Portsmouth annual environmental report for 1997

Technical Report · Tue Sep 01 04:00:00 EDT 1998

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/290982· OSTI ID:290982

The Portsmouth plant is one of two US Department of Energy (DOE)-owned, contractor-managed uranium enrichment facilities in operation. As of July 1, 1993, responsibility for implementing environmental compliance at the facility was split between DOE, as site owner, and the US Enrichment Corporation (USEC), a government-owned corporation formed by the Energy Policy Act of 1992, to operate the nation`s uranium enrichment business. The management contractor for DOE in 1997 was Lockheed Martin Energy Systems, which was responsible for environmental restoration, waste management, removal of highly enriched uranium, and operation of nonleased facilities at the Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant (DOE/PORTS). A new 5 1/2-year management and integration contract was awarded by DOE to Bechtel Jacobs Company LLC on December 18, 1997. Bechtel Jacobs Company officially assumed management responsibilities on April 1, 1998, when the Lockheed Martin Energy Systems contract expired. Lockheed Martin Utility Services provides management services for USEC. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission assumed direct oversight of USEC operations, formerly a DOE function, in March 1997.

• Research Organization: Bechtel Jacobs Co., Environmental Compliance Div., Piketon, OH (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Environmental Restoration and Waste Management, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC05-98OR22700
• OSTI ID: 290982
• Report Number(s): DOE/OR--11-1729&D1; ON: DE99000914; IN: BJC/PORTS--13; BR: EU2010202
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

05 NUCLEAR FUELS
COMPLIANCE
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
PORTSMOUTH GASEOUS DIFFUSION PLANT
PROGRESS REPORT
REMEDIAL ACTION
SITE CHARACTERIZATION
WASTE MANAGEMENT