The D&D of SM-1A

The USACE tackles the former military reactor in Alaska

October 11, 2024, 3:00PMRadwaste SolutionsThe U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District

A team member wearing a powered air-purifying respirator prepares to enter the SM-1A vapor containment structure. (Photo: USACE/David Gray)

With the recent mobilization at the site of the former SM-1A nuclear power plant at Fort Greely, Alaska, the Radiological Health Physics Regional Center of Expertise, located at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Baltimore District, began its work toward the decommissioning and dismantlement of its third nuclear power plant, this time located just 175 miles south of the Arctic Circle.

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The remediation of Maywood

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is safely cleaning up the former Maywood Chemical Works FUSRAP site in New Jersey.

October 31, 2023, 3:00PMRadwaste SolutionsJoAnne Castagna

It is the 1940s in Maywood, N.J. A new residential community has sprouted up, and the homeowners want to beautify their front lawns, so they go to a nearby property to gather some fresh...

The history and future of civilian nuclear power afloat

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In the early days of the development of nuclear power, a broad range of nuclear technologies and applications were explored. Among these developments were the use of nuclear propulsion for...