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Departmental Representative to the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board
Recommendation 2001-1, High-Level Waste Management at the Savannah River Site
2001-1 BY YEAR:
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This page last updated Tuesday, February 26, 2013
Key Documents & Information
- Board Recommendation: from Chairman Conway to Secretary Spencer, dated March 23, 2001.
- Department Response: from Secretary Abraham to Chairman Conway, dated May 18, 2001.
- Department Implementation Plan: Revision 6, dated November 24, 2010.
- Board Closure: dated December 7, 2011.
Chronicle of Related Correspondence
- December 7, 2011, Board letter closing Recommendation 2001-1, High-Level Waste Management at the Savannah River Site, noting that DOE has made satisfactory progress toward meeting the intent of the Recommendation and that open commitments can be adequately tracked using the Board's normal oversight processes.
- November 8, 2011, Department letter reporting completion of commitment 3.13.2, and providing the annual Implementation Plan update for Recommendation 2001-1, High Level Waste Management at the Savannah River Site
- January 28, 2011, Board letter accepting Revision 6 of the IP for Recommendation 2001-1, High-Level Waste Management at the Savannah River Site.
- January 6, 2011, Department letter notifying the Board that commitments 3.9.1 and 3.13.1 of DOE's IP for Rec. 2001-1, High-Level Waste Management at the Savannah River Site Revision 6, are completed.
- November 24, 2010, Department letter transmitting Revision 6 to the Implementation Plan for Recommendation 2001-1, High-Level Waste Management at the Savannah River Site.
- May 27, 2010, Board letter accepting Revision 5 of the Implementation Plan to Recommendation 2001-1 submitted to the Board on March 19, 2010.
- March 19, 2010, Department letter providing additional information in support of Rev.5 of the 2001-1 Implementation Plan.
- January 7, 2010, Board letter requesting additional supporting information needed in order to complete the review of Rev.5 of the 2001-1 IP.
- September 22, 2009, Department letter transmitting Revision 5 to the Implementation Plan for Recommendation 2001-1, High-Level Waste Management at the Savannah River Site.
- June 24, 2009, Department letter requesting a 90-day extension for responding to the Board's March 31, 2009, letter requesting a revision to the 2001-1 Implementation Plan.
- March 31, 2009, Board letter requesting within 90 days revised Implementation Plan for Recommendation 2001-1, High Level Waste Management in Savannah River Site.
- September 4, 2008, Board letter establishing a 45-day reporting requirement regarding the review of the SRS High-Level Waste (HLW) Tank Integrity Program. This review represents a continuing effort by the Board to follow the In-Service Inspection Plan for High-Level Waste Tanks (Inspection Plan), which was originally provided to the Board under Recommendation 2001-1, High-Level Waste Management at the Savannah River Site.
- May 9, 2008, Department letter reporting completion of Commitments 2.10 and 2.13 of the Department's Implementation Plan for Recommendation 2001-1, High-Level Waste Management at the Savannah River Site.
- February 29, 2008, Department Letter regarding Commitment 2.9, “Demonstrate the viability of the Deliquification, Dissolution, and Adjustment (DDA)” of the Department’s Implementation Plan for Recommendation 2001-1, High-Level Waste Management at the Savannah River Site.
- October 26, 2007, Department letter regarding the Savannah River Site Life-Cycle Liquid Waste Disposition System Plan, Revision 14.
- October 24, 2007, Department letter regarding Commitments 2.9, 2.10, and 2.13 for the Department’s Implementation Plan for Board Recommendation 2001-1, High-Level Waste Management at the Savannah River Site.
- August 29, 2007, Board letter regarding DOE's plans for low-temperature aluminum dissolution and subsequent storage of aluminum-rich supernate in Tank 11 at the Savannah River Site's high-level waste tank farms.
- August 13, 2007, Department letter providing status on the Savannah River Site Life-cycle Liquid Waste Disposition System Plan.
- June 29, 2007, Department letter informing the Board of a delay in the issuance of the Savannah River Site Waste Disposition System Plan relative to Commitment 3.11 in the 2001-1 implementation plan, High-Level Waste Management at the Savannah River Site.
- April 24, 2007, Department letter providing status of and plan to complete Commitment 2.9 in the 2001-1 implementation plan, High-Level Waste Management at the Savannah River Site, which calls for the disposition of 100K gallons of salt solutions in the Saltstone Disposal Facility.
- February 1, 2007, Board letter regarding program evaluation of the high-level waste system at the Savannah River Site.
- December 4, 2006, Department letter forwarding the Program Evaluation for integration of Liquid Waste processing facilities, a deliverable in Commitment 3.11 of the 2001-1 implementation plan, Revision 4, High-Level Waste Management at the Savannah River Site.
- July 11, 2006, Department letter forwarding the Department's revised implementation plan for Board recommendation 2001-1, High-Level Waste Management at the Savannah River Site.
- April 4, 2006, Department letter reporting completion of Commitments 3.8 and 3.9 in the 2001-1 implementation plan, High-Level Waste Management at the Savannah River Site, which requires DOE to complete a technical evaluation of acceptable Tank 48 residual levels and to develop a plan and schedule for Tank 48, respectively.
- January 17, 2006, Department letter forwarding Revision 3 of the 2001-1 implementation plan, High-Level Waste Management at the Savannah River Site.
- June 18, 2004, Board letter regarding potential impacts of suspending radioactive waste disposition activities at Savannah River Site.
- May 5, 2004, Department letter providing status on commitments from the Office of Environmental Management to the Board that are past due.
- March 24, 2004, Board letter establishing a 30-day reporting requirement regarding issues on high-level waste at Savannah River Site relative to the low-curie salt (LCS) program and funding for salt processing activities.
- March 2, 2004, Department letter forwarding the Programmatic Risk Assessment for the Savannah River Site Salt Processing Program, relative to implementation plan 2001-1, High-Level Waste Management at Savannah River Site.
- February 6, 2004, Department letter reporting completion of Commitment 2.8 in implementation plan 2001-1, High-Level Waste Management at the Savannah River Site, which requires the completion of the conceptual design of the Salt Waste Processing Facility at the Savannah River Site.
- February 3, 2004, Department letter providing status of commitments on Sludge Removal at Hanford in implementation plan 2000-1, Stabilization and Storage of Nuclear Materials, low curie salt-waste process in implementation plan 2001-1, High-Level Waste Management at the Savannah River Site, and two actions in the Quality Assurance Improvement Plan for Defense Nuclear Facilities.
- November 14, 2003, Department letter providing status of Environmental Management commitments on sludge removal at Hanford, low curie salt-waste processing at Savannah River Site, and the Quality Assurance Improvement Plan.
- July 14, 2003, Department letter forwarding Revision 2 to the Savannah River Site High Level Waste Tank In-Service Inspection Program.
- July 14, 2003, Department letter regarding completion of commitment 3.4 in the 2001-1 implementation plan, High-Level Waste Management at the Savannah River Site, with the return to service of the Savannah River High Level Waste Tank 50.
- April 28, 2003, Department letter forwarding Revision 1 of the Savannah River Site High-Level Waste Tank In-Service Inspection Program.
- April 28, 2003, Department letter regarding delay in completing two commitments, transfer of low curie salt to Saltstone facility and return of Tank 50 to service, relative to implementation plan 2001-1.
- January 21, 2003, Department letter regarding commitments 2.9, 3.4, and 3.7 in the 2001-1 Implementation Plan, High-Level Waste Management at the Savannah River Site.
- November 15, 2002, Board letter requesting a briefing on the vapor-space corrosion program.
- October 21, 2002, Department letter enclosing report on Savannah River Site's High Level Waste Tank 48-H Disposition Alternatives Identification Phase 1 & 2 relative to the 2001-1 implementation plan.
- October 1, 2002, Department letter responding to Board reporting requirement on High-Level Waste (HLW) activities at the Savannah River Site and alternative technologies for the removal of cesium from salt waste.
- September 19, 2002, Department letter informing the Board on the completion of Commitment 2.7 of the 2001-1 implementation plan on Salt Waste Processing Facility (SWPF).
- June 27, 2002, Board letter establishing a 60-day reporting requirement summarizing the Department's plan for further development of alternative technologies for the removal of cesium from salt wastes at the Savannah River Site relative to the 2001-1 implementation plan.
- June 11, 2002, Board letter enclosing comments on the In-Service Inspection Plan for High-Level Waste Tanks in relation to the 2001-1 Implementation Plan.
- May 10, 2002, Department letter enclosing the Department's revised Implementation Plan 2001-1, providing new commitments relative to the implementation of the salt processing program.
- April 29, 2002, Department letter responding to Board letter dated March 4, 2002 regarding the high level waste salt processing capability at the Savannah River Site.
- April 26, 2002, Department letter informing the Board of the completion of four commitments in Implementation Plan 2001-1. Commitment 1.3 which calls for the revision of High Level Waste (HLW) Tank Inspection Program, Commitment 2.5, is the HLW Tank Farm Schedule Sensitivity Analysis, Commitment 2.6, is to submit commitments related to the implementation of the revised salt processing program, and Commitment 3.2, is to revise HLW System Plan.
- March 29, 2002, Board letter establishing a 60-day reporting requirement addressing the recommendations on the high-level waste operations at the Savannah River Site.
- March 22, 2002, Board letter regarding Commitment 1.3 in Implementation Plan 2001-1, which calls for a revision to the high-level waste tank inspection program.
- March 4, 2002, Board letter regarding high-level waste salt processing capability at the Savannah River Site relative to Implementation Plan 2001-1.
- February 13, 2002, Department letter reporting completion of Commitment 3.1, Assess Tank Farm Space Management options and system vulnerabilities, in Implementation Plan 2001-1.
- January 29, 2002, Department letter informing the Board of a schedule delay in completing Commitment 3.1 of Implementation Plan 2001-1, which calls for complete assessment of HLW system vulnerabilities and tank farm space management options.
- January 29, 2002, Department letter informing completion of Commitment 4.1 in Implementation Plan 2001-1. Commitment 4.1 calls for an independent Assessment of HLW Performance Based Incentives.
2001
- December 13, 2001, Department letter informing completion of Commitment 2.4 in 2001-1 Implementation Plan. Commitment 2.4 calls to issue Request for Proposals (RFP) for up to two Engineering, Procurement, and Construction Contractor(s).
- November 1, 2001, Department letter reporting completion of 3 commitments identified in Implementation Plan 2001-1. Commitment 2.2 is the Issue Record of Decision (ROD) on Salt Processing Alternatives. Commitment 3.3 is the Tank 49 Available for HLW service. Commitment 3.6 is to Return 2H evaporator to Operations.
- October 1, 2001, Board letter responding to Department letter dated September 14, 2001 regarding the revised Implementation Plan 2001-1.
- September 14, 2001, Department letter enclosing the Department's revised Implementation Plan 2001-1, High-Level Waste Managment at the Savannah River Site. [PDF]
- September 4, 2001, Department letter regarding alternate methodologies in preparing documented safety analyses.
- July 30, 2001, Department letter responding to Board letter dated May 24, 2001 and providing that the Department will submit a revised Implementation Plan for Recommendation 2001-1, High-level Waste Management at the Savannah River Site by September 15, 2001.
- July 30, 2001, Board letter enclosing a staff issue report on Salt Processing at Savannah River Site.
- May 29, 2001, Board letter responding to Mr. Fred Humes, Director of the Economic Development Partnership in Aiken, South Carolina regarding Rec. 2001-1, High-Level Waste Management at the Savannah River Site.
- May 24, 2001, Board letter providing suggested course of action for DOE revision of 2001-1 Implementation Plan on Savannah River Site High Level Waste Management.
- May 18, 2001, Department letter enclosing Implementation Plan for Board Recommendation 2001-1, High Level Waste Management at the Savannah River Site.
- April 23, 2001, Letter for Chairman Conway from Fred Humes, Director of the Economic Development Partnership regarding Recommendation 2001-1, High Level Waste Management at the Savannah River Site.
- March 23, 2001, Board letter forwarding Recommendation 2001-1, High-Level Waste Management at the Savannah River Site.
