NNSA-NSO-1022 - A large stack of metal barrels sitting in the middle o...
Steel cargo containers of transuranic waste are being stacked for above ground storage at the Nevada Test Site Area 5 Radioactive Waste Management Site. This historic photo shows storage of the waste prior to ... More
NNSA-NSO-1023 - A crane is lifting a container onto a truck
Steel cargo containers of solid transuranic waste are being stacked for above ground storage at the Nevada Test Site Area 5 Radioactive Waste Management Site. Each container holds up to 50 drums of transuranic ... More
NNSA-NSO-1024 - A large white building in the middle of a desert
This historic photo shows storage of transuranic waste prior to the construction of a temporary building at Area 5 RWMS.
NNSA-NSO-1293 - An aerial view of a desert area with a large building
SOLID LOW-LEVEL WASTES generated by weapons production are packaged, transported, and buried without changing the package integrity. (Area 5 Radioactive Waste Management Site, Nevada Test Site)
NNSA-NSO-1439 - A truck parked next to a bunch of shipping containers
Workers guide a forklift driver positioning a metal box containing low-level waste in disposal cell 10 at the Nevada Test Site Area 5 Radioactive Waste Management Site
NNSA-NSO-1440 - A man standing on a ladder next to a truck
Flatbed trailer is survey for contamination following the unloading of metal boxes containing low-level waste that were disposed in cell 10 at the Nevada Test Site Area 5 Radioactive Waste Management Site
NNSA-NSO-1441 - A group of people standing around a crane
Crane unloads low-level waste concrete monolith in disposal cell 16 at Nevada Test Site Area 5 Radioactive Waste Management Site
NNSA-NSO-1447 - A sign on the side of a dirt road
Nevada Test Site Area 5 Radioactive Waste Management Complex
NNSA-NSO-1448 - Two men standing next to each other in a garage
A Low-Level Waste Generator Workshop participant visits the Real-Time Radiography facility (Bldg. 5-6) at the Area 5 Radioactive Waste Management Site during a Nevada Test Site tour
NNSA-NSO-1459 - An aerial view of an airport in the middle of nowhere
Area 5 Radioactive Waste Management Complex: The location of low-level, mixed low-level, transuranic, and hazardous waste management to include waste characterization (transuranic), temporary storage (transur... More
NNSA-NSO-1488 - A semi truck is parked in a parking lot
The last Nevada Test Site legacy transuranic waste shipment enters the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant near Carlsbad, New Mexico. This shipment concluded the shipping campaign which began in January 2004.
NNSA-NSO-1499 - A semi truck with a large trailer full of equipment
A shipment of mixed low-level radioactive waste from Idaho National Laboratory upon arrival at the Nevada Test Site Area 5 Radioactive Waste Management Complex
NNSA-NSO-1500 - A white refrigerator sitting inside of a garage
Metal box containing mixed low-level radioactive waste inside a lead vault prior to undergoing real-time radiography which x-rays and verifies that the contents do not contain prohibited articles
NNSA-NSO-1501 - A man standing next to a white truck in a dirt field
Radiological Control Technician conducts a survey on drum containing mixed low-level radioactive waste prior to permanent disposal in the Mixed Waste Disposal Unit located within the Nevada Test Site Area 5 Rad... More
NNSA-NSO-1518 - A large warehouse filled with lots of white boxes
Standard waste boxes containing transuranic (TRU) waste temporarily stored inside the TRU Pad Cover Building in Area 5 of the Nevada Test Site - awaiting off-site shipment and disposal at the Waste Isolation Pi... More
NNSA-NSO-1519 - A large warehouse filled with lots of white refrigerat...
Standard waste boxes and oversized boxes containing transuranic (TRU) waste temporarily stored inside the TRU Pad Cover Building - waste in oversized boxes requires repackaging into U.S. Department of Transport... More
NNSA-NSO-1606 - A group of trucks parked in a dirt field
Disposal of mixed low-level waste in the Nevada Test Site Area 5 Radioactive Waste Management Site Mixed Waste Disposal Unit (Pit 3) generated by the demolition of the X-770 building at the U.S. Department of E... More
NNSA-NSO-1607 - A man standing on the back of a flatbed truck
Off-loading Plumbrook high-radiation mixed low-level waste (NASA Cadmium Control Rods) for disposal in the Area 5 Radioactive Waste Management Site Mixed Waste Disposal Unit (Pit 3) at the Nevada Test Site
NNSA-NSO-1608 - A man in a yellow safety vest standing next to a crane
Disposal of Idaho Uranium Light Breeder Reactor low-level waste in a disposal cell at the Nevada Test Site Area 5 Radioactive Waste Management Site
NNSA-NSO-1609 - A bulldozer sitting in a dirt field next to a pile of ...
Shrink-wrapped ventilation equipment removed from the Area 5 Radioactive Waste Management Complex Visual Examination and Repackaging Building is disposed as low-level waste in cell 15 at the Nevada Test Site
NNSA-NSO-1610 - A group of men standing next to a pile of dirt
Safe disposal of multiple low-level waste shipments of high-curie content power sources in a disposal cell at the Nevada Test Site Area 5 Radioactive Waste Management Site
NNSA-NSO-1611 - A large truck is parked in a parking lot
Shipments of low-level and mixed low-level waste await access to the Area 5 Radioactive Waste Management Site to off-load waste packages in the appropriate disposal cells at the Nevada Test Site
NNSA-NSO-1627 - A group of men standing next to a large truck
Disposal of Zeus Calorimeters as low-level radioactive waste in a cell at the Area 5 Radioactive Waste Management Site.
NNSA-NSO-1628 - A map and a picture of an area with a radioactive wast...
Nevada Test Site Area 5 Radioactive Waste Management Site southern Nevada location relative to Las Vegas, southern California (Los Angeles & San Diego), Arizona (Kingman) and Utah
NNSA-NSO-57 - Two men are loading barrels in a warehouse
Drums containing transuranic waste are prepared for movement from the TRU Pad Cover Building to the Waste Examination Facility for characterization using headspace gas sampling, real-time radioagraphy, and radi... More
NNSA-NSO-58 - A group of people working in a kitchen
Workers use a glovebox in the Visual Examination and Repackaging Building (VERB) to sort the contents of a drum containing legacy transuranic waste to remove prohibited items and repackage in an overpack drum f... More
NNSA-NSO-61 - A group of trucks driving down a road next to a mountain
Nevada and California Highway Patrol vehicles escort the first Nevada Test Site transuranic waste shipment (3 TRUPACT-II's containing 42 drums) as it departs the Area 5 Radioactive Waste Management Site and beg... More
NNSA-NSO-832 - A large truck with a bunch of tires on the back of it
Low-level waste shipments from approved generators across the United States line up at the Area 5 Radioactive Waste Management Site awaiting in-processing and entry into a disposal cell for unloading
NNSA-NSO-837 - A group of men standing next to a white truck
Disposal operations personnel guide a forklift to position a drum containing low-level waste within the Pit 9 grid system at the Area 5 Radioactive Waste Management Site located on the Nevada Test Site
NNSA-NSO-838 - A forklift is parked in front of a truck
Disposal operations personnel guide a forklift to unload a metal box containing low-level waste (FYI Pat - classified material) for staging and stacking in cell 10 of the Area 5 Radioactive Waste Management Sit... More
NNSA-NSO-839 - A forklift truck parked in front of a pile of container...
Disposal operations presonnel guide a forklift positioning a metal box containing low-level waste (FYI Pat - classified material) for staging prior to stacking in cell 10 of the Area 5 Radioactive Waste Managem... More
NNSA-NSO-844 - A group of men working on a forklift
Assembly of the real-time radiography (RTR) vault inside Building 5-6 at the Nevada Test Site Area 5 Radioactive Waste Management Site. Once assembled, the RTR will be used to verify, by means of x-ray, mixed l... More
Transuranic waste casks
CATEGORY: Transuranic Waste - Waste Management - EM DESCRIPTION: Nevada and California Highway Patrol Officers conduct radiological surveys and mechanical inspections on the first Nevada Test Site transuranic w... More
Nevada disposal unit (7597391398)
Crews completed the construction of a mixed waste disposal unit at Area 5 Radioactive Waste Management Site at the NNSS. The opening of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act-permitted facility benefits was... More
Steam generator removed (7597421294)
Waste management specialists disposed approximately 1.8 million cubic feet of low-level and mixed low-level radioactive waste at the Area 5 Radioactive Waste Management Site, which amounts to 2,558 shipments an... More