Unneeded Materials and Chemicals Update

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Unneeded Materials and Chemicals Update

• Kathy Ertell
• EFCOG ISM Working Group
• Semi-Annual Meeting
• November 2006

2
UMC Initiative

• UMC goals are to manage and disposition
  materials, equipment, and chemicals with no
  designated future mission, and prevent future
  accumulations of UMC
• Radioactive sources
• Scrap metal
• Chemicals
• Waste not covered
• Funded D D operations not covered

3
Target Dates

• Site specific plans due June 30, 2006.
• Inventories of UMC in place September 30, 2006.
• Progress Reports to S-3 or NA-1 November 15, 2006
  and annually
• Complete removal of all UMCs in your 2006
  inventory by September 30, 2011.

4
Status Update

• Arnie Edelman preparing report for D. Gorman and
  R. Orbach, site plans will be shared or posted on
  Web after report issuance.
• All sites have annual reports completed.
• Not all sites have developed site inventories.
• 10 sites identified some level of UMC present.
  Most of these were Office of Science sites.
• Other sites said they had no UMCs.
• Majority of UMCs are equipment, scrap.

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Issues with General UMC Initiative

• Funding for disposal
• Projects in transition to D D
• Metals moratorium on releasing clean materials
  from radiation areas
• DOE Material Exchange Website being revamped,
  new site expected operational by 12/2006 and will
  include capability for photographs.

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Issues with Unneeded Chemicals

• Funding for disposal especially with project
  shutdowns in transition to D D.
• Variation among site offices in interpretation of
  what are unneeded chemicals, and what constitutes
  adequate management.
• DOE HQ view is that chemical is unneeded only if
  no one at site needs it, and it isnt needed as
  part of your core chemical inventory.
• Turnover/ownership of chemicals when staff leave
  employment.

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Observations regarding Unneeded Chemicals

• Lab cleanouts are eliminating many containers of
  chemicals.
• Most sites have chemical management systems that
  are capable of providing adequate management of
  chemical inventory.
• Recycling and redistribution efforts vary but
  could be improved at some sites.

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Site-Specific Chemical Inventories

• Some site offices have asked that sites develop
  more/better ways to identify what chemicals are
  unneeded.
• Increased focus on chemical reuse/redistribution,
  enhancing links to purchasing.
• Your experiences?