State and federal agencies plan a public meeting this week to discuss cleanup plans for a naval prototype reactor at the Department of Energy’s Idaho National Laboratory.
The public comment period on remediation of the Submarine 5th Generation General Electric Prototype Facility and its defueled reactor vessel at the Idaho National Laboratory started Oct. 15 and is slated to run through Nov.15, according to a press release last week.
The facility was a nuclear propulsion research and training prototype used at the Naval Reactors Facility in Idaho for 30 years, from 1965 to 1995, according to the release.
A cleanup strategy favored by DOE and the other agencies would cost more than $70 million and involve complete removal of the prototype intended to eliminate long-term environmental liability and significant contamination.
A public meeting about the planned cleanup and the ongoing comment period was scheduled for 1:45 p.m. Mountain time on Oct. 23, at the Sun Valley Resort. The meeting will be carried on Zoom for anyone who wants to participate remotely. To participate virtually contact Mariah Porter by 5:00 p.m. Mountain time p.m.
The cleanup is being coordinated by DOE’s Office of Environmental Management and its Idaho prime contractor, the Amentum-led Idaho Environmental Coalition.
