Overview of Savannah River Site (SRS) and Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL)

Dr. Mary K HarrisDirector, Computational Sciences

February 8th, 2012

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SRS Snapshot198,334 acres,

or about 310 square miles

Fourth largest DOE site in the United States (behind Nevada Test Site, Idaho National Laboratory and Hanford Site)

SRS workforce: Approximately 10,000

Prime contractor (about 58 percent)

DOE-SR and DOE-NNSA

Other contractors

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Chronology of the Savannah River Site

Sept. 23, 1949

President Truman announced Russia tested its first atomic weapon

June 12, 1950

Atomic Energy Commission asked E.I. Du Pont de Nemours & Company to undertake a new atomic project

Du Pont built SRS and operated it for nearly 40 years

April 1, 1989

Washington Savannah River Company took the reins as SRS’s prime contractor

August 1, 2008

Savannah River Nuclear Solutions assumed responsibility for SRS management and operations

July 1, 2009

Savannah River Remediation now in charge of liquid waste disposition

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Initial Construction Facts39 million cubic yards (a wall 10 feet high and 6 feet wide from Atlanta, GA to Portland, OR)

1.5 million cubic yards (a highway six inches thick and 20 feet wide from Atlanta, GA to Philadelphia, PA)

118,000 tons (a train 30 miles long)

27,000 tons (a train eight miles long)

85 million board feet (enough for 15,000 homes)

230 miles of new roads (including South Carolina’s first clover leaf intersection)

63 miles of permanent new track

2 million

All of the 304L and 316L stainless steel available in the United States from 1951 through 1953

Earth moved

Concrete

Reinforcing steel

Structural steel

Lumber

Roads

Railroads

Blueprints

Process Steel

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Site HistoryThe Atomic Energy Commission

builds a nuclear weapons complex

F Canyon in 1952

H Canyon in 1952

Tank construction

in the late 1970s

R Reactor in 1951

Six South Carolina towns moved; 6,000 people relocated

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Historical Facts of Note

1956: Neutrino was discovered by Fred Reines and Clyde Cowan – P Reactor. 1995 Physics Nobel Prize

1961: University of Georgia founded the Savannah River Ecology Laboratory (SREL) to study effects of radiation on the environment

1972: SRS designated as a National Environmental Research Park

1980’s: Produced Pu-238 for NASA’s deep space exploration program

Environmental Cleanup began under the RCRA program

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Production YearsProduce and recover nuclear materials

Tritium

Plutonium 238

Plutonium 239

Facilities

Five reactors

Two chemical separations plants

Heavy water extraction plant

Nuclear fuel and target fabrication facility

Waste management facilities

SRS produced about 36 metric tons of plutonium from 1953-1988

End of Cold War meant a whole different philosophy and approach to the nuclear arsenal

H Canyon and HB

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Where We Are Today

~$2 billion site budget

50 percent is EM

50 percent is NNSA

The contracts

Management & Operations

Savannah River Nuclear Solutions

Comprised of Fluor, Newport News Nuclear and Honeywell

Liquid Waste

Savannah River Remediation

Comprised of URS, Babcock & Wilcox, Bechtel and CH2M Hill

Separate contracts for other major projects

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SRS’s Missions Today

K Area K Area ComplexComplex

TRU waste being TRU waste being loaded for loaded for shipmentshipment

Spent fuel being Spent fuel being unloaded in L Areaunloaded in L Area

One of many One of many scientists in SRNLscientists in SRNL

Demolition work Demolition work inside P Reactorinside P Reactor

Old Radioactive Waste Old Radioactive Waste Burial Ground during Burial Ground during

remediationremediation

Operations inside the Operations inside the Tritium Extraction Tritium Extraction FacilityFacility

Shipments from the HEU Shipments from the HEU Blend Down programBlend Down program

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New Missions~$8 billion over 20 years

Disposition of 34 tons excess weapons-usable plutonium

Three new facilities

Mixed Oxide (MOX) Fuel Fabrication Facility

Pit Disassembly and Conversion

Waste Solidification Building

Began construction Aug. 1, 2007; being built and operated by Shaw AREVA MOX Services

In design phase Supports both MOX and PDC; groundbreaking in January 2009; currently under construction

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SRNL Organization

Dr. Anthony (Tony) E. BurrisAssociate Laboratory Director for

National Security ProgramsDr. Jeffrey (Jeff) C. GriffinAssociate Laboratory Director for

Environmental Stewardship

Dr. Terry A. MichalskeExecutive Vice President

& Laboratory Director

Dr. John E. MarraAssociate Laboratory Director for

Science & Technology

David E. EylerSenior Vice President &

Deputy Laboratory Director

Debra BatesExecutive Assistant

Dr. Thomas (Tom) L. SandersAssociate Laboratory Director for

Clean Energy

Richard (Rick) M. SpragueAssociate Laboratory Director for

Nuclear Materials Program IntegrationFrederick (Freddie) M. Grimm

Director, Research Operations

Diane McGeeExecutive Assistant

Wendolyn S. HollandDirector of Strategic Development

and Technical Partnerships

Margaret (Peggy) A. DavisBusiness Manager and SRNS CFO

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­ Began operation in 1953­ Original mission:

■ Reactor research■ Chemical separations■ Tritium/Hydrogen support■ Environmental science and monitoring

­ Changing mission:■ End of Cold War in 80’s focus on safe

containment disposition/clean up/D&D■ Response to 9/11 homeland security

initiatives■ Need for energy independence dual use

of hydrogen technology

SRNL brought technological support to nation’s cold war efforts

Early Days of the Laboratory

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Savannah River Laboratory - established 1951

R&D to support the Savannah River Plant’s mission of producing nuclear materials for the national defense

Savannah River Technology Center - 1992

Continued support to Savannah River Site (SRS)

Diversified technological focus

Savannah River National Laboratory - 2004

Expanded role for DOE/EM and broader national security missions

Evolution of SRNL

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SRNL at a Glance

• 1000 Staff; ~ $250M (FY10)• Safest DOE National Laboratory• Broad Science and Engineering Capabilities

– Nuclear Materials Detection, Handling and Processing– Light Elements

SRNL FY10 Revenue

Multi-Program Laboratory

Energy Security

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National Laboratory Injury & Illness Data Per 200,000 Hours Worked, CY 2010

Note: Data obtained from DOE Computerized Accident/Incident Reporting System (CAIRS)

2010 MTC Rate 2010 DART Rate

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Aerial View of SRNL

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Our Facilities

SRNL Main Campus

Aiken County’s Savannah River Research Campus

Hydrogen Technology Research Laboratory

Aiken County Technology Laboratory

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Nuclear Defense

Plutonium Technology

Homeland Security

Nonproliferation

Nuclear Forensics

• Hydrogen Production and Storage

• Nuclear Fuel Cycle R&D• Renewable Energy

Research

Environmental Management

• Waste Treatment• Materials Stabilization

and Disposition• Remediation and Cleanup • Assessments and Verification

SRS Tritium Facilities

National and Homeland Security

Energy Security

Multi-Program National Laboratory

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Environmental Management

Small Column Ion Exchange module

Rotary Microfilter

National and Homeland Security Energy Security

Testing SODAR to measure off-shore wind

FBI Forensics

Tracking and tagging technology

Porous wall hollow glass microspheres

SRNL Innovation Impacts Broad National Priorities

CCR Collaboration Award

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South Carolina Consortium for Offshore Wind

Advance the sustainable development of offshore renewable energy to include wind and hydrokinetic resources:

Partners:

SRNL, Clemson University (CURI), Santee Cooper, Coastal Carolina University, Second Wind, CMMC, LLC, Center for Hydrogen Research, Coast Guard, Fluor

Characterize onshore & offshore wind and marine resources

Install wind turbines for Educational Outreach

Develop SC business strategy to further deployment

Three year grant September 2011

Conduct research for design conditions for offshore wind energy structures

CCU, NREL, MMI Engineering

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Wind Research Activities

Increase fidelity of vertical profile

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Met Tower SodarWind Turbine

Secondwind Triton Deploy & test Sonic Wind Profiler (200m vertical) SODAR (sound

detection and ranging)

Center for Hydrogen ResearchInstall 2 wind turbines Integrate with 25

Kw regenerative fuel cell and solar

Vertical Axis Wind Turbines (VAWT)

installed on ocean front

Meteorological tower installation on Goat Island

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Wind Drivetrain Test Facility

Clemson University Restoration Institute (CURI), with multiple partners, including SRNL wins DOE project proposal for $45M for test facility, with $51M in-kind from state entities.

7.5 MW and 15 MW test stands, largest in world when completed

Pier, drydock and Bldg 69.

Groundbreaking at CURI October 28, 2010

15 MW dynamometer

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SRNL has announced agreements with Hyperion and GE that, with DOE approval, could lead to deployment of a small modular nuclear reactors at SRS

The Future: Clean Energy Initiative

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Business Segments

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National Security

Enhance national security by providing innovative, customized solutions to the global nuclear

nonproliferation and detection, counter proliferation, deterrence and threat reduction challenges

through the innovative application of unique nuclear materials, technology and systems assets at SRS

Clean Energy

Accelerate the deployment of nuclear energy through public and private partnerships that solve critical

nuclear material storage, processing and disposition challenges, and use our broader expertise to

support regional energy sustainability while maintaining environmental health

Environmental Stewardship

Transform liabilities into assets to reduce the environmental legacy of nuclear materials and

radioactive waste at SRS in a way that utilizes technology to provide innovative solutions to speed and

improve SRS processing and leverages these solutions to other DOE and non-DOE locations and

customers

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SRNL/SRS Expertise - Key Component in our Nation’s Security

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Enterprise SRS Vision

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