Hanford Spent Nuclear Fuel

Status

Presented by Sen MoyNational SNF Strategy Meeting

April 14, 20091

Hanford SNF Status

• K Basins Fuel Removal• Knock-Out Pot Material• Found Spent Nuclear

Fuel• Other Near-Term

Activities

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K Basins SNF• Final two Multi-Canister

Overpacks (MCOs) containing legacy fuel from K Basins loaded, dried, and shipped to Canister Storage Building (CSB) in September 2008.

• 388 MCOs containing fuel from K Basins now interim stored at the CSB.

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K Basin Knock-Out Pot (KOP) Sludge Material

• KOP sludge material was accumulated at KW Basin during cleaning of SNF and sludge consolidation activities:• KW Basin Integrated Water Treatment

System (IWTS) KOPs• IWTS Strainer Basket Canisters• Primary Cleaning Machine Canisters

• KOP sludge material under evaluation to determine disposition path by FY 2011.

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• Small quantities of spent fuel discovered during remediation of B, C, D, F, and H Reactor burial grounds.

• Discovery of additional fuel possible during remediation of remaining burial grounds supporting reactor operations.

Found Spent Nuclear Fuel

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• In the past, found fuel was transferred to K Basins for consolidation with other N Reactor and single-pass reactor fuel into MCOs.

• This capability through FY 2011 still exists for found fuel while the KOP material is under evaluation.

• After FY 2011, a new path will be implemented to receive found fuel and storage at CSB/200 Area Interim Storage Area.

Found Spent Nuclear Fuel

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• In new path, found fuel would be loaded into Found Fuel Containers (maximum 75 pound payload), shipped to CSB, evacuated and inerted, and closure welded.

• Found Fuel Containers would then be transferred to 200 Area Interim Storage Area and emplaced in RadVault.

Found Spent Nuclear Fuel

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Other Near-Term Activities

• MCO license application support• OCRWM QARD Transition Activities• Completing 37 years with AEC/DOE –RL

(CSRS Pension Plan-PRICELESS!)

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