Department of Energy Fiscal Year 2002 Budget Request: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Energy, Committee on Science, House of Representatives, One Hundred Seventh Congress, First Session, April 26, 2001, Volume 4U.S. Government Printing Office, 2002 - 329 pages |
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Page 120 - MEETING LONG-TERM STEWARDSHIP RESPONSIBILITIES As the Department completes stabilization, cleanup and disposal of waste, we must consider the next and final stage in the cleanup process: meeting our enduring environmental protection obligations through long-term stewardship at sites that are unable to be cleaned up sufficiently to allow for unrestricted use. DOE's cleanup efforts have resulted in substantial risk and maintenance cost reductions across the complex. However, at most sites, cleanup...
Page 113 - EM program is conducting cleanup, it is the challenge presented by the magnitude and complexity of the task we face in managing large volumes of nuclear wastes, safeguarding materials that could be used in nuclear weapons, and remediating extensive surface and groundwater contamination. In total, we are responsible for addressing an estimated 1.7 trillion gallons of contaminated ground water and 40 million cubic meters of contaminated soil and debris.
Page 120 - ... by regulators. The Department has been able to take advantage of the Superfund administrative reforms developed by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to allow anticipated future land use to be considered in developing cleanup remedies. The goal of long-term stewardship is the sustainable protection of human health and the environment after cleanup, disposal or stabilization is completed. A robust long-term stewardship program emphasizes good project management, the value of applying...
Page 79 - Program Direction provides the Federal staffing resources and associated funding to support the management and oversight of the Solar and Renewable Energy Programs This activity includes all funding for support service contractors, equipment, travel, crosscutting activities, and Assistant Secretary initiatives.
Page 115 - ... Laboratories and Los Alamos. This technology is a computer-controlled mechanical sorter that separates clean soil from contaminated waste streams, thereby significantly reducing the volume of waste to be packaged and disposed of, and reducing costs by up to 75 percent. Also in fiscal year 1999, 40 innovative technologies were made available for use for the first time.
Page 133 - Laboratory for Energy-Related Health Research - The Laboratory for Energy-Related Health Research is located at the University of California, Davis. Research at the laboratory originally was directed toward the health effects from chronic exposure to radionuclides using animal subjects to simulate radiation effects on humans. The Department terminated the research program and closed the laboratory in 1988. EM activities are directed toward cleaning up the DOE areas of contamination for eventual release...
Page 69 - Program's R&D activities support the development of a new generation of more environmentally-friendly hydropower turbines. Current hydropower technology, while essentially emission-free, can have undesirable environmental effects, such as fish injury and mortality from passage through turbines, as well as detrimental changes in the quality of dissolved gases in downstream water. Advanced hydropower turbine technology could minimize these adverse effects and help preserve the Nation's ability to generate...
Page 129 - The private company processed commercial spent nuclear fuel to extract plutonium and uranium from 1966 to 1972, generating 2,200 cubic meters of liquid high-level waste. The principal operation at West Valley is the solidification of the liquid high-level waste into borosilicate glass using a process called vitrification. The primary vitrification campaign began in June 1996 and was completed ahead of schedule in June 1998. Vitrification of the high-level waste tank heels is currently underway and...
Page 116 - K- West basins adjacent to the Columbia River into safe, dry storage in a new facility away from the river. Achieving this milestone will represent a significant accomplishment for a project that previously suffered from technical and management problems that delayed schedules and increased costs. We are now on track with a new baseline established in December...
Page 128 - ... leases. In some cases, the Department has conducted cleanup of the building and, in other cases, the private company is undertaking the cleanup. Overall, we estimate that this strategy will save $165 million in lifecycle costs. We are making good progress on the largest decommissioning project to date at ETTP. Cleanup of K-33, the first DOE uranium enrichment facility to be decommissioned, is already 27 percent complete as of February 2000, and most of the project's infrastructure is in place....