Tritium consolidation comparison study: Cost analysis

Technical Report · Tue Dec 01 00:00:00 EST 1992

OSTI ID:10122741

In February 1991 the Department of Energy released the Nuclear Weapons Complex Reconfiguration Study. As a part of the planning for this effort the Department released the Nonnuclear Consolidation Plan (NCP) to analyze alternatives on how best to achieve the preferred option of consolidating nonnuclear activities at a single site. This plan compared six plants - Kansas City, Mound, Pinellas, Rocky Flats, Y-12 and Pantex - as possible nonnuclear consolidation sites. Based upon analysis of this plan the Department announced that an Environmental Assessment would be prepared on the preferred alternative of consolidating most of the activity at the Kansas City Plant with some work relocated to other sites. The tritium activity at the Mound Plant (MP) would be transferred to the Savannah River Site (SRS) where significant other tritium activity is conducted. This ``Tritium Consolidation Comparison Study: Cost Analysis`` was prepared to ascertain the relative cost advantage of locating the tritium activity at either the MP or the SRS. This study compares the costs and schedules for tritium reservoir filling, emptying, surveillance, and processing activities to be performed at the MP and the SRS with the alternative of consolidating. these activities at each of these two sites. For reference purposes this study also sets forth the projected costs of taking no action to reconfigure which would leave both plants operating. The scope of work estimated is for a steady-state weapons workload based on Planning and Production Directive 92-1A. The study found that either site could perform the mission with additional resources. The MP could support an operational date for all requirements in late 1996 while the SRS date would be late 1997.

• Research Organization: USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• OSTI ID: 10122741
• Report Number(s): DOE/DP-0110P; ON: DE93007431; NC: NONE
• Resource Relation: Other Information: PBD: Dec 1992
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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