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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Notice of Availability of Draft Waste
Incidental to Reprocessing Evaluation
for Closure of Waste Management Area
C at the Hanford Site, Washington
AGENCY:
U.S. Department of Energy.
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ACTION:
Notice of availability.
The U.S. Department of
Energy (DOE) announces the availability
of the Draft Waste Incidental to
Reprocessing Evaluation for Closure of
Waste Management Area C at the
Hanford Site, Washington (Draft WIR
Evaluation). The Draft WIR Evaluation
demonstrates that the tanks and
ancillary structures, from which waste
has been or will be removed, and their
residual waste at closure of Waste
Management Area C (WMA C) is waste
that is incidental to reprocessing, is not
high-level radioactive waste (HLW), and
may be managed (disposed in-place) as
low-level radioactive waste (LLW). DOE
prepared the Draft WIR Evaluation
pursuant to DOE Order 435.1,
Radioactive Waste Management, and
the criteria in DOE Manual 435.1–1,
Radioactive Waste Management
Manual. DOE is consulting with the
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)
before finalizing this evaluation. DOE is
also making the Draft WIR Evaluation
available for comment from States,
Tribal Nations, and the public. After
consultation with NRC, carefully
considering comments received, and
performing any necessary revisions of
analyses and technical documents, DOE
will prepare a final WIR evaluation and
potentially make a determination as to
whether the WMA C tanks, ancillary
structures, and their residuals at closure
of WMA C are wastes that are incidental
to reprocessing, which may be managed
and disposed of as LLW.
DATES: DOE invites comment on the
Draft WIR Evaluation during a 96-day
comment period beginning June 4, 2018,
and ending on September 7, 2018. A
public meeting on the Draft WIR
Evaluation will be held on June 18,
2018. Before the scheduled meeting,
DOE will issue stakeholder and media
notifications and publish an additional
notice in the local newspaper providing
the date, time, and location of the public
meeting. Information on the public
meeting date and location also will be
available before the scheduled meeting
at the website listed in ADDRESSES.
ADDRESSES: The Draft WIR Evaluation is
available on the internet at https://
www.hanford.gov/page.cfm/Waste
ManagementAreaC and is publicly
available for review at the following
locations: U.S. DOE Public Reading
Room, 1000 Independence Avenue SW,
Washington, DC 20585, phone: (202)
586–5955, or fax: (202) 586–0575; and
U.S. DOE Public Reading Room located
at 2770 University Drive, Consolidated
Information Center (CIC), Room 101L,
Richland, WA 99354, phone: (509) 372–
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7303. Written comments should be
submitted to: Mr. Jan Bovier, U.S.
Department of Energy, Office of River
Protection, P.O. Box 450, MSIN H6–60,
Richland, WA 99354. Alternatively,
comments may also be filed
electronically by email to:
WMACDRAFTWIR@rl.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
further information about this Draft WIR
Evaluation, please contact Mr. Jan
Bovier by mail at U.S. Department of
Energy, Office of River Protection, P.O.
Box 450, MSIN H6–60, Richland, WA
99354, by phone at 509–376–9630, or by
email at Jan_B_Bovier@orp.doe.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: DOE has
conducted a multi-year program to
remove the vast majority of the
radioactive waste and key radionuclides
contained in 16 underground, singleshell tanks (tanks which do not have
secondary containment) and ancillary
structures (a catch tank, a process vault
with smaller tanks, diversion boxes and
buried pipelines), located in WMA C at
the Hanford Site. For example,
approximately 96 percent of the waste
volume and radionuclide activity has
been removed from the largest (100
series) tanks using a series of advanced
technologies. The tanks and ancillary
structures previously stored or
transferred a variety of wastes,
including liquid waste generated by
DOE and its predecessor agencies from
the reprocessing of spent nuclear fuel to
produce plutonium and other nuclear
material for nuclear weapons during the
Manhattan Project and Cold War eras.
DOE Manual 435.1–1, which
accompanies DOE Order 435.1,
Radioactive Waste Management,
provides for a rigorous evaluation
process that DOE uses to determine
whether or not certain waste from the
reprocessing of spent nuclear fuel is
incidental to reprocessing, is not HLW
and may be managed as LLW. This
process, in relevant part, requires
demonstrating that:
(1) The wastes have been processed,
or will be processed, to remove key
radionuclides to the maximum extent
that is technically and economically
practical;
(2) The waste will be managed to meet
safety requirements comparable to the
performance objectives set out in 10
Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part
61, Subpart C, Performance Objectives;
and
(3) The waste will be managed,
pursuant to DOE authority under the
Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended,
and in accordance with the provisions
of Chapter IV of DOE Manual 435.1–1,
provided the waste will be incorporated
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in a solid physical form at a
concentration that does not exceed the
applicable concentration limits for Class
C LLW as set out in 10 CFR 61.55, Waste
Classification.
The Draft WIR Evaluation documents
and demonstrates that the tanks,
ancillary structures, and their residual
waste at closure of the WMA C will
meet the above-referenced criteria in
DOE Manual 435.1–1. DOE is
predicating this Draft WIR Evaluation
on extensive analysis and scientific
rationale, using a risk-informed
approach, including analyses presented
in the ‘‘Performance Assessment of
Waste Management Area C, Hanford
Site, Washington’’ (WMA C PA).
Specifically, this Draft WIR Evaluation
shows that key radionuclides (those
radionuclides which contribute most
significantly to radiological dose to
workers, the public, and the
environment as well as radionuclides
listed in 10 CFR 61.55) have been or
will have been removed to the
maximum extent technically and
economically practical. Based on the
analyses in the WMA C PA, this draft
evaluation also projects that potential
doses to a hypothetical member of the
public and hypothetical inadvertent
intruder for 1,000 years (and beyond)
after WMA C closure will be well below
the doses specified in the performance
objectives and performance measures
for LLW. In addition, the analyses
demonstrate that there is reasonable
expectation that safety requirements
comparable to the NRC performance
objectives at 10 CFR part 61, subpart C
will have been met. As also shown in
the Draft WIR Evaluation, the residuals,
tanks, and ancillary structures at WMA
C closure will have been incorporated
into a solid form that does not exceed
concentration limits for Class C LLW.
Although not required by DOE
Manual 435.1–1, DOE is consulting with
NRC on this Draft WIR Evaluation and
also making the Draft WIR Evaluation
available for comment from the States,
Tribal Nations, and the public. After
consultation with NRC, carefully
considering comments received, and
performing any necessary revisions of
analyses and technical documents, DOE
plans to issue a final WIR Evaluation
and a potential determination as to
whether the WMA C tanks, ancillary
structures, and their residual waste at
the time of WMA C closure is non-HLW,
and may be managed and disposed of in
place as LLW.
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Issued in Washington, DC, on April 23,
2018.
Anne Marie White,
Assistant Secretary for Environmental
Management.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Notice of Availability of Draft Waste Incidental to Reprocessing
Evaluation for Closure of Waste Management Area C at the Hanford Site,
Washington
AGENCY: U.S. Department of Energy.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announces the availability
of the Draft Waste Incidental to Reprocessing Evaluation for Closure of
Waste Management Area C at the Hanford Site, Washington (Draft WIR
Evaluation). The Draft WIR Evaluation demonstrates that the tanks and
ancillary structures, from which waste has been or will be removed, and
their residual waste at closure of Waste Management Area C (WMA C) is
waste that is incidental to reprocessing, is not high-level radioactive
waste (HLW), and may be managed (disposed in-place) as low-level
radioactive waste (LLW). DOE prepared the Draft WIR Evaluation pursuant
to DOE Order 435.1, Radioactive Waste Management, and the criteria in
DOE Manual 435.1-1, Radioactive Waste Management Manual. DOE is
consulting with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) before
finalizing this evaluation. DOE is also making the Draft WIR Evaluation
available for comment from States, Tribal Nations, and the public.
After consultation with NRC, carefully considering comments received,
and performing any necessary revisions of analyses and technical
documents, DOE will prepare a final WIR evaluation and potentially make
a determination as to whether the WMA C tanks, ancillary structures,
and their residuals at closure of WMA C are wastes that are incidental
to reprocessing, which may be managed and disposed of as LLW.
DATES: DOE invites comment on the Draft WIR Evaluation during a 96-day
comment period beginning June 4, 2018, and ending on September 7, 2018.
A public meeting on the Draft WIR Evaluation will be held on June 18,
2018. Before the scheduled meeting, DOE will issue stakeholder and
media notifications and publish an additional notice in the local
newspaper providing the date, time, and location of the public meeting.
Information on the public meeting date and location also will be
available before the scheduled meeting at the website listed in
ADDRESSES.
ADDRESSES: The Draft WIR Evaluation is available on the internet at
https://www.hanford.gov/page.cfm/WasteManagementAreaC and is publicly
available for review at the following locations: U.S. DOE Public
Reading Room, 1000 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20585, phone:
(202) 586-5955, or fax: (202) 586-0575; and U.S. DOE Public Reading
Room located at 2770 University Drive, Consolidated Information Center
(CIC), Room 101L, Richland, WA 99354, phone: (509) 372-7303. Written
comments should be submitted to: Mr. Jan Bovier, U.S. Department of
Energy, Office of River Protection, P.O. Box 450, MSIN H6-60, Richland,
WA 99354. Alternatively, comments may also be filed electronically by
email to: [email protected].
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information about this
Draft WIR Evaluation, please contact Mr. Jan Bovier by mail at U.S.
Department of Energy, Office of River Protection, P.O. Box 450, MSIN
H6-60, Richland, WA 99354, by phone at 509-376-9630, or by email at
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: DOE has conducted a multi-year program to
remove the vast majority of the radioactive waste and key radionuclides
contained in 16 underground, single-shell tanks (tanks which do not
have secondary containment) and ancillary structures (a catch tank, a
process vault with smaller tanks, diversion boxes and buried
pipelines), located in WMA C at the Hanford Site. For example,
approximately 96 percent of the waste volume and radionuclide activity
has been removed from the largest (100 series) tanks using a series of
advanced technologies. The tanks and ancillary structures previously
stored or transferred a variety of wastes, including liquid waste
generated by DOE and its predecessor agencies from the reprocessing of
spent nuclear fuel to produce plutonium and other nuclear material for
nuclear weapons during the Manhattan Project and Cold War eras.
DOE Manual 435.1-1, which accompanies DOE Order 435.1, Radioactive
Waste Management, provides for a rigorous evaluation process that DOE
uses to determine whether or not certain waste from the reprocessing of
spent nuclear fuel is incidental to reprocessing, is not HLW and may be
managed as LLW. This process, in relevant part, requires demonstrating
that:
(1) The wastes have been processed, or will be processed, to remove
key radionuclides to the maximum extent that is technically and
economically practical;
(2) The waste will be managed to meet safety requirements
comparable to the performance objectives set out in 10 Code of Federal
Regulations (CFR) Part 61, Subpart C, Performance Objectives; and
(3) The waste will be managed, pursuant to DOE authority under the
Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, and in accordance with the
provisions of Chapter IV of DOE Manual 435.1-1, provided the waste will
be incorporated
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in a solid physical form at a concentration that does not exceed the
applicable concentration limits for Class C LLW as set out in 10 CFR
61.55, Waste Classification.
The Draft WIR Evaluation documents and demonstrates that the tanks,
ancillary structures, and their residual waste at closure of the WMA C
will meet the above-referenced criteria in DOE Manual 435.1-1. DOE is
predicating this Draft WIR Evaluation on extensive analysis and
scientific rationale, using a risk-informed approach, including
analyses presented in the ``Performance Assessment of Waste Management
Area C, Hanford Site, Washington'' (WMA C PA). Specifically, this Draft
WIR Evaluation shows that key radionuclides (those radionuclides which
contribute most significantly to radiological dose to workers, the
public, and the environment as well as radionuclides listed in 10 CFR
61.55) have been or will have been removed to the maximum extent
technically and economically practical. Based on the analyses in the
WMA C PA, this draft evaluation also projects that potential doses to a
hypothetical member of the public and hypothetical inadvertent intruder
for 1,000 years (and beyond) after WMA C closure will be well below the
doses specified in the performance objectives and performance measures
for LLW. In addition, the analyses demonstrate that there is reasonable
expectation that safety requirements comparable to the NRC performance
objectives at 10 CFR part 61, subpart C will have been met. As also
shown in the Draft WIR Evaluation, the residuals, tanks, and ancillary
structures at WMA C closure will have been incorporated into a solid
form that does not exceed concentration limits for Class C LLW.
Although not required by DOE Manual 435.1-1, DOE is consulting with
NRC on this Draft WIR Evaluation and also making the Draft WIR
Evaluation available for comment from the States, Tribal Nations, and
the public. After consultation with NRC, carefully considering comments
received, and performing any necessary revisions of analyses and
technical documents, DOE plans to issue a final WIR Evaluation and a
potential determination as to whether the WMA C tanks, ancillary
structures, and their residual waste at the time of WMA C closure is
non-HLW, and may be managed and disposed of in place as LLW.
Issued in Washington, DC, on April 23, 2018.
Anne Marie White,
Assistant Secretary for Environmental Management.
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