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IT’S A WIN! CH2M-led LLC, Four Rivers Nuclear Partnership, selected for Paducah Deactivation & Remediation Contract .... pg 2
In this issue... 1 Message from Dyan 2 IT’S A WIN! 2 Safety First 3 DOE Portfolio Map 5 What’s Next? Major Milestones 5 C(H2M)ommunity
Leadership Perspective Twenty-seven years ago, at Hanford Reservation, I started my career in the nuclear industry, while CH2M was doing the same. As I reflect on these nearly three decades, I have seen an evolution that makes me proud to be part of a company and an industry continuing to make a difference in communities, keeping people and the environment safe. In that relatively short period of time, our CH2M Hill powerhouse has remediated and returned 249,000 acres back to the surrounding communities or to the wildlife. While we safely execute work on our contracts, and take on some of our most complex challenges yet, I look forward to building upon our lessons learned to further advancements that will continue to reduce risk and liabilities for the government and stakeholders. We anxiously await the upcoming opportunities within the Department of Energy Complex, ready to use our experience to tackle new challenges. While we have 27 years down, we have decades to go. I know I speak for myself and for CH2M when I say I can’t wait to see our teams continue to be champions of innovation, eradicating the hazardous legacies of our past to keep this and future generations safe and protect the environment. Dyan Foss Global Managing Director CH2M Nuclear Sector
Volume 3 Issue 2 1 June 2017
It’s a Win! U.S. DOE awarded CH2M-led LLC $1.5B Paducah Deactivation & Remediation Contract We’re proud and excited to announce the U.S. Department of Energy selected CH2M-led Four Rivers Nuclear Partnership, LLC. for the Paducah Deactivation and Remediation Contract! The performance-based contract, valued at $1.5 billion over ten years, will include management of more than 650 structures, properties and buildings at the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant (PGDP) in western Kentucky. PGDP processed uranium from 1952-2013 for military reactors, nuclear weapons and nuclear power plant fuels. Alongside partners, Flour Corporation and BWX Technologies, Inc., CH2M’s work on the Paducah Deactivation and Remediation contract will support stabilization, deactivation and remediation activities, reducing risk and future demolition costs. Special thanks and recognition goes out to the incredible leardership from Bill Kirby, the President and CEO of Four Rivers Nuclear Partnership; Mike Swartz and Curt Walker who pushed the technical innovation throughout the proposal and Allen Schubert also a key on the new contract, who has spent the last several months ensuring that transition will go off without a hitch. What an enormous accomplishment for everyone involved!
Safety First
Savannah River Remediation Reaches Record Breaking Safe Hours Worked Savannah River Remediation has had an stellar record with safety throughout their relationship with the Department of Energy and this achievement only boosts their reputation. The workers of SRR produced another outstanding safety performance early 2017 by hitting record high man hours worked without a lost day case. Savannah River Remediation as a whole achieved 3.7 million man hours without a lost day case, while Savannah River Remediation Construction Company on it’s own reached an astounding 29.2 million man hours without a lost day case. As we know, safety remains of the highest priority at CH2M and this achievement fully embodies what we stand for. Every worker at the site has done their part to create an atmosphere and culture infused with safety. And because of this, every worker gets to return home happy and healthy after a hard day’s work and ready to tackle work the next day.
Successful DOE Portfolio Experience Rocky Flats Closure Project
Hanford Plateau Remediation • • • •
6.1 billion gallons of goundwater treated & 344 tons of contaminants removed 864 waste sites remediated 331 mi2 footprint reduction to date PFP demolition underway and most contaminated room (McCluskey Room) decontaminted/ demolished
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DOE’s first successful site closure Completed for $550 million less than final contract budget and 14 months ahead of our own aggressive schedule Completed safe storage, packaging and disposition of 21 metric tons of highly enriched uranium and plutonium Decreased accident rate from 7.6 to <1 per 200,000 work hours
Hanford River Corridor Closure • • •
Achieved 7.3 million safe work hours without a lost workday injury Released 220 mi2 back to the DOE Remediated 576 waste sites and demolished 324 buildings
M&O of Nevada National Security Site • • •
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Increased annual waste receipt rate by 300,000 ft3/year without additional funding Closure of a group of sites for the soils sub project for the first time in 15 years Modified and upgraded a radiological facility to enable repackaging, decontamination & characterization of remaining legacy TRU
Idaho Cleanup Project Core Contract • •
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During ICP, we successfully completed 10 years on site and 1 million safe work hours 5 times Completed target scope waste exhumation of 2.55 acres over 1 year ahead of schedule and $31 million under budget Entombed EBR-II and treated remaining sodium coolant 6 months ahead of schedule
Miamisburg Closure Project (Mound) • • •
A 3-year closure project completed at a $200 million savings and more than 2 years ahead of the previous baseline First ever nuclear Hazard Category II facility transferred for community reuse Excavated and disposed of more than 9.3 million ft3 of low-level radioactive waste
West Valley Phase 1 Decommissioning •
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Completed relocation of vitrified HLW into long-term outdoor passive storage for the first time in US histroy Completed demolition of 01-14 Building, first successful open air demolition in New York since 2010
Portsmouth D&D and Remediation • •
East Tennessee Technology Park •
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Safely completed demolition of gaseous diffusion plants K-25, K-31, and K-27, demolishing the first complete gaseous diffusion complex, in history 19 buildings and more than 700 acres transferred for reindustrialization, while saving $13 million dollars in D&D costs
Mobilized on the Fluor-BWXT Portsmouth team as of March 2016 Forty 19,000-pound electric motors were lowered from the cell floor, deactivated, surveyed for contamination and relocated to a staging area inside X-333 floor for disposal
Savannah River Site Liquid Waste • • •
Completed operational closure of 6 noncompliant liquid waste tanks Construction underway on next generation Salt Disposal Unit 6 First time successfully vitrifying waste at the Defense Waste Processing Facility
What’s next? Major Milestones Hanford Burial Grounds Rid of Final Sources of Contamination at 618-10 Said to be one of Hanford’s most challenging remediation projects, the 618-10 Burial Grounds contained some of the Site’s most hazardous wastes, generated by reactor fuel production and laboratory research during the Hanford’s plutonium production mission. In March, workers completed retrieval of 2,201 contaminated drums and other debris waste at 618-10, bringing the total to more than 400,000 tons of low-level waste removed from the burial ground. In addition, workers have removed a total of 94 vertical pipe units (VPUs), once containing highly-radioactive waste from Hanford’s laboratories and fuel development facilities. Remediation of 80 of the VPUs was completed in February, but the remaining 14 units, made of heavy-gauge steel and smaller in diameter, required a new innovative method to remediate. Short segments of the pipe were exposed, sheared and processed in a grout mixture; removal of these last 14 VPUs completed in May. CH2M crews have now successfully removed the last sources of contaminated soil and buried pipe filled with radioactive waste at the 618-10 Burial Ground Complex, where work is now nearing completion. Vice President of the 618-10 Project Tammy Hobbes commented, “These achievements are the result of years of preparation. We are near the end of this remediation project, and we are proud of the teamwork and safe progress made.” The 618-10 Burial Ground is now going through a final excavation effort to remove any remaining waste or contamination. Once completed, verification sampling will validate cleanup levels have been achieved and then the site will be backfilled.
In the C(H2M)ommunity UCOR Sponsors Second Harvest Food Pantry More than one million Tennesseans are at risk of hunger every day, and this March URS CH2M Oak Ridge (UCOR) workers donated time, money and food to shrink this number. UCOR volunteers joined Second Harvest Food Bank of Middle Tennessee to distribute food to those in need in their area. Second Harvest Food Bank is a non-profit company who specializes in providing a central distribution center for local non-profit organizations, companies, groups and individuals who wish to donate food to the locals in need. For this event, Second Harvest Food Bank utilized their Mobile Pantry program while partnering with local Kellytown Food Pantry to deliver more than 18,000 pounds of healthy food to more than 230 families around Oak Ridge. Along with the significant food donation, UCOR volunteers raised over $6,000 to sponsor the event. 5 June 2017
What a difference a year makes!
Highlights from Canadian Nuclear Laboratories during 2016
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buildings and structures from the Chalk River campus were cleared, allowing for site preparation.
21,000
square foot reduction of radiological areas within existing Controlled Area.
...we worked hard to reshape and align our science and technology programs against what the world needs; and, we made great progress in transforming the sites both physically and culturally to reflect our vision of CNL as a truly world-class S&T organization.” - Mark Lesinski CNL President & CEO
“Our first year at Canadian Nuclear Laboratories (CNL) was an exciting one. We worked through the challenges of leading the organization, while still managing the transition-in process; we made a point to listen and learn from the people who drive CNL, and began to tackle the key issues they flagged; ...
$146,000
donated to local charities and community causes.
$500,000
in energy cost savings through the use of natural gas on the Chalk River site.
>2 MILLION pounds of waste were safely removed through decommissioning activities in CRL.
CH2M funds STEM Tutoring Center at Washington State CH2M continues to show their active support for Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) programs around the world by recently donating $90,000 to create a STEM Tutoring Center at Washington State University (WSU) Tri-Cities. STEM tutoring is provided to all students who need additional support on subjects ranging from chemistry to computer science to biology at no cost. STEM-related courses are built into the requirements for students during their higher education, therefore the Tutoring Center provides value to every student at the University. The Tutoring Center aims to bring students a collaborative and technology-enhanced experience to foster innovation and creation throughout their education. In addition to the initial donation, CH2M provided $8,400 to support the installation of environmentally-friendly drinking fountains around Washington State University. With the goal of reducing on campus waste, these water fountains allow students to refill water bottles at numerous locations around the campus. This supports CH2M’s mission to remain a leader in environmental and social responsibility, while also sharing this mission with the students to support environmentally-friendly and sustainable practices on campus.
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