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SRS Environmental Management i Program Management Plan September 2016
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This document has been created for planning purposes and assumes a continuing constrained budget environment. The Department recognizes its obligation to comply with all applicable environmental legal commitments, while assuring that essential functions necessary to protect human health, the environment, and national security are also maintained.
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Record of Revisions
Revision Effective Date Summary of Change
0 Aug. 2007 Initial Issue
1 Jan. 2008 Updated
2 Jul. 2010 Updated
3 Aug. 2012 Updated for FY2012 ILCE. Also documented changes from
FY2010 to FY2011 ILCE in Appendix A.
4 Aug. 2013 Updated. Appendix A has been deleted.
5 Sept. 2014 Updated
6 Sept. 2015 Updated
7 Sept. 2016 Updated
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Table of Contents
Executive Summary .............................................................................................................................. i
Purpose of Plan ..................................................................................................................................... i
Plan Hierarchy and EM Project Management Process ......................................................................... i
Result of the FY2016 ILCE Update.................................................................................................... iii
Significant Changes from the FY2015 to the FY2016 ILCE Update ................................................. iv
1 Introduction ..................................................................................................................................... 1
1.1 Background ........................................................................................................................... 1
1.2 SRS Strategic Plan ................................................................................................................ 2
1.3 SRS Environmental Management Land Use Plan and End State Vision .............................. 2
Land Use Planning ......................................................................................................... 2 1.3.1
End State Vision ............................................................................................................ 4 1.3.2
Facility and Waste Site End State Definitions ............................................................... 4 1.3.3
1.4 Legacy Management or Long Term Stewardship (LTS) ...................................................... 5
1.5 Risk Management .................................................................................................................. 5
1.6 Contingency .......................................................................................................................... 6
2 Environmental Management Programs FY2016 Annual Life Cycle Update ............................... 7
2.1 ILCE Cost Profile and Milestones ........................................................................................ 7
2.2 Nuclear Materials ................................................................................................................ 12
PBS 11C, Nuclear Materials Stabilization and Disposition......................................... 12 2.2.1
2.2.1.1 Key Assumptions ..................................................................................................... 12
PBS 12, Spent Nuclear Fuel Stabilization and Disposition ......................................... 13 2.2.2
2.2.2.1 Key Assumptions ..................................................................................................... 13
2.3 Waste Disposition ............................................................................................................... 14
PBS 13, Solid Waste Stabilization and Disposition..................................................... 14 2.3.1
2.3.1.1 Key Assumptions ..................................................................................................... 15
PBS 14C, Radioactive Liquid Tank Waste Stabilization and Disposition .................. 16 2.3.2
2.3.2.1 Key Assumptions ..................................................................................................... 17
2.4 Soil and Water Remediation and Nuclear Facility D&D .................................................... 19
PBS 30, Soil and Water Remediation and Nuclear Facility D&D .............................. 19 2.4.1
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2.4.1.1 Key Assumptions ..................................................................................................... 19
2.5 Site Support ......................................................................................................................... 21
PBS 20, Safeguards and Security................................................................................. 21 2.5.1
2.5.1.1 Key Assumptions ..................................................................................................... 22
PBS 100, Non-Closure Missions and Community and Regulatory Support ............... 22 2.5.2
2.5.2.1 Key Assumptions ..................................................................................................... 22
2.6 Landlord and Essential Site Support Services..................................................................... 23
2.7 Environmental Quality ........................................................................................................ 23
3 Legacy Management or Long Term Stewardship (LTS) ............................................................ 23
3.1 Long Term Stewardship ...................................................................................................... 23
3.2 SRS Perspectives on Long-Term Stewardship.................................................................... 24
4 Reference Information ................................................................................................................ 26
4.1 Reference Documents ......................................................................................................... 26
List of Figures
Figure 0-1 DOE-SR Plan Hierarchy ................................................................................................ ii
Figure 0-2 DOE-SR EM Program Management Process .............................................................. iii Figure 2-1 Project Baseline Summary Listing ................................................................................ 7
Figure 2-2 PBS Life Cycle Roadmap ............................................................................................. 10 Figure 2-3 FY16 Remaining Lifecycle Total Cost by PBS ........................................................... 11
List of Tables
Table 2-1 Key Milestones .................................................................................................................. 8
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Acronyms
AACEI Association for the Advancement of Cost Engineering International
ACP Area Completion Project
AEC Atomic Energy Commission
ARP Actinide Removal Process
ARRA American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
BWRE Bulk Waste Removal Efforts
CAB Citizens Advisory Board
CCO Criticality Container Overpacks
CD Critical Decision
CERCLA Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act
CIIP Critical Infrastructure Improvement Projects
CIIPL Critical Infrastructure Integrated Priority List
CSF Canister Shipping Facility
D&D Deactivation and Decommissioning
DFNSB Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board
DOE-SR Department Of Energy, Savannah River
DRR Domestic Research Reactor
DWPF Defense Waste Processing Facility
EC Environmental Compliance
EM Environmental Management
EPA Environmental Protection Agency
ETF Effluent Treatment Facility
EU Enriched Uranium
FFA Federal Facility Agreement
FPD Federal Project Director
FRR Foreign Research Reactor
FY Fiscal Year
GAO Government Accountability Office
GPP General Plant Projects
GWSB Glass Waste Storage Building
HLW High Level Waste
ILCE Integrated Life Cycle Estimate
INL Idaho National Laboratory
ISD In-Situ Decommissioning
ISDP Interim Salt Disposition Project
LEU Low Enriched Uranium
LLW Low-Level Waste
LTS Long-Term Stewardship
LW Liquid Waste
LLMW Low Level Mixed Waste
LUC Land Use Controls
LUCAP Land Use Control Assurance Plan
LUCIP Land Use Controls Implementation Plans
MC&A Material Controls & Accountability
MCU Modular Caustic Side Solvent Extraction Unit
MNA Monitored Natural Attenuation
MOX Mixed Oxide
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NEPA National Environmental Policy Act
NFA No Further Action
NHPA National Historic Preservation Act
NNSA National Nuclear Security Administration
NRSC Natural Resources Conservation Services
PBS Program Baseline Summary
PECMC Portable Equipment Commodity Management Center
PILT Payment-in-Lieu-of-Taxes
PMP Program Management Plan
POC Pipe Overpack Container
PSO Program Secretarial Office
Pu Plutonium
RCRA Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
RMP Risk Management Plan
ROAR Risk & Opportunity Analysis Report
ROD Record of Decision
S&M Surveillance & Maintenance
S&S Safeguard and Security
SCDHEC South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control
SCDNR SC Dept. of Natural Resources
SCIAA SC Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology
SCIX Small Column Ion Exchange
SDF Saltstone Disposal Facility
SDU Saltstone Disposal Unit(s)
SNF Spent Nuclear Fuel (or Used Nuclear Fuel - UNF)
SNM Special Nuclear Materials
SPF Saltstone Production Facility
SREL Savannah River Ecology Lab
SRNL Savannah River National Laboratory
SRNS Savannah River Nuclear Solutions
SRR Savannah River Remediation
SRS Savannah River Site
STP Site Treatment Plan
SWDF Solid Waste Disposal Facility
SWPF Salt Waste Processing Facility
TRU Transuranic
TVA Tennessee Valley Authority
UNF Used Nuclear Fuel
USFS-SR United States Department of Agriculture Forest Service- Savannah River
WIPP Waste Isolation Processing Plant
WSB Waste Solidification Building
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Executive Summary
Purpose of Plan
The purpose of the Savannah River Site (SRS) Environmental Management (EM) Program
Management Plan (PMP) is to describe the strategy to achieve cleanup and risk reduction at the
Site. It includes summary scope, schedule, cost, end state descriptions and actions required to
achieve environmental cleanup.
The PMP specifically supports the goals of the EM Cleanup Program at the SRS. The Program has
three primary objectives:
Mitigate or eliminate risks through stabilization, treatment and disposition of EM-owned
nuclear materials, spent nuclear fuel (SNF), and waste
Reduce the costs of continuing operations, surveillance and maintenance
Decommission all EM-owned facilities except those identified for transfer to another
Program Secretarial Office (PSO) and remediate surface water, groundwater and
contaminated soil, using an Area Completion approach.
This document is a summation of the FY2016 update of the Department of Energy-Savannah River
Site (DOE-SR) Integrated Life Cycle Estimate (ILCE). It incorporates scope from the remaining
years of the Savannah River Nuclear Solutions (SRNS) FY2016-2020 5-year baseline and
Savannah River Remediation (SRR) Liquid Waste System Plan Revision 20 (Case 1), the Salt
Waste Processing Facility Contractor (Parsons), and known DOE Direct Contracts.
Plan Hierarchy and EM Project Management Process
The PMP can be found in the various EM Operational Plans (e.g. the Liquid Waste (LW) System
Plan, the System Plan for Solid Waste Management) and the Current Period Baselines. Figure 0-1,
DOE-SR Plan Hierarchy, highlights the position of the SRS EM PMP relative to other EM and SRS
organizing planning documents.
Planning objectives will continue to be pursued with deliberate engagement of local communities
and stakeholders, including the appropriate regulatory authorities. The SRS is working
collaboratively with regulators to find innovative and flexible ways to meet these objectives. These
goals, along with the elements described in this PMP, will ensure that SRS continues its enduring
mission into the future.
Execution of the EM Cleanup Program at the SRS involves numerous interfaces with other
organizations, both internal and external to DOE-SR. DOE-EM provides landlord services to other
organizations, including the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA). These
responsibilities will transition to another Program Secretarial Office (PSO) at the completion of the
EM Cleanup Program.
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Figure 0-1 DOE-SR Plan Hierarchy
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Completion of the DOE-SR EM Cleanup Program is dependent on the ability to drive performance
with the acquisition and application of appropriate resources. SRS will continue to implement an
integrated program, utilize project management tools and explore innovative opportunities to
advance the program. Figure 0-2, The DOE-SR EM Program Management Process, provides a
diagram of the Planning, Budget Formulation and Performance Plans, Program Implementation,
and Program Analysis and Evaluation cycle of the EM management process.
Result of the FY2016 ILCE Update
The FY2016 ILCE update reflects an estimated cost to complete of $71.3 billion dollars (fully
burdened and escalated). This is a $1.9 billion dollar increase over the FY2015 ILCE update. The
estimated completion date of FY2065 remains the same.
Figure 0-2 DOE-SR EM Program Management Process
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Significant Changes from the FY2015 to the FY2016 ILCE Update
The significant changes between the FY2015 ILCE and FY2016 ILCE update include the
following:
PBS 11C – H Canyon processing of Spent Nuclear Fuel (SNF) extended three years from
FY2021 to FY2024.
PBS 11C – Pu down-blending (non-MOXable) with a single glovebox line has moved to K-
Area. Utilization of a single shift extends the scheduled completion date from FY2032 to
FY2046.
PBS 12 – Spent Nuclear Fuel (SNF) Dry storage planning and design, previously planned to
begin in FY2031, has been accelerated to FY2021. The accelerated schedule allows for
resolution of technical difficulties and “proof of concept” prior to deactivation of H Canyon
and the loss of that disposition path. This will also accelerate the SNF Dry Storage
construction and the L Basin de-inventory.
PBS 14C – The Salt Waste Processing Facility (SWPF) achieved construction complete
during FY2016, with an anticipated “hot start-up” date in FY2019. This has accelerated
waste processing operations completion by three years.
PBS 14C – Decreases the scheduled number of glass canisters due to canister loading
optimization.
PBS 20 – Extending the K-Area Pu down-blending mission extends high level security and
security costs from FY2032 to FY2046.
PBS 30 –The USACE D&D Cost Model for SRS is utilized in the ILCE update to estimate
SRS Gold Metric facilities decommissioning. The “Model” for radiologically contaminated
process facilities was updated in 2015 and applied with this update. This resulted in a $608
million dollar reduction of facility disposition costs (2016 dollars).
The availability of the off-site Federal Repository for SNF and High Level Waste (HLW) is
currently driving the ILCE finish date of FY 2065.
Risks associated with PBS 14 are the largest contributor to site estimates and schedule delay
calculations.
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The following program elements reflected in the FY2015 ILCE update remain consistent in the
FY2016 ILCE update:
Life Cycle planning is constrained to annual target funding limitations. (Note: Anticipated
pension obligations and SWPF operations costs pose a significant challenge in the FY2018 –
2028 time frame.)
Scope, cost and schedule from the remaining years of the SRNS FY2016 - FY2020 5-year
baseline, and the SRR Liquid Waste System Plan Revision 20, Case 1 are accepted as the
ILCE starting point.
Offsite disposition of HLW and SNF to a Federal Repository is planned to begin in FY2055
and complete in FY2059.
PBS 11C Nuclear Materials – H-Canyon and HB-Line will prepare plutonium as feed
material for the NNSA Mixed Oxide (MOX) Fuel Fabrication Facility.
Additional Pu will be prepared in K-Area for final disposition at the Waste Isolation
Processing Plant (WIPP).
PBS 12 - Spent Nuclear Fuels Exchange with Idaho remains suspended.
PBS 12 – The April 2013 Amended Record of Decision (AROD) to process a limited
quantity of SNF will free-up limited L- Basin storage space for new receipts, eliminating the
need for additional storage racks in L-Basin.
PBS 12 – Plans to incorporate a three phased dry storage design and construction approach
to de-inventory the L-Basin to interim dry storage remains.
PBS 13 - Solid Waste Management will provide surveillance and maintenance through final
offsite disposition of HLW after the Liquid Waste program has completed and the HLW is
in safe configured interim storage.
PBS 13 Solid Waste Disposition, PBS 20 Safeguards & Security, PBS 30 Soil and Water
Remediation and Facility D&D and PBS 100 Community and Regulatory Support activities
will continue through the site remediation completion forecast of FY2065.
DOE-SR EM Cleanup mission completes in FY2065.
Transfer of site responsibilities to Long-Term Stewardship (LTS) PSO will occur in
FY2066.
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1 Introduction
1.1 Background
The Savannah River Site (SRS) is located in South Carolina, covering 310 square miles in Aiken,
Allendale and Barnwell counties. SRS was constructed during the early 1950s to produce the basic
materials used in the fabrication of nuclear weapons, primarily tritium and plutonium-239 in
support of our nation's defense programs. After years of producing nuclear material for defense and
non-defense uses, the SRS has shifted its strategic direction and resources from nuclear materials
production to cleanup.
Cleanup operations actually began in the 1980s when SRS started inventorying waste units. Early
future use planning also reflected the site’s changing mission with the development of the SRS
Future Use Plan with stakeholders and regulators.
Today, the SRS cleanup effort reflects an increased focus on integrating area cleanup with facility
deactivation and decommissioning work.
The DOE-SR EM Cleanup Mission is focused on completing nuclear material stabilization and
processing in the canyons and separations facilities; removing waste from and closing all liquid
waste tanks; treating and disposing of all solid wastes; deactivating and decommissioning EM
facilities; and remediating contaminated soil and water. The approach taken will continue to
preserve the health and safety of workers, the public, and the environment; eliminate risks rather
than attempting to manage them; and significantly shrink the site’s geographic “footprint”.
The major activities constituting the environmental liabilities at SRS include the following:
The radioactive liquid waste stabilization and disposition project, to safely and effectively
store, treat, stabilize and dispose of approximately 36 million gallons of legacy radioactive
waste stored in 44 underground storage tanks.
The NNSA surplus plutonium disposition program, which provides the capability to convert
the nation's surplus weapons-grade plutonium into a form suitable for use in commercial
nuclear reactors. The disposition of surplus plutonium from stockpile reductions through
the MOX program is an important part of the United States’ efforts to ensure that plutonium
can no longer be readily used for nuclear weapons purposes. These activities satisfy
commitments made under treaty with Russia. Surplus material not suitable for MOX is
planned to be packaged and dispositioned to the Waste Isolation Processing Plant (WIPP).
Receipt and storage of SNF/UNF originating from the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC)
and DOE-EM activities. SNF received at SRS supports the Domestic Research Reactor
(DRR), Foreign Research Reactor (FRR); and Gap receipts program pending off-site
disposition at a national repository. Heavy water stored in C-Area, K-Area and L-Area is
awaiting offsite treatment and disposition.
The soil and water remediation scope includes the remediation of contaminated soils/vadose
zones, groundwater and streams/water bodies (and associated wetlands) and waste units.
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The goal is to protect ground water aquifers and surface waters from the spread of
contamination by addressing contamination sources using an area completion approach.
This employs waste unit remediation and general facility deactivation and decommissioning
to address an entire area, as appropriate. Consistent with this approach, environmental
regulators will continue to validate the protectiveness of end states and long-term
Surveillance & Maintenance (S&M) activities.
Storage, treatment and disposal of Transuranic (TRU), low-level, low-level mixed,
hazardous and sanitary wastes, and waste from facility demolition will be disposed of in
accordance with the Atomic Energy Act and DOE Order 435.1, Radioactive Waste
Management.
1.2 SRS Strategic Plan
The SRS Strategic Plan emphasizes the execution of the current EM Cleanup Program, as well as
the NNSA missions of Defense Programs and Nuclear Nonproliferation, as the highest priority of
the site. The Savannah River Site is utilizing its trained and experienced workforce, its nuclear
processing assets and the exceptional capabilities of the Savannah River National Laboratory
(SRNL) to provide innovative solutions to national challenges in the areas of National Security,
Clean Energy and Environmental Stewardship.
The EM Program Management Plan (PMP) directly supports the vision of the SRS Strategic Plan.
1.3 SRS Environmental Management Land Use Plan and End State Vision
Land Use Planning 1.3.1
The Department of Energy (DOE) requires integrated land use planning at all of its sites. At a
multi-program site such as SRS, overall land use management responsibilities are assigned to a
Lead Program Secretarial Office (PSO), or landlord, which for SRS is the Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Environmental Management (EM).
DOE Order 430.1B Real Property and Asset Management is the primary land use planning guide
for SRS. This order directs DOE sites to comply with the requirements of the National
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). The order also requires DOE sites to ensure that existing DOE
land is maintained and available for approved DOE missions and to make existing land that is no
longer needed available for reuse.
The future use for all areas at SRS is non-residential and will be maintained through the use of
institutional controls in accordance with:
1. The Land Use Control Assurance Plan for the Savannah River Site.
2. Individual Records of Decision (ROD)/Land Use Controls Implementation Plans.
3. The DOE-SR RCRA Permit.
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The November 2014 update of The Savannah River Site Land Use Plan incorporates the
assumptions from the Savannah River Site Future Land Use Project, Stakeholder Report for SRS
Land and Facilities, January, 1996 and includes:
1. SRS will maintain its current physical boundary under the ownership of the federal
government in perpetuity, except where lease or transfer to private or public sector entities
in accordance with applicable laws/regulations aligns with DOE objectives and enhances
economic development in the surrounding region. None of the land will be used for
residential use.
2. National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) Defense Programs will continue as an
enduring mission.
3. Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL) is a national asset, solving critical issues for
national security, clean energy and environmental management. It will continue as an
enduring mission.
4. Site infrastructure will be right-sized to support assigned site missions. Facilities associated
with NNSA missions, their supporting waste management, and essential site infrastructures
are anticipated to remain active and appropriately sized to support those ongoing missions.
5. Upon completion of environmental cleanup and nuclear materials disposition missions, long
term environmental monitoring responsibilities will be released to another Program
Secretarial Office (PSO). The Legacy Management PSO for Long-Term stewardship (LTS)
activities will continue to ensure that EM cleanup project remedies and end states remain
protective of human health and the environment. Environmental regulators will continue to
validate the protection of end states and LTS activities
6. Radioactive liquid waste, transuranic, mixed and hazardous waste will be removed from the
SRS and dispositioned offsite except for the waste facilities closed and monitored in
accordance with the Federal Facility Agreement (FFA) and the Resource Conservation and
Recovery Act (RCRA) permits. LLW will be disposed onsite in accordance with the Atomic
Energy Act and DOE Order 435.1, Radioactive Waste Management.
7. The SRS waste units will be remediated, as warranted, and institutional controls will be in
place to ensure limited access to waste units where Land Use Controls are in place to protect
human health.
8. Excess EM facilities will be permanently dispositioned by demolition or in-situ
decommissioning (ISD) unless reused by another federal program or designated for
historical preservation or economic development.
9. EM nuclear materials will be removed from the SRS. Canisters of vitrified high-level
nuclear waste will be shipped off-site to a national repository.
10. Natural resources (forests, watersheds, and endangered species) are valued site assets and
will continue to be actively managed. Unique ecological habitats and archaeological sites
will be protected and enhanced.
11. SRS will continue to set aside specific research sites for the purpose of preserving non-
industrial reference areas for environmental and ecological baseline data.
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End State Vision 1.3.2
The EM completion goal is to stabilize and permanently disposition EM nuclear material and waste,
decommission excess EM facilities, and remediate waste units. The vast majority of EM nuclear
material and waste will be permanently removed from the SRS and dispositioned offsite. At
completion, SRS waste units and facilities will be remediated employing an area completion
strategy; contaminated soils/vadose zones, surface water and groundwater will be remediated, and
the effectiveness monitored to ensure protection of human health and the environment.
Deactivated facilities will undergo facility demolition or in-situ decommissioning, except when the
facility will be used to support other federal missions, designated for historical preservation or re-
used for economic development, as warranted.
Low-level waste (LLW) will be disposed of onsite at the Solid Waste Disposal Facility (SWDF) or
in Saltstone Disposal Units (SDUs) in compliance with applicable regulations and requirements.
Institutional controls consisting of access restrictions, land use restrictions, inspections,
maintenance, and monitoring will be applied to areas where waste will be retained. Risk to onsite
and offsite receptors will continue to be maintained below an acceptable level to protect human
health and the environment while remaining consistent with environmental laws and regulations.
The End State Vision for the SRS incorporates the Land Use Plan assumptions.
Facility and Waste Site End State Definitions 1.3.3
Decommissioning
Decommissioning includes demolishing and removing the entire facility to slab, if necessary, to
meet established release criteria. The end state must be compliant with applicable regulations.
In-Situ Decommissioning (ISD)
ISD is the planned end state for some structurally robust facilities for which demolition would
be very expensive and hazardous to worker health and safety. In this case, most or all
radiological and other hazardous material is removed or the facility decontaminated to a level
that meets established criteria and additional barriers are placed as necessary. Some period of
post-decommissioning monitoring may be required. The end state must be compliant with
applicable regulations.
No Further Action (NFA)
NFA is the preferred end state when, upon completion of the characterization or remediation
process, selected waste sites are identified as needing no further remedial action and no
restrictions exist on land use. This decision is approved by environmental regulators.
Long-Term Surveillance & Maintenance (S&M)
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Long-term S&M provides safe and effective protection from residual hazards while optimizing
future land and resource use. Long-term S&M may be achieved through the use of active or
passive controls.
1.4 Legacy Management or Long Term Stewardship (LTS)
LTS is a post EM remediation operating program, defined to include all activities necessary to
ensure protection of human health and environment following completion of cleanup, disposal, or
stabilization at a Site or a portion of a Site. LTS includes all engineered and institutional controls
designed to contain or to prevent exposure to residual contamination and waste, such as surveillance
activities, record keeping activities, inspections, groundwater and air monitoring, ongoing pump
and treat activities, cap repair, maintenance of other barriers and containment structure, access
control, and posting signs. LTS activities will be transferred from EM to another PSO when the end
state has been accomplished.
1.5 Risk Management
The DOE, along with the various SRS contractors, are tasked with performing risk management
activities at SRS to comply with DOE Orders and guidance documentation. DOE and the
contractors share a joint responsibility to complete this mission. To complete this, each contractor
has developed an overarching Risk Management Plan (RMP) and various Risk and Opportunity
Analysis Reports (ROAR). In some cases when a contractor has a single project (SWPF, etc.) the
Federal Project Director (FPD) and contractor’s Project Manager may elect to combine the RMP
and ROAR into a single stand-alone document.
The RMP is a higher tier governing document which details:
The activities the contractor and DOE undertake to manage the risk management process
How often risk updates are performed
How risks are tracked and managed
How risks are closed
The ROAR is a project specific implementation document used to:
1. Identify project specific risks and opportunities
2. Quantify these risks or opportunities
3. Develop mitigation strategies to handle these risks
4. Provide the basis (cost impacts and schedule impacts) for the Monte-Carlo type analysis
which quantifies the risk impact to the project
The contractor is responsible for the management (identification, quantification, mitigation, and
tracking) of risks within their control while the DOE is responsible for the management
(identification, quantification, mitigation, and tracking) of DOE risks. The contractor maintains a
single database for tracking both contractor and DOE risks.
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In addition, the DOE is responsible for providing guidance to the various contractors to ensure
consistency and to review all contractor generated deliverables (RMPs and ROARs). Further detail
regarding risk management activities can be found in the RMP.
1.6 Contingency
DOE-SR recognizes that some of the programmatic and project assumptions and plans established
to achieve cleanup of the SRS may become invalidated, thereby creating a risk. Attempts will be
made to mitigate these risks. However, consistent with project management practices, the
contingency estimate for identified Project Baseline Summaries (PBSs) realized risk is incorporated
into the current period baseline through the change control processes.
An uncertainty range of -50/+100 for projects in the ILCE out years is consistent with the
Association for the Advancement of Cost Engineering (AACEI) and the Government
Accountability Office (GAO) Cost Estimating and Assessment Guide (GAO-09-3SP) for a Class 5
estimate, primarily based on parametric estimating techniques.
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2 Environmental Management Programs FY2016 Annual Life Cycle Update
EM work scope is grouped into PBS activities required to complete the EM mission at each DOE
site. The DOE-SR cleanup strategy is divided among four functional areas; Nuclear Materials,
Waste Disposition, Area Completion and Site Support. These functional areas are further broken
down into PBS scopes of work, listed below in Figure 2-1, for reporting and program management.
Figure 2-1 Project Baseline Summary Listing
Functional Area PBS PBS Title
Nuclear
Materials
11C Nuclear Material Stabilization and Disposition
12 Spent Nuclear Fuel Stabilization and Disposition
Waste
Disposition
13 Solid Waste Stabilization and Disposition
14C Radioactive Liquid Tank Waste Stabilization and Disposition
05-D-405 Salt Waste Processing Facility (Line Item)
Area Completion 30 Soil and Water Remediation and Facility D&D
Site
Support
20 Safeguards & Security
100 Community and Regulatory Support
Each PBS is further organized by a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) that describes the work to
be performed in increasing levels of detail. The ILCE incorporates both the M&O contractor’s and
the Liquid Waste contractor’s baseline WBS as a starting point and extends them to a scheduled
completion end point using contractor and EM SRS oversight staff input.
2.1 ILCE Cost Profile and Milestones
The FY2016 ILCE update reflects an estimated cost to complete of $71.3 billion dollars (fully
burdened and escalated). This is a $1.9 billion dollar increase over the FY2015 ILCE update. The
estimated completion date of FY2065 remains the same
The following Table 2.1 Key Milestones highlight significant completions in the EM SRS Life
Cycle. Note that PBS completion may lag component activity milestones due to the PBS 30 facility
transfer process.
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Table 2-1 Key Milestones
PBS Activity Designation
FY16 ILCE Start
FY16 ILCE Complete
PBS 11C Complete H Canyon Limited SNF Processing FY2024
PBS 11C Complete HB Line Pu Processing FY2025
PBS 11C Complete H Canyon, HB Line Deactivation FY2027
PBS 11C Transfer 235-F Complex (F1) to PBS 30 FY2030
PBS 11C Transfer F-Canyon Complex (F5) to PBS 30 FY2033
PBS 11C Transfer F/H Lab Complex (F9) to PBS 30 FY2033
PBS 11C Transfer H-Canyon Complex (H6) to PBS 30 FY2036
PBS 11C Complete K-Area Pu De-inventory FY2046
PBS 11C Transfer K-Area Reactor Complex (K4) to PBS 30 FY2049
PBS 11C Complete PBS 11C - Nuclear Materials Stabilization and Disposition Operations
FY2049
PBS 12 Complete FRR Receipts FY2019
PBS 12 Begin SNF Dry Storage Project with initiation of Pilot Study FY2021
PBS 12 Complete DRR Receipts FY2035
PBS 12 Complete SNF Dry Storage Construction FY2047
PBS 12 Complete L Basin De-inventory to Dry Storage FY2047
PBS 12 Disposition of Heavy Water from C, L, and K Reactors FY2036 FY2049
PBS 12 Complete L Area Dry Storage De-inventory to National Geologic Repository
FY2059
PBS 12 Transfer L-Reactor Complex (L4) to PBS 30 FY2059
PBS 12 Complete Spent Nuclear Fuels Stabilization and Disposition Operations
FY2060
PBS 13 Complete NG CH Transuranic Waste Receipt / Storage / Disposition
FY2025
PBS 13 Complete Legacy TRU Waste Disposition to WIPP FY2045
PBS 13 Complete HLW and SNF Offsite Disposition FY2055 FY2059
PBS 13 Transfer E-Area Facilities to D&D FY2063
PBS 13 Low Level Waste - Trench Covers Complete FY2065
PBS 13 Complete PBS 13 - Solid Waste Stabilization and Disposition
FY2065
PBS 14C Complete Construction of Salt waste Process Facility (SWPF)
FY16
Complete
PBS 14C Begin SWPF Hot Start-up Operations (Construction Contractor)
FY2019
PBS 14C Complete Construction of Glass Waste Storage (GWS) Project
FY2026 FY2029
PBS 14C Complete SWPF Operations (clean and flush for an additional year)
FY2032
PBS 14C All Type I / II / IV (Old Style) Tanks (24H) Closed FY2035
PBS 14C Transfer F Tank Farm to PBS 30 FY2036
PBS 14C Complete Defense Waste Process Facility (DWPF) Operations
FY2036
PBS 14C Complete Salt Stone Operations (Salt Stone Process Facility (SPF) & Salt Stone Disposal Unit(s) (SDU)
FY2037
SRS Environmental Management Program Management Plan 9 September 2016
PBS 14C Transfer DWPF to PBS 30 FY2038
PBS 14C Transfer SPF and SDUs to PBS 30 FY2039
PBS 14C All Type III Tanks (New Style Tanks) (40H) Closed FY2039
PBS 14C Transfer SWPF to PBS 30 FY2040
PBS 14C Transfer H Tank Farm to PBS 30 FY2040
another PBS Complete Construction of Canister Shipping Facility (CSF) FY2054
another PBS Transfer GWS to PBS 30 FY2060
another PBS Transfer CSF to PBS 30 FY2060
PBS 14C Complete PBS 14C - Radioactive Liquid Waste Stabilization and Disposition Operations
FY2040
PBS 20 Security Reduction at the conclusion of H-Area Processing FY2025
PBS 20 Security Reduction at the conclusion of K-Area Down Blending FY2047
PBS 20 Complete PBS 20 - Safeguard & Security FY2065
PBS 30 Complete F-Tank Farm (FTF) Facility Disposition FY2038
PBS 30 Complete F-Area Facility Disposition FY2039
PBS 30 Complete Z-Area Facility Disposition FY2040
PBS 30 Complete H-Tank Farm (FTF) Facility Disposition FY2042
PBS 30 Complete F-Area Tank Farm Cap Construction FY2042
PBS 30 Complete H-Area Facility Disposition FY2043
PBS 30 Complete C-Area Facility Disposition FY2043
PBS 30 Complete S-Area Facility Disposition FY2044
PBS 30 Complete H-Area Tank Farm Cap Construction FY2044
PBS 30 Complete Z-Area Closure Cap Construction FY2045
PBS 30 Complete K-Area Facilities Disposition FY2055
PBS 30 Complete D-Area Facility Disposition FY2056
PBS 30 Complete A-Area Facility Disposition FY2059
PBS 30 Complete E-Area Facility Disposition FY2064
PBS 30 Complete L-Area Facility Disposition FY2065
PBS 30 Complete PBS 30 - Soil and Water Remediation and Nuclear Facility Disposition
FY2065
PBS 100 Complete PBS 100 Support FY2065
LTS Begin Long Term Stewardship (LTS) FY2066 FY2165
SRS Environmental Management Program Management Plan 10 September 2016
Figure 2.2 illustrates the PBS Life Cycle Roadmap, with milestones and the schedule Critical Path,
currently based on the availability of a Federal repository for SNF and HLW.
Figure 2-2 PBS Life Cycle Roadmap
Com
plet
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Can
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Lim
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SNF
(FY2
4)
Com
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Lin
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Pro
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(FY2
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Com
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Can
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Deac
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(FY2
7)
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&D
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Y30)
Tr
ansf
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to
D&D
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Y33)
Tr
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/H L
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ex to
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D F9
(FY3
3)
Tr
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to D
&D
H6 (F
Y36)
Com
plet
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Are
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De-
Inve
ntor
y (F
Y46)
Tra
nsfe
r K-
Are
a Re
acto
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ompl
ex to
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D K4
(FY
49)
Com
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C -
Nucl
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Mat
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tabi
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and
Disp
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(FY4
8)
C
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FRR
Rece
ipts
(FY1
9)
C
ompl
ete
DRR
Rece
ipts
(FY3
5)
C
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ete
L A
rea
Dein
vent
ory
to In
teri
m D
ry S
tora
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Y47)
Be
gin
SNF
Dry
Stor
age
Proj
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evel
opm
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FY21
)
Com
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NF D
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ge C
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(FY4
7)
Di
spos
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of H
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Wat
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, L, a
nd K
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s (F
Y49)
Tr
ansf
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alan
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nt N
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ar F
uel F
acili
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to D
&D
(FY6
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in ti
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for
offs
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ispo
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FY4
8
C
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Ship
ping
Cam
paig
n fo
r SR
S SN
F Dr
y St
orag
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HLW
Can
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rs to
Rep
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ry
C
ompl
ete
PBS
12 -
Spen
t Nuc
lear
Fue
ls S
tabi
lizat
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and
Disp
ositi
on O
pera
tions
(FY5
9)
C
ompl
ete
Con
stru
ctio
n In
teri
m G
WS
Proj
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FY29
)
C
lose
Fin
al T
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I/II/I
V T
anks
(FY3
5)
Tr
ansf
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Tan
k Fa
rm D
&D
(FY3
6)
C
ompl
ete
DWPF
Ops
(FY
36)
Com
plet
e Sa
ltsto
ne O
pera
tions
(FY3
7)
Tr
ansf
er D
WPF
to D
&D
(FY3
8)
Tr
ansf
er S
PF &
SPD
to D
&D
(FY3
9)
C
lose
Fin
al T
ype
III T
anks
(FY3
9)
C
ompl
ete
Con
stru
ctio
n of
SW
PF (F
Y16)
Beg
in S
WPF
Hot
Sta
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p O
pera
tions
(Con
stru
ctio
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ontr
acto
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Y19)
3 C
ompl
ete
SWPF
Ope
ratio
ns (F
Y32)
Tra
nsfe
r SW
PF to
D&
D (F
Y40)
T
rans
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H T
ank
Farm
to D
&D
(FY4
0)
C
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PBS
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Liq
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Was
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rogr
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(FY4
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Shi
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Y53)
C
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F A
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Faci
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D&D
(FY3
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Com
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Are
a Fa
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D (F
Y40)
C
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F-Ta
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arm
Cap
(FY4
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C
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H-A
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Faci
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D&D
(FY4
3)
Com
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a Fa
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D (F
Y43)
Com
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Are
a Fa
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Y44)
Com
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Y44)
Com
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Y45)
Com
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a Fa
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Y55)
Com
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Are
a Fa
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Y56)
Com
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-Are
a Fa
cilit
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D (F
Y59)
Com
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Are
a Fa
cilit
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D (F
Y64)
Com
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e L-
Are
a Fa
cilit
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D (F
Y65)
C
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PBS
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Com
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s (F
Y65)
C
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NG C
H Tr
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Rec
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Y25)
C
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TRU
Was
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WIP
P (F
Y45)
C
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HLW
and
SNF
Off
site
Dis
posi
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(FY5
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Tur
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Are
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to D
&D
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Y65)
Com
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Y65)
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H-A
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Y25)
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K-A
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dow
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FY65
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of S
RNL
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(FY4
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Mis
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SRS Environmental Management Program Management Plan 11 September 2016
Figure 2.3 illustrates the cumulative cost profile by PBS, as estimated in the ILCE. Budget profile
lines indicating an annual 1% and 1.7% increase in funding have been included. The life cycle
overage, specifically the years 2018 through 2028, are indicative of the impact of SRS pension
obligations and SWPF operational costs. These pose a significant challenge to budget formulation,
operational readiness, and progress towards completing site missions.
Figure 2-3 FY16 Remaining Lifecycle Total Cost by PBS
SRS Environmental Management Program Management Plan 12 September 2016
2.2 Nuclear Materials
PBS 11C, Nuclear Materials Stabilization and Disposition 2.2.1
This PBS includes the scope and funding for management and disposition of nuclear materials,
primarily located in H and K Areas at SRS. The H Area facilities continue to stabilize and
disposition legacy nuclear materials through operation of the H-Canyon and HB-Line with
Analytical Laboratory and SRNL support. There are continuing programmatic and physical support
activities related to safe receipt, inventory and management of Special Nuclear Materials (SNM) at
DOE-SR in K Area. This PBS also includes the safe surveillance and maintenance of program
facilities through facility deactivation until transfer to PBS 30 for decommissioning.
2.2.1.1 Key Assumptions
A DOE AROD dated April 2013 has directed H-Canyon to process a limited quantity of
SNF in order to free up storage space for future receipts in L-Basin.
Prior to a decision to shut down H-Canyon, modification to the “H-Canyon Public Law” is
required. “The Secretary of Energy shall continue operations and maintain a high state of
readiness at the H-Canyon facility SRS, Aiken, South Carolina, and shall provide technical
staff necessary to operate and so maintain such facilities” [Section 3137 of the National
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2001 (Public Law 106-398) as amended by
Section 3115, of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2004 (Public Law
108-136)].
Enriched Uranium (EU) processing (SNF) will continue through the end of FY2024;
Shipments of L-Area SNF for processing in H-Canyon are planned during FY2024.
DOE-TVA agreement remains in place to support the “out of South Carolina LEU exit
strategy”. The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) agreement has been modified to add
additional Low Enriched Uranium (LEU) shipments.
Three years of flushing and deactivation of H-Canyon processing lines will occur from
FY2025 through 2027.
HB-Line WIPP blending operations will be moved to K-Area to support early deactivation
of the H-Canyon. Pu process blending for disposition to WIPP will occur through FY2046
with two year deactivation following in FY2047 and FY2048.
A continued partnership with NNSA to utilize H-Canyon/HB-Line to provide Pu feed stock
for MOX is maintained. Pu processing for MOX feed to commence in 2012 and complete
no later than 2020.
Plutonium will be dispositioned through multiple pathways such as repackaged for shipment
to WIPP, or processed for MOX feed stock
H-Canyon support for Liquid Sample Returns from SRNL and 772-F (F/H Analytical Labs)
will continue through 2024. The F/H Lab will be deactivated by the end of FY2027. An
alternate lab waste disposition path will need to be operational by 2024.
Approximately 3,000 DOE-STD-3013 containers will be repackaged into Pipe Overpack
Containers (POC) and/or Criticality Container Overpack (CCO) containers.
K Area will annually perform destructive examinations of 3013 containers in accordance
with the 3013 Surveillance and Monitoring program
SRS Environmental Management Program Management Plan 13 September 2016
Without future and currently undefined enhanced missions, HB-Line will be available for
turnover to D&D at the end of FY2027.
The Receiving Basin for Offsite Fuels (RBOF) transfer to D&D (PBS 30) will occur at the
end of 2031.
Continued 235-F Risk Reduction activities to meet the Implementation Plan for Defense
Nuclear Facilities Safety Board (DNFSB) recommendation is planned for completion by
FY2021. Surveillance and maintenance continues until funding is available to transfer to
PBS 30 for D&D in FY2031.
Further F-Canyon deactivation will be performed in the current performance period with
continuing S&M through FY2033. Transfer to D&D (PBS 30) occurs in FY2034.
PBS 12, Spent Nuclear Fuel Stabilization and Disposition 2.2.2
This PBS covers the scope and funding for receipt and safe storage of used nuclear fuel originating
from Atomic Energy Commission and DOE-EM activities. These are received at the SRS
supporting the Domestic Research Reactor (DRR), Foreign Research Reactor (FRR), and Gap
receipt programs. PBS 12 covers disposition of heavy water stored in C-Area, K-Area and L-Area.
This PBS also covers the safe surveillance and maintenance of its program operational facilities
through facility deactivation until the facilities are transferred to PBS 30 for decommissioning.
The end state for this project is de-inventory and deactivation of L Basin and disposition of heavy
water from SRS. After all PBS 12 facilities have been deactivated and all spent fuel safely placed
into interim dry storage, continued surveillance and maintenance of the spent fuel in dry storage
will occur until disposition at an offsite repository.
2.2.2.1 Key Assumptions
The Blue Ribbon Commission on America’s Nuclear Energy Future issued its final report in
January 2012 as outlined in the Department’s “Strategy for the Management and Disposal of
Used Nuclear Fuel and High-Level Waste” issued in January 2013. The Department is
evaluating future options for DOE’s spent nuclear fuel (SNF/UNF) and HLW. At present
there continues to be uncertainty regarding the availability of a National repository,
particularly with pending court decisions. EM will evaluate on-site storage options for its
SNF/UNF and HLW, in coordination with mission area offices and affected field sites, in
order to provide a repository delay cost estimate.
Interim dry storage will be the path forward for SNF/UNF.
A DOE ROD dated April, 2013, has directed H-Canyon to process limited quantity of
SNF/UNF through 2020 to avoid the need for installation of new storage racks in L-Basin.
The addition of FRR and DRR to existing Basin stored material will not exceed current
planned basin capacity. No infrastructure improvements for additional storage space will be
required as long as the limited quantity of SNF/UNF is processed through H-Canyon.
Funding and notice to proceed has not been received to begin the Idaho National Lab (INL)
fuel exchange.
No FRR receipts are planned after FY2019, except for a 10 year extension for Japan which
will end in FY2029. No DRR receipts will occur after FY2035
SRS Environmental Management Program Management Plan 14 September 2016
Heavy Water disposition includes pump, test, treat, ship, and dispose at an offsite location.
Approximately 10,765 drums of heavy water is located in tanks and drums in C, K and L
Areas (855 drums in C-Area, 3062 drums in K-Area, and 6,838 drums in L-Area).
Heavy Water disposition will begin in FY2036 in C-Area followed by K and L-Area.
Estimated Heavy Water de-inventory completion is by FY2049.
Research and development of drying strategies for safe dry storage of SNF will commence
in FY2021. Proof of concept will allow elimination of H Canyon processing as an
alternative disposition path.
Planning and construction of a dry storage facility will commence in FY 2021 [Pilot I], and
will occur in phases with Phase 2 TEC completing in FY 2026, Phase 3a TEC completing in
FY 2039, and Phase 3b TEC completing in FY 2047.
The de-inventory of L Basin to dry storage will commence in FY 2027 with completion of
Phase 2 TEC and phased as Phase 3a TEC completes in FY 2039, and Phase 3b TEC
completes in FY 2047.
L-Area facilities will begin turnover to PBS 30 for D & D in FY2060, after deactivation.
By 2048 a decision for a final disposition repository will have been made and put into
action.
All costs for de-inventory of SNF/UNF Dry Storage (labor, materials, transportation,
disposal, management, etc.) is assumed to be the responsibility of another PSO, similar to
PBS 14C HLW canister disposition at a DOE to-be-defined final repository.
Assumes PBS12 completion by FY2060.
2.3 Waste Disposition
PBS 13, Solid Waste Stabilization and Disposition 2.3.1
This PBS includes the scope and funding for storage, treatment and disposal of legacy transuranic
(TRU), low-level, mixed low-level, hazardous and sanitary waste. Additionally, PBS13 scope
includes EM Historic Preservation curatorial activities and infrastructure projects such as General
Plant Projects (GPP) or Capital Equipment projects to support functions for the general operation of
the Site. This PBS also covers the safe surveillance and maintenance of its program operational
facilities through facility deactivation until the facilities are transferred to PBS 30 for
decommissioning.
The end state of PBS 13 includes the disposition of all TRU, LLW, MLLW and HW wastes in
compliance with applicable regulations and requirements. Newly generated SRS wastes resulting
from the EM cleanup project will be dispositioned as the waste is generated to prevent a legacy
waste problem from being created for future generations. Real-time treatment and disposal of
wastes will complete by the end of FY2065.
All waste facilities will be deactivated with the possible exception of portions of the Solid Waste
Disposition Facility (SWDF). Portions of SWDF may be needed after FY2065 to support waste
disposition generated by other site programs. If determined to be needed, this facility will be
transferred to another DOE PSO upon completion of the EM cleanup project. Any ongoing site
SRS Environmental Management Program Management Plan 15 September 2016
infrastructure or other site support required for DOE users will also be transferred to the appropriate
DOE PSO.
After the Liquid Waste (PBS14C) program operations have been completed, the Solid Waste
Management program will assume the responsibility for continued surveillance and maintenance
activities of the containerized high level waste placed in interim storage through disposition at an
offsite repository. Offsite disposition of high level waste is assumed to begin in FY2055 with
completion in FY2059.
2.3.1.1 Key Assumptions
PBS 13 D&D waste generation is supported by estimated waste volumes from the D&D
Cost Model and aligned with the ILCE D&D schedule. D&D waste quantities for In-situ
decommissioned facilities were based on American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
(ARRA) lessons learned for P and R reactor. These entombed approximately 50% of prior
estimated waste estimates. All newly generated waste streams will be managed as the waste
is generated and disposed within timescales established by RCRA regulations and DOE
Orders.
Each LLW Slit Trench Unit has a capacity of approximately16,464 Cubic Meters.
Expansion of SWDF in E-Area by 100 additional acres for future Slit trenches is anticipated
by FY2030.
Assume all PBS 13 Base and D&D waste receipt, storage and disposal ends in FY2065.
Interim trench runoff covers will be installed as each slit trench is filled.
No costs have been included for the final 100 year closure cap installation over the E-Area
Complex. The final 100 year closure cap is estimated under LTS and scheduled in 2165.
EM is not financially responsible for the management and disposition of NNSA generated
wastes including wastes generated from the construction and operation of MOX or the
Waste Solidification Building (WSB).
The Solid Waste Program does not receive, treat or dispose of NNSA generated liquid
waste.
Legacy waste is only associated with TRU waste received prior to 4/1/2009 which is the
start date of the ARRA Accelerated TRU Disposition Project.
The FY2016 lifecycle currently assumes the Solid Waste Program will complete disposition
of all remaining Legacy TRU waste in FY2022 due to recent shutdown at WIPP facility.
The remaining Legacy TRU waste (617 m3) which has been certified will be stored onsite
pending resumption of WIPP operations.
Newly generated TRU waste for disposition will continue through FY2045 when the Main
Technical Lab (773-A) D&D is completed.
Infrastructure Program assumes the Critical Infrastructure Improvement Projects (CIIP) are
larger GPPs vs. the maintenance scopes of work under Essential Site Services (ESS).
Assume Portable Equipment Commodity Management Center (PECMC) equipment
replacement is included in the Critical Infrastructure Integrated Priority List (CIIPL).
Assumes continued support of Historic Preservation program through PBS 13 remediation
completion.
Includes DOE direct contracted work scope for SC Institute of Archaeology and
Anthropology (SCIAA), University of Georgia Savannah Ecology Laboratory, SC Dept. of
SRS Environmental Management Program Management Plan 16 September 2016
Natural Resources (SCDNR) support and Natural Resources Conservation Services (NRCS)
and Forest Service for post closure area support.
PBS 13 scope will be completed by FY2065.
PBS 14C, Radioactive Liquid Tank Waste Stabilization and Disposition 2.3.2
This PBS includes the storage, removal, treatment, and disposal of radioactive liquid waste stored in
underground tanks and, ultimately, tank closure. This includes the operation of the Defense Waste
Processing Facility (DWPF), liquid waste tank farms, the Actinide Removal Process (ARP), Modular
Caustic Side Solvent Extraction Unit (MCU), the Saltstone Production Facility (SPF), the Saltstone
Disposal Facility (SDF), the Effluent Treatment Facility (ETF), and future waste facilities including the
design, construction, and operation of the Salt Waste Processing Facility (SWPF), Saltstone Disposal
Units (SDUs) and additional glass waste storage capacity. This PBS also covers the safe surveillance
and maintenance of its program operational facilities through facility deactivation until the facilities are
transferred to PBS 30 for decommissioning.
The LW at SRS can generally be divided into either sludge waste or salt waste. The highly
radioactive fraction of sludge and salt waste is vitrified into a borosilicate glass at the DWPF and
poured into stainless steel canisters. These are held in interim storage at SRS in Glass Waste
Storage Buildings (GWSB) pending final disposition. The salt waste will be treated at the Actinide
Removal Process / Modular Caustic Side Solvent Extraction Unit (ARP/MCU), or the SWPF,
which achieved construction complete in FY2016. The treated LLW is sent to the SPF for
permanent on-site disposal in a solid, cement-based form.
Most of the salt portion of the liquid waste will be processed at the SWPF, which is being designed
and constructed as part of PBS 14C scope. The SWPF safely separates the high-activity fraction
from the low-activity fraction of the radioactive liquid salt waste stored in underground tanks at
SRS. The output of the SWPF will be a highly radioactive, low volume fraction transferred to
DWPF for vitrification and a low level, high volume fraction transferred to SPF for permanent
disposal in a stabilized, cement-based form. SWPF is scheduled to complete salt processing by
FY2032 per the Liquid Waste System Plan Revision 20.
Completion of PBS 14C scope will result in the treatment and permanent disposal of the radioactive
liquid waste currently stored at SRS as well as planned from future nuclear material stabilization
activities. It will also result in removing waste, cleaning, isolating and grouting the remaining
underground storage tanks.
Post processing closure activities will include design and construction of a Canister Shipping
Facility (CSF). Filled canisters will be loaded into casks which will be shipped once a permanent
storage location is determined. The same facility is planned to de-inventory and ship the SNF in dry
storage. Packaging, loading, shipping and ultimate disposal is assumed to be the responsibility of
the receiving/disposal facility.
SRS Environmental Management Program Management Plan 17 September 2016
Surveillance and maintenance of Glass Waste Storage buildings, above ground canister storage pad,
and Canister Shipping Facility responsibility will transition to PBS SR-0013, Solid Waste
Stabilization & Disposition after the end of the Liquid Waste mission.
LW facilities will be deactivated and transferred to PBS 30 for decommissioning on an area-by-area
basis upon operational closure of their facilities.
The LW processing facilities at SRS include the following:
Tank Farms, with their underground storage tanks, transfer lines and associated evaporators,
to safely receive, store, and pre-treat LW.
ETF to collect and treat LLW.
DWPF to stabilize by vitrification the high activity component of the liquid radioactive
waste into borosilicate glass inside stainless steel canisters.
Interim Salt Disposition Project (ISDP), encompassing ARP/MCU, to remove high activity
component from salt waste.
SPF to treat LLW.
SDF to dispose of low-level waste in a solid, cement-like form.
SWPF to remove high activity component from the salt waste (scheduled to start up
beginning in FY2019).
GWSBs and supplemental Glass Waste Storage, to store filled canisters until a permanent
storage location is determined.
CSF to ship canisters to a permanent disposal facility (future).
PBS 30 currently plans to place closure caps over the F and H Tank farms and the Z Area Saltstone
Disposal Units (SDUs).
2.3.2.1 Key Assumptions
The liquid waste contractor’s 2016 System Plan 20 includes costs and schedules for all
anticipated liquid waste processing.
Waste removal from tanks will complete in FY 2037. Overall priority for remaining Tank
Closure is: (1) F Tank Farm; (2) H Tank Farm West Hill; (3) H Tank Farm East Hill.
F Tank Farm operations conclude with Tank 33 closure in FY 2035.
H Tank Farm operations conclude with Tank 40 closure in FY 2039.
Due to the highly integrated nature of the SRS Liquid Waste System and the limited lag
storage space within the System, downtime and outages at one facility typically will result in
reduced or curtailed operations at other facilities.
The Salt Waste Processing Facility (SWPF) project is fully funded through construction
completion and startup. Hot start is scheduled for December, 2018 with transfer to the
Liquid Waste contractor one year later in January, 2020.
Salt Waste Processing operations is scheduled to conclude in FY 2032, with one year of
clean and flush, followed by one year of S & M prior to turnover to PBS 30 in FY 2034.
SRS Environmental Management Program Management Plan 18 September 2016
Annual SWPF throughput increases will be determined by system upgrades and
improvements.
Defense Waste Processing Facility (DWPF) will vitrify high level radioactive waste through
FY 2036, followed by one year of clean and flush and one year of S & M prior to transfer to
PBS 30 for D & D in 2040.
DWPF will optimize canister loading to match Sludge Bulk Waste Removal Efforts
(BWRE) with the objective of pouring the minimum number of canisters needed to support
planned salt processing rates. The total number of canisters to be filled is estimated at 8,170,
per System Plan 20.
Liquid Waste will continue to provide feed to the Saltstone Production Facility (SPF) at
reduced rates due to final waste removal operations and DWPF returns through FY 2036.
Glass Waste canister storage will be optimized by “Double stacking” canisters in Glass
Waste Storage Building (GWSB) #1, delaying the need for additional storage until 2029.
SCIX supplemental salt processing has been suspended due to lack of funding.
Tank 50 is available for general high level waste service and is used as the SPF feed tank.
The Tank Farm feed infrastructure, the SPF/SDF and the DWPF will support SWPF
processing rates.
H Canyon liquid waste output will be accepted up to 200 Kgals in FY 2016 and FY 2017,
then 300 Kgals from FY 2018 – 2025 and 50 Kgals in FY 2026.Sufficient tank space
volume will be available to support projected receipts of HLW H-Canyon operations
through 2027 (including H-Canyon deactivation shutdown flows)
The Saltstone Disposal Unit (SDU) #6 project is fully funded through construction
completion, startup, and turnover. Available to fill as of February, 2018.
The SDU-7 project begins in FY 2016, and is scheduled to be available for fill November,
2020 (FY 2021).
Additional SDUs 8 – 14 have scheduled need dates on approximate 2 year intervals,
(accelerating with throughput increases) with similar start date and four year completion
period requirements.
Tank Farm ancillary structures, facilities and equipment (waste transfer lines, pump pits,
diversion boxes, transfer valve boxes and leak detection boxes) will be deactivated, isolated,
and flushed prior to transfer to PBS-30.
Effluent Treatment Project (ETP) will be operated by PBS 14C through the end of H Tank
Farm operations. In FY 2040 it will transfer to the site indirect pool supporting the entire
site, until the end of life cycle in FY 2065.
A CSF will be designed and constructed to load filled canisters into casks to be shipped
from SRS once a permanent storage location is determined.
The need date for design and construction of a Canister Shipping Facility is FY 2054.
Placeholder estimates provided by DOE are included for a four year construction period
starting in FY 2050.
Responsibility for S & M of interim Glass Waste storage will transfer to PBS 13 with the
conclusion of DWPF in FY 2040, and continue through final de-inventory to an off-site
repository in FY 2059. Transfer to PBS 30 D & D occurs in FY 60.
Tank closure activities will proceed under Section 3116, Defense Site Acceleration
Completion, of Public Law 108-375, Ronald W. Reagan National Defense Authorization
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Act for FY2005. Types I, II and IV Tanks will be grouted no later than 2038. Sludge waste
will be removed from all Type III/IIIA Tanks by 2039 with final closure complete by 2041.
The Blue Ribbon Commission on Americas Nuclear Energy Future issued its final report in
January 2012. The Department is evaluating future options for DOE’s SNF/UNF and
(HLW).
Strategy for the Management and Disposal of Used Nuclear Fuel and High-Level
Radioactive Waste suggests the availability of a geologic repository by FY2048 with SRS
disposition starting in FY2055 and completing offsite disposition by FY2060.
2.4 Soil and Water Remediation and Facility D&D
PBS 30, Soil and Water Remediation and Facility D&D 2.4.1
PBS 30 work scope includes the investigation of and if necessary, remediation of waste units,
surface water and groundwater in accordance with applicable State and Federal regulatory
requirements. An area completion approach is used for greater efficiency in lieu of individual
waste unit investigation/remediation and EM facility D&D.
PBS 30 scope focuses on two key goals:
Protection of groundwater and surface waters (site streams/wetlands and the Savannah
River) through monitoring and operations of key remedial systems to provide for cleanup
and to prevent/mitigate the spread of contaminants and through post-closure/Record Of
Decision (ROD) care and surveillance and maintenance at closed waste units. This work is
performed in accordance with RCRA and Comprehensive Environmental Response,
Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA) requirements.
Environmental investigation/remediation of waste units and D&D of excess EM facilities
in accordance with the FFA. To achieve this latter objective most effectively, an Area
Completion Strategy is employed to remediate sources of contamination and to
appropriately integrate and sequence the activities required for facility decommissioning
and soils, surface water and groundwater cleanup in 14 specific SRS areas (additional areas
may be designated in the future as needed). Executing an area completion strategy allows
DOE-SR, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and South Carolina Department of
Health and Environmental Control (SCDHEC) to optimize their respective resources. This
standardized approach will be executed through enforceable milestones and commitments
in accordance with the FFA, CERCLA and RCRA permit commitments through regulatory
negotiations approved by the regulators.
2.4.1.1 Key Assumptions
SRS will maintain its current physical boundary under the ownership of the federal
government in perpetuity, except where lease or transfer to the private/public sector in
accordance with applicable laws/regulations aligns with DOE objectives and enhances
economic development in the surrounding region. None of the land will be used for
residential/unrestricted use. Cleanup goals are to attain levels of residual risk suitable for
future industrial use.
SRS Environmental Management Program Management Plan 20 September 2016
Current Environmental Compliance (EC) & Area Completion Projects (ACP) remediation
scope will be completed by the end of the EM Mission to meet all regulatory requirements,
commitments and milestones in accordance with the SRS FFA, CERCLA and RCRA
Permit (and other permits), environmental statutes and agreements between DOE and its
regulators.
This PBS includes the investigation and, if necessary, remediation of contaminated waste
sites, surface water and groundwater in accordance with applicable State and Federal
regulatory requirements and agreements. Where possible, an area completion approach is
used for greater efficiency in lieu of individual waste unit investigation/remediation and
facility deactivation and decommissioning (D&D).
Groundwater contaminant source control will be achieved by the end of the EM SRS
mission enabling natural attenuation and passive remedies.
Soil and Water cleanup and Facility D&D is scheduled to continue through the extended
lifecycle to FY 2065.
37 existing groundwater remediation systems will be maintained, currently 8 active and 29
passive.
Over 2,000 existing groundwater wells and multiple major bodies of surface water will be
monitored.
The D-Area Ash Basin capital asset project will proceed, with a FY 2019 completion date.
Compliance with all Soil and Water FFA milestones will be maintained.
Scope includes Long Term S&M of in-situ Decommissioned facilities, post-closure/post-
ROD care and maintenance of waste units and groundwater corrective action and
detection/effectiveness monitoring and Monitored Natural Attenuation (MNA) activities.
Long term S & M of closed waste sites, in-situ dispositioned facilities, and groundwater
remediation systems after the end of lifecycle will transfer to LTS.
Facility D&D and Area Completion are dependent on completion of the Nuclear Materials,
Spent Nuclear Fuels and Liquid Waste missions.
Facility D&D priority and assumptions are based on post-deactivation maintenance costs
and duration, risks to human health, safety and the environment and available funding.
All D&D costs (with the exception of superstructures for tank farms and Saltstone Disposal
Units) were derived from the US Army Corps of Engineers D&D Cost Model for Savannah
River Site (2010).
No Gold Metric Facilities demolition is planned before 2031.
Minimal surveillance and maintenance of closed facilities without future planned use is
assumed to be conducted by the PBS owner until PBS 30 has funding for decommissioning.
Facilities have been grouped into “complexes” based on proximity and assumed efficiencies
of scale for demolition budgeting and planning.
Facility deactivation and post-deactivation S&M are completed by the program that owns
the facility. Therefore, deactivation costs for primary operating facilities are included in the
parent PBS for a given facility. This includes removal of all radiological and hazardous
waste inventories.
Waste disposal costs are NOT included in PBS 30, but rather in PBS 13. Waste generated
during the D&D process will be properly packaged, transported, and disposed of at an
approved waste disposal facility. D&D and soil remediation are dependent on PBS 13 to
disposition newly generated wastes
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Development and deployment of innovative technologies, remedial solutions and
approaches to provide for improved risk reduction, safety in design and increased cost
effectiveness, remain instrumental in support to PBS 30 cleanup activity and post-closure
care and stewardship. Continued support of these activities by SRNL and SRS contractors,
USFS-SR and SREL remains key.
Includes DOE direct-contracted scope for City of Savannah Monitoring, Savannah River
Ecology Lab and the US Forest Services and activities provided by Memorandum of
Agreement (MOA) between DOE-SR, SRNS and USFS-SR (with SREL support) continue;
including USFS-SR continuing to perform corrective action operations at the Mixed Waste
Management Facility (MWMF) Phytoremediation Project; and USFS-SR support of PBS 30
by providing post-closure care and maintenance at closed SRS waste units.
Assume D-Area Facility D&D will be scheduled upon transfer from use as a National
Security Training Facility.
2.5 Site Support
PBS 20, Safeguards and Security 2.5.1
This PBS provides the protection of DOE-SR nuclear materials, production facilities and classified
matter from theft, sabotage or unauthorized control. The program provides for uniformed protective
force personnel, law enforcement and general site security, aviation operations and special response
teams, as well as special nuclear materials control and accountability.
Operations
The Safeguard and Security (S&S) Program ensures appropriate levels of protection for DOE-SR
facilities against theft or diversion of Special Nuclear Materials; acts of radiological, chemical and
biological sabotage; espionage; theft or loss of classified matter; theft or loss of government
property; and other hostile acts that may cause unacceptable impacts to national security, the health
and safety of employees, the public or the environment.
Two contractors perform S&S activities for SRS. Centerra, LLC provides protective forces and law
enforcement. The management and operations contractor, SRNS, provides security system
maintenance, personnel security, Material Controls & Accountability (MC&A), cyber security,
information security and vulnerability assessment programs.
The S&S Program provides security for nuclear materials and facilities at SRS to ensure the
protection of people and the environment. The program provides for a security force to control
access at the perimeter barricades and onsite facilities; maintains command and alarm centers;
maintains response capability for weapons of mass destruction (radiological, biological, chemical,
nuclear or explosive); performs onsite and offsite transportation escort functions; provides law
enforcement functions; monitors intrusion detection and access control systems; and provides and
maintains a special response team.
SRS Environmental Management Program Management Plan 22 September 2016
2.5.1.1 Key Assumptions
Will maintain protective force personnel to assure the security of special nuclear materials,
facilities, and other site assets, operate and maintain physical security protection systems,
ensure protection of classified and unclassified computer security, execute information and
operational security measures, cyber security, personal security.
Assumes there will be no increase in personnel employed to execute new or additional scope
on site since this will result in an increase in resources and costs associated with the
Personnel Security Program.
The S&S footprint will be minimized consistent with DOE requirements, nuclear materials
storage and disposition schedules developed in the respective PBSs.
SRS high security level estimated cost is reduced in FY2025 with the end of H Canyon
operations (FY2024).
SRS high security level estimated cost is reduced in FY2047 with the down blending of the
entire Pu inventory (FY2046).
Throughout the lifecycle general S&S support for EM will consist of site access control,
traffic enforcement, property protection, and those prescribed activities in the 1992 RCRA
Part B Permit Renewal Application, Volume I, Section F.1.
Supports the implementation of the Argus Project in H, K, L , and SRNL Areas during the
contract baseline period.
Cyber Security at DOE-SR will be sustained at a level necessary to protect information
assets.
Information Technology infrastructure will be supported at a level consistent with the
strategic plan.
The S&S program will continue through the cleanup target completion date of FY2065.
PBS 100, Non-Closure Missions and Community and Regulatory Support 2.5.2
This PBS provides support to enable DOE-SR to perform its missions and cleanup activities and
provides funding to support: community outreach, environmental compliance and regulatory integration,
including State of Georgia for emergency management activities; the State of South Carolina for
emergency management activities; grants for independent environmental monitoring; Department of
Natural Resources) comprehensive program to sustain the health, productivity, and diversity of the SRS
natural resources; South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control and U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 4 for oversight and implementation of the FFA and
validation of cleanup credits under the STP; Payment-in-Lieu-of-Taxes (PILT) for Aiken, Allendale and
Barnwell counties; DOE Lease Agreements and support for the SRS Citizens Advisory Board is also
provided. Workforce sustainment grants
2.5.2.1 Key Assumptions
PBS 101 - Community and Regulatory Support has been combined with PBS 100 - Non
Closure Mission Support as of FY2011 through end of Environmental Management
remediation completion.
All work scope are DOE direct costs for state and local grants, Interagency Agreements,
PILT, DOE lease agreements and Citizens Advisory Board (CAB) contract.
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Savannah River Community & Regulatory Support program will continue through
completion of all Site missions. At the end of the EM Life Cycle, Community and
Regulatory support will transfer to LTS or another PSO.
2.6 Landlord and Essential Site Support Services
EM, as the major DOE-SR program office, provides site-wide programmatic support services to
other organizations, including limited services to the NNSA as an indirect cost allocated over the
various site programs. Site-wide programmatic support includes: records and document control,
environmental compliance, health & safety, emergency services, transportation services, buildings
and grounds maintenance, general site infrastructure, quality control, chief site engineering, SRNL,
general counsel, public affairs, strategic planning, internal audit, finance, contracts and human
resources. General site infrastructure includes the following: administration and support
facilities/systems including electrical distribution, domestic waster, river water, fire water, chilled
water, process water, sanitary waste water, steam generation/distribution; outfalls/dams/basins/lakes
& landfills; roads/bridges & railroads; rigging and transportation.
2.7 Environmental Quality
Sound stewardship of Environmental Quality through a consistent Site-wide environmental
management system is a fundamental operating premise at SRS. EM implements a systematic
planning, integrated execution, and continuous evaluation and improvement process to manage
compliant programs and projects regarding pollution prevention, control and abatement,
environmental monitoring and environmental permitting, as well as timely reporting and
notifications. All regulatory commitments and environmental permits, cleanup agreements and
decision documents are tracked to assure completion in accordance with regulatory requirements
and deadlines.
EM is also responsible for the protection and management of SRS natural resources. Less than ten
percent of the 198,000-acre site is used to support DOE industrial facilities, laboratories, structures,
and cooling ponds. The balance of the site requires active natural resources management to support
ongoing DOE missions. To help meet these responsibilities, DOE employs interagency and
cooperative agreements with agencies and universities that possess specialized research and
management expertise.
3 Legacy Management or Long Term Stewardship (LTS)
3.1 Long Term Stewardship
LTS is a post EM remediation operating program. The cost and schedule associated with the LTS
program is contingent upon the length of time, performance and productivity of the preceding EM
remediation work scope, and any significant regulatory changes and determinations made during
the EM remediation phase that would continue into the LTS performance period. The LTS
program scope of work is planned to begin upon completion and turnover from EM remediation in
FY2065 to another PSO.
SRS Environmental Management Program Management Plan 24 September 2016
Completion of the EM mission will be evident as areas are remediated and closed. A post cleanup
strategy will be identified for each area. Remaining long term support and surveillance activities
will be transferred to another PSO.
3.2 SRS Perspectives on Long-Term Stewardship
At SRS, LTS begins at the completion of the EM Mission and may continue for some activities
beyond 100 years.
DOE-SR, EPA and SCDHEC signed a Memorandum of Agreement to establish the Land Use
Control Assurance Plan (LUCAP). The LUCAP establishes and implements procedures to ensure
the long-term effectiveness of Land Use Controls (LUC) consistent with regulatory cleanup in the
Federal Facility Agreement (FFA) for the SRS. The LUCAP is updated whenever a ROD requires a
specific LUC implementation plan that defines institutional controls and long-term stewardship
requirements. Annually, the DOE-SR Manager certifies that the Land Use Controls (LUC) are
being maintained.
The future use for the SRS is non-residential and will be maintained as such through the use of
institutional controls in accordance with the current SRS Comprehensive Plan/Ten Year Site Plan
FY2016-2025 and the Land Use Control Assurance Plan for the Savannah River Site LUCAP,
individual RODs, Land Use Controls Implementation Plans (LUCIP) and the DOE-SR Resource
Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) Permit.
The process of identifying all the detailed requirements for long term stewardship activities
anticipated for the site is ongoing. The typical activities include:
Well monitoring, sampling, analysis and waste treatment
Operate and maintain wells for post closure groundwater monitoring
Sample, analyze and provide waste treatment of sample process waste.
Institutional and access controls
Maintain institutional controls for surface units (e.g., signs and fences) and groundwater
units consistent with remedy RODs and RCRA Permit
Maintain access control to the site, i.e., perimeter barricades
Maintain site perimeter fences, and secondary roads and bridges.
Post closure management
Conduct S&M of the remedies and their institutional controls
Conduct S&M of completed natural resource restoration projects
Conduct environmental monitoring and maintenance of the remedies
Maintain soil covers and engineered caps. Caps protecting long-lived radioactive waste
may require operations and maintenance beyond 30 years. Soil covers and engineered caps
for residual radioactive waste hazards may require maintenance for 100 years or longer.
Long term operation and maintenance of soil covers and engineered caps includes erosion
control, subsidence and drainage ditch maintenance/repair, and grass maintenance and
SRS Environmental Management Program Management Plan 25 September 2016
countermeasures as needed to prevent cap intrusion (e.g. woody growth, burrowing animals
and fire ants).
Monitor and maintain high radiation in situ disposal facilities and waste tanks. Includes
periodic condition assessments, i.e. roof inspections and repairs.
Operations, Maintenance and Project Support
Operate and maintain continuing active and passive groundwater remedial systems
including support from technical, quality assurance, and other support organizations.
Includes routine and non-routine maintenance activities and process enhancements required
to maintain system operation
Operate and maintain continuing air monitoring stations both internal and external to the
site, including support from technical, quality assurance, and other support organizations.
Includes routine and non-routine maintenance activities and process enhancements to
maintain system operation.
Provide environmentally compliant inspections, permitting, surveillance, monitoring and
reporting.
Project Management and Administration
Protects and manages Site resources (includes natural resource management, cultural
resource management, environmental compliance and historic preservation)
Conducts CERCLA Five-Year Reviews (for sites where hazardous substances, pollutants, or
contaminants remain above levels that allow for unlimited use and unrestricted exposure to
determine if the remedy is functioning as intended by the cleanup decision documents)
Prepares for emergencies, contingency planning and corrective actions
Manages post-cleanup completion infrastructure
Ensures the safety and health of LTS workers
Provides quality assurance
Conducts administrative activities
Interfaces with other DOE-SR programs and projects
Interfaces with external entities
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4 Reference Information
4.1 Reference Documents
Order 413.3B, Program and Project Management For The Acquisition Of Capital Assets.
Savannah River Site Strategic Plan, September 2016
Savannah River Site, Environmental Management Program Management Plan, September 2015
Savannah River Site Ten Year Site Plan, Fiscal Year 2016-2025, June 2015
Savannah River Site Land Use Plan, November, 2014
Savannah River Nuclear Solutions Contract Performance Baseline FY2016-2020
Savannah River Site Liquid Waste System Plan, Revision 20, March 2016 (Case 1)
Savannah River Site FY2016 Integrated Life Cycle Estimate Update
SRS Groundwater and Associated Source Strategy April 2011
Federal Facility Agreement for the Savannah River Site, August 1993
Land Use Control Assurance Plan for the Savanah River Site, August 1999, Updated December
2015