Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility Jefferson Laboratory Patty

Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility Jefferson Laboratory Patty Hunt, P. E. , CIH Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility Page 1

Scope/Background • Waste Minimization • Impact on Waste Shipments • Dept. of Energy Laboratory – ~850 employees – >2000 scientists from 18 countries – 7/8 mile racetrack Accelerator – superconducting – 4 experimental Halls – 12 billion electron volts Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility Page 2

Laboratory Mission Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility Page 3

Jefferson Lab’s Scientific Purpose Study how quarks and gluons combine to form protons and neutrons Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility Page 4

116 Ge. V CEBAF 12 CHL-2 Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility Page 5

One Cryomodule Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility Page 6

Linac Cryomodules CH L-2 Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility Page 7

Recirculation Arc Configuration CH L-2 Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility Page 8

Hall C Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility Page 9

Normal Waste Streams Generated at Jefferson Lab • Hazardous Waste – Routine fabrication/maintenance – Metal etching – R&D Activity • Radioactive Waste – Routine maintenance upgrades – Activated material – Removable Surface contaminated material Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility Page 10

Radioactive Waste Significant Project: Hall C Beam Dump Upgrade • • Used ppe Activated metals Activated concrete Solidified Decon Gel™ Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility Page 11

Hall C Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility Page 12

Rad Waste Reduction Associated with the Upgrade Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility Page 13

Reduction of Rad Waste PPE with Use of Decon Gel Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility Page 14

Potential Reduction in Waste PPE with Use of Decon Gel on concrete floor Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility Page 15

Applying Decon Spray as fixative for Removable Contamination on dump components Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility Page 16

Radioactive Waste • Radioactive Waste Landfill : Activated metals, used PPE, Activated Shielding Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility Page 17

Radioactive Waste Intermodal Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility Page 18

Hazardous Waste 1. El Dorado. . . lab packs, solvents aerosols 2. Reidsville North Carolina. . . lab packs 3. Cincinnati Ohio's Springdale Resource Recovery facility. . . lead, mercury, beryllium 4. Cleveland Ohio. . . acid/metal solutions 5. Chattanooga Tennessee. . . metal solutions 6. Deer Park. . . Nothing for past three years Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility Page 19

Central Accumulation Area 32 B: Flammables & Poisons 32 C: Corrosives & Oxidizers Non-bulk waste acid Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility Page 20

Lab pack waste acids Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility Page 21

Reduction in Hazardous Waste Shipment Cost Eductor System from Chemroom Fume Hoods lowers number of lab packs Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility Page 22

Reduction in Lab Packs Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility Page 23

Shipments for 2015, 2016 Radioactive Waste Hazardous Waste • 2015: $ 35, 000 (savings too soon to tell) • 2015: $ 25, 000 (70% cost reduction) • 2016: $35, 000 • 2016: $ 35, 000 Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility Page 24

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