American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Funding at the Hanford Site
FACTS AT A GLANCE
Funds provided: $1 961 billion $1.961 Hanford Mission: The Office of River Protection and Richland Operations Office are the two Department of Energy (DOE) field offices responsible for cleanup of the Hanford Site. How were projects identified and selected: Projects were selected based on three primary criteria: creating/saving jobs, reducing the footprint of the active area of Hanford cleanup, and reducing the overall cost of cleanup (lifecycle costs). DOE selected projects that are covered under current regulatory documents and current prime contracts, allowing work to begin quickly. The work supports strategies for cleaning up Hanford and are intended to be consistent with the priorities of regulatory agencies, tribes, and Hanford stakeholders. Where will information be posted: www.hanford.gov/recovery Information on hiring and contracting: www.plateauremediation.com www.washingtonclosure.com www.wrpstoc.com
Environmental Management
Note: Projects listed are those selected for American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funding and are activities that will be conducted in addition to work supported by annual funding at Hanford Hanford.
Richland Operations Office: $1.635 billion
Columbia River Corridor Cleanup
► Demolish facilities and remediate waste sites
near the K Reactors. Includes disposition of the K East Reactor.
► Remediate trenches at the 618-10 Burial
Grounds and remediate newly identified waste sites in the 100 Areas.
► Accelerate groundwater remediation near the
Columbia River: Build new/expand current treatment systems, install monitoring and treatment wells, test new methods for containing and treating contaminants contaminants.
Central Plateau Cleanup
► Continue development of regulatory decision
documents (e.g., Records of Decision, Dangerous Waste Closure Plans).
► Outer Zone, 200 North Area: Demolish spent
fuel transfer facilities, remediate waste sites facilities sites, dispose of locomotive and rail cars.
► Outer Zone: Complete cleanup of
contaminated soil surrounding the B/C Cribs (known as the B/C Control Area), remediate up to 20 miscellaneous waste sites, decommission excess wells
► Outer Zone: Complete closure plans for two
Total F di T t l Funding by DOE Field Office b Fi ld Offi
landfills that once received non-radioactive, hazardous waste and solid waste.
► Inner Zone, Plutonium Finishing Plant: Clean
out and prepare 25 facilities for demolition, remove processing equipment from facilities.
► Inner Zone, U Plant: Demolish 5 remaining
ancillary facilities grout fill processing cells facilities, grout-fill cells.
Richland Operations Office Office of River Protection
►
Inner Zone: Demolish 14 industrial facilities in the 200 East/West Areas, demolish the plutonium criticality laboratory (209-E).
May 2009
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Funding at the Hanford Site
Central Plateau Cleanup, cont’d
► Groundwater Remediation: Accelerate
Office of River Protection: $326 million
► Tank Farm Upgrades to enhance reliability
construction of a facility and install additional wells in the 200 West Area to treat and contain contaminated groundwater in the Central Plateau. Disposal Facility: Construct two new disposal cells, expand operations to accommodate more trucks hauling cleanup debris to the disposal facility facility.
► Inner Zone, Environmental Restoration
and operability: install new corrosion probe and cathodic protection system; refurbish/replace leak detectors; remove obsolete equipment; upgrade electrical system; procure spare pumps, valves and filters to reduce down-time.
► Infrastructure Upgrades to support tank
► Inner Zone, Transuranic (TRU) and Solid
Waste: Continue retrieving and repackaging contact-handled TRU waste, initiate retrieval of remote-handled TRU waste, continue building backlog of waste for shipments of TRU waste off the site, complete treatment of backlog of legacy mixed low level waste. mixed, low-level waste
waste operations and cleanup: increase capacity and extend lif of th 242 A it d t d life f the 242-A Evaporator; evaluate additional evaporator capacity; prepare the 222-S Laboratory to support tank waste operations
Hanford Reach National Monument (Arid Lands Ecology) Cleanup
► Demolish 11 excess facilities, clean up
nearly 300 debris areas (not contaminated).
River Corridor (~210 sq. mi.)
Reactor River Areas Corridor
Central Plateau, Outer Zone (~65 sq. mi.)
Central Plateau Central Plateau
Central Plateau, Inner Zone (~10 sq. mi.)
Hanford Site (~586 sq. mi.)
300 Area
Hanford Reach National Monument (~300 sq. mi.)