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Title: Risk-Based Decision Process for Accelerated Closure of a Nuclear Weapons Facility

Abstract

Nearly 40 years of nuclear weapons production at the Rocky Flats Environmental Technology Site (RFETS or Site) resulted in contamination of soil and underground systems and structures with hazardous substances, including plutonium, uranium and hazardous waste constituents. The Site was placed on the National Priority List in 1989. There are more than 370 Individual Hazardous Substance Sites (IHSSs) at RFETS. Accelerated cleanup and closure of RFETS is being achieved through implementation and refinement of a regulatory framework that fosters programmatic and technical innovations: (1) extensive use of ''accelerated actions'' to remediate IHSSs, (2) development of a risk-based screening process that triggers and helps define the scope of accelerated actions consistent with the final remedial action objectives for the Site, (3) use of field instrumentation for real time data collection, (4) a data management system that renders near real time field data assessment, and (5) a regulatory agency consultative process to facilitate timely decisions. This paper presents the process and interim results for these aspects of the accelerated closure program applied to Environmental Restoration activities at the Site.

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Kaiser-Hill, LLC; U. S. Department of Energy; SUMMIT Technical Resources, Inc. (US)
Sponsoring Org.:
US Department of Energy (US)
OSTI Identifier:
826317
Resource Type:
Conference
Resource Relation:
Conference: Waste Management 2003 Symposium, Tucson, AZ (US), 02/23/2003--02/27/2003; Other Information: PBD: 25 Feb 2003
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
12 MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE WASTES, AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES; 45 MILITARY TECHNOLOGY, WEAPONRY, AND NATIONAL DEFENSE; CLOSURES; CONTAMINATION; IMPLEMENTATION; MANAGEMENT; NUCLEAR WEAPONS; PLUTONIUM; PRODUCTION; REMEDIAL ACTION; SOILS; URANIUM; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTES

Citation Formats

Butler, L, Norland, R L, DiSalvo, R, and Anderson, M. Risk-Based Decision Process for Accelerated Closure of a Nuclear Weapons Facility. United States: N. p., 2003. Web.
Butler, L, Norland, R L, DiSalvo, R, & Anderson, M. Risk-Based Decision Process for Accelerated Closure of a Nuclear Weapons Facility. United States.
Butler, L, Norland, R L, DiSalvo, R, and Anderson, M. 2003. "Risk-Based Decision Process for Accelerated Closure of a Nuclear Weapons Facility". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/826317.
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abstractNote = {Nearly 40 years of nuclear weapons production at the Rocky Flats Environmental Technology Site (RFETS or Site) resulted in contamination of soil and underground systems and structures with hazardous substances, including plutonium, uranium and hazardous waste constituents. The Site was placed on the National Priority List in 1989. There are more than 370 Individual Hazardous Substance Sites (IHSSs) at RFETS. Accelerated cleanup and closure of RFETS is being achieved through implementation and refinement of a regulatory framework that fosters programmatic and technical innovations: (1) extensive use of ''accelerated actions'' to remediate IHSSs, (2) development of a risk-based screening process that triggers and helps define the scope of accelerated actions consistent with the final remedial action objectives for the Site, (3) use of field instrumentation for real time data collection, (4) a data management system that renders near real time field data assessment, and (5) a regulatory agency consultative process to facilitate timely decisions. This paper presents the process and interim results for these aspects of the accelerated closure program applied to Environmental Restoration activities at the Site.},
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year = {Tue Feb 25 00:00:00 EST 2003},
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