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Securing the Legacyof the Cold War: 

Securing the Legacy of the Cold War Powering Transformation June 16, 2004 BWXT’s D&D Experience 1970 to Present

U.S. Defense Nuclear Legacy : 

Sites: 114 Facilities: 5,100 High Level Waste: 380,000 Meters3 Transuranic Waste: 220,000 Meters3 U.S. Defense Nuclear Legacy

Progress Realized: 

Progress Realized DOE-EM Has Spent $70 Billion Since 1989 74 Sites And 1,300 Facilities Have Been Remediated 46,000 M3 Of High Level Waste Processed 83,000 M3 Of TRU Processed Substantial Escalation In Estimated Cost To Complete $147 Billion In 1989 $225 Billion In 2003 US AEC TR-4

U.S. Challenges: 

U.S. Challenges Environmental Remediation Is The Fourth Largest Liability Of US Government After National Debt, Federal Pension, Military Pension How to Continue the Acceleration of the Environmental Remediation of DOE Sites Pending change in DOE-EM leadership Closure Projects Nearing Deadline Mound, Rocky Flats & Fernald Completion is Critical Transfer Funds or Budget Reductions? Overburden Soil Removed At Pit 4

U.S. Challenges : 

U.S. Challenges Yucca Mountain Opening is Key to Completing the Closure of High Hazard Sites Safe Store of High Level Radioactive Waste No Site for non-defense TRU-wastes Safeguarding Strategic Nuclear Materials & Information Breakthrough Approaches Required To Keep U.S. Clean-up on Budget and Schedule SNF Repackaged at INEEL

Who We Are …: 

Who We Are … 1992 to Present HEU Down Blending 1991 to Present DOE Site Management 2000 to Present NNSA 1970 to Present Environmental Remediation 1965 to Present Advanced Reactor Designs Core Competencies Nuclear Operations Management Strategic Nuclear Materials Management Site Closure and D&D Management Radiological and Industrial Safety Quality Assurance and Quality Control Regulatory Compliance Safeguards & Security 1946 to Present Naval Nuclear Propulsion

BWXT Remediation Experience: 

BWXT Remediation Experience DOE Sites NNSA Sites BWXT Sites Mound Savannah River LTC & NPD Rocky Flats INEEL/NRF Bettis Parks & Apollo ORNL Pantex Y-12 LANL ARC Hanford Weldon Springs Fernald

BWXT Remediation Experience: 

BWXT Remediation Experience First U.S. Company To Complete D&D of a Plutonium Processing Site Safe Shutdown and D&D of 31 Uranium and Plutonium Operations Savannah River Site 232-F Tritium Facility Fernald Plants 1 and 4 Apollo Uranium Fuel Manufacturing Plant Hanford B Plant Parks Township Plant Apollo Fuel Site Hanford B Plant

BWXT Remediation Experience: 

BWXT Remediation Experience Accelerated Closure Mound Closure On Schedule To Close By Dec. 2005 Savannah River Site Six Pack Acceleration Enabled Plutonium Storage Idaho Closure Project TRU Shipments To WIPP Spent Fuel Dry Storage Programs Accelerated Savannah River Site Mound Closure Project ATR

BWXT Remediation Experience: 

Idaho Closure Project Acceleration Pit 9 GEM Demonstration Completed 75 M3 Removed Improved Understanding Pit 4 Remediation Scheduled To Start In September Attacking Highest Consequence First 98% Of VOC At ICP In Pits 4 & 6 80% Of TRU At ICP In Pits 4, 6, 1, 2 & 10 Pit 9 GEM Demonstration BWXT Remediation Experience

BWXT Owned Facilities : 

Free Release Status, License Terminated - 1997 Apollo Fuel Site Facilities Operated for 35 Years HEU & LEU Fuel Fabrication, U233 TH & Others BWXT Owned Facilities

BWXT Owned Facilities: 

Parks Township Site Facilities & Soil Remediation Completed – 2002 License Termination Pending Manufactured HEU, LEU & MOX fuel 30 Years of Operation Processed Plutonium BWXT Owned Facilities

D&D Lessons Learned: 

D&D Lessons Learned Regulatory Approaches Influence D&D Process

D&D Lessons Learned: 

D&D Lessons Learned Accelerated Closure Owner / Regulator Needs To Be A Catalyst Contractors Must Support Innovation Infusion Of Experienced Personnel Implement A Strategy Of Early Characterization Enables Risk Identification, Optimizes And Minimizes Waste Streams Ultimately Reduces Disposal Costs Plan Work On Parallel Path Identify High Risk Activities And Start Work Continual Elimination Of Risk Through Safe And Compliant Execution

D&D Lessons Learned: 

D&D Lessons Learned Effective Project Management Strong Leadership Near-real-time Project Controls Continuous Communications with the Customer and Other Stakeholders Cost-benefit Analysis Flexible, Project-level Work Authorization And Change Mechanisms Contractor Authority for Field Changes Regulatory Relations Partnerships Focus on end state, not discreet milestones 3100 M TRU Shipment Leaving INEEL

D&D Lessons Learned: 

D&D Lessons Learned Proven Processes Interface with and Transition from Operations (when applicable) Shift Safety Basis from Operational to Closure Requirements End-state Determination and Release Criteria Surface Vs. Volumetric, Free Vs. Restricted Waste Management Orphan Disposition, Volume Reduction Techniques, Stabilization and Interim Storage Strategies Post-closure Stewardship and Land Release Monitoring, Future Land Use Evaluations

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