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Oak Ridge Office of

Environmental Management

2015 Site Status Report

Presented by

Vanna Gaffney

WAI Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management

(OREM)

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Mission Focus

Resolving the legacy of the nuclear weapons program and making the site available for future use: Complete Transformation of

East Tennessee Technology Park (ETTP) as a private sector industrial park Complete Transuranic (TRU) Waste Processing Complete U-233 Disposition

Enabling vital DOE missions and protecting national assets: Address legacy facilities and contamination in midst of new

facilities and ongoing missions

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Mission Focus

• Perform clean-up activities across the reservation

• URS | CH2M Oak Ridge (UCOR)is our primary clean-up contractor

• Other major cleanup contracts to Wastren Advantage Incorporated (WAI) and ISOTEK LLC

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The formidable clean up challenge

Experimental reactors

Weapon component production facilities

Inventory of legacy waste and excess materials

Contaminated facilities

Numerous burial grounds

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Close proximity between Reservation and City of Oak Ridge

Threats of off-site surface water and groundwater contamination

DOECAP Qualified Auditors for OREM

TSDF

• 7 Auditors Total

• 3 Federal • 4 Contractor

Laboratory

• 6 Auditors Total

• 1 Federal • 5 Contractor

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UCOR Analytical Labs

Most Less

ALS Environmental Laboratory(multiple locations)

TestAmerica(multiple locations)

American Radiation Services, Inc. Brooks Rand

Eberline Services Shealy Environmental Services, Inc.

GEL, LLC Southwest Research Institute

Materials and Chemistry Laboratory, Inc.

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WAI Analytical Labs

Eberline Analytical Corporation

GEL, LLC

Analytical and Chemical Analysis

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ISOTEK Analytical Labs

Analytical and Chemical Analysis Materials and Chemistry Laboratory, Inc.

Eberline Services

Summary Laboratories

• Over $5.1M dollars spent on analytical information

• Preference on capability and locality • Still, little change between years

Very slight increase possible next year

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Treatment Storage and Disposal Facilities

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UCOR TSDFs

Most LessEnergySolutions  DSSI

Perma-Fix(multiple locations)

Non-Rad: Veolia Environmental Solutions

and Chemwaste

WCS

Treatment and Disposal

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WAI TSDFs

EnergySolutions

Perma- Fix

Veolia Environmental Services

Treatment and Disposal

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ISOTEK TSDF

AERC.COM (Allentown, PA)

Treatment and Disposal

Summary TSDF

• Over $5M spent on Treatment and Disposal

• Preference on locality and capability• Another slight decrease projected in FY 17

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Any Questions

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