1. Waste Disposition 2006 Intergovernmental Meeting with DOE
Frank Marcinowski
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Regulatory Compliance, EM-10
Christine Gelles
Acting Director, Office of Disposal Operations, EM-10
Doug Tonkay
LLW/MLLW Team Lead, Office of Disposal Operations, EM-10
2006 Intergovernmental Meeting with DOE
November 29, 2006

2. Majority of EM resources support disposition projects
45% of the FY 2007 budget request directly supports disposition projects
Another 33% supports remediation and D&D projects which generate waste
Other is comprised of:
Program Direction, Technology Development, Contribution to the D&D Fund, Uranium/Thorium Reimbursements, Headquarters, and Community and Regulatory Support

3. National disposition strategies
Ensure disposition paths are identified for all EM waste and materials
Provide and coordinate disposition resources
Optimize operations of DOE’s waste management facilities
Strengthen EM’s transportation infrastructure
Identify opportunities for acceleration and efficiency
Respond to dynamic circumstances
Address “gridlock” and obstacles
Provide key information to regulators and stakeholders

4. Disposition priorities
Fully establish the disposition capability for radioactive liquid tank waste, special nuclear materials, and spent nuclear fuel
Technical analyses, regulatory decisions, and technology
Support safe and compliant operations by continuing to manage the existing system for disposal of transuranic and low-level wastes
Initiate remote-handled transuranic waste disposal in early 2007
Respond to changing circumstances and seeks ways to optimize disposal and resources

5. DOE Continues to Optimize TRU Disposition
Current efforts are focused on optimization and maintaining shipment momentum:
In FY 1999, averaged 1.5 shipments/week
In FY 2005, averaged 20 shipments/week
In FY 2006, averaging 22 shipments/week (33/wk record in February 2006!)
So far in FY 2007, averaging 25 shipments/week
Filling pipeline (creating characterized backlog)
Fully utilizing capacity
Over 43,000 m3 of contact-handled TRU waste disposed since March 1999.
Over 5,200 truck shipments from
eight sites completed.
All shippable legacy TRU removed from 17 sites.
Shipped over 12,000 m3 (cumulatively) from INL!
Celebrated 5000th shipment in September 2006
Information as of 11/27/06

6. Status of Remote-Handled TRU Waste Disposition
On October 16, 2006, the Secretary of the New Mexico Environment Department (NMED) approved a revised hazardous waste facility permit to allow for remote-handled transuranic waste (RH-TRU) disposal at WIPP.
Permit became effective in mid-November.
On November 13, 2006, the Citizens for Alternatives to Radioactive Dumping (an environmental group) filed a Notice of Appeal with the New Mexico Court of Appeals challenging the approved permit.
First RH-TRU shipment planned in early 2007.
DOE working aggressively to complete all activities needed for start of RH operations - at WIPP and at shipping sites.

7. Low-Level and Mixed Low-Level Waste Updates
Due to closure of Rocky Flats and Ohio sites and progress in legacy waste disposal, forecast LLW and MLLW volumes are dropping.
Regional MLLW disposal operations at Nevada Test Site began in 2006 and will continue through 2010.
Regional LLW disposal operations continue at NTS, providing critical outlet for higher activity LLW and classified streams.
Offsite waste shipments to Hanford remain suspended, pending completion of the new Tank Closure and Waste Management EIS.
Operations of the TSCA Incinerator at Oak Ridge extended for 3 years to address backlog of mixed wastes requiring thermal treatment

8. Low-level and Mixed Low-Level Waste Updates (cont.)
Fernald Silo 1 & 2 residues remain in interim storage at commercial facility
Final Rocky Flats wastes will be treated and fully disposed by mid 2007
Exhumation and disposition of Mound’s Operable Unit-1 landfill will occur throughout 2007
LLW and drum cells shipments continue from West Valley
On site disposal at Idaho, Hanford, and Oak Ridge continues in support of continued site cleanup
EM continues to focus on improving guidance for life-cycle cost analysis and development of National Disposition System tools and documents

9. EM planning has evolved
Site Roadmaps/ 5-Year Plans
Baseline EM Reports
FFCAct Implementation
Paths-to-Closure
EM Integration
Top-to-Bottom Review
Lifecycle Site/Project Baselines
National Disposition Strategies
1990
Today

10. National strategies are project management tools
Provide discipline, formality, and structure
Document, at a complex-wide level, the scope, schedule and cost of waste disposition efforts
Built for each major waste type
LLW/MLLW (includes Greater-Than-Class C (GTCC) and by-product material)
Transuranic waste (TRU)
Spent nuclear fuel (SNF)
High level waste (HLW)
Special nuclear materials (SNM)
Other waste types
Details tailored for each type, according to project complexity and risk

11. Waste Disposition Planning
Low-level radioactive waste (LLW) and mixed LLW
National Disposition Strategy
Finding disposition paths
Capacity analysis
Supporting life-cycle disposal cost analysis
Transuranic (TRU) waste
Supporting Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) planning

12. Waste Disposition Data Collection
Data provided by Field site waste managers, with Headquarters review before approval
Separate data collection module in EM Corporate data base added in FY 2006
Data from current waste management plans associated with “baselined” project scope
Represents EM waste shipped offsite and waste disposed (onsite or offsite)
TRU data was from WIPP Compliance Recertification Application inventory

13. Waste Disposition Data Sharing
Waste Information Management System (WIMS)
Developed and maintained by Florida International University’s WIMS Internet tool
Produces waste disposition maps similar to those developed by EM Integration in
Internet site:
Contains FY2006 disposition data
About 300 waste streams, primarily LLW and MLLW
Some non-EM waste streams included
Reporting and printing capabilities

14. Key information Available in WIMS
Stream name
Originating site
Disposition site/facility
Successor stream code
Volume (annual projection)
Characteristics: e.g. form, greater-than-class A (Y or N), classified (Y or N)
Programmatic risk indicator
Treatment type

15. WIMS Waste Disposition Map Example.

16. WIMS Geographic Disposition Map Example

17. Data Collection Schedule
FY2006 initial data collected and reviewed (primarily EM)
Mid-FY2006 data file transferred to WIMS
October 2006 began updating data
Expect more data for non-EM activities via NNSA and SC data call
After collection and review (about March 2007) updated data will be transferred to WIMS

18. WIMS Registration and Use
Web site is available to any user
Registration information requested
Password provided
Please stop by the WIMS demonstration in the hall and meet Tom Geisler during lunch

19. 2006 Waste Disposition Data Tables

20. EM LLW Inventory Summary
Table LLW-1: LLW Inventories Managed by EM
as of September 30, /
Most EM waste is generated from cleanup projects vs. ongoing operations
Large inventories of “legacy” LLW at EM sites have nearly all been disposed – remaining large inventories to be reduced in 2006 or soon after
Most existing LLW inventories result from decommissioning and site cleanup activities
Site
Volume (m3)
Argonne National Laboratory
714
Battelle Columbus Decommissioning Project
10,300
Brookhaven National Laboratory 1
Energy Technology Engineering Center 18
Fernald Environmental Management Project[2] 37
Hanford Site
348
Idaho National Laboratory
2,460
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
502
Mound
42,000
Oak Ridge Reservation
8,350
Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant
81,700
Savannah River Site
165
West Valley Demonstration Project
13,300
Total
160,000
1/ Individual numbers and totals are rounded to a maximum of 3 significant digits.
2/ Does not include 11e.(2) byproduct material at Fernald.

21. Projected Volume of EM LLW/Material for Disposal 1/
Volume (m3)
Disposal Site FY FY
DOE Non-CERCLA Facilities
INL , ,900
LANL (EM planned activities only 2/) , ,660
Hanford Site , ,000
NTS , ,000
SRS , ,000
Subtotal
84, ,000
DOE CERCLA Facilities:
Fernald , ,000
Hanford Site ,060, ,800,000
INL , ,700
ORR , ,000
1,920, ,880,000
DOE Facilities Subtotal ,200, ,630,000
Commercial Facilities , ,000
Facility to be determined , ,400
TOTAL LLW ,600, ,230,000
1/ Individual numbers and totals are rounded to a maximum of 3 significant digits.
Does not include LLW shipped to commercial facilities for treatment to avoid double counting with
disposal numbers.
2/ LANL disposal volumes are based on current EM activities only and may
not represent actual disposal volumes since remedy decisions for most complex
sites have not been made. .

22. EM MLLW Inventory Summary
MLLW Inventories Managed by EM Program
(as of September 30, 2005) 1/
Site Volume (m3)
ANL
Battelle
ETEC
FEMP ,050
Hanford ,440
INL ,900
LLNL
ORR ,320
Paducah ,740
Rocky Flats (at WCS) ,500
SRS
WVDP
TOTAL ,700
1/ Individual numbers and totals are rounded to a maximum of 3 significant digits.
Over past several years, large inventories of “legacy” MLLW at most EM sites have nearly all been disposed
The majority of inventory is at INL with nCi/g of transuranic radionuclides, which was historically managed as TRU waste

23. Projected Volume of MLLW to go Offsite for Treatment 1/
Volume (m3)
Treatment Facility FY FY
TSCAI (ORR) , ,890
Commercial Facilities , ,600
Facility to be Determined , ,200
TOTAL , ,700
Projected Volume of MLLW/Material for Disposal 2/
Volume (m3)
Disposal Site FY FY
DOE Non-CERCLA Facilities
Hanford , ,000
NTS 3/ , ,100
Subtotal , ,000
DOE CERCLA Facilities
Hanford , ,070
Idaho , ,000
Oak Ridge 156, ,000
Subtotal , ,000
DOE Subtotal , ,000
Commercial Facilities , ,200
TOTAL , ,000
1/ Individual numbers and totals are rounded to a maximum of 3 significant digits. All waste with a to-be-determined disposition path is shown since it requires treatment prior to disposition.
2/ Individual numbers and totals are rounded to a maximum of 3 significant digits.
3/ NTS facility operates through the end of the first quarter of FY 2011.

24. Estimated Volume of TRU Waste for Disposal 1/
Contact- Remote-
Handled Handled Total 2/
Site Name (m3) (m3) (m3)
ANL
Former ANL-W (now inINL)
Bettis Atomic Power Lab
Hanford Site , , ,900
INL , ,300
Knolls-NFS (TN)
Knolls-NFS (NY)
LLNL , ,290
LANL , ,200
NTS
ORR ,100
Paducah
SNL (NM)
SRS , ,050
Subtotal , , ,000
Disposed at WIPP as of 2/27/ ,947
Total Anticipated for Disposal ,000
1/ Individual numbers and totals are rounded to a maximum of 3 significant digits.
2/ Total column reflects amount stored at sites as of 1/23/06 plus anticipated amounts.