Officials with the state of Idaho and the U.S. Department of Energy have agreed to a waiver of the state’s 1995 nuclear waste ...

The State of Idaho and the US Department of Energy have signed a targeted waiver of the 1995 Settlement Agreement, allowing ...

For context, the 1995 Settlement Agreement settled a lawsuit filed by the state to prevent Idaho from becoming a dumping ground for the nation’s commercial spent nuclear fuel, according to the ...

An agreement that limits the shipment of spent nuclear fuel to Idaho is being waived for research purposes at Idaho National ...

The waiver specifically allows for a high burnup nuclear fuel cask from the North Anna Power Station, a commercial nuclear power plant located in Virginia, to be sent to Idaho National Laboratory ...

Commercial nuclear fuel rods are unloaded from a cask inside Idaho National Laboratory's Hot Fuel Examination Facility hot cell in this file photo. (Courtesy of Idaho National Laboratory ...