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Idaho Cleanup Project JACK ZIMMERMAN Deputy Manager, Idaho Cleanup Project Leadership in Nuclear Energy Commission May 24, 2018 www.energy.gov/EM 1

Idaho Cleanup Project Priorities and Accomplishments • Initiating heat-up for next simulant run for Integrated Waste Treatment Unit (IWTU). • Complete investigation and recovery of Accelerated Retrieval Project V drum incident. • Complete treatment of Idaho legacy transuranic waste. • Transuranic waste certification authority has been restored to DOE-Idaho. • Obtain certification of more TRU waste streams to maintain shipments to WIPP. • Complete exhumation of buried waste. • Complete transfer of spent nuclear fuel from wet to dry storage. www.energy.gov/EM 2

Key Scope: Integrated Waste Treatment Unit • Based upon extensive testing at a pilot plant and other facilities, extensive modifications to the facility were completed in April, 2018. • Complete “IWTU Technical Issues Resolution - Phase 2” Simulant Runs • Readiness reviews are complete, facility is preparing to heat-up for Simulant Run 2 • Complete Simulant runs 2 and 3 • Simulant Run 2 (30 days on simulant feed) is expected to complete in June; Simulant Run 3 will commence upon successful completion of Simulant Run 2 • Develop Plan for Phases 3 (Confirm Readiness) and 4 (System Performance Test) Carbon Monoxide Monitors updated Process Off-Gas Blowers restored www.energy.gov/EM 3

Settlement Agreement TRU Production Status 14,000 Waste Requiring Treatment (m3) Shipment of TRU Waste to WIPP Resumed April 2017 Treated and Awaiting Certification (m3) 13,000 Treated, Certified, and Awaiting Shipment (m3) Work Off Curve Fluor-Idaho Baseline 12,000 *A *A 2,714m 3 Certified TRU backlog *B *B 2,375m 3 Needs additional Certification WIPP WAC Revision 8 11,000 Juiy 2016 10,000 Cubic Meters Remaining to be Shipped or Certified 9,000 8,646m 3 remaining to ship out of Idaho 8,000 *A 7,000 Operations Under Fluor Idaho Begin 5,932m 3 remaining to certify 6,000 Completion Milestone - Idaho Settlement Agreement and ship out of Idaho Completion Milestone - ICP Core 5,000 *B 4,000 3,557m 3 untreated waste 3,000 2,000 1,000 0 5/31/16 7/31/16 9/30/16 11/30/16 1/31/17 3/31/17 5/31/17 7/31/17 9/30/17 11/30/17 1/31/18 3/31/18 5/31/18 7/31/18 9/30/18 11/30/18 1/31/19 3/31/19 www.energy.gov/EM 4

ARP V Drum Incident • Firefighters responded to an alarm in ARP V on April 11. • They observed smoldering contents from a waste drum, and applied retardant. • After exiting facility they were decontaminated and are now undergoing further testing to determine if they had internal uptakes. • No contamination left the facility. • Upon re-entry eight days later, three more drums were found to have their lids removed by excessive pressure. • The waste likely originated at Rocky Flats in Colorado, and was sent to Idaho in the 1960s. www.energy.gov/EM 5

ARP V Recovery Actions • Six entries into the area. • Samples have been collected and shipped to Savannah River National Laboratory and Southwest Research Institute for analysis. • Facility recovery plans have been finalized and cleanup efforts have started. • Exhumation of potentially similar waste was suspended. www.energy.gov/EM 6

Key Scope: FY 18 Buried Waste Exhumation Performance • Waste Exhumation (Acres) (FYTD) as of April 30, 2018 FY-18 Target: 0.26 FY-18 Actual: 0.114 Buried Waste Exhumation (84.8% complete) was intentionally delayed so exhumation crews can support AMWTP ISA waste processing in the ARPs. Exhumation is on hold until it can be verified that an event similar to ARP-V is not possible. The project remains about two years ahead of the regulatory schedule. www.energy.gov/EM 7

ARP VIII Buried Waste Exhumation Grid Completions (89.8% complete as of 4/30/18) ARP IX is the last facility required to complete exhumation. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 A A 12 40 69 94 B B 9 37 65 94 122 151 180 208 225 225 225 210 C C 28 148 176 205 224 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 197 D 36 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 184 D E E 3 15 27 38 50 62 74 85 97 121 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 171 F F 85 157 169 181 193 204 216 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 158 G 122 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 145 G H 113 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 132 H I I 104 225 225 225 225 225 225 221 211 201 191 180 170 160 150 140 130 120 110 100 90 80 69 59 71 225 225 225 225 225 225 119 J J 28 56 46 36 26 16 6 10 59 225 225 225 225 225 225 106 K K 2 15 24 40 112 128 144 160 175 190 205 220 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 93 L L 124 225 222 60 33 49 64 79 95 110 126 141 184 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 80 M 67 M 138 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 N 55 N 153 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 O 42 O 167 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 P P 5 20 37 53 69 85 102 118 134 151 167 183 199 216 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 225 29 Q 16 Q 7 17 27 40 55 70 84 99 114 129 143 158 175 192 211 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 Remaining -SQ FT Exhumed -SQ FT www.energy.gov/EM 8

Spent Nuclear Fuel Status Progress continues in moving remaining spent fuel from the CPP-666 storage pools (above) into dry storage facilities like CPP-603 (right). • DOE is on target to meet the Idaho Settlement Agreement requirement to remove all stored spent nuclear fuel from wet storage to dry by 2023. • The transfer of 3,240 EBR-II spent fuel bottles to the Materials and Fuels Complex for treatment or dry storage is about 12 percent complete. • The transfer of 1,000 Advanced Test Reactor fuel elements from wet storage to dry is about 19 percent complete. www.energy.gov/EM 9