Integrated Facilities Disposition Project and Energy Parks at Y12

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Integrated Facilities Disposition Project and
Energy Parks at Y-12

• March 12, 2009
• Randy Spickard
• Vice President and Executive Director
• Science, Technology and Partnerships
• BW Y-12, LLC

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The Oak Ridge Reservation and Y-12

• The Y-12 National Security Complex was originally
  constructed in 1943 for purposes of uranium
  enrichment using electromagnetic separation
  (1,152 calutrons)

• Alpha complex enriched to 15 U235 Beta complex
  enriched to weapons-grade material
• Today, Y-12 is an internationally recognized
  Uranium Center of Excellence, with expertise in
  manufacturing, dismantlement, and assessment of
  nuclear weapon secondaries and other components
  safely and securely storing and managing SNM
  supplying SNM for naval reactors and nuclear
  safety and non-proliferation.

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Scope of IFDP at Y-12

• The Integrated Facilities Disposition Project
  (IFDP) is a proposed, EM-funded project to
  complete the scope of cleanup work at Y-12 and
  ORNL. Scope at Y-12 includes
• Deactivation and demolition of 112 excess
  contaminated facilities
• Cleanup of 118 soil and groundwater contamination
  areas
• Waste disposal and facility operations
• Utility reroutes, non-mission equipment removal,
  and facility construction and improvements
  necessary for execution of IFDP

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Y-12 Excess Facility Conditions
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Footprint Reduction at Y-12

• IFDP will build on demolition successes at Y-12
  by
• Eliminating significant human health and
  environmental risks associated with excess
  materials, hazardous and radioactive material
  holdup in facility systems, and contamination
  from past spills and operations.
• Eliminating substantial risk to the Y-12 national
  security mission by mitigating the potential for
  fires and other risks of serious injury or
  hazardous material release posed by outdated,
  unneeded, contaminated buildings.
• Saving many millions of dollars in annual
  surveillance and maintenance costs, while paving
  the way for modernization and footprint reduction.

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Y-12 Transformation Vision
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IFDP Cost and Schedule Range

• Y-12 and ORNL combined, based on initial planning
  estimates (CD-1)
• Could be substantially accelerated by an influx
  of Recovery Act funding

Cost Range 9.4B - 14.5B Schedule Range 26
to 29 years
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Concept for Connecting IFDP to Energy
Conservation at Y-12

• Public-Private partnership that accelerates
  footprint reduction and demonstrates innovative,
  energy efficient metal recycling
• Bundle demolition of old coal steam plant with
  design/build/operate of a state-of-the-art,
  environmentally friendly metal recycling facility
• Demonstrate green application of weapons-related
  microwave melting technology
• Reuse potentially contaminated metals from IFDP
  at Y-12 in nuclear facility construction (e.g.
  structural steel)
• Benefits
• Energy efficient melting requires 37 less energy
  than other methods and 50 less production time
• Associated carbon footprint reduction and
  substantial cost savings
• Thousands of tons of metal diverted from landfill
  disposal to beneficial reuse
• Potential to revolutionize the American steel and
  related industries through operational and energy
  efficiencies
• Accelerates site transformation at Y-12 by
  eliminating an excess facility and the
  environmental hazard associated with adjacent
  coal pile

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Win/Win

• EM saves money by avoiding metal debris disposal
  and saving landfill capacity
• NNSA saves on construction cost by purchasing
  rebar at a reduced price
• Commercial recycler makes money using free
  feedstock (and subsidized operations?)
• American steel industry benefits from an
  innovative technology demonstration
• Y-12 facilitates transformation through early
  elimination of excess facilities

Looking for Sponsor(s) and Partner(s)
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Another public/private concept

• Bundle private funding of the demolition of the
  remainder of the Biology Complex with
  construction of an alternative energy facility
  for
• Production of ethanol for Y-12 E85 vehicles
  and/or methane for the new Y-12 steam plant from
  biofuel (e.g., switchgrass),
• Or
• Production of energy from waste for Y-12 energy
  security, or for sale to the grid
• Likely requires EM ARRA funds to assist with
  demo, and/or EERE ARRA funds to assist with
  construction, in addition to private equity, to
  make a viable business case

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