Frank Marcinowski Deputy Assistant Secretary for Regulatory Compliance Office of Environmental Manag

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Frank Marcinowski Deputy Assistant Secretary for
Regulatory ComplianceOffice of Environmental
Management

• U.S. Department of Energy
• Environmental Management Program
• EMs Radioactive Waste Management

2007 Intergovernmental Meeting October, 2007
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EM Program

• EM is re-focused on providing complex-wide
  leadership in management and disposition of DOE
  waste streams
• - Zero tolerance for non-compliance with
  requirements
• Pending organizational changes in the Office of
  Regulatory Compliance (EM-10) will improve
  integration of waste and excess nuclear material
  disposition efforts
• Move of EMs nuclear materials program activities
  to
• EM-10
• DOEs waste management policy remains unchanged
• DOEs Waste Management Programmatic
  Environmental Impact Statement and Records of
  Decision are still valid

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High-Level/Liquid Waste Management

• Tank retrieval progress
• Section 3116/Waste Incidental to Reprocessing
  DOE Order 435.1
• Allow residual waste (tank heels) to be left in
  place and managed to meet LLW requirements
• Tank closures at Idaho and Savannah River
• Saltstone Status
• Facility highlights
• Waste Treatment Plant at Hanford resumed
  construction
• Integrated Waste Treatment Unit at Idaho for
  Sodium Bearing Waste

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Transuranic Waste

• Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) Summary
• 50,831 m3 of defense transuranic waste disposed
• Completed 6,109 shipments
• Remote-handled (RH) shipments began in January
• 65 RH shipments received to date
• Ramp up in RH shipments at INL continues
  (increased to 4 shipments per week in September)
• WIPP must be recertified by EPA every 5 years
• First recertification approved in March 2006
• Second recertification application under
  development for submission in March 2009

Shipment data as of 10/1/07
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Transuranic Waste (continued)

• Removed legacy transuranic waste from 13 sites
• Shipments from large generator sites continue
• FY 2008 shipment goal is 25 contact-handled
  transuranic (CH-TRU) and 6 remote-handled
  (RH-TRU) transuranic shipments per week
• Site highlights
• Idaho National Laboratory
• Completed 2,414 shipments of contact- and
  remote-handled TRU waste to WIPP.
• Idaho was the first shipper of RH-TRU waste and
  has shipped 65 shipments to date.

Shipment data as of 10/1/07
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Transuranic Waste (continued)

• Los Alamos National Laboratory
• Completed 329 shipments (including 59 of the 235
  total drums of their high-activity waste)
• Savannah River Site
• Completed 809 shipments of contact-handled TRU
  waste to WIPP.
• On June 30, 2007, SRS also met the TRU waste
  shipping milestones agreed to with the State of
  South Carolina ahead of schedule.
• Richland
• Completed 367 shipments of contact-handled waste
  to WIPP.

Shipment data as of 10/1/07
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Low-Level/Mixed Low-Level Waste

• DOE has reinstated DOE-wide life-cycle waste
  forecasts
• Waste Information Management System
  http//wims.arc.fiu.edu/WIMS
• Development of disposition planning tools
  continues
• On-site disposal continues at most sites, but
  volumes requiring off-site waste disposal
  continue to drop
• Taking steps to optimize disposal operations at
  the Nevada Test Site
• Increased review of waste generators sending
  waste to Mixed Waste Disposal Unit
• Transition to direct funding disposal operations

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Off Site LLW/MLLW Disposition has Declined
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Low-Level/Mixed Low-Level Waste

• Site/campaign highlights
• West Valley Demonstration Project drum cell
  cleanout is complete and shipments to NTS will
  complete by the end of October.
• Mound OU-1 LLW to Clive (over 450 railcars of
  soil debris so far this year)
• Astabula and Fernald complete in early FY 07
• Fernald Silo 1 and 2 waste stored at WCS pending
  disposal.
• Toxic Substances Control act Incinerator
  continues to operate as DOE-wide treatment
  solution
• 1,000,000 pounds of TSCA waste burned this
  fiscal year

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Greater-Than-Class C LLW Disposal

• EM has initiated efforts to develop an
  Environmental Impact Statement for GTCC LLW
  Disposal
• Notice of Intent published in July 23, 2007
• Public scoping process completed September 21,
  2007
• DOE is evaluating disposal alternatives for 2,600
  m3 of commercially generated GTCC, as well as
  3,000 m3 of DOE GTCC-like wastes
• The Energy Policy Act of 2005 requires DOE to
  report to Congress on alternatives evaluated in
  EIS and await their action before issuing a
  Record of Decision.

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Programmatic Developments

• DOE programs remain responsible for their newly
  generated wastes
• Encourages waste minimization
• EM continues to facilitate DOE-wide integration
• Disposal cost analysis guidance in preparation
• Review of commercial disposal exemption requests
• Working with Federal Project Directors to solve
  waste disposition issues

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Materials Disposition

• Efforts continue to ensure unneeded, surplus
  nuclear materials are processed for disposition
• These plans are integrated with waste disposal
  plans
• Planning underway for limited SNM and SNF
  campaigns to support consolidation (FY 08 and
  beyond)
• Construction of the DUF6 conversion facilities
  continue
• NEPA analysis for disposal sites underway
• U233/Building 3019 Stabilization Project
  continues
• Future processing will prepare U233 for permanent
  disposal
• EM supports Departmental efforts to ensure
  disposition for small volume material streams, as
  well

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• Background slides

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DOE Order 435.1, Radioactive Waste Management,
Establishes Policy Framework for Waste
Disposition Activities

• LLW/MLLW
• If practical, disposal on the site where
  generated
• If on-site disposal not available, at another DOE
  disposal Facility
• At commercial disposal facilities if compliant,
  cost effective, and in the best interest of DOE
• TRU Waste
• If defense, dispose at Waste Isolation Pilot
  Plant (WIPP)
• If defense determination pending, safe storage
  awaiting future disposition
• HLW and SNF
• Stabilization, immobilization/treatment if
  necessary, and safe interim site storage until
  geologic disposal is available

Other documents define plan for interim
management of special nuclear materials (SNM)
excess SNM disposal plans are integrated with
waste plans
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DOEs Waste Disposal Complex
Hanford
West Valley
Knolls
Fermi
INL
Ames
RMI
Mound
Bettis
ANL
LBNL
Fernald
BCL
Kansas City

NTS
Rocky Flats
Portsmouth
Brookhaven
LLNL
Paducah
LANL
SLAC
Princeton (PPPL)
Oak Ridge
ETEC
Sandia
Sandia
General Atomics
ITRI
Savannah River
Pantex Plant
WIPP
Legend
CERCLA Disposal Facility
LLW Operations Disposal Facility
DOE Waste Management Policy LLW and MLLW If
practical, disposal on the site at which it is
generated. If on-site disposal not available, at
another DOE disposal facility. At commercial
disposal facilities if compliant, cost effective,
and in best interest of the Department TRU waste
If defense, disposed at Waste Isolation Pilot
Plant, New Mexico. If non-defense, safe storage
awaiting future disposition HLW and SNF
Stabilization, if necessary, and safe storage
until geologic disposal is available
MLLW Operations Disposal Facility
Regional LLW Disposal Facility
Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) for TRU
disposal
Yucca Mountain repository for HLW/SNF disposal
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Presentation of Waste Forecast Data in WIMS
Disposition Map for Kansas City Plant
AFTER
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Presentation of Waste Forecast Data in WIMS
Shipments from Idaho National Laboratory
AFTER