Savannah River Site Status Report DOECAP Analytical Services Program 2014 Workshop Ken Guay, (DOE SR Program Manager) September , 2014 Albuquerque, NM ASP 2014 Workshop

2 Savannah River Site (SRS) Introduction Site History and Scope Current Activities SRS Participation in DOECAP K Area Cooling Tower Demolition

3 SRS Size Comparison

4 SRS – Site History and Scope 4 SRS produced and recovered nuclear materials SRS produced about 36 metric tons of plutonium from SRS facilities Five reactors Two chemical separations plants Heavy water extraction plant Nuclear fuel and target fabrication facility Waste management facilities TritiumPlutonium 238Plutonium 239 The end of the Cold War meant a completely different philosophy and approach to the nuclear arsenal.

5 Savannah River Site Organizations Federal Government: DOE: Savannah River Operations Office - Environmental Management (EM) - National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) U.S. Forest Service (USFS) U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Contractors: Savannah River Nuclear Solutions (SRNS) Site Management & Operations and Savannah River National Laboratory Savannah River Remediation (SRR): Liquid Waste Operations Parsons: Salt Waste Processing Facility construction and operations Ameresco: Biomass Cogeneration Plant Wackenhut (WSI): Security Shaw AREVA: Mixed Oxide Fuel (MOX) Fabrication Facility construction and operations University of Georgia: Savannah River Ecology Laboratory Total Employees: 11,371 as of 8/20/2014

6 Savannah River Nuclear Solutions SRNS is the Management and Operating contractor for DOE’s Savannah River Site in Aiken, SC Provide nuclear materials management to support national defense and U.S. nuclear nonproliferation efforts Support the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) by extracting tritium and delivering products to military and weapons design agencies Develop and deploy environmental cleanup technologies Conduct technology Research and Development on national energy independence initiatives Operate the Savannah River National Laboratory General Site Services (transportation; roads; maintenance)

7 Savannah River National Laboratory Clean Energy Nuclear Defense Plutonium Technology Homeland Security Nonproliferation Nuclear Forensics Hydrogen Production and Storage Nuclear Fuel Cycle R&D Renewable Energy Research Small Modular Reactors Waste Treatment Materials Stabilization and Disposition Remediation and Cleanup Assessments and Verification National SecurityClean Energy Environmental Stewardship

8 SRNS EM Missions Used nuclear fuel storage, receipt, and disposition Special nuclear material consolidation, processing, and disposition Area Closures –Soil and Groundwater remediation Transuranic and mixed/ low-level waste disposition Infrastructure maintenance and upgrades Analytical Laboratories K Area Materials Storage H Canyon Control Room H Canyon TRU Waste Shipment

9 SRS NNSA Missions Tritium operations and extraction –Continue to recover and recycle tritium from existing weapons –Deliver high quality reservoirs on schedule –Expand tritium capability –Deliverables Surveillance Loading Unloading (Extraction, Recycle) Helium 3 Non-proliferation –Waste Solidification Building Uranium blending and shipping Foreign fuel receipts Used fuel being unloaded in Charleston, S.C. Waste Solidification Building Tritium Operations Tritium Extraction Facility (TEF)

10 Savannah River Remediation (SRR) Liquid Waste Contractor Contract focus: –Managing 37 million gallons of radioactive liquid tank waste to be treated and stabilized for final disposition –Emptying, cleaning and closing radioactive waste tanks –Operating major nuclear facilities to treat and dispose of waste –SRS is the only DOE site processing salt waste SaltcakeSludgeSalt SupernateSafely Stored Transporting canisters from DWPF to the Glass Waste Storage Building

11 SRR Facilities DWPF Glass Waste Storage Buildings - GWSB 1 contains 2,244 canisters - GWSB 2 currently contains 800 canisters (capacity for 2,340) Underground reinforced concrete vaults Seismically qualified Designed for safe interim storage Interim Storage of Canisters Defense Waste Processing Facility Saltstone Production Facility Little waste volume goes here, but almost all curies dispositioned at DWPF World’s largest vitrification plant Over 3,000 canisters filled. DWPF has poured more than 11.7 million gallons of glassified waste Entire 37 million gallons of waste in the tanks awaiting disposition has about 340 million curies of radioactivity Vast majority of waste volume from tanks – but few curies – are left in SC Those left in SC are disposed at the Saltstone Production Facility –Safely stabilizes low-level radioactive liquid salt wastes –Salt solution stabilized by mixing it with cement, fly ash and slag –Resulting grout mixture is mechanically pumped into concrete disposal units, called Saltstone Disposal Facility –Grout solidifies into non-hazardous low-radioactive waste form called “saltstone”

12 SRR Projects SDU 6 – Saltstone Disposal Unit Objective: Enable system plan throughput capacity; dispositioning decontaminated salt solution/grout through the Saltstone Disposal Facility (SDF) Scope: 30 million gallon capacity (AWWA D110 Type I) disposal cell and supporting balance of plant infrastructure. TPC: $ 143M, EAC: $ 123.6M, FY14 funding: $ 28M Schedule: CD-4 11/30/18

13 Parsons Salt Waste Processing Facility Contractor This facility will… - Reduce radioactive waste volume requiring vitrification -Separate low volume/high activity from high volume/low activity waste -Transfer high activity waste to DWPF -Transfer low activity waste to Saltstone Facility Salt waste solutions are currently being processed through interim salt disposition facilities with noted success Construction of SWPF is more than 70 percent complete.

14 Ameresco Construction of 34-acre Biomass Cogeneration Facility Unloading bio-derived fuels at the Ameresco facility Built and Operate Biomass Cogeneration Facility Single largest renewable Energy Savings Performance Contract in nation’s history Replaced coal powerhouse and oil-fired boilers Clean biomass of forest residue, wood chips, tires Started construction September 2009 First wood chips delivered August 2011 Operational by mid December 2011

15 SRS – DOECAP Participation/Projected Use Analytical Projected Use Type SRS (FY15) SRS (FY16) Com (FY15) Com (FY16) Bioassay 100 % 100 % 0 0 Industrial 95 % 95 % 5 % 5 % Hygiene NPDES 35 % 35 % 65 % 65 % Environmental 95 % 95 % 5 % 5 % RCRA/CERCLA 25 % 25 % 75 % 75 % Waste Charac. 5 % 5 % 95 % 95 % Percentages represent number of samples

16 SRS – DOECAP Participation/Projected Use Commercial Lab Expenditures * Expenditures are speculative until specific contracts are finalized. Type of Service$ Annually RCRA/CERCLA1.1 MM Waste100K NPDES/Environmental 140K Industrial Hygiene 5K

17 SRS – DOECAP Participation/Projected Use Future Analytical Needs and Procured Services One laboratory purchased by another company and no longer a DOECAP participant. Continue existing level of laboratory support for baseline activities. Future TSDF Needs and Procured Services The Solid Waste Baseline has mixed waste management activities forecasted through SRNS has planned to support five DOECAP TSDF audits.

18 SRS – DOECAP Participation/Projected Use Key SRS Personnel Associated with DOECAP Laboratory – Gail Whitney, Federal Point of Contact (POC) Ben Terry, Contractor POC TSDF – Herbert (Bert) Crapse, Federal POC Ken Guay, Asst. Federal POC/DOECAP Auditor Dennis Knapp, Contractor POC/Lead Auditor

19 SRS – DOECAP Participation/Projected Use Current & Future TSDF Needs ( Expenditures are speculative until specific contracts are finalized) Facility FY15 $ FY16 $ Energy Solutions – Utah$815,100 Materials and Energy Corporation (M&EC)$167,619 Diversified Scientific Services, Inc. (DSSI)$173,333$130,000 Perma-Fix Florida (PFF)$407,143$271,429 Clean Harbors (RCRA/CERCLA waste/non rad)$77,257$74,286 Waste Control Specialists LLC$525,000$70,000

20 SRS – Questions