of waste came from processing spent nuclear fuel from U.S. Navy ships. Plans call for converting the waste into a solid form and removing it from the INL.
The Idaho Department of Environmental Quality is taking public comments on the request for the extension.
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Information from: Post Register, http://www.postregister.com
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