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This article discusses the progress made in reducing the environmental footprint of the Oakland Projects Office, which is responsible for environmental remediation and waste management at various sites in California. It highlights the specific projects at the Energy Technology Engineering Center (ETEC), SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, and General Electric Vallecitos Nuclear Center (GEVNC). It also mentions the challenges and milestones in the cleanup process and the completion timelines.
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Progress in EM’s Footprint Reduction for the Oakland Projects Office Projects Rich Schassburger November 16, 2010
Footprint Reduction - Oakland • Oakland Projects Office is responsible for legacy environmental remediation and waste management at several sites in California, including: • Energy Technology Engineering Center • SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory • General Electric Vallecitos Nuclear Center
Footprint Reduction - Oakland • ETEC 1988
Footprint Reduction - Oakland • ETEC is 90 acres of Area IV (290 acres) of the Santa Susana Field Laboratory (2,849 acres) • Areas I, most of III and IV are owned by the Boeing Company; Areas II and a small portion of Area I is owned by NASA • ETEC was the site of nuclear research beginning in the early 1950s and ending in the late 1980s
Footprint Reduction - Oakland ETEC 2005
Footprint Reduction - Oakland • ETEC waste, including TRU, LLW and MLLW, have been removed and disposed • 25 structures remain • May 2007 – Court Order requiring EIS • Several Hazardous Ranking Surveys have been performed by EPA • August 2007 – Parties signed a Consent Order
Footprint Reduction - Oakland • December 2007 – California passed legislation, SB990, setting stringent agricultural cleanup standards • 2009 – Parties negotiated a revised Consent Order, unsuccessfully • November 2009 – Boeing filed litigation questioning constitutionality and applicability of SB990
Footprint Reduction - Oakland • 2010 – DOE and Cal EPA negotiated a framework agreement, with a legally binding agreement to follow • ETEC received $38.3M in ARRA funds for a radiological survey • ETEC received $15.8M in ARRA funds for RCRA characterization • Cleanup completed 2017?
Footprint Reduction - Oakland • SLAC, established in the early 1960s, is a 426 acre accelerator research facility • Contamination includes VOCs, PCBs, metals, petroleum hydrocarbons and other hazardous materials • July 1985 – RWQCB issued waste discharge order addressing one underground storage tank • 2005 – RWQCB revised order for the investigation and remediation of impacted soil and groundwater
Footprint Reduction - Oakland • October 2009 – RWQCB issued updated order updating milestones and expanding West SLAC OU • SLAC EM received $14.3M in ARRA funds for acceleration of remediation with completion planned by the end of 2011
Footprint Reduction - Oakland • GEVNC
Footprint Reduction - Oakland • GEVNC is a 1600 acre site owned by GE affiliate GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy • GE, under contract, performed research for Nuclear Energy Programs from 1965-1972 and from 1981-1982 • As a part of research contract close-out, DOE agreed to transport and dispose of defense-related waste
Footprint Reduction - Oakland • TRU waste shipments began in September 2009 and were completed by June 2010
Footprint Reduction - Oakland • Oakland Goals • Complete GEVNC Contract Closeout by end of FY2011 • Complete SLAC legacy environmental remediation and waste disposal by the end of FY2011 • Complete ETEC remediation and D&D by 2017?
