Office of River Protection 2014 Hanford ORP Site Status Report

Glen Clark, WRPS

2014 ASP Workshop15-18 September, 2014

Albuquerque, NM

Hanford Site Map

Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant (WTP)

WTP Analytical Laboratory

WTP Laboratory Hot Cells

DOE ORP Mission Statement

Our mission is to retrieve and treat Hanford’s tank waste and close the tank farms to

protect the Columbia River.

DOE ORP Prime Contractors

• Bechtel National, Inc. (BNI)• Advanced Technologies and Laboratories

International, Inc. (ATL)• Washington River Protection Solutions

(WRPS)

BNI Off-Site Commercial Laboratories

• BNI utilizes two non-DOECAP audited laboratories for industrial hygiene analyses

• BNI utilizes a laboratory for glass formulation research which is not a DOECAP participant

BNI Off-Site TSDF

• BNI does not utilize an off-site TSDF

• BNI has contracted WRPS to dispose of hazardous industrial wastes

222-S Analytical Laboratory Complex

222-S Analytical Laboratory

222-S Laboratory Hot Cells

222-S Analytical Laboratory• ATL performs routine inorganic, organic, and radioanalytical

analysis of tank farm and environmental samples as well as inorganic analysis of industrial hygiene samples to support day to day tank farms operations (Washington State Department of Ecology and American Industrial Hygiene Association Laboratory Accreditation Program [AIHA-LAP] accredited)

• WRPS performs analytical method development, tank farm process support, and organic analysis of vapor samples (AIHA-LAP accredited)

• WRPS also administers 222-S complex operations

Laboratory Quality Standards

• On-Site – Hanford Analytical Services Quality Assurance Requirements Documents (HASQARD)– Similar to DOECAP QSM but does not include IH analysis

– Based partly on NQA-1 for application at nuclear facilities

– Allows flexibility when dealing with high level rad samples

– Includes sampling and field analysis activities

– Includes process chemistry analysis

– Includes research & development projects related to environmental cleanup

– A new revision is about to be released by DOE that incorporates many QSAS Rev. 2.6 requirements

• Off-Site – HASQARD for environmental laboratories and DOECAP QSM for industrial hygiene laboratories

WRPS Varied Analytical Needs

• Industrial Hygiene (IH) Vapor and Bulk Analyses• General Analytical Support for Waste Tank Retrieval• General Process Chemistry and Solubility Studies• Tank and Pipe Corrosion Studies• Tank Waste Phase Characterization Studies• Separation, Stabilization and/or Treatment of Selected

Waste Streams• Forensics Solids Analysis • Vadose Zone Characterization• Miscellaneous Environmental or Waste Characterization

Projected FY15/16 222-S Laboratory Projects

• Industrial Hygiene Vapor Method Development• Process Chemistry and Special Analytical Services

Method Development• Installation of New Analytical

Instrumentation/Equipment• Laboratory Room Upgrades• Design and Installation of a New Standards

Laboratory

Types of Samples Analyzed by Offsite Laboratories

• Miscellaneous Industrial Hygiene Vapor• Asbestos Fiber Counting and Characterization• Low or Non-Radioactive Regulatory

Environmental • Miscellaneous RCRA Waste

Number of WRPS Samples Analyzed Off-Site

FY2009 FY2010 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 (estimate)

FY2015 (estimate)

0

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Reasons for FY14 and FY15 Sample Load Increases

• DOE RL’s decision to close the onsite Waste Sampling and Characterization Facility laboratory that performed environmental and IH analyses

• Concerns about vapor exposures in the tank farms

• Start-up operations at the evaporator in the tank farms to reduce the volume of highly radioactive tank waste

WRPS Off-Site Commercial Laboratories

• WRPS utilizes five DOECAP audited laboratories for industrial hygiene or environmental sample analyses

• WRPS contracts with two laboratories which are not DOECAP participants for specialty industrial hygiene and vapor analyses

Qualified DOECAP Laboratory Auditors

• WRPS provides three DOECAP laboratory auditors, two of whom are lead auditors

• ORP provides one DOECAP laboratory auditor

Future DOECAP Laboratory Participation

• Provide audit support for laboratories used by ORP contractors

• Provide support for revision of the DOECAP QSM and checklists

DOECAP Laboratory Points of Contact

• Jeff Cheadle, DOE ORP

• Glen Clark, WRPS

Non-Radiological TSDF Audits

• WRPS utilizes one off-site, non-radiological TSDF vendor for tank farm, 222-S laboratory and contracted WTP hazardous wastes

• WRPS has conducted its own audit of this vendor• The vendor sends waste to several different

facilities• Some of these facilities are audited by DOECAP

Radiological TSDF

• WRPS utilizes one off-site radiological TSDF vendor with four different facilities

• All four facilities are audited by DOECAP• WRPS participates annually in the DOECAP

audit of the local facility in Washington state

Qualified DOECAP TSDF Auditors

• WRPS provides three DOECAP TSDF auditors

DOECAP TSDF Points of Contact

• Jeff Cheadle, DOE ORP