At the two sites, contact-handled defense-related transuranic (TRU) waste was characterized and certified for transportation.
It was then sent to the advanced mixed waste treatment project (AMWTP) in Idaho, where it will be characterized for disposal and then shipped to the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) near Carlsbad, New Mexico.
TRU waste consists of materials contaminated with radioactive elements that have atomic numbers greater than uranium, including tools, rags, protective clothing, sludge and soil.
At the NRD site, eighteen cubic meters of contact handled TRU waste, packaged in 87 steel drums, were loaded into nine TRUPACT-II shipping packages.
WIPP is a DOE facility designed to safely isolate defense-related TRU waste from communities and the environment.
