Nevada National Security Site Nevada Field Office FY 2014 Status Report Jhon Carilli Low-Level Radioactive Waste (LLW) Activity Lead DOECAP Workshop – Albuquerque, NM September 15-18, 2014

Nevada National Security Site (NNSS) Located approximately 65 miles northwest of Las Vegas, NV Approximately 1,360 square miles of U.S. DOE controlled land Historic mission: Research and development of nuclear weapons Clean-up controlled by Federal Facility Agreement and Consent Order

Nevada Field Office Missions Defense Experimentation and Stockpile Stewardship Global Security Environmental Management The NNSS is the nation’s only site for high-explosive-driven subcritical plutonium experiments — essential for safe, effective stewardship of the enduring nuclear stockpile Photo - Radiological/Nuclear Countermeasures Test and Evaluation Complex

Nevada National Security Site Assets Device Assembly Facility Big Explosives Experimental Facility Joint Actinide Shock Physics Experimental Research U1a Underground Experimental Complex Nonproliferation Test and Evaluation Complex Nuclear Criticality Experiments Research Center Radiological/Nuclear Countermeasures Test and Evaluation Center Radiological/Nuclear Weapons of Mass Destruction Incident Exercise Site

Contractors National Security Technologies, LLC (NSTec) Remediation Waste management Laboratory data verification and validation Navarro-Intera, LLC (N-I) Corrective action investigations Groundwater modeling

Industrial Sites Land and facilities used in direct support of nuclear testing 1,970 sites listed 12 sites remain Less activity in FY 2015 with reduced samples and waste D&D activities at the Reactor Maintenance, Assembly, and Disassembly (R-MAD) facility using a hydraulic hammer

Soils Surface and shallow subsurface soil contaminated by atmospheric nuclear testing 134 sites listed 44 sites remain Anticipate no change in volume of samples and waste for FY 2015 Cleanup expert conducts surface soil sampling at historic atmospheric nuclear test location, Johnnie Boy

Underground Test Areas Contaminated groundwater characterization and modeling Five sites listed One moving to closure Two moving to model evaluation or closure Two remain in investigative/data gathering Implementing Integrated Sampling Plan between M&O and Environmental Restoration contractors Anticipate more sampling in FY 2015 Drill at Well ER-20-4

Commercial Laboratory Use FY 2014 Environmental: $500,000 $140,000 NSTec $360,000 N-I NSTec Industrial Hygiene: $12,000 NSTec Bioassay: $36,000

Commercial Laboratory Use FY 2015 Environmental: $418,000 $140,000 NSTec $278,000 N-I* NSTec Industrial Hygiene: $12,000 NSTec Bioassay: $15,500 * Six month planning only

Waste Treatment, Storage, and Disposal Facilities (TSDF) FY 2014 Waste Control Specialists $23,000 US Ecology $15,000 FY 2015 Anticipated Materials and Energy Corp ~ $40,000 Waste Control Specialists ~ $20,000 Waste Control Specialists Waste Control Specialists facility (top picture) M&EC (bottom picture) - both photos found on their company websites Materials and Energy Corporation

DOECAP Auditors Seven Auditors Eight Qualifications Three TSDF Three Laboratory One TSDF and Laboratory Quality Assurance Radiochemistry Organic Inorganic Waste Operations Environmental Compliance Transportation Hazardous and Radiological Materials Management

Audit Participation FY 2014 Audits supported Three Laboratory Two TSDF FY 2015 Anticipated Four Laboratory Three TSDF

Questions? Desert tortoise at NNSS