Nevada National Security Site NNSS Nevada Field Office

Nevada National Security Site (NNSS) Nevada Field Office (NFO) FY 2015 Status Report Milinka Watson-Garrett Analytical Services Manager U. S. Department of Energy (DOE) ASP Workshop – Charleston, SC September 14 -17, 2015

NNSS • Located ~65 miles northwest of Las Vegas, NV • Approximately 1, 360 square miles of DOE controlled land – Only 10% of NNSS lands disturbed by historic and current program activities • Historic mission: Research and development of nuclear weapons – Currently undergoing characterization and clean up – 98% of investigations and corrective actions at surface contamination sites completed ID 1094 - 09/14/2015 – Page 2 Page. No. 2 Title Log 2015 -114

NFO 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 ID 1094 - 09/14/2015 – Page 3 Page. No. 3 Title Log 2015 -114

NNSS Assets • Device Assembly Facility • Big Explosives Experimental Facility • Joint Actinide Shock Physics Experimental Research • U 1 a 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 ID 1094 - 09/14/2015 – Page 4 Page. No. 4 Title Log 2015 -114

Contractors • National Security Technologies, LLC (NSTec) – – – Remediation, restoration Laboratory data validation Waste management National security/defense Renewable energy, conservation and infrastructure for National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) • Navarro – – – Corrective action investigations Remediation, restoration Groundwater modeling Laboratory data validation Waste management ID 1094 - 09/14/2015 – Page 5 Page. No. 5 Title Log 2015 -114

Industrial Sites • Land facilities used in direct support of nuclear testing – 1, 970 sites listed – 12 sites remain ID 1094 - 09/14/2015 – Page 6 Page. No. 6 Title Log 2015 -114

Soils • Soil sites contaminated by atmospheric nuclear testing are being characterized, remediated, restored and/or use restricted – 250 samples collected in FY 2015 – 1, 545 analyses performed in FY 2015 – 142 sites listed – 23 sites remain ID 1094 - 09/14/2015 – Page 7 Page. No. 7 Title Log 2015 -114

Underground Test Area Groundwater Characterization • Five Corrective Action Units (CAUs) with multiple well locations – Scheduled for closure, model evaluation and/or investigation by data gathering activities – 150 samples collected in FY 2015 – 700 analyses performed in FY 2015 • Sampling and analysis required for all CAUs ID 1094 - 09/14/2015 – Page 8 Page. No. 8 Title Log 2015 -114

Waste Management/National Security. Defense/Conservation/Infrastructure ~2, 500 environmental/waste samples collected in FY 2015 • Waste Management: ~550 analyses • National Security/Defense: ~20 analyses • Conservation: ~80 analyses • Infrastructure: ~3, 000 analyses ID 1094 - 09/14/2015 – Page 9 Page. No. 9 Title Log 2015 -114

Commercial Laboratory Use (FY 2015) • Environmental: $500, 000 – NSTec: $140, 000 – Navarro: $360, 000 • NSTec Industrial Hygiene: $26, 000 • NSTec Bioassay: $24, 500 ID 1094 - 09/14/2015 – Page 10 Page. No. 10 Title Log 2015 -114

Planned Commercial Laboratory Use (FY 2016) • Environmental: $340, 000 – NSTec: $140, 000 – Navarro: $200, 000 • NSTec Industrial Hygiene: $6, 000 • NSTec Bioassay: $18, 500 ID 1094 - 09/14/2015 – Page 11 Page. No. 11 Title Log 2015 -114

Waste Treatment, Storage, and Disposal Facilities • FY 2015: $23, 000 • FY 2016 anticipated: To be determined ID 1094 - 09/14/2015 – Page 12 Page. No. 12 Title Log 2015 -114

Auditors • Quality Assurance • Radiochemistry • Organic • Inorganic • Waste Operations • Environmental Compliance • Transportation • Hazardous and Radiological Materials Management ID 1094 - 09/14/2015 – Page 13 Page. No. 13 Title Log 2015 -114

Audit Participation • FY 2015 audits – Four (4) labs – Four (4) treatment, storage, and disposal facilities (TSDFs) • FY 2016 anticipated – Five (5) labs – Three (3) TSDFs ID 1094 - 09/14/2015 – Page 14 Page. No. 14 Title Log 2015 -114

EQUESTRIANS? ID 1094 - 09/14/2015 – Page 15 Page. No. 15 Title Log 2015 -114