Contractors at the Idaho Cleanup Project remove support structure from the S1W naval propulsion prototype in preparation for the facility’s demolition (Photo credit: USDOE Office of Environmental ...

which will be shipped via a specially-designed container to the Naval Reactors Facility in Idaho. The reactors will be thoroughly cleaned, sealed, and removed and then sent to a Department of ...

Then-director of the Naval Reactors Branch Hyman Rickover assigned Carter and his crew to assist the Canadians with the disassembly and repair of the Chalk River facility. The disaster left an ...

First, dismantlers will need to remove Nimitz’s nuclear fuel. The extracted fuel will be sent to the Naval Reactors Facility in Idaho, where it will be processed. Next, Nimitz’s nuclear ...

The Idaho Environmental Coalition is continuing demolition of the Submarine 1st Generation Westinghouse (S1W) naval ...

He then also later was with the Naval Reactors Branch, U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, figuring into the "design and development of nuclear propulsion plants for naval vessels." This all led to the ...

naval propulsion prototype facility at Idaho National Laboratory, according to a press release. According to the INL website, the S1W prototype reactor, also known as the Submarine Thermal Reactor ...