WIPP Legislative Breakfast Sponsored by Southeast New Mexico

WIPP Legislative Breakfast Sponsored by Southeast New Mexico Legislators January 29, 2018 www. energy. gov/EM 1

2017 in Review Bruce Covert, President & Project Manager Nuclear Waste Partnership www. energy. gov/EM

Thank You for Your Support! New Mexico Elected Officials Governor Susana Martinez Representative Larry Scott Senator Carroll Leavell Representative James Townsend Senator Gay Kernan Senator Ron Griggs Representative Cathrynn Brown Representative David Gallegos www. energy. gov/EM

Year in Review Video 4 www. energy. gov/EM 4

Safety • Focus on prevention of slips trips and falls • Voluntary Protection Program review team ü Merit Status • Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) ü Ground control continues to be the top safety priority • Mine Rescue Team ü Participated in emergency response drills with personnel from local potash mines www. energy. gov/EM 5

Resumption of Shipments • Shipments resumed April 10, 2017 ü WIPP received 133 shipments in 2017 ü Shipments from Idaho, Oak Ridge, Savannah River, Los Alamos and Waste Control Specialists ü Currently averaging 6 -7 shipments/week ü Since 1999, WIPP has received 12, 034 shipments www. energy. gov/EM 6

Supplemental Ventilation System(SVS) SVS Startup in early January • Provides sufficient airflow to support mining and waste emplacement activities • Designed to provide additional 130, 000 CFM of airflow in the WIPP underground www. energy. gov/EM 7

Resumption of Mining Panel 8 Restarted January 15 • Additional disposal rooms need to be mined in parallel with emplacement in Panel 7 • Slow, deliberate approach will be followed to ensure safe operations • Mining began in 2013, but was halted following 2014 events • Completion of Panel 8 scheduled for 2020 www. energy. gov/EM 8

Additional Activities • Successfully Completed Annual Maintenance Outage – January 15 -28 ü Another signal that we are back into routine operations ü Completed dozens of maintenance activities that cannot normally be handled during emplacement operations ü Resumed shipments late last week; waste emplacement activities resume this week www. energy. gov/EM 9

Community Commitment Plan • Describes goals for Nuclear Waste Partnership community involvement and support • Provides $500, 000 in donations and more than 2, 000 volunteer hours www. energy. gov/EM 10

2018: A Look Ahead Todd Shrader, Manager Carlsbad Field Office www. energy. gov/EM

Out-Year Projected Shipments SHIPMENT PLANNING ASSUMPTION (FY 18 – FY 23) 800 736 700 # Of Shipments 600 622 500 400 300 200 389 383 FY 20 FY 21 294 250 100 0 FY 18 FY 19 FY 22 FY 23 Fiscal Year www. energy. gov/EM 12

Dilute and Dispose Proposal • A potential dilute and dispose approach to surplus plutonium waste disposition has been proposed üWIPP would dispose of transuranic waste similar to waste streams that have previously been accepted and emplaced from several DOE sites üNational Academy of Science reviewing approach üMulti-decade mission üNo final decisions made www. energy. gov/EM 13

Safety Significant Confinement Ventilation System • Completed Independent Cost Estimate • External Independent Review (EIR) completed o Within the cost range approved at CD-1 o Turn Over to Operations – March 2021 o Complete D&D of Existing System and Schedule Margin – November 2022 • Critical Decision 2/3 approval in near future • Request for Proposal for construction forthcoming • Plan to award construction contract March 2018 • Anticipate start of construction April/May 2018 www. energy. gov/EM 14

Safety Significant Confinement Ventilation System 7 Dedusters and Demisters 22 27, 000 CFM Safety Significant HEPA filters New Filter Building 125 ft Exhaust Stack Salt Reduction Building 2 3, 000 KW Standby Diesel Generators 6 1, 000 HP Fans Total Airflow – 540, 000 CFM Existing Exhaust Shaft www. energy. gov/EM 15

Utility Shaft (Formerly Exhaust Shaft) • Located across the access road from the WIPP parking lot • Geotechnical core drilling completed • Using top-down drilling method • External Review February 2018 • CD 2/3 anticipated May 2018 www. energy. gov/EM 16

Utility Shaft (Formerly Exhaust Shaft) www. energy. gov/EM 17

Timely Decisions • Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Environmental Management Jim Owendoff ü EM conducted a review of the full EM program to identify opportunities to improve effectiveness and execution across the board with a focus on timely decision-making ü EM-HQ leadership worked with site mangers in the field and solicited input from federal employees at all levels ü Review highlighted the importance of WIPP across EM complex ü CBFO/WIPP is working with HQ on several key opportunities www. energy. gov/EM 18

Timely Decisions • Key WIPP Opportunities - Decisions • Increased Ventilation at WIPP ü Supplemental Ventilation System – near term (completed) ü Permanent Ventilation – out years • Improve Surface Infrastructure • Ramp-Up Emplacement Rates www. energy. gov/EM 19

Potential Regulatory Work Description • • • Potential Regulatory Work Panel Closure Redesign New Shaft New Filter Building Additional Panels (utilization of Panel 10 and construction/authorization to use Panels 9 B, 10 B, 11) Revised Training Plan Revise Calculation Method for Waste Volume (volume of record) Updates and Efficiencies Compliance Recertification Application (CRA) - 2019 10 Year Permit Renewal NMED/EPA NMED EPA NMED www. energy. gov/EM 20

Questions & Answers www. energy. gov/EM 21