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Oak Ridge National Laboratory Status Report

Oak Ridge National Laboratory Status Report. Presented By: Greg Larson Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) UT-Battelle Analytical Services Program ASP 2012 Workshop September 17-20, 2012 Idaho Falls, ID. Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL).

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Oak Ridge National Laboratory Status Report

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  1. Oak RidgeNationalLaboratoryStatus Report Presented By: Greg Larson Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) UT-Battelle Analytical Services Program ASP 2012 Workshop September 17-20, 2012 Idaho Falls, ID

  2. Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) • There are 3 major operating sites on Oak Ridge Reservation: • Y-12 National Security Complex • Defense Program • East Tennessee Technology Park (ETTP) • D&D to privatize • Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) • DOE’s largest and most diversified multi-program national laboratory • Computing and Computational Sciences • Energy and Environmental Studies • Global Security • Neutron Sciences • Nuclear Science and Engineering • Physical Sciences • Science and Technology Partnerships • U.S. International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) Project

  3. Environmental Protection and Waste Services Division (EPWSD)

  4. UT-B ORNL Analytical Services Program (ASP) Update FY12 Topics: • Weekly Sample Status Meetings; ASC, Samplers, Safety, Transportation, etc. • Review Sampling/Analytical Data Issues • Sample Project Walkdown/Work Planning • Lab Selection/Justification • Onsite Transportation/Shipment Offsite • Incoming Data; Completeness Reviews • (Did we get what we asked for?)

  5. Contracting Analytical Support • FY13 – New Contracts under ICPT BOA with several full service laboratories • Almost all analytical support is provided by BOA laboratories; limited onsite usage • Laboratory selection performed and documented on each sample request (lab justification); depend on analytical suite. • Lab Justification Factors considered: • Cost (# samples, analyses, TAT, deliverable requested) • Past performance (PT results, DOECAP audit results; Audit findings, QA/QC issues to questions, and invoicing; technical expertise; QA/QC; NRC license; etc.) • Other issues (sample volume required, NRC license, facility safety basis, reporting issues, timeliness of response)

  6. Special Analytical Needs • High level Rad samples • No-Rad Added (NRA) Determination • Isotopes covering range of the Nuclide Chart • Unusual matrices (HEPA filters, paint chips, pour-ups, etc.)

  7. FY 2012 Analytical Service Program Highlights • 65 routine special project sample requests processed. • DOE No Rad Added (NRA); HEPAs; soil. • 3 Major EMPO; LMDI/ARRA projects: • Carbon Fiber Facility; Simulated Waste Water. • 9204-3 Puand Conversion Lab Glovebox and chemical (liquid and solid) characterization for disposition endpoint determination. • 2000 Complex Area Soils and Slabs; follow-up post slab removal cleanup verification samples.

  8. UT-B ORNLEnvironmental Management Cleanup Update FY12 Topics: • ORNL Campus Changes Through The Years • Central Campus Cleanup Plans • ORNL EM Cleanup Projects: • 3026 Demolition; Hot Cells; ongoing • Tank W1-A • SWSA 3; Protective Covering Layer

  9. ORNL Campus Changes… ORNL Campus – Now ORNL in 1944 ORNL Campus – Future Plan

  10. Legacy nuclear materials and contamination in the Central Campus pose a risk to surrounding ORNL missions. ORNL’ Central Campus contains majority of excess nuclear facilities and legacy materials Oak Ridge Science and Technology Park World’s leading pulsed neutron source Critical national security mission World’s most powerful supercomputers World’s most powerful electron microscope DOE BioenergyScience Center World’s leading continuous neutron source

  11. ORNL’s Environmental Management Program Office (EMPO) is integrating and coordinating the DOE-EM’s cleanup work in the ORNL Central Campus that is part of the IFDP & ARRA scope. 11 Managed by UT-Battellefor the Department of Energy

  12. ORNL Central Campus Completed and Future ARRA-Funded Demolitions As of 11/30/2011

  13. Bldg. 3026; Demolition Before After Phase 2 – Hot Cell D&D

  14. Other EM Related Cleanup Activities • Tank W-1A; ORNL’s Greatest Source of Groundwater Contamination • High-priority EM Cleanup Project; removal of 4000 gallon tank. Involved extensive characterization, removal of contaminated soil, and tank excavation. SWSA 3; Bethel Valley Burial Grounds Protective Covering Layer Installed

  15. Sustainable Campus Initiative Project:ORNL Biomass Steam Plant Upgrade

  16. UT-B ORNLWaste Management Update FY12 Topics: • Waste Generation & Disposition Year-To-Date • New Chemistry and Materials Sciences Facility Project; Construction Completed • Cleanout excess chemicals from Bldg. 4500N • Full Chargeback to Generator to include disposal costs: • Item level management of waste

  17. Oak Ridge National LaboratoryDecade of Waste Generation* Hazardous Waste Mixed Waste Low Level Waste TRU Waste * Does not include waste from ARRA Funded Projects. Data Date: 8/15/2012

  18. FY 2012 Waste Management Highlights • Transferred a RCRA Permitted waste storage facility from the EM Program to ORNL in 2009, thereby enabling the ability of the Lab to store waste for longer than 90 days (up to 1 year). • $466,000 cost avoidance was achieved by utilizing our item level certification program to identify 350 mixed waste items from ongoing projects that were compatible with waste in thirteen 55-gallon drums stored in RCRA permitted facility. Waste was certified and T&D cost charged to generator via waste chargeback model in FY11. Cost to treat and dispose of these 350 items would have been $466,000 but by co-packing into ‘empty space’ of thirteen drums (at no additional T&D cost) and shipped within 1 year limit $466,000 cost was avoided. • 64 waste shipments to off-site TSDFs • Comparable to 62 shipments in FY11 • Record 83 shipments in FY10. • Over 1,000 containers of waste generated • No shipping violations! • Effective and efficient mgmt of waste inventory. Full waste shipments, small amount of waste in storage – DOE very happy with this. • Successful implementation of new waste chargeback model (treatment and disposal (T&D) cost) beginning October 1, 2010. Estimated $2.0M charged back to generators in FY12. • $2.2M charged back to generators in FY11 • First use of “item level certification” began April 8, 2011 (non-rad chemical waste into 4500-S room F-251 Waste Prep Lab). • Over 4,000 waste items processed through this lab to date.

  19. ORNL DOECAPTSDF and Laboratory Auditors • 4 DOECAP TSDF auditors qualified in following disciplines: • 1 Lead; Non-Rad TSDF • 2 Waste Operations • 3 Radiological Control • 2 Transportation Management • 1 DOECAP Laboratory auditor qualified in following discipline: • 1 Haz & Rad Material Management • FY12 Audit Participation: • 4 TSDF Audits supporting following disciplines: • 2 – Transportation Management • 2 – Waste Operations (1 - AIT Qual) • 1 – Radiological Control • 1 Lab Audit supporting following discipline: • 1 – Haz & Rad Material Management

  20. Future of ORNL with DOECAP • ORNL is committed to: • Continue using DOECAP and Mixed Analyte Performance Evaluation Program (MAPEP) resources; and • Continue supporting DOECAP on TSDF and Lab Audits

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