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STGWG Open Session with

Environmental Management

Frank Marcinowski

June 2011

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Goal 3: Complete the disposition of 90% of the legacy transuranic waste by 2015.

Goal 2: Reduce the life cycle costs and accelerate the cleanup of the Cold War environmental legacy.

Goal 1: Complete the three major tank waste projects within the current approved baselines.

Goal 4: Reduce the EM legacy footprint by 40% by the end of 2011, leading to approximately 90% reduction by 2015.

Goal 5: Improve safety, security and quality assurance towards a goal of zero accidents, incidents, and defects.

Goal 6: Improve contract and project management with the objective of delivering results on time, and within cost.

Goal 7: Achieve excellence in management and leadership, making EM one of the best places to work in the Federal Government.

EM’s MissionTo safely transform the environmental

legacy of the Cold War into assets available

for the Nation's future by completing quality

cleanup work on schedule and within cost,

delivering demonstrated value to the

American taxpayer.

EM’s VisionTo be viewed as one of the best

managed government programs

and the employer of choice in the

Federal Government.

Environmental Management is on a

Journey to Excellence . . .

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. . . while mitigating risks across the U.S.

Activities to maintain a safe, secure, and

compliant posture in the EM complex

Radioactive tank waste stabilization,

treatment, and disposal

Spent (used) nuclear fuel storage, receipt,

and disposition

Special nuclear material consolidation,

processing, and disposition

Transuranic and mixed/low-level waste

disposition

Soil and groundwater remediation

Excess facilities decontamination and

decommissioning (D&D)

Radioactive Tank Waste Stabilization

and Disposition38%

Spent Nuclear Fuel Storage, receipt and

disposition3%

Special Nuclear Material

Consolidation,Processing and

Disposition10%

Transuranic and Mixed/Low LevelWaste Disposition

14%

Soil and Groundwater Remediation

10%

Excess Facilities Deactiviation andDecommissioning

17%

Essential Services

8%

FY 2012 Budget Request

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* Original 110 Sites changed legislatively in 1998. Current inventory is 107 Sites.

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EM is treating radioactive tank waste . . .

Hanford – 176M curies

Idaho – 37M curies

Savannah River Site –

379M curies

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Hanford ~ 2130 MTHM

Idaho ~280 MTHM

Savannah

River Site

~30 MTHM

Fort St.

Vrain, CO

~15 MTHM

. . . storing spent nuclear fuel . . .

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. . . disposing transuranic waste. . .

Hanford Site Idaho National Laboratory

Sandia National Laboratory Savannah River

Site

Materials Fuels Complex

Los Alamos National

LaboratoryOak Ridge National

LaboratoryKAPL Nuclear Fuel Services

Argonne National Laboratory - East NRD, LLC

West Valley

Knolls Atomic Power

Laboratory

Bettis Atomic Power

Laboratory

Babcock & Wilcox NES

Waste Isolation Pilot Plant

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. . . and dispositioning mixed and low-

level wastes.

CERCLA Disposal Facility

Regional LLW/MLLW Facility

LLW Operations Disposal Facility

MLLW Operations Disposal Facility

Legend

Commercial LLW/MLLW Operations

Disposal Facility

Closed CERCLA Site

Byproduct Material Disposal

Hanford SiteIdaho National

Laboratory

Savannah River Site

Energy Solutions

Los Alamos National Laboratory

Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Fernald

Crescent Junction

Nevada Test Site

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New Mixed Waste Disposal Cell in Nevada

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Update on Savannah River Site (SRS) DU Oxide Disposition

• SRS DU oxide was determined to be excess to mission needs, and plans undertaken to dispose of oxides as waste

– Originally, 35,800 containers

– Four successful shipment campaigns from FY03-FY08

• DOE had planned to dispose of remaining SRS DU oxide at Clive

– First of three planned rail shipments completed in December 2009

– These DU oxides remain in storage at Clive pending outcome of site-performance assessment/regulatory action

• Nevada Site Office conducted special analysis to determine the acceptability of the waste stream for shallow land burial

• Due to Utah regulatory developments, balance of SRS inventory redirected to NNSS after extensive coordination with Nevada

– Approximately 9,400 containers remained at SRS in December 2010

– Shipments began by truck in January 2011 and are expected to be completed by the end of FY11

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DOE is process its first Waste Incidental to Reprocessing Determination under DOE O 435.1

o DOE’s has published a Draft Waste Incidental to Reprocessing (WIR) Evaluation for the melter equipment used to vitrify HLW at the West Valley Demonstration Project.

“Incidental waste” refers to radioactive waste that is incidental to the operations of managing HLW; i.e., it comes from or has been touched by HLW

An evaluation must be made to determine if this particular waste material is incidental to the operations of managing HLW (DOE Manual 435.1-1, Section II.B.2(a) criteria)

If it is incidental, it is non-HLW and per DOE requirements must be managed as LLW or TRU waste based on the waste’s specific radioisotopic inventory

The WIR evaluation determines if the waste material is, or it is not, incidental to the reprocessing of HLW

o Conducted 45 day public comment period, which ended April 28, 2011

o WIR Determination being finalized in light of NRC and public comments

o Following WIR Determination, final disposal decisions can proceed

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The Melter

10’ x 10’ x 10’ ft. ~ 53 tons 13

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What’s New with Greater-than-Class C Environmental Impact Statement

• Draft EIS published and shared with Congress in February 2011

– 120-day public comment period (ends 6/27/11)– Nine public hearings conducted in April/May at each of

the proposed sites and in Washington, DC– Meetings also held with CABS and regulators

• Proposed Disposal Methods: deep geologic repository, intermediate depth borehole; enhanced near-surface trench and above-grade vault

• Proposed Disposal Locations: Hanford, INL, LANL, WIPP/WIPP vicinity, NNSS, SRS, and generic commercial locations

• DOE does not have a Preferred Alternative; to be included in Final EIS based on public comment

• Goal is to issue Final EIS in 2012

• Before issuing ROD, DOE must submit a Report to Congress describing disposal alternatives and await Congressional action.

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EM’s New Mercury Management Project

• The Mercury Export Ban Act of 2008 requires DOE to provide storage and long-term management of mercury (non-radioactive) generated in the U.S.

• Final EIS published in January 2011• Sites analyzed in the EIS are Hanford (WA); INL (ID); Grand Junction (CO); Hawthorne (NV); SRS (SC); Andrews (TX); and Kansas City (MO)• WCS facility in Andrews, TX is Preferred Alternative

• Critical Milestones • DOE issued Interim Guidance on operating the proposed mercury facility – 11/14/09• DOE published Draft EIS – 01/29/10• Final EIS – 1/28/11• Final Record of Decision and selection of mercury storage site(s) -Summer 2011• Mercury storage facility ready to accept mercury – 01/01/13• Ban on export of mercury from the U.S. effective – 01/01/13• DOE mercury storage facility operating under RCRA permit – 01/01/15

• Outreach • Public hearings at nine locations: 2/23/10 – 3/9/10• Public comment period: 1/29/10 – 3/30/10

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DOE Order 435.1, Radioactive Waste Management

o EM has initiated a multi-year effort to update DOE Order 435.1• Targeted to complete in 2012

o Developed methodologies for updating Order 435.1• Established chapter-specific “Core Teams” • Review of input from Complex-Wide Review Completed in 2010• Currently revising language in Order and supporting documents• Public review expected in early FY12

o Public meeting held in Phoenix on March 4 on DOE’s efforts toupdate O 435.1 and NRC actions related to 10 CFR Part 61

• Included a joint DOE/NRC Panel discussion to respond to and explain agencies’ positions, future plans, and specific viewsregarding the LLW management framework

• Addressed public and stakeholder suggestions and comments

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Current Schedule for DOE Order 435.1 Update

Letter Reqt Updates

Compilation of Redline Chapters

Compilation of Revised Directives Package – old

format

Conversion into 251.1C Compliant

Package

DRB/Public/Dept Review Process Outreach

Oct Thru

Dec 2010

FPD/STA

Review

FPD/STA

Review

FPD/STA

Review

Formalization of Rogue GuidesTech Standard

Review

PublicWkshp

WM 2011

Jan 2011 Feb Thru Jun 2011 Jul Thru Sep 2011 Oct 2011

To Aug 2012

Aug / Sep

2011

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Regulatory History

DOE created EM to place a focus on bringing its sites into compliance, and

entered into a series of site-specific enforceable cleanup agreements that provide

the mechanism for bringing those sites into compliance

These agreements allow DOE to maintain ongoing operations and the critical

missions they support while achieving compliance with governing environmental

laws not only in EM but also in NNSA, Science and Nuclear Energy

Regulatory Framework

EM has approximately 40 compliance agreements across its various sites with

Federal and state regulators based primarily on RCRA and CERCLA

Stakeholder input is required for most regulatory documents and can significantly

impact requirements

EM had 141 major enforceable milestones in FY10 of which we met 95%, and 160

major enforceable milestones in FY11 of which we expected to meet 100% with

full funding

EM is fulfilling real legal obligations . . .

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Recovery Act Success

Demolition Debris and Soil – Permanently disposed 1,220,031 cubic meters

of debris and soil, which is enough to fill 488 Olympic swimming pools

Facility Completions – Completed demolition or cleanup of 180 of 261

facilities.

TRU Waste – Dispositioned 2,959 cubic meters of transuranic waste. This

waste has been removed from sites’ inventories

Low-Level Waste/Mixed Low-Level Waste – Disposed 78,925 cubic meters

of low-level and mixed low-level waste, equal to 379,087 55-gallon drums

Groundwater Wells – Installed 448 remediation and monitoring wells

Mill Tailings – Disposed close to 2.2 million tons of uranium mill tailings,

surpassing the goal for disposal of the tailings with Recovery Act funding at the

Moab Site in Utah

. . . and making real progress . . .

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91 cleanup projects in the EM Recovery Act portfolio

42 capital projects and 49 operational activities

95% are on cost and schedule

Routinely reviewed by the GAO and the IG

FY 2010 – EM completed 5 out of 5 cleanup capital projects on cost and schedule

FY 2010-2012 – Expected rolling average for EM project success, above 90%

EM has had a lot of success on cleanup projects

Since 2005, 30 cleanup projects originally estimated at a total cost of $12.9B have been completed for

an actual cost of $12.1B

Two cleanup projects (Rocky Flats and Fernald, with total project costs originally estimated at $7.5B,

and $3.1B, respectively) won the Project Management of the Year Award from the Project

Management Institute.

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NA 17 $6,878.6 89% 82%

SC 23 $2,593.1 100% 100%

. . . while improving project management.

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EM is facing real challenges after the

FY2011 Continuing Resolution . . .

The final FY2011 CR for EM is $5.67 billion

– 6.3% or a $380 million reduction from the FY2011 request

Looking for additional operational efficiencies to continue

progress on cleanup

– Evaluating all operations for improvements while maintaining

safety first priority

– Looking to align the workforce to meet the cleanup mission need

– Essential to complete Recovery Act scope of work

– Evaluating environmental compliance posture

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FY 2011 Operating Plan

Site

FY 2010 Current

Enacted

FY 2011 Operating

Plan

FY 2012

Cong. Request

Argonne 10,000 - -

Brookhaven 15,000 13,833 8,185

ETEC 10,500 6,466 10,679

Hanford 1,080,503 1,038,876 1,005,987

Idaho 469,168 403,448 392,000

Los Alamos 200,438 191,801 361,577

Lawrence Livermore 2,924 822 873

Miamisburg 33,243 - -

Moab 39,000 30,938 31,000

Nevada 74,405 62,510 66,000

Oak Ridge 436,448 401,142 401,056

River Protection 1,096,600 1,135,597 1,361,391

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Site

FY 2010 Current

Enacted

FY 2011 Operating

Plan

FY 2012

Cong. Request

Paducah 165,127 144,370 143,769

Portsmouth 310,307 257,604 310,035

Savannah River 1,342,013 1,300,024 1,363,728

SPRU 15,000 50,895 1,500

SLAC 7,100 7,711 2,435

Sandia 2,864 3,014 -

WIPP 234,981 220,006 233,771

West Valley 59,933 59,589 60,000

Other Activities (Headquarter/Prog Dir) 392,687 341,282 347,146

TD&D 19,440 19,413 32,320

Subtotal, EM 6,017,681 5,689,340 6,133,452

Defense Prior Year Offset: (11,787) - (3,381)

Total, EM 6,005,894 5,689,339 6,130,071

FY 2011 Operating Plan (continued)

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Site Managers are evaluating impacts for FY2011

– with potential further impacts in FY 2012

FY2012 Budget Request - $6.1 billion developed to meet

full compliance

FY2012 Planning Scenarios

– Scenario A: $5.67B (FY11 CR level – 7.5% reduction from FY12

request)

– Scenario B: $5.38B (additional 5% reduction from FY11 CR)

– Evaluation of impacts is continuing

Congress has begun markup of the FY2012 appropriation

bills soon

Challenges may continue into FY2012

and beyond.

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EM’s National Cleanup Progress:

A Sound Investment

1989: Start of

EM Cleanup110 sites*

35 states

3,125 sq. miles

End of FY 201018 sites

11 states

2020 EM Vision

One major site remaining (Hanford)

States with remaining minor legacy

cleanup

States receiving legacy waste or

awaiting decisions on high level waste

End of FY 2015~90 sq. miles

2020 Cleanup Vision:By 2020, EM legacy cleanup will be virtually completed.

Hanford will be the only large site remaining. Minor cleanup will remain at

Savannah River, Portsmouth, and Oak Ridge.

* Original 110 Sites changed legislatively

in 1998. Current inventory is 107 Sites.