Office of River Protection 2015
Hanford ORP Site Status Report
Robert Elkins, WRPS
2015 ASP Workshop
14-17 September, 2015
Charleston, SC
Hanford Site Map
Mount
Rainier
Mount
Adams
REDOX &
222-S Lab
T-Plant
U-Plant
B-Plant
PUREX
Waste Treatment Plant
T-Plant
DOE ORP Mission Statement
Our mission is to safeguard the nuclear waste
stored in Hanford’s 177 underground tanks, and
to manage the waste safely and responsibly until
it can be treated in the Waste Treatment and
Immobilization Plant for final disposition.
DOE ORP Tank Operations Contractor
Washington River Protection Solutions (WRPS)
manages all tank farms operations as well as
the 222-S Laboratory Complex.
222-S Analytical Laboratory Complex
11A Hot
Cell Annex
222-S Analytical
Laboratory
REDOX Canyon
222-S Analytical Laboratory
222-S Laboratory Hot Cells
222-S Analytical Laboratory
• WRPS performs analytical method development, tank farm
process support, and organic analysis of vapor samples (AIHALAP accredited).
• WRPS also administers 222-S complex operations for areas
such as procurement, maintenance, waste disposal, and
health & safety.
• A separate analytical service provider at the 222-S Analytical
Laboratory performs routine inorganic, organic, and
radioanalytical analysis of tank farm and environmental
samples as well as inorganic analysis of industrial hygiene
samples to support day to day tank farms operations.
Laboratory Quality Standards
• On-Site – Hanford Analytical Services Quality
Assurance Requirements Documents (HASQARD)
– Similar to DOECAP QSM but does not include IH analysis
– Based partly on NQA-1 for application at nuclear facilities
– Allows flexibility when dealing with high level rad samples
– Includes sampling and field analysis activities
– Includes process chemistry analysis
– Includes research & development projects related to environmental cleanup
• Off-Site – HASQARD for environmental laboratories
and DOECAP QSM for industrial hygiene laboratories
WRPS Varied Analytical Needs
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Industrial Hygiene (IH) Vapor and Bulk Analyses
General Analytical Support for Waste Tank Retrieval
General Process Chemistry and Solubility Studies
Tank and Pipe Corrosion Studies
Tank Waste Phase Characterization Studies
Separation, Stabilization and/or Treatment of Selected
Waste Streams
• Forensics Solids Analysis
• Vadose Zone Characterization
• Miscellaneous Environmental or Waste Characterization
Projected New Sources of FY 16
WRPS Analytical Work
• Tank Farm Vapor Management System Project
(analysis of tank headspace gases to address both
environmental and industrial hygiene concerns)
• Effluent Treatment Facility (analysis of waste
water samples to determine acceptability for
discharge to a state approved land disposal site)
Types of Samples Analyzed by Offsite
Laboratories
• Miscellaneous Industrial Hygiene Vapor
• Asbestos Fiber Counting and beryllium
analysis
• Low or Non-Radioactive Regulatory
Environmental
• Miscellaneous RCRA Waste
Number of WRPS Samples Analyzed Off-Site
12000
10000
8000
6000
4000
2000
0
Reasons for Sample Load Increases
Beginning in FY14
• DOE RL’s decision to close the onsite Waste
Sampling and Characterization Facility laboratory
that performed environmental and IH analyses
• Concerns about vapor exposures in the tank
farms
• Start-up operations at the evaporator in the tank
farms to reduce the volume of highly radioactive
tank waste
WRPS Off-Site Commercial
Laboratories
• WRPS utilizes six DOECAP audited
Laboratories for industrial hygiene or
environmental sample analyses
• WRPS contracts with two laboratories which
are not DOECAP participants for specialty
industrial hygiene and vapor analyses
Qualified DOECAP Laboratory Auditors
• WRPS provides three DOECAP laboratory
auditors, two of whom are lead auditors
• ORP provides one DOECAP laboratory
auditor
Future DOECAP Laboratory
Participation
• Provide audit support for laboratories used
by ORP contractors
• Provide support for revision of the DOECAP
QSM and checklists
DOECAP Laboratory Points of Contact
• Jeff Cheadle, DOE ORP
• Glen Clark, WRPS
Non-Radiological TSDF Audits
• WRPS utilizes one off-site, non-radiological TSDF
vendor for tank farm, 222-S laboratory and
contracted WTP hazardous wastes
• WRPS has conducted its own audit of this vendor
• The vendor sends waste to several different
facilities
• Some of these facilities are audited by DOECAP
Radiological TSDF
• WRPS utilizes four off-site radiological TSDF
facilities
• All four facilities are audited by DOECAP
• WRPS participates annually in the DOECAP
audit of the local facility in Washington state
Qualified DOECAP TSDF Auditors
• WRPS provides three DOECAP TSDF auditors
DOECAP TSDF Points of Contact
• Jeff Cheadle, DOE ORP