TimesAsiaNews.com | To dispose of the decommissioned USS Enterprise, the U.S. Navy has selected Commercial Disassembly options, including its refueling reactor plant, and disposed of low-level radiological waste and other hazardous waste at a commercial or Department of Energy (DOE) authorized waste disposal facility.
The Navy selected this option due to its ability to safely dispose of the ship and hazardous materials in approximately five years, with the lowest greenhouse gas emissions, and executed at approximately half the cost to the taxpayer as compared with other alternatives.
The USS Enterprise was decommissioned in 2017 after over 50 years of service and the nuclear fuel has been removed from its eight reactor plants. The ship is currently being stored at Newport News Shipbuilding in Virginia.
The Navy will contract with commercial industry to dismantle the ship and dispose of the reactor plant components via several hundred shipments to authorized waste disposal sites. (gCpt)
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