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COOPERATION &COLLABORATION
Dr. Monica C. Regalbuto
Assistant Secretary, Office of Environmental Management
United States Department of Energy
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Topics
1) Overview of Office of Environmental Management
 Nuclear cleanup mission
 Highlight nuclear facility decommissioning experience

2) Key institutional elements of the cleanup program3) Cooperation and Collaboration
 Bilateral Commission on Civil Nuclear Cooperation
 Key Activities of Decommissioning and Environmental
Management Working Group Robotics

4) Closing
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2United States (U.S.)
Department of Energy (DOE)
Office of Environmental Management (EM)Program Overview
Nuclear Facility and Reactor Decommissioning Experience

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Mission
OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
Safe cleanup of the environmental legacy createdafter six decades of nuclear weapons production
and federal government-sponsored nuclear science
research and technology development

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4Mission Areas
Nuclear Facility
Decommissioning

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Soil and WaterCleanup

Liquid Radioactive
Waste Processing &Disposition

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Mission Areas
Solid Radioactive
Waste Treatment,
Storage & Disposal

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Nuclear Materials &Spent Nuclear FuelManagement

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Science &Technology

6Original Scope of Legacy Cleanup

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Remaining Scope of Legacy Cleanup Since 1989, DOE-EM has completed
its cleanup mission at 91 of the 107
major nuclear weapons and nuclear
research sites
 US$152B (¥17,452B) spentApril 10, 2016

 Lifecycle Baseline Estimates ofRemaining Scope US$235B (¥26,981B)
 2065 completion

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Current Budgets
Fiscal Year 2016 (Approved):
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9Production Reactor Decommissioning
HANFORD SITE

6of nine reactors are ininterim, safe storage122

reactor wasconverted for
public visits

more reactors will beplaced in safe storage in
the next few years

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SAVANNAH RIVER SITE (SRS)of five reactors areentombed

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reactor is used as adecon facility

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Research Reactor Decommissioning>75

research reactors of various designs
across the DOE complex are invarious phases of decommissioning

High Flux Beam
ReactorExperimental
Boiling Water
ReactorBrookhaven Graphite
Research Reactor

Heavy Water
Components Test
Reactor

Chicago Pile 5

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Safety Management
WorkerResponsibility

Manager
Responsibility

Senior Leader
Responsibility

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Regulatory Framework
 Protective of human health and the environment Complies with laws, rules and regulations

 Considers overall impacts to the environment
 Advocates risk-informed decisions

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Stakeholder Involvement andPublic Participation
 Stakeholder Involvement and Public Participation
 Participate in the decision-making process

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Japan – U.S.
Cooperation and Collaboration
Bilateral Commission on Civil Nuclear Cooperation
Decommissioning and Environmental Management Working
Group (DEMWG)
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International Cooperation
Bilateral Commission on Civil
Nuclear Cooperation
Civil Nuclear
Energy R&DWorkingGroup

Emergency
Management
WorkingGroupDecommissioning
and Environmental
Management
Working GroupNuclear
Security
Working
Group

Safety andRegulatory
Issues Group

Bilateral cooperation on consequences from Fukushima Dai-ichi NPS
o Facility Decommissioningo Spent Fuel Storage and Decontaminationo Long-Term Consequence Management
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Current Activities
 Research and Development Collaboration onAdvanced Decommissioning Science DOE-EM and MEXT agreed to sponsor university-led
research on topics of mutual interest
 Radioactive waste treatment and packaging
 Rapid analysis of radiological contaminants
 Risk modeling tools and techniques

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Current Activities
 JAEA’s Collaborative Laboratories for Advanced
Decommissioning Science (CLADS) Program International laboratory for research and development on
decommissioning science Focus on cleanup in and around the Fukushima Dai-ichi
Nuclear Power Station

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Planned Activities
 Propose creating a National Laboratory Fukushima
Support Network
 Expand involvement of U.S. national laboratories
 Provide forum for regular exchanges of information
 Provide access to the technical expertise and capabilities
 Sponsored by DEMWG

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Future Activities
 Robotics Technologies
 Invaluable experience already gained from recent
deployments at Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Station

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DOE-EM Interest in Robotics
 We share a common interest in robotics for ALARA and enhancing the safety of our workers
 Handling highly radioactive materials and waste Accessing hard-to-reach and out-of-reach spaces Performing worker tasks that are Dirty Dull Dangerous
 Difficult
 Responding to unplanned events and emergencies

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Closing Remarks“Coming together is a beginning, staying together is progress,and working together is success.” Henry Ford, US Inventor

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Enduring International PartnershipJapan and the U.S. continue to work closely together toassure the safe and protective decommissioning of the
Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Station
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