The NorthStar decommissioning team includes Orano USA for reactor vessel segmentation and used fuel management support, Waste Control Specialists, and Burns & McDonnell for engineering and regulatory support.
The Energy Department is taking comments until Feb. 11 on disposal options for the uranium oxide. The agency has listed the EnergySolutions site in Utah, the Waste Control Specialists site in Texas, and the Nevada National Security Site as potential disposal locations for the material. The agency is planning online public hearings on Jan. 22, 23, and 24.
The Idaho National Laboratory was far and away the top shipper, with 243 in 2018. That was followed by 47 shipments from the Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee, 13 from Waste Control Specialists in Texas, five from the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico, two from Argonne National Laboratory in Illinois, and one from the Savannah River Site in South Carolina.
