ESTABLISHING FINAL END STATE FOR A RETIRED NUCLEAR WEAPONS PRODUCTION REACTOR; COLLABORATION BETWEEN STAKEHOLDERS, REGULATORS AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT Metadata

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Title

  • Main Title ESTABLISHING FINAL END STATE FOR A RETIRED NUCLEAR WEAPONS PRODUCTION REACTOR; COLLABORATION BETWEEN STAKEHOLDERS, REGULATORS AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

Creator

  • Author: Bergren, C
    Creator Type: Personal

Contributor

  • Sponsor: United States. Department of Energy.
    Contributor Type: Organization

Publisher

  • Name: Savannah River Site (S.C.)
    Place of Publication: [Aiken, South Carolina]
    Additional Info: SRS

Date

  • Creation: 2009-01-16

Language

  • English

Description

  • Content Description: The Savannah River Site (SRS) is a 310-square-mile United States Department of Energy nuclear facility located along the Savannah River (SRS) near Aiken, South Carolina. Nuclear weapons material production began in the early 1950s, utilizing five production reactors. In the early 1990s all SRS production reactor operations were terminated. The first reactor closure end state declaration was recently institutionalized in a Comprehensive Environmental Response and Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA) Early Action Record of Decision. The decision for the final closure of the 318,000 square foot 105-P Reactor was determined to be in situ decommissioning (ISD). ISD is an acceptable and cost effective alternative to off-site disposal for the reactor building, which will allow for consolidation of remedial action wastes generated from other cleanup activities within the P Area. ISD is considered protective by the regulators, U. S. Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA) and the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (SCDHEC), public and stakeholders as waste materials are stabilized/immobilized, and radioactivity is allowed to naturally decay, thus preventing future exposure to the environment. Stakeholder buy-in was critical in the upfront planning in order to achieve this monumental final decision. Numerous public meetings and workshops were held in two different states (covering a 200 mile radius) with stakeholder and SRS Citizens Advisory Board participation. These meetings were conducted over an eight month period as the end state decision making progressed. Information provided to the public evolved from workshop to workshop as data became available and public input from the public meetings were gathered. ISD is being considered for the balance of the four SRS reactors and other hardened facilities such as the chemical processing canyons.

Subject

  • Keyword: Radioactivity
  • Keyword: Decision Making
  • Keyword: Decay
  • Keyword: Us Superfund
  • Keyword: Waste Management
  • Keyword: National Government
  • Keyword: Processing
  • Keyword: Remedial Action
  • Keyword: Production
  • Keyword: Us Epa
  • Keyword: Closures
  • Keyword: Planning
  • STI Subject Categories: 45 Military Technology, Weaponry, And National Defense
  • Keyword: Wastes
  • Keyword: Production Reactors
  • Keyword: Nuclear Weapons
  • Keyword: Decommissioning

Source

  • Conference: Waste Management

Collection

  • Name: Office of Scientific & Technical Information Technical Reports
    Code: OSTI

Institution

  • Name: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
    Code: UNTGD

Resource Type

  • Article

Format

  • Text

Identifier

  • Report No.: WM-9141
  • Grant Number: DE-AC09-08SR22470
  • Office of Scientific & Technical Information Report Number: 945395
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metadc899214

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