STGWG Open Session with Environmental Management Frank Marcinowski June 2011 www.em.doe.gov 1
Environmental Management is on a Journey to Excellence... Goal 1: Complete the three major tank waste projects within the current approved baselines. Goal 2: Reduce the life cycle costs and accelerate the cleanup of the Cold War environmental legacy. Goal 3: Complete the disposition of 90% of the legacy transuranic waste by 2015. EM s Vision To be viewed as one of the best managed government programs and the employer of choice in the Federal Government. Goal 4: Reduce the EM legacy footprint by 40% by the end of 2011, leading to approximately 90% reduction by 2015. EM s Mission To 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. 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. www.em.doe.gov 2
... 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) Soil and Groundwater Remediation 10% Excess Facilities Deactiviation and Decommissioning 17% FY 2012 Budget Request Transuranic and Mixed/Low Level Waste Disposition 14% Essential Services 8% Special Nuclear Material Consolidation, Processing and Disposition 10% Radioactive Tank Waste Stabilization and Disposition 38% Spent Nuclear Fuel Storage, receipt and disposition 3% www.em.doe.gov 3
* * Original 110 Sites changed legislatively in 1998. Current inventory is 107 Sites. www.em.doe.gov 4
EM is treating radioactive tank waste... Hanford 176M curies Idaho 37M curies Savannah River Site 379M curies www.em.doe.gov 5
... storing spent nuclear fuel... Hanford ~ 2130 MTHM Idaho ~280 MTHM Fort St. Vrain, CO ~15 MTHM Savannah River Site ~30 MTHM www.em.doe.gov 6
... disposing transuranic waste... Hanford Site Idaho National Laboratory Materials Fuels Complex Argonne National Laboratory - East NRD, LLC West Valley Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory Bettis Atomic Power Laboratory Los Alamos National Laboratory Sandia National Laboratory Waste Isolation Pilot Plant Oak Ridge National Laboratory KAPL Nuclear Fuel Services Babcock & Wilcox NES Savannah River Site www.em.doe.gov 7
... and dispositioning mixed and lowlevel wastes. Energy Solutions Hanford Site Idaho National Laboratory Fernald Crescent Junction Nevada Test Site Legend CERCLA Disposal Facility LLW Operations Disposal Facility MLLW Operations Disposal Facility Oak Ridge National Laboratory Savannah River Site Regional LLW/MLLW Facility Commercial LLW/MLLW Operations Disposal Facility Los Alamos National Laboratory Closed CERCLA Site Byproduct Material Disposal www.em.doe.gov 8
New Mixed Waste Disposal Cell in Nevada www.em.doe.gov 9
LLW/MLLW Disposal Forecast Trends (millions of cubic feet) 50 45 40 35 30 25 20 15 10 5 0 Offsite Onsite FY10 act FY11 FY12 FY13 FY14 FY15 Source: 2011 WIMS data; excludes TBD streams Forecasts from DRAFT 2011 WIMS www.em.doe.gov 10
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 siteperformance 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 www.em.doe.gov 11
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 o WIR Determination being finalized in light of NRC and public comments Following WIR Determination, final disposal decisions can proceed www.em.doe.gov 12
The Melter 10 x 10 x 10 ft. ~ 53 tons 13 www.em.doe.gov 13
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. www.em.doe.gov 14
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 www.em.doe.gov 15
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 to update 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 views regarding the LLW management framework Addressed public and stakeholder suggestions and comments www.em.doe.gov 16
Current Schedule for DOE Order 435.1 Update Oct Thru Dec 2010 Jan 2011 Feb Thru Jun 2011 Jul Thru Sep 2011 Oct 2011 To Aug 2012 Aug / Sep 2011 Public Wkshp WM 2011 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 FPD/STA Review FPD/STA Review FPD/STA Review Formalization of Rogue Guides Tech Standard Review www.em.doe.gov 17
EM is fulfilling real legal obligations... 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 www.em.doe.gov 18
... and making real progress... 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 www.em.doe.gov 19
OECM March 2011 Monthly DOE Project Portfolio Status... while improving project management. 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. Organization # of Projects Post CD-2 $ (M) % of $ Value with Acceptable Status % No. of Projects with Acceptable Status EERE 5 $262.7 100% 100% EM 59 $22,487.1 97% 88% NA 17 $6,878.6 89% 82% SC 23 $2,593.1 100% 100% www.em.doe.gov 20
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 www.em.doe.gov 21
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 www.em.doe.gov 22
FY 2011 Operating Plan (continued) 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 www.em.doe.gov 23
Challenges may continue into FY2012 and beyond. 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 www.em.doe.gov 24
EM s National Cleanup Progress: A Sound Investment 1989: Start of EM Cleanup 110 sites* 35 states 3,125 sq. miles * Original 110 Sites changed legislatively in 1998. Current inventory is 107 Sites. End of FY 2015 ~90 sq. miles 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 2010 18 sites 11 states 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. www.em.doe.gov 25