[en] Construction of a new low level (Process) waste treatment plant is nearing completion and the plant is expected to be in operation by the end of the calendar year. This plant, which will utilize a scavenging precipitation -- ion exchange process is expected to reduce the trace levels of radioactivity in process waste to nearly undetectable levels. Work is currently underway on a $10.5 million project to modernize the intermediate level waste (ILW) collection, processing, and storage facilities at the Laboratory. The facilities, which include collection and transfer pipelines, underground storage tanks, and a waste evaporator, are all designed to provide two distinct lines of defense against leakage to the environment and to be resistant to catastrophic natural events such as flood, earthquake, and tornado. Depending on the results of studies now in progress, a project currently planned for FY-78 will provide either a new hydrofracture disposal facility for ILW or an alternative waste solidification and interim storage facility