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Phase B: Staging and Characterization Facilities Scope
The scope involves the design, construction, and installation of facilities to ship newly generated TRU
waste to the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) in Carlsbad, New Mexico. It does not provide for the
processing and shipping of legacy waste. The facilities are part of a comprehensive, long-term strategy
to consolidate radioactive waste operations into a smaller, more compact area that can operate safely,
securely, and effectively for the foreseeable future. The facility is currently designated as a hazard
category 2 nuclear facility, seismic design category 2. The facility will be sized to stage/store up to
1,240 plutonium equivalent drums of waste; stacked three high, if and when necessary. The facility’s
sizing is based on the assumption of up to nine months storage from generation to WIPP shipment, TRU
storage area for the current DP and non-DP projected generation rates, current processing throughput
rate of 75 percent facility/equipment availability and limited storage of oversize TRU containers.
FY 2012 activities include RCRA permit applications and the start of the final design.
The project is being conducted in accordance with the project management requirements in DOE
O 413.3B, Program and Project Management for the Acquisition of Capital Assets, and all appropriate
project management requirements have been met.
Funds appropriated under this data sheet may be used to provide independent assessments of the
planning and execution of this project commissioned by federal staff.
Total Estimated Cost (TEC)
PED (07-D-140-02)
5. Financial Schedule
(dollars in thousands)
App ropriations Obligations Costs
FY 2007 0 0 0
FY 2008 2,452 0 0
FY 2009 7,223 0 0
FY 2010 0 9,312 408
FY 2011 5,000 5,363 11,332
FY 2012 3,518 3,518 4,776
FY 2013 0 0 1,677
Total, PED (07-D-140-02) 18,193 18,193 18,193
Construction
FY 2012 9,881 9,881 6,467
FY 2013 12,349 12,349 7,399
FY 2014 71,151 71,151 TBD
FY 2015 12,426 12,426 TBD
FY 2016 TBD TBD TBD
FY 2017 TBD TBD TBD
Total, Construction TBD TBD TBD
Weapons Activities/RTBF/Construction/
12-D-301, TRU Waste Facility Project,
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