Analytical Services Program and Hanford

1. Analytical Services Program and Hanford Bill Taylor, Assistant Manager Environmental Safety and Quality Department of Energy

2. Agenda • Hanford overview • Goals for cleanup • Tank Farms • Waste Treatment Plant • River Corridor and Central Plateau Cleanup Work • Use of Analytical Services Program at Hanford

3. Hanford Overview • Two Hanford site clean-up offices • DOE Richland Operations Office (RL) • DOE Office of River Protection (ORP) • Main components of clean-up • Tank Farms Operations & Waste Treatment Plant (ORP) • Single Shell Tanks Closure • Double Shell Tanks • Waste Treatment Plant • River Corridor & Central Plateau (RL) • Reactor Areas • Former fuel processing facilities • Numerous waste management and disposal facilities

4. 586 square miles 50 miles of the Columbia River run through Hanford Constructed in WWII as part of the Manhattan Project Mission: Produce plutonium Produced about two-thirds of nation’s supply of plutonium, 1944-1989 Peak employment was 50,000 during construction Present status: Full-scale cleanup Current employment: 11,872 The Hanford Site

5. Inventory and Location • 53 million gallons of liquid waste (177 tanks, 6 emptied) awaiting treatment in Waste Treatment Plant (WTP) • 9,700 canisters projected; about 400+ per year planned • ~1,900 cesium/strontium capsules in wet storage

6. Priorities for Cleanup • Protect the Columbia River • Restore groundwater • Clean up River Corridor waste sites and facilities • Clean up Central Plateau waste sites, tank farm, and facilities • Complete construction of the Waste Treatment Plant • Safely manage and transfer legacy materials for off-site disposition • Consolidate waste treatment, storage, and disposal operations on the Central Plateau • Develop and implement institutional controls and long-term stewardship

7. Footprint Reduction

8. Office of River Protection Retrieve, immobilize and dispose of radioactive and chemical tank waste and close Hanford’s Tank Farms • Tri-Party Agreement/Consent Decree • Tank Farms • 177 underground storage tanks • 149 Single Shell Tanks (SST) • 28 Double Shell Tanks (DST) • 53 million gallons radioactive and chemical waste • 194 million curies radioactivity • 151,000 tons complex chemicals • TC&WM EIS • Waste Treatment Plant (WTP) • Design/build • Operational 2019 • Treat and immobilize in glass radioactive • and chemical tank waste • Central Plateau Hanford Site Boundary (586 sq. miles) • Key River Protection Project TPA/Consent Decree Milestones: • Retrieve C Farm Single Shell Tanks 2014 • Complete WTP Construction, Startup • and Commissioning 2019 • Retrieve All Single Shell Tanks 2040 • Treat All Tank Waste 2047 • Complete Mission 2052

9. Hanford’s Greatest Cleanup Challenge: The Tank Farms 53 million gallons radioactive and chemical waste 149 single-shell tanks built from 1943-1964 67 are classified as assumed leakers 28 double-shell tanks built from 1968-1986

11. August 2010 Overall design = 80% complete Overall construction = 52% complete2,100 Professional Staff 825 Craft Workers 250 Subcontractors 3,175 Total Staff Analytical Laboratory 44.3% complete

12. Analytical Laboratory Dedicated laboratory being built at Hanford for process control Will enable us to demonstrate that the quality of the processed waste complies with disposal requirements Will be used to analyze high level radioactive samples

13. A Closer Look Inside the Analytical Laboratory Environmental Emissions Stack Assembly Hot Cell Drain Collection Vessel Drain Collection Vessels Cell and Fire Water Vault Above Ground and Embedded Foundation Piping 13

14. Central Plateau cleanup is focused in three areas: Inner Area ( > 10 sq. miles) Final footprint Less than 2 percent of the original Hanford Site Outer Area ( > 65 sq. miles) Remediate to unrestricted surface use Cleanup standards comparable to River Corridor Groundwater Contain and remediate key groundwater contaminants Central Plateau Cleanup Strategy Outer Area Inner Area

15. Cleaning Out and Tearing Town Facilities

16. Digging Up Waste Sites Along the River

17. Retrieving, Package, and Disposing of Waste

18. Cleaning Up Groundwater Groundwater contamination undergoing cleanup

19. Hanford SiteVSP Project and Program Use • VSP is being used across Hanford to characterize and monitor soils, groundwater, buildings, gloveboxes, etc. • Hanford VSP users range from radiation technicians to nuclear engineers • Over 100 of the 600+ DOE users of VSP are at Hanford • Over 70 Hanford staff have received formal VSP training • Two VSP training courses provided this Summer (July and August) • VSP has been used at over 200 Hanford site locations • VSP’s joint EPA sponsorship and statistically defensible methods help streamline regulator acceptance of work plans

20. Hanford Site Laboratories Participating in MAPEP • 222-S Laboratory • CHPRC Central Count Room • Environmental Science Lab PNNL/ESL • WRPS RadCon Program Count Room • Waste Sampling and Characterization Facility • Pacific Northwest National Laboratory • Analytical Support Operations - Radiochemical Processing Lab

21. Hanford Support to the DOECAP • The Hanford DOE community contributes TSDF auditors (5 of the 55 qualified TSDF auditors) • The Hanford DOE community contributes Laboratory auditors (6 of the 58 qualified Laboratory auditors) • Hanford personnel have participated in 9 of the 38 DOECAP audits performed this year • Eugene Grohs qualified as a Lead Auditor for Non-Rad TSDFs this Year

22. Hanford Site DOECAP Auditors TSDFs Clifford Clark, DOE Richland Glen Clark, WRPS Eugene Grohs, PNNL Paul Martin, CH2M Hill Douglas Swenson, WRPS Analytical Laboratories Taffy Almeida, PNNL Heather Anastos, CH2M Hill Glen Clark, WRPS Robert Elkins, MSA Huei Meznarik, MSA Richard Weiss, WCH

23. Commercial Waste Vendors Used • Radiological Waste Facilities • Diversified Scientific Services Inc (DSSI) in Oak Ridge, TN • EnergySolutions facility in Clive, Utah • Perma-Fix Northwest facility in Hanford, Washington • Non-Radiological Waste Facilities • Clean Harbors – Deer Park facility in Houston, Texas • Clean Harbors – Argonite facility in Clive, Utah

24. Closing • Strong Headquarters coordination and planning skills • Management support • Auditors are recognized as extremely competent and highly qualified in disciplines audited • Credible and objective • Challenges • Retain cadre of qualified auditors where laboratories or TSDF facilities are located • Audit participation away from home offices • Competing schedules