Nuclear Waste Program NWP

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Nuclear Waste Program (NWP)
Exists to ensure sound management of nuclear
waste statewide and to promote the sound
management and protection of the environment at,
and adjacent to, the U.S. Department of Energys
Hanford Site.
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Program Objectives
Enforce regulatory compliance and cleanup at the
Hanford Site and at other facilities managing
nuclear waste statewide.
Promote public involvement, congressional and
federal contact, and interstate activities in
order to enhance nuclear waste management,
compliance, and cleanup of the Hanford Site.
Ensure appropriate oversight for the safe
management and disposal of radioactive wastes at
the Richland commercial low-level radioactive
waste disposal site.
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Program Structure
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Tank Waste Disposal Project
Purpose Regulatory Oversight for Treatment,
Disposal, and Offsite Shipment of High-Level
RadioactiveMixed Waste

• Project Focus
• Design, permitting, construction, and operation
  of
• Hanford Waste Treatment Plant
• Supplemental Tank Waste Treatment Capacity
• Integrated Disposal Facility (Immobilized
  Low Activity Waste)
• Immobilized High Level Waste Storage Facility

• Primary Authorizing Rules and Statutes
• WAC 173-303
• RCW 70.105

Goal Treat and Dispose of High-Level Tank Waste
to Support Closure of All 177 Hanford Tanks by
2028
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Performance Measures
Full-Scale Operation of Waste Treatment Plant by
2011
Develop Approach to Treat Remaining Tank Waste
Complete Treatment by 2028
Provide Facilities for Safe Disposal of
Immobilized Low Activity Tank Waste and Mixed
Waste

• Key
• Output
• Outcome

Provide Facilities for Storage and Transportation
of Immobilized High-Level Tank Waste
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Performance Measures
Develop Approach to Treat Remaining Tank Waste
Complete Treatment by 2028

• Supplemental Treatment (Bulk Vitrification)
  Research, Development, Design Permit 4
  Documents Submitted -- 3 Approved

• Construction 15 Completed
• Test Boxes - 0 Melted

Provide Facilities for Disposal of Immobilized
Low Activity Tank Waste and Mixed Waste

• Key
• Output
• Outcome

• 1 Permit Modification Document Submitted and
  Pending Approval (July)

• Integrated Disposal Facility Construction
  35 Complete

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Current Status
Supplemental Treatment

• Research Development Design Permit Issued 12/04

• Test Facility Under Construction

• 20 Million Cost Increase

• Schedule Slip 6 Months

• Key
• Status Summary
• Note

COST ( Million)
SCHEDULE
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Current Status
Immobilized Storage and Disposal Facilities

• Permitting and Design of Both Facilities on
  Schedule

• 3 Temporary Authorizations Issued for
  Integrated Disposal Facility
• Excavation for First 1/3 of Facility
• Clay Test-Bed and Installation of Monitoring
  Wells
• Construction of Clay Liner for First 1/3 of
  Facility

• Key
• Status Summary
• Note

• Disposal Facility Under Construction

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Tri-Party Agreement Milestones
2003
2006
2009
2012
2015
2018

• Status
• On Schedule
• Concerned
• In Trouble

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Next Steps / Path Forward
Supplemental Treatment

• Next Steps (3-6 Months)
• Develop Campaign Test Plans for Bulk
  Vitrification
• Begin Assessing Quality of Bulk Vitrification
  Glass

• Path Forward (1-3 Years)
• USDOE Submits Report on Supplemental Treatment
  Options (06/06)
• 2nd Low-Activity Waste Vitrification Plant
• Full-Size Bulk Vitrification Facility
• Ecology Decision on Preferred Supplemental
  Treatment Option for Remaining Low-Activity
  Tank Waste

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Next Steps / Path Forward

• Next Steps (3-6 Months)
• Issue Integrated Disposal Facility Permit
• Maintain Progress/Momentum on Construction of
  Integrated Disposal Facility

• Path Forward (1-3 Years)
• Integrated Disposal Facility Operational
  (2006)
• Resolve Issues on USDOE Solid Waste
  Environmental Impact Statement
• Modify Permit to Include Additional Waste Forms