Buried for 50 years: US legacy nuclear waste remains shifted to new graveyard
With near completion, teams at the processing center have successfully handled Oak Ridge’s inventory of transuranic debris waste.
A highly radioactive waste, stored for over five decades at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), has been successfully processed and shipped for permanent disposal.
Officials recently confirmed the successful removal and shipment of a highly radioactive radium-226 source, which marks a critical victory in the site’s long-term environmental cleanup mission.
This latest shipment represents tangible progress. Teams at the processing center have now successfully processed nearly all (98%) of Oak Ridge’s inventory of transuranic debris waste.