US to shut down Idaho nuclear waste processing project

US to shut down Idaho nuclear waste processing project: BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Federal officials will shut down an Idaho nuclear waste treatment project after determining it would not be economically feasible to bring in radioactive waste from other states.The U.S. Department of Energy in documents made public this week said the Advanced Mixed Waste Treatment Project that employs 650 workers will end next year.Officials said workers are wrapping up processing 85,000 cubic yards (65,000 cubic meters) of radioactive waste at the department's 890-square-mile (2,300-square-kilometer) site that includes the Idaho National Laboratory.A $500 million treatment plant handles transuranic waste that includes work clothing, rags, machine parts and tools that have been contaminated wit