For a Cleaner Future. Founded: 2008 Today: 200 know-how experts and growing. Irvine HDQR. Tokyo, Japan. Sellafield, UK

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2 For a Cleaner Future Irvine HDQR Westminster, Colo. Robotic Systems and Services Engineering and Test Facility Sellafield, UK GeoMelt Facility Manchester, UK Regional office Abingdon, UK Oxford Technologies Tokyo, Japan Regional office Iga, Japan GeoMelt Facility Richland, Wash. (Main Office) Engineering Offices GeoMelt Test Facility Modular Vitrification System Test Facility Modular Detritiation System Facility (full scale) Ion Specific Media Test Laboratory (rad licensed) Houston, Texas Modular Detritiation System Test Facility (engineering scale) Founded: 2008 Today: 200 know-how experts and growing 2

3 Kurion Technologies are integrated & fully adaptable to any waste stream; Protected by nearly 100 broad, worldwide patents TARGETED ACCESS & SEPARATION PERMANENT STABILIZATION Access Robotics Ion Specific Media (ISM) Detritiation Stabilization MVS GeoMelt Mobile Modular Solutions 3

4 Technologies That Work Together Ion Specific Media Separation MVS Stabilization GeoMelt Stabilization Ion Specific Removal Detritiation Access Manipulators & Tools Access Systems Expanding Set of Discriminating Technologies via Development and Acquisition 4

5 Kurion Works with Partners for Success, Safely Wrap-around Engineering KURION Technologies Facilities Administration Operations Kurion Provides Discriminating Know-How/Partners Provides Implementation 5

6 Access: Robotic Systems & Services One of the most experienced teams in advanced engineering, robotic technologies and specialty tooling to minimize safety risks in hazardous environments Delivered >200 robotic systems and >2000 remote tools on tank and reactor projects Unique processes including 10,000 hours of remote operations for Fusion reactors Typically provide custom-designed solutions Dounreay Shaft Intervention Platform Project Examples: Fukushima projects: Remote Inspection Manipulator, Remote Repair Manipulator and Fuel Removal Concept Hanford: 324 Building excavation Dounreay: Shaft and Silo ITER: operations and maintenance manipulators Nuclear Fusion - JET Fukushima Torus Repair Manipulator Technology Maturity: Hundreds of diverse projects in hazardous environments Success at the most demanding sites: Fukushima, Rokkasho, Sellafield, Hanford, SRS, ITER, etc. Working on D&D of the Fukushima reactors since 2014 Hanford 324 Building D&D Project 6

7 Separation: Ion Specific Media and Detritiation Ion Specific Media (ISM) A series of proprietary and patent-pending inorganic media that can selectively remove specific ions from an aqueous waste streams Project Examples: Fukushima: simultaneously remove cesium and strontium in reactor recycle loop Fukushima: Kurion Mobile Processing System (KMPS) for removing strontium from tank water Magnox: Hinkley Station for pond water purification of cesium and strontium Cimarron Fuel Processing Plant: removing uranium from groundwater Modular Detritiation System (MDS ) A unique and improved design of the traditional combined electrolysis and catalytic exchange (CECE) system for light water applications Project Examples: Commercial ops since 2006 for heavy water 2013 light water demo for confidential customer 2013/14/15 tours by TEPCO, METI, IRID and US DOE 2014 to B contract by Japan s METI to demonstrate tritium removal at Engineering Scale from Fukushima s waste water and achieve TRL6 status Detritiation Test Facility and System 1200 m 3 /day Cesium Adsorption System Kurion ISM Vessels at Fukushima (works with both systems) Two 300 m 3 /day at-tank KMPS to remove Strontium Technology Maturity: First-of-a-kind external reactor recycle system since 2011; processed > 300,000 m 3 (80M gallons) to date Hinkley Station pond water purification since 2013 First-of-a-kind at-tank isotope removal system in 2014 Technology Maturity: Commercial operations since 2006 Processed wastes for numerous customers Demonstrated at TRL5 for Fukushima water, 1B demo by the METI to achieve TRL6 by 2016 (TRL7 for PWRs) 7

8 Stabilization: Waste Vitrification Technologies GeoMelt Vitrification In-Situ Vitrification technology ideal for soil, solid waste and debris and In-Container Vitrification ideal for waste streams Unique ability to combine waste streams Project Examples: Hazardous operations in Japan since 1990s Radwaste system at Sellafield, UK Support contracts with two confidential customers to support installations Demonstration waste and storage facility concept (confidential customer) Modular Vitrification System (MVS ) Single-cycle, inductively heated, in-container system Heating range from ambient to 2000 C, providing only inclass flexibility to melt below volatizing temperature of many isotopes or at very high temps for high waste loading Project Examples: Continuous development: MVS simulant testing in Richland, WA Demonstration waste and storage facility concept (confidential customer) Hazardous Operations in Japan using 10 tonne melters since 2003 Nuclear Waste Processing Sellafield B170 Facility Technology Maturity: Highly mature over >26,000 tonnes glass and two decades of projects Nuclear, hazardous and mixed wastes Facilities in US, Japan and UK Modular Vitrification System (MDS ) Engineering Scale Unit Technology Maturity: Bench sale system in operation since 2011 and Engineering scale system since tests Fukushima and Hanford tank waste simulants TRL6 for Fukushima, Hanford Tanks and INEL Calcine wastes 8

9 Reactor #4 Kurion Bldg APPLYING KURION TECHNOLOGIES TO FUKUSHIMA DAIICHI NPP CLEAN-UP 3/11 RESPONSE, TODAY AND THE FUTURE 9

10 March 11, 2011 First-of-a-Kind External Reactor Cooling System 5 Weeks From Award to System Shipment/8 Weeks From Award to Startup 10 Source: TEPCO and Kurion

11 Three Isotope Removal Systems Kurion Ion Specific Media System (ISMS): skid-mounted modular assemblies to treat reactor water at 1200 m 3 /day, removed ~70% of all cesium since June 2011 Kurion Mobile Processing System (KMPS): 5 skid-mounted assemblies used for at-tank mobile isotope removal to treat radioactive water stored in hundreds of water storage tanks on-site at Fukushima. The system in this case is primarily used to remove strontium from the water with a process rating of 300 m 3 /day since Oct 2014 ISMS KMPS-1 KMPS-2 11

12 ISM System Today (formerly Cs Adsorption System) Kurion Project Manager Inspects System High reliability is its trademark No single point of failure, no leakage no tripping balance of system Responsible for removing >3.4E17 Bq (9.2MCi), or ~70% of all cesium activity to date (IRID, slide 31) >300,000 m 3 (>80M gals) processed (TEPCO) All wetted surfaces 316L SS Upgrades completed end-2014 Installed sampling system Option of dual isotope removal or very high DF single isotope (two double length process trains) or original high volume (four single length process trains) Dual isotope removal mode initiated Dec; very good DFs for both Cs and Sr removal Cs DF to 1E 5 (routinely achieving MDA) Sr DF approximately 3.5E 3 Many other Isotopes reduced to MDA or near MDA Processing Turbine Building, and PMB basement water Continuous operation mode with dual isotope Cs/Sr removal 12

13 Kurion Mobile Processing Systems for Tank Water KMPS-1 Operating Since Oct KMPS-2 Operating Since Feb 10 1 st of a kind at-tank isotope removal system Sr reduction goal to support PM Abe s commitment for site safety improvement TEPCO evaluating next missions for Systems Satisfied Rigorous JNRA Requirements, > 90% TOE and Exceeding Contracted DF Goals 13

14 Modular Detritiation System (MDS ) Kurion awarded 1B grant by Japanese government to demonstrate tritium removal: 182 RFI applicants Viable and economical processing of tritium Alternative to release of 800,000 m 3 (210M gals) of tritium contaminated water Helping to Rebuild Japanese Stakeholder Trust in Institutions 14

15 Modular Detritiation System Facility Exterior MDS Enclosure Area Full Scale Prototype MDS Constructed, Commissioned and completed Hot Startup 15

16 Robotic Systems and Services Supporting various initiatives including reactor inspection, repair and fuel debris removal The Fukushima Inspection Manipulator (FIM shown right) was the first system deployed in 2014 to identify leaks with the Unit 2 reactor at Fukushima The FIM design basis is applicable to future application at Fukushima and wherever access to high hazard environments are constrained, e.g. Hanford Tanks Kurion awarded follow-on contract for the Fukushima Repair Manipulator to repair the leaks with deployment 1 st half

17 ADVANCING WASTE VITRIFICATION TECHNOLOGIES 17

18 Waste Vitrification Technologies Modular Single Use Container Wide temperature ranges Wide waste and glass chemistry ranges Processing flexibility Reduced pre-treatment High Volume Reduction Robust Reliable Simple Fast deployment Lower initial and overall lifecycle cost In-Container Vitrification (ICV ) Technologies GeoMelt ICV Modular Vit. System (MVS ) In-Situ/In-Place Vitrification GeoMelt Subsurface Planar Vitrification (SPV) Less Complex and Lowest Lifecycle Cost 18

19 GeoMelt Radioactive Waste Processing in Sellafield Cold Commissioning in NNL s Workington Facility 4 th Quarter 2015 UK Nuclear National Laboratory is our Partner and Operator 19

20 Solving Challenges is our Core Competency Commitment to Customer satisfaction Demonstrated Performance in highrisk waste environments: Delivered >200 custom Robotic- Remote Systems over two decades Ion Exchange expertise (>10 M Curies of Cs and Sr removed at Fukushima) >26,000 tonnes vitrified over two decades of remediation projects Discriminating solutions: Multiple First-of-a-Kind Technologies Deployed and Matured Modular System/Factory Quality Deployments Customer Partnerships 20