1. Nevada National Security Site Nevada Field Office FY 2014 Status Report
Jhon Carilli
Low-Level Radioactive Waste (LLW) Activity Lead
DOECAP Workshop – Albuquerque, NM
September 15-18, 2014

2. Nevada National Security Site (NNSS)
Located approximately 65 miles northwest of Las Vegas, NV
Approximately 1,360 square miles of U.S. DOE controlled land
Historic mission: Research and development of nuclear weapons
Clean-up controlled by Federal Facility Agreement and Consent Order

3. Nevada Field Office Missions
Defense Experimentation and Stockpile Stewardship
Global Security
Environmental Management
The NNSS is the nation’s only site for high-explosive-driven subcritical plutonium experiments — essential for safe, effective stewardship of the enduring nuclear stockpile
Photo - Radiological/Nuclear Countermeasures Test and Evaluation Complex

4. Nevada National Security Site Assets
Device Assembly Facility
Big Explosives Experimental Facility
Joint Actinide Shock Physics Experimental Research
U1a Underground Experimental Complex
Nonproliferation Test and Evaluation Complex
Nuclear Criticality Experiments Research Center
Radiological/Nuclear Countermeasures Test and Evaluation Center
Radiological/Nuclear Weapons of Mass Destruction Incident Exercise Site

5. Contractors National Security Technologies, LLC (NSTec) Remediation
Waste management
Laboratory data verification and validation
Navarro-Intera, LLC (N-I)
Corrective action investigations
Groundwater modeling

6. Industrial Sites
Land and facilities used in direct support of nuclear testing
1,970 sites listed
12 sites remain
Less activity in FY 2015 with reduced samples and waste
D&D activities at the Reactor Maintenance, Assembly, and Disassembly (R-MAD) facility using a hydraulic hammer

7. Soils
Surface and shallow subsurface soil contaminated by atmospheric nuclear testing
134 sites listed
44 sites remain
Anticipate no change in volume of samples and waste for FY 2015
Cleanup expert conducts surface soil sampling at historic atmospheric nuclear test location, Johnnie Boy

8. Underground Test Areas
Contaminated groundwater characterization and modeling
Five sites listed
One moving to closure
Two moving to model evaluation or closure
Two remain in investigative/data gathering
Implementing Integrated Sampling Plan between M&O and Environmental Restoration contractors
Anticipate more sampling in FY 2015
Drill at Well ER-20-4

9. Commercial Laboratory Use FY 2014
Environmental: $500,000
$140,000 NSTec
$360,000 N-I
NSTec Industrial Hygiene: $12,000
NSTec Bioassay: $36,000

10. Commercial Laboratory Use FY 2015
Environmental: $418,000
$140,000 NSTec
$278,000 N-I*
NSTec Industrial Hygiene: $12,000
NSTec Bioassay: $15,500
* Six month planning only

11. Waste Treatment, Storage, and Disposal Facilities (TSDF)
FY 2014
Waste Control Specialists $23,000
US Ecology $15,000
FY 2015 Anticipated
Materials and Energy Corp ~ $40,000
Waste Control Specialists ~ $20,000
Waste Control Specialists
Waste Control Specialists facility (top picture) M&EC (bottom picture) - both photos found on their company websites
Materials and Energy Corporation

12. DOECAP Auditors Seven Auditors Eight Qualifications Three TSDF
Three Laboratory
One TSDF and Laboratory
Quality Assurance
Radiochemistry
Organic
Inorganic
Waste Operations
Environmental Compliance
Transportation
Hazardous and Radiological Materials Management

13. Audit Participation FY 2014 Audits supported Three Laboratory Two TSDF
FY 2015 Anticipated
Four Laboratory
Three TSDF

14. Questions?
Desert tortoise at NNSS