East Tennessee Technology Park Emergency Management Program (Vision 2020)

Darryl BonnerUCOR Emergency ManagementOctober 15, 2015

East Tennessee Technology Park – Past Missions

• Built in early 1940s• Oak Ridge Gaseous Diffusion Plant (K-25 Site)• Enriched uranium for the Manhattan Project, defense purposes

and commercial nuclear energy • Operations permanently shut down in 1987

East Tennessee Technology Park – Mission

K-31 Demolition

• Accelerated cleanup (Vision 2020)• Reindustrialization • Historic Preservation to interpret the role of the K-25 Site in the

Manhattan Project and Cold War era.

ETTP Cleanup Status• Demolished 379 facilities (2.9 million square feet)• Removed 2.01 million yd3 of waste; transported

radioactive waste ~ 2.5 million safe miles• Cleared 1,400 acres for unrestricted use

K-27

K-31

CNF

K-1037

TSCA

Centrifuge

Poplar Creek Facilities

Vision 201620202024

Vision 2016•Completion of ORGP production facilities demolition at ETTP•Continue preparatory cleanup activities at Y-12 and ORNLVision 2020•Remaining ETTP supporting facilities, enabling additional reindustrializationVision 2024•Expand cleanup work to Y-12 to address mercury contamination

Future Reuse: Reindustrialization

• 721 acres of land transferred to date

• 14 buildings transferred totaling 332,000 ft2

• 20 leased facilities totaling 530 acres

• 20 private companies operating at ETTP

• Site infrastructure, roads and services transferred to City of Oak Ridge

• More than 400 acres planned for disposition by 2017

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Changes in Site Hazards

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• ORGDP production facilities (K-25, K-27, K-29, K-31, and K-33).• Demolition of K-25, K-29, K-31, and K-33 complete. K-27

deactivation is under way.• Residual hazardous materials are being reduced. D&D of

remaining facilities complete by 2020.• Hazardous waste is being shipped off site.• Tenant and private business include hazardous material

inventories.

Major Types of Hazardous Materials On-Site

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Park Shift Superintendent

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• Site Operations Center • 24-hr emergency notification point • Secondary 911 notification• Transitions to Emergency Control Center– Categorizes/classifies emergency events – Initiates initial protective actions – Dispatches emergency responders – Activates ERO• Completes initial emergency notifications

(DOE HQ, TEMA, local counties) • Initiates mutual aid requests

Fire Dept. Operated by City of Oak Ridge

• Services provided via MOA between City of Oak Ridge & DOE – October 2007

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• Resources– 2 Pumper engines– 2 Ambulances– 1 Aerial/Tower pumper– 2 Rescue vehicles– 1 Hazardous materials truck– 1 Mobile shower/decontamination

trailer– 1 Captain/shift– 6 Firefighters/shift– 1 Paramedic/shift– 3 Rescue Techs/shift– 6 Hazmat Techs/shift

Response Assets• Park Shift Superintendent• Emergency Operations Center• Oak Ridge Fire Department• Protective Force• Field Monitoring Teams• Joint Information Center• Environmental Monitoring Control

Center

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QUESTIONS??