200 Area Remedial Action
| Project Code: | RL-ER02 |
| Problem Areas: | Remedial Action (Primary) Health / Ecology / Risk |
| Life-Cycle Cost in 2007+: | $1,614,000,000 |
| DOE Project Manager: | R.A. Holten, 509-376-7277, richard_a_holten@rl.gov |
| Contractor Manager: | V. R. Dronen, 509-372-9075, VERNON_R_DRONEN@RL.GOV |
| For More Information: | http://www.em.doe.gov/closure/pbs/rlp42.html |
Maximum Public, Worker, and Environmental Risks in the year 2007 and beyond:
| Public: Low | Worker: Medium | Environment: High |
Technical Approach Provided by Project Manager:
The 200 Area Source Remedial Action Project will typically achieve cleanup goals by isolating the contaminated soils and isolating contamination with barriers. If remedial alternatives are established which require waste disposal, the ER Waste Disposal Project will transport the wastes to the ER Disposal Facility for final disposal. The 200 Area remedial action includes placement of barriers over the waste sites and burial grounds (within the 200 east area and 200 west area fencelines) and excavation of contaminated soils (outside the fenceline). This remedy is a planning assumption only and does not indicate that any decisions have been made relative to the remediation of the 200 Area waste sites. Remedial actions that could be required will be evaluated once characterization is complete. An existing prototype barrier testing and monitoring program is being used to generate performance assessment information to support the long-term use of barriers at Hanford. Additional data may also be required to address regulator and public stakeholders concerns regarding the use of barriers. The Hanford Site utilizes the Site Technology Coordination Group to identify technology needs for Hanford Projects. Once the needs are identified, they are presented to the Technology Management Council which determines the needs to forward as funding requests to DOE-HQ EM-50 National Focus Areas. When approved, the technology demonstration is performed as an integrated EM-40 and EM-50 activity. The following technology needs have been identified as high priority for Remedial Actions: Detection and characterization of radioactive contaminants and metals in soils In-situ remediation of radioactive contaminants and metals in soils Better retrieval and handling methods of radioactive contaminants and metals in soils Better treatment methods for radioactive contaminants and metals in soils Detection and delineation of burial ground contents Segregation of TRU from non-TRU debris from burial grounds Segregation and handling of large pieces of debris from burial groundsPost 2006 Project Scope Provided by Project Manager:
The balance of assessment activities would be completed by December 31, 2008, 592 waste site would remain to be remediated in the 200 AreaProject End State Provided by Project Manager:
The 200 Area is essentially equivalent to the area referenced in the Hanford Site Strategic Plan as the Central Plateau. Central Plateau Goal: The 200 Areas and Central Plateau will be used for the management of nuclear materials and the collection and disposal of waste materials that remain onsite and for other related and compatible uses. Cleanup levels and disposal standards will be established that are consistent with these long-term uses. Soil Sites Endstate ? Soil sites will be closed in place with surface barriers, or other remedial alternatives will be established within individual RODs or permit modifications.The full list of science research awards that have the potential to address projects such as this one, which deals with Remedial Action and Health / Ecology / Risk problems, are listed in the Index of Research Awards by Environmental Management Problem Area, in the back of this appendix, under the headings "Remedial Action and Health / Ecology / Risk".
The following awards were identified through systems engineering to have the potential to address the specific needs of this Project. Those research awards that may have the strongest link to this project are designated by the symbol "§".
The following tree shows how the above awards link to this project. When multiple brances are shown leading to or from a problem area, branches to the left are primary links and branches to the right are secondary.
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| Problem Areas Linked to RL-ER02: | Remedial Action | Health / Ecology / Risk | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Research Awards Linked to RL-ER02: Pass the mouse over an Award ID for more information, below. Click ID for more detail: |
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