Idaho Cleanup Project JACK ZIMMERMAN Deputy Manager, Idaho Cleanup - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Idaho Cleanup Project

JACK ZIMMERMAN Deputy Manager, Idaho Cleanup Project Leadership in Nuclear Energy Commission May 24, 2018

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Idaho Cleanup Project Priorities and Accomplishments

• Initiating heat-up for next simulant run for Integrated Waste

Treatment Unit (IWTU).

• Complete investigation and recovery of Accelerated Retrieval

Project V drum incident.

• Complete treatment of Idaho legacy transuranic waste.
• Transuranic waste certification authority has been restored to

DOE-Idaho.

• Obtain certification of more TRU waste streams to maintain

shipments to WIPP.

• Complete exhumation of buried waste.
• Complete transfer of spent nuclear fuel from wet to dry

storage.

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Key Scope: Integrated Waste Treatment Unit

• Based upon extensive testing at a pilot plant and other facilities, extensive

modifications to the facility were completed in April, 2018.

• Complete “IWTU Technical Issues Resolution - Phase 2” Simulant Runs
• Readiness reviews are complete, facility is preparing to heat-up for Simulant Run 2
• Complete Simulant runs 2 and 3
• Simulant Run 2 (30 days on simulant feed) is expected to complete in June;

Simulant Run 3 will commence upon successful completion of Simulant Run 2

• Develop Plan for Phases 3 (Confirm Readiness) and 4 (System Performance

Test)

Process Off-Gas Blowers restored Carbon Monoxide Monitors updated

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Settlement Agreement TRU Production Status

1,000 2,000 3,000 4,000 5,000 6,000 7,000 8,000 9,000 10,000 11,000 12,000 13,000 14,000 5/31/16 7/31/16 9/30/16 11/30/16 1/31/17 3/31/17 5/31/17 7/31/17 9/30/17 11/30/17 1/31/18 3/31/18 5/31/18 7/31/18 9/30/18 11/30/18 1/31/19 3/31/19

Cubic Meters Remaining to be Shipped or Certified

Waste Requiring Treatment (m3) Treated and Awaiting Certification (m3) Treated, Certified, and Awaiting Shipment (m3) Work Off Curve Fluor-Idaho Baseline

Shipment of TRU Waste to WIPP Resumed April 2017 5,932m3 remaining to certify and ship out of Idaho WIPP WAC Revision 8 Juiy 2016 Completion Milestone - Idaho Settlement Agreement Completion Milestone - ICP Core Operations Under Fluor Idaho Begin 8,646m3 remaining to ship out of Idaho 3,557m3 untreated waste *A *B

*A *A 2,714m3 Certified TRU backlog *B *B 2,375m3 Needs additional Certification

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ARP V Drum Incident

• Firefighters responded to an

alarm in ARP V on April 11.

• They observed smoldering

contents from a waste drum, and applied retardant.

• After exiting facility they were

decontaminated and are now undergoing further testing to determine if they had internal uptakes.

• No contamination left the

facility.

• Upon re-entry eight days later,

three more drums were found to have their lids removed by excessive pressure.

• The waste likely originated at

Rocky Flats in Colorado, and was sent to Idaho in the 1960s.

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ARP V Recovery Actions

• Six entries into the area.
• Samples have been collected and shipped to Savannah River National

Laboratory and Southwest Research Institute for analysis.

• Facility recovery plans have been finalized and cleanup efforts have

started.

• Exhumation of potentially similar waste was suspended.

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• Waste Exhumation (Acres) (FYTD) as of April 30, 2018

FY-18 Target: 0.26 FY-18 Actual: 0.114 Buried Waste Exhumation (84.8% complete) was intentionally delayed so exhumation crews can support AMWTP ISA waste processing in the ARPs. Exhumation is on hold until it can be verified that an event similar to ARP-V is not possible. The project remains about two years ahead of the regulatory schedule.

Key Scope: FY 18 Buried Waste Exhumation Performance

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ARP VIII Buried Waste Exhumation Grid Completions

(89.8% complete as of 4/30/18)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 A 12 40 69 94 A B 9 37 65 94 122 151 180 208 225 225 225 210 B C 28 148 176 205 224 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 197 C D 36 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 184 D E 3 15 27 38 50 62 74 85 97 121 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 171 E F 85 157 169 181 193 204 216 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 158 F G 122 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 145 G H 113 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 132 H I 104 225 225 225 225 225 225 221 211 201 191 180 170 160 150 140 130 120 110 100 90 80 69 59 71 225 225 225 225 225 225 119 I J 28 56 46 36 26 16 6 10 59 225 225 225 225 225 225 106 J K 2 15 24 40 112 128 144 160 175 190 205 220 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 93 K L 124 225 222 60 33 49 64 79 95 110 126 141 184 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 80 L M 138 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 67 M N 153 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 55 N O 167 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 42 O P 5 20 37 53 69 85 102 118 134 151 167 183 199 216 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 29 P Q 7 17 27 40 55 70 84 99 114 129 143 158 175 192 211 16 Q 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32

Remaining -SQ FT

Exhumed -SQ FT

ARP IX is the last facility required to complete exhumation.

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Spent Nuclear Fuel Status

Progress continues in moving remaining spent fuel from the CPP-666 storage pools (above) into dry storage facilities like CPP-603 (right).

• DOE is on target to meet the Idaho Settlement Agreement requirement to remove all stored

spent nuclear fuel from wet storage to dry by 2023.

• The transfer of 3,240 EBR-II spent fuel bottles to the Materials and Fuels Complex for

treatment or dry storage is about 12 percent complete.

• The transfer of 1,000 Advanced Test Reactor fuel elements from wet storage to dry is about

19 percent complete.