Overview of the Surplus Facilities Management Program
Beginning in the early 1940s, the US government constructed and procured numerous facilities for use in nuclear energy development and production programs. During the past 40 years, many of these have fulfilled their intended purposes and have been shut down. In 1978, the Department of Energy established the Surplus Facilities Management Program (SFMP) to manage the safe caretaking and eventual decommissioning of government-owned nuclear facilities that are radioactively contaminated and have no current use. There are now approximately 300 such facilities in the SFMP, located at 20 separate sites across the United States and Puerto Rico. Some of the current decommissioning projects underway at these sites are briefly described.
- Research Organization:
- UNC Nuclear Industries, Inc., Richland, WA (USA)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC06-76RL01857
- OSTI ID:
- 6234483
- Report Number(s):
- UNI-SA-164; CONF-860203-12; ON: DE86006414
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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