3rd International Forum on the Decommissioning ofFukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power StationRodrigo V. Rimando, Jr.
Director, Office of Technology Development
Office of Environmental Management
U.S. Department of Energy
August 6, 2018www.energy.gov/EM1

Topics
 Overview of Office of Environmental Management
 Nuclear cleanup mission
 Highlight nuclear facility decommissioning experience Keys to Decommissioning Success Shared Safety Responsibility Technological Solutions
 Test Beds, Mockups and Training Multi-Generational Teamwork
 Stakeholder Involvement, Public Participation
 Public Opinionwww.energy.gov/EM2Overview of Nuclear Cleanup
Decommissioning
Experience and Successes

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MISSION OF OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
Safe cleanup of the environmental legacy created by theManhattan Project, the ensuing Cold War nuclear arms
race, and the early years of federal government-sponsorednuclear science research and technology developmentwww.energy.gov/EM4

Cleanup Footprint

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Initial Estimates

30>10KUnits

States130
Sites$200 $350
billion75years

TechnicalUncertainty
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Nearly 30 Years of Successful Cleanup

what’s done?

9129of 107
sites

years

>$170
riskbillion

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Decommissioning Successes:
Hanford Site Reactors

6of Hanford’s nine production reactors have been placed in interim,safe storage allowing radioactive decay before final demolition

2
1

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

reactor was configured to allow public access for tours because it was
the world’s first full-scale plutonium production reactor
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Decommissioning Successes:
Savannah River Site Reactors

2of Savannah River Site’s five reactors are entombed
Entombed P-Reactor
Repurposed C-Reactor

Entombed R-Reactor

2

reactors are used for temporary storage of
special nuclear materials and spent fuelRepurposedK-Reactor

RepurposedL-Reactor

1wasconverted
to a decontamination
facilitywww.energy.gov/EM

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Decommissioning Successes:
Test and Research Reactors>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 TestReactor

Chicago Pile 5
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Other Nuclear Facilities
Rocky Plats Plant>715

Fernald Feed
Materials
ProductionCenternuclear andradioactive facilities
have been
decommissioned
SRS K-Reactor Cooling Tower
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Decommissioning Successes

Savannah River Site
K-Reactor
Cooling Tower
Implosionwww.energy.gov/EM12

Remaining Cleanup

what’s left?

>50years>$250
billionwww.energy.gov/EM13

Remaining Decommissioning Radioactive Materials Processing Facilities
 Underground Tank Closure Liquid Waste Processing Facilities Vitrification Plants
www.energy.gov/EM14Keys to Successful Decommissioning
Decommissioning
Experience and Successes

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Safety: Shared Responsibility

Workers
Supervisors and Managers
Executive Leaders
Unions and Labor Advocates
Plant Owners and Operators
Regulators
Local and National Governments
Stakeholders
PublicInternational Community

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Technological Solutions

WorkSAFER

Advanced robotics andremote systems are
key mission-enablers
WorkSMARTERDECOMMISSIONING SUCCESS
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Test Beds, Mockups, Training
Footage ofActual Cleanup

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Multi-Generational Teamwork

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Giving Voice

Stakeholder Involvement, Public Participationwww.energy.gov/EM20

Giving Voiceenvironmental justice: the fair treatment and meaningful involvementof all people regardless of race, color, national origin, or income withrespect to the development, implementation, and enforcement ofenvironmental laws, regulations, and policies.

Artwork courtesy of Environmental Justice Committee, West Side Community Organization, St. Paul, MN

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Public Opinion, Social Media
Lessons from February 2014 Accidents at theWaste Isolation Pilot Plant

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Summary
 U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental
Management has nearly 30 years of complex andcomplicated nuclear facility decommissioning Key to Success Shared Safety Responsibility Technological Solutions
 Test Beds, Mockups and Training Multi-Generational Teamwork
 Stakeholder Involvement, Public Participation
 Public Opinionwww.energy.gov/EM23

Enduring International PartnershipJapan and the U.S. continue to work closely together toassure the safe and protective decommissioning of theFukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Stationwww.energy.gov/EM24