107106 SECRETAP IAT July 4 1968 AEC tRfoRMlftoR MEETING 907 36 ITEM DISPOSAL OF THE CONTAMINATED RESIDUE PROM THE THOLE XcctbM Note by the Secretary 'nle General Manager has reque's ted that the attached report by th• Assistant General Manager for Military Application circulated tor consideration by the Commiaaion -tt the Information Meeting · be 7 rs 7-f-'n l _ I scheduled tor Monday July 8 1 1968 noting J 'nlia start paper considers the various means or z - - r -_ and ABC a1tea for disposing of the contaminated residue which ia to be returned to the Continenta11· United States from Thule Air Base Greenland The tfr -1 ATSD AB baa been advised informally of the content of the prop oaed letter to the Secretary or Defense Cr Appendix 'C 11 aa 1 t relatee to cost reimbursement n r w B Mccool Secretary DISTRIBUTION Secretary Chairman Seaborg Commissioner Ra••Y co111111iasioner Tape Commissioner Johnson Commissioner General Manager Deputy Gen Mgr Asst Oen Mgr Exec Asst to OM ast OM tor Admin Asst OM tor IA AHt GM tor MA Asst OM tor Operations Asst OM for Plana Prod AH t OM tor R D General Counsel Biology Medicine Classification Congressional Relations Controller Inspection Intemational Affairs Operational Safety Production Public Information Albuquerque Operations NO ·OF COPIES 41 l l 1 2 1 l 1 l l 2 l l l 1 l l 2 l l l 2 l l l l Cotlectrn PR$ fl C Ct Bos i1 3 1 1'3 t O - Felcler '-' '---• u CONFIRM O TO 81 UNCLASSIFIED IYJ HO'W J Of 00 118 _ iii WIO aY CMTl '1f q At MlC ENEllGY CottttSSlON DISPOSAL Of THE CONTAHIW TEO RESIDUE FllOK THE THULE ACCIDENT Report to the Geneol Manager by the Assistant General HanHer for Hllitan Application @E 1 To conaider the variou■ PllOBLEH •ans of disposing of the contmlnated residue vhich la to be returned from the B-52 cruh ■ lte at Thule Air BaH • Greenland and to identify the 1ite or 1ites for final di■ po1ltlon BACKGROUND AND S1 tfARY 2 The cllanup operationa conducted subsequent to the January 21 1968 B-52 crash near Thule Greenland have mately 10 500 nated re■ idue Hea■ urement in the accumulation of approxi- re■ ulted Tona Kr 40 cubic feet of cargo freight of contami• at Thule -Air BaH Greenland The re ■ idue will conaiet of liquid melted ice and snow sealed in two hundred and thirty-two 1800 gallon tanka and a wide variety of sealed container• of contaminated craft parts On February 23 1968 Dr Wal■ ke ■olid residue primarily air• verbally advised the rJ1A staff that the DoD wanted the AEC to receive and dlapoee of the contaminated ruidue Dr Wal■ke 3 DOE ARCHIVE was in turn advised that the AEC would as111t the DoD The Air Force Logl1tlcs Cmmnand AFLC va given thl overall ta■ k of removing the c taaiaated re1idue and in turn ' gave the San Antonio Air Yteriel Ar•■ SMMA the taak of maoaaing and directing the effort Preliminary to the development of a detailed operation plan SA AMA conducted a study of various plana for removing the a a■ re■ idue The contaminated residue must be removed from Greenland as aoon BEST AVAILABLE COPY poulble b applying the follow ng criteria In the event filtration or dietillation aethocla are used to concen• trate the liquid re■ ldue and the effluent diacharged into- North Star Bay the radioactive level of the effluent IIIUSt not exceed• level to be established by joint U S -Daniah agree-nts c The di■ posal plan muat insure max11IIWII safety for personnel en1aged lo dlsp09al handling and transporting taakt d The plan adopted mu t provide assurance that no critical mass wlll result durln_ - of re mova l t r s portatlon operations Thr•• ba•lc 1olu 1cm11 to the problem of removing th• aielted le• and snow were coru ldered in detdl and are auanarhed at Appendix A Based on the diplomatic conalderatlon1 1 tbe time available to do the task and the personnel aafety factor involved the aolutlon dl1cu11ed in Plan Ill which provides for transfer of the liquid residue into auller transportable tanks for return to the continental United State• wa1 conaidered the beat solution The AEC ataff concurred in the technical aapect1 of Plan Ill and the plan waa coordinated with and concurred in by Danish national authoritiee 4 The various potentially capable 'AEC Operations Offices developed coat e1timate1 for disposing of the contaminated reeidue based on the concepts aeecribed below a SavaMah River Operations Office Concept 1 If tbe reaidue la transported to the Savannah River Plant SRP by rail off-loadina will be accomplished at the 1ite but if trans- ported by barge the re1idue will be off-loaded at the SRP dock and traneported by truck to the site 2 All solid residue will be stored on the 1urface at the site until the new classified burial ground 1a completed about February l 00£ ttClll' '• 1969 Appropriate security surveillance wlll be provided · 3 Upon receipt of the liquid wa• e• it will be proce1aed as BEST AVAILABLE COPY followe I a Liquid with blah Pu concentrations will be delivered directly to a high level underground waste storage tank b As for the liquid with low Pu concentrations• the org inic layer• will be 1eparated from the aqueous by decantation to assure more po1itlve containaient of the Pu The organic will be stored in the underground wa1te solvent tanks The aqueou1 will be evaporated ln the waate farm evaporator wlth the overheads being released to the seepage basin and the evaporator bottoms containing the radio• active utarial being delivered to the underground waste 1torage tanka b Oak Ridge Operftlons Office £onctpt at Cak Ri ''oahfl Since the evaporative capacity Laboratory cP L i insufficient to cope with the allOUnt • - c o11 lt1il eO J-111J O c IJ Jltlf'MfJ l ll Jisno c al the cost esti tes developed -J - and •ubmittad 1 ORNL ven davelopad on the concept of direct land burial The coat■ var• found to be c-parable for deUvery to for all the vaata OlUfL either by rail or barge but rall ahi nt vaa coneldered to be aiora deairabla due to the difficulty of barge oparatiou at OR c Nevada Operations Office and Richlagd Opeution Office The Manager HYO e1tilllatad that co1t of diapoeina of tha relldue at Nts including move• La• •nt of the realdua by truck from the would be approxlmately $315 000 Vagas Nevada railhead to the NtS He further reported that time did not permit development of aatbates ba ed o dlepo al using •ub1idence cratera - No individual coat aatlmatea ware requested of Richland aince experience haa ahawn that dlspoul operatione at Richland are very aiallar co thoae at Savannah River S The following a1111111Ariaee the overall eatimatad coat to the aovarnmeot for delivery to and dlapoaal at tbe varioua AEC ■ ita■ con11derad tee Appendix B for detailed coat e1tf matea a BEST AVAILABLE COPY At Savannah River Plant 1 Solid• and Liquids raU delivery $625 120 2 Solt di Only barge delivery $217 465 3 Llquld1 Only rail dellvery $429 014 b • At Oak R ldae National Laboratory c d e 6 ropoaed 1 Solt di and Liquide barge delivery $645 219 2 Solidi Only barge delivery $468 660 3 Llqt1ld1 Only barge delivery $259 560 At Richland Llquld■ $941 939 1 Solid• and 2 Solidi Only rdl dellvery $388 777 3 Liquid■ $587 424 rail dellvery Only rail delivery At NtS Solida and Llquida rail delivery $892 553 llolid■ $477 025 at SRP and LLqulda at ORNL The following ■ olutlona presenta the 011k Rldge e ld Savannah River Operations re1U111e alr r with the advantages and e11 to of the exceaaive ovrt11S of the liquid • r s d11e t di■ advantagea of each lo vlev peA lrr tJif'· d extensive overland movement I rv T A- rJ RitAil-P -0 H e f j 1r 11JeJ W 1Jii analy1 is - f· • • • • _ • • - - - • • • • - • a Dlapoaal of Solids and Liquids at SRP 1 Advantages a Contaminated liquids would be processed for positive contaiNDent of Pu b Coat of transportation from Charleston S C to burial eite ia the least c Railhead at the burial site minimize• handling of re1idue d Minimum movement of llquld waste containers over land e 2 Most economic4l solution to dlapoasl at a ■ ingle site Disadvantage Hore expensive than dlspoasl of solids at SRP and liquids at ORNL b Disposal of Solids and Liquids at ORNL 1 Advantage Outright burial ls lesa complicated than SRP concept 2 Disadvantages £ t OE ARC UV a Contaminated liquid would not be processed for positive cont•i-nt of Pu b Increa1ea the amount of andllng of contaminated residue due to lsck of rsllhesd at the dlsp al site c More expensive than SRP for single site diapoul d Greater overland or b lrse 1110ve-nt of liquid waste containers c Disposal of Solids at ORNL and Liquids at SRP 1 Advantages a Liquids would be processed for positive containment of Pu b Minimum handling of liquid waste containers c Hinti lm move111ent of llquld waste cont•inel s over land or by barae 2 biaadvantaaes a Exceasive over all cost to the government b Compllcatlona inherent in shipment to multiple destlnatlo ns - s- 1 ·' ·- ' - d Disposal of SoUda at SRP and Llguid1 at ORNL 1 Advantage Leaat costly to the government of all 1olution• con1ld1red 2 Diaadvantage1 a Liquid■ would not be processed for po1itive containment of Pu b C0111pllcationa inherent in ahipment to multiple destinations c Increased handling of liquid waste containers d Increased movement of liquid waste container over land or by barge Notwithstanding the fact that di1po1al of solidi at SRP and liquld1 at ORNL would be the least expensive aolution the staff considers that there are two overriding factors in favor of dispoaing of both aolids and liquid at SIU' 11 111ely 1 the liquids will be processed for positive containment of Pu and 2 the overland move• -nt of liquid waate containers will be minimised 1 Both ORNL and SRP were requested to provide estimates of addltlonal cost involved in e1tabli1hlng -terlal balance Beth are of the opinion that any DO£ RCHlVtS atteq t to improw upon the current estimate of pl toniu111 content in the Uquld residue would coat at least $100 000 and would yield only questionable results On the other hand tbe aolid residue will be measured in an attempt to establish · a better e1timate of plutoni11111 content whether it is disposed of at SRP or ORNL The current e1tlmate of plutonium in the melted ice and snow ls 2 8 kg and inspec· tion of the weapon residue including parachutes accounted for approximately 119 kg To date no 111ea1urements have been 111ade of all the solid debris however an earlier analysis of some 127 drums of aircraft debris resulted in an estimate of approximately 200 kg Pu There is no requirement for the U S Government to advise th• Danish Gover nt •• to the final estimate of fissile material re111aining in the vicinity of Thule · Greenland Also there has been no requirement levied by the Depara nt of Defense to e1tabli1h a material bdlance Consequently the staff propo1e1 that further measurement• taken at the burial site be oriented toward the development of a final record of fissile llldterial disposed of in the burial 8 The broad basi■ for funding ls 1pelled out in th• Joint Department of Defenae and At0111ic Energy C011111h■ ion Agreement in Reaponae to Accidentl Involving lladioactlw Hatniel • dated May 9• 1966 11 follows fhe Military Service or Agency providing the nece11ary a1autance will fund 1uch coat initially within exi1ting fund availability The Military Service or Agency having phy■ ical poa1esaion of the weapon or radiological material at the til le of the accident will be re■ ponaible for reh1buni ng upon request the KiUtary Service or Agency providing the necessary aa ■ iatance for thoee coat■ which are in addition to normal operating expenaee and whlch are directly chargeable to and cau■ed by the radiological accident Althoush a joint AEC•DoD provision for coet reimb_ur■ ement wae in effect at the time that the reaidue from Palomare•• Spain was buried at Savannah River the co1t of d hpo al wae funded by the AEC and no requea t for re imbur■eant was made The draft letter to the ATSD at Appendix C refer■ to the above policy in addres • ing the -tter of co1t relaibursement 9 In view of the nature of thl1 problem the be notified A propo■ed ■ taff propo1ea that the JCAE draft letter to the JCAE le attached as Appendix ''D STAFF JUDGHE ff 10 'l'he Controller the Ottices c t ' C-ee ral Cot nael and Coi greeaional RECO -ttENDAJION 11 The General Manager rec011111enda that the Atomic Energy Commluion •• the reaidue that the moat economical 1olution to the final disposal of l■ to bury the containers of liquid at the Oak Rldge National Laboratory and the 1olld residue at the Savannah River P ant b Find that from an overall 1tandpoint the best solution ii to dl1poee of all' the residue at the SavaMah River Plant c A'pprove the draft letter to the ATSD AE at Ap idix C ar 1 d APprove the draft letter to the JCAE at Appendix D LIST OF ENCLOSURES APPENDIX PAGE N0 1 Simaaey of Study to Develop a Plan for Removing Contaminated Wa•t• •••• • ·•••·•••· • •• ••·••• • •••• 9 B Coit Cmpar1aona • • ••••••••••• ••••• • • • 14 C Draft Letter to the ATSD AE • •·• ••• •• l S D Draft Letter to the Executive Director JCA£ •• 16 DOE ARCHIVES M PENDIX A SU tWll OF STUDY TO D 'll4 A PLAN roa IU KOVINC CONTAKIMATED WASU Three buic 1olutlcma to th• problem were conlidered in detail 1 CINIIAL The 1hort period of ti• available to accompli1h the di1poaal th• need to 1atitfJ axi1ti111 V 8 and Dani1h Government qr1ament1 and to in1ur• p1r1onn1l afety nr• prlaary con1id1ration1 in developing po11ibl1 1olutlon1 A di1cu11lon of 1acb ba1ic 1olution follow• 2 Thi• plan would involve remo• l and tran1port of the B 000 aallon POL tau vith 1xi1t1111 content to CONUS for di1po1al a Mvantag• 1 a'taltf i•• and tranafer of tank co11tnt1 would oot be required 2 K1n1- phy1ical health probl11111 Additional tulul puq e filter etc would not be required 3 md •hipped to Greenland 4 lladiological - nitorina would be minimiaad b D11advantye1 1 Preliminary calculation bued 011 information from DNS ud LAS'L indicate criticality under thi1 plan will not be a problem bovever thil plan would uaimiae the probabilitie• of occurrence C0119 red to u1e of ■maller DOEARCHIVI '· taau 2 · To iuure atructural iatearit -of - tbe tau durina transport would requlr• exteuive cradliq 1upport1 both on board 1hlp and la traneit froa tank fara to 1hip and 1ub1aqu111t tran1fer at rail heed• or barae 3 SAC Clvll Engineering 1tudie1 reve1l it 11 doubtful that the exiltiag roadbed■ and culvart• between tank farm and dock will ■upport tbll approximately 30 ton tank tank content unle11 apecial -lti•axle trailer tractor are ■hipped to Thule Available 40 fo t 40 000 lba capacity trail ■rl cannot be u■ed for thi1 purpoae 4 The loading aboard ■ hip of partially filled POL tanka will iq oH 11riou1· problem■ Tilted entry through hatches of partly filled tank■ would have to be carefully engineered Special barne11e1 to handle 1hiftlng - 9 - Appendix A • ---- • • _ I 1 ' ancl unbalaocecl loacl1 vould be required At bHt th • proceclun1 are buardou1 tbod of akidclina 30 tOD load• below decka vould d to be devl1ed J the tank contentl woulcl melt enroute and in accordance vi th KSTS uch a d70ailc 1lo1hi111 loacl l• not acceptcble Th• tank• cannot be internall1 baffled and therefore aust be flllecl befora departure Thi• creates a requir-nt to distribute weigh • ln axe••• of 100 ton• to in1ure load beari111 liaitation• of the deck are not exceeded 6 Heavy cradllq for the 100 ton filled tanka would be required the•• wvuld require exten•i•• fabrication and 1hip•nt to Thule The abort ti1111 available to on-dock date la a fa tor in thia re1pect 7 ■afely ■klddiq and The inabilit1 difficult1 in tank• would 1lllut hoi1ting filled it nece ary to tran fer the llquid va te C• Proia l'OL tankl to tran1port tank I rioa trm11p0rt tuk to tuk oa 1hip c Proa hip tank to CONUS transport 1y1tn d rro■1 COfflJS tran■port 111teaa to final location for di1po1al procH ■ tng tllltiple tran■ f r areatly hHlth problem 3 L • active va■ te increa■ e■ the ■pillaae huard alld phy■ ioloalcel DOE ARCHIVE BEST AVAllAD COPY Tb11 SAC concehed plan would provide for concentration of radioby filtration aad dilution Th• froaen v11te would be melted in the FOL tanka The clear llquld between 1cua and lluqe le7en would be pumped tbrouaJI a S alcron filter followed by three l lllcron filters placed in parallel and then to a boldiq tank lffluenc la th• boldina tank would be dl1cbar ed into the bay vben radioactivity Frovi1io111 au1t be provided to recycle va■ te l■ reduced to an acceptable level fro• the -•t heavily conteminated tuu 1'01 l and 66 throuah the filtration 171tn in order to obtain a a 11q1abl1 effluent tank a Co1ltemlaet■ d Plalp1 are to be provided for dilution ln the final holdtna P 1 1111 plllllbiug flltera holdln tanka and nipt7 dry FOL tankl would be 1bipped to an AIC-de1l1nated •• di1po1 ■l ■ ite in the CONUS Advanta111 1 Total volume of liquid vaate would be concentrated to an eatiuted 2ot of the pre1ent volume 2 Sltr _ iC IAlf' reduction in t nr1s• requiring return to OONUS Appendix A - tb - b DlHdvantaget 1 Th• criteria apeclfyiaa th• radioactive 1ave1 of the vatar discharged iato North Star Bay baa aot beea established If iatemational driaking water atandarda are uaed aad Lo• Alamo• Sciaatific Laboratory LI SL ••tl-t•• of 9S-98l filter efficiency are uaed than a dilutloa ratio of SO to 1 ln the final holding tank would be required Only SOO gallon• per run could ba attained and th• holding tank filled vi th fre■h ••• water bafora di1char1e 2 Th• ph7■ lolo1ical incraa■ed haalth probl- vlll ba areatly to tha aaed for vary axteulve bandUq ud clo■- due contact with th• radio- active vute durf 111 puaipiq operatloaa i-aplacemnt of filtare batch nq ling etc Soae of the radioactive vute will 'be patted by the filter• la the fora of heavy vatar tritium oxide vbich caa be abaorbad tbrouah tha akin aad under certain circU1Utaace1 uy ba inhaled Co id- arable partonnel protactlva aqulp•at and aatr 17 clot• technical ■upar­ •i■ loa aad radioloaical -nitorlna would be required 3 Continual radioloaical nltoriaa of each filter would be required to laaure peraoaael ■afety po■ed s Civil Engtlleerlaa per1onnel vho pro-l OEARCHIV Hq tha filtratiOII •1•t- have ettiaated that 22 000 filter will be raquired'to proca11 the liquid re■ idue 4 AD adequate filtration 17atem vitb aeca11ary operatil l procedure•• bu aot been de1lgned fabricated and 1arvice-te1ted to date Production delay■ part• ehortaa••• deeian or operatina problem etc 1 •Y arlee vhlcb vould preclude removal of the residua duria the ■wmner math• thi• year S The flltratloa aad Pl lllll iD 1y1t• coatllllinated during the filtration proc••• could aot be ecoaoaically decoatllllinated and im•t ba returned to COHUS at radioactive vaat• 6 Acc rdiag to calculation• by Lo• Alainot there 20 to 22 critical e la the 201 vould iacreue thi■ va■ ta i■ a potential for •• it tit• today Concentratioa of hazard by a factor of Sand neutron 1enaor1 would be required oa ••ch filter Crlticallty ■ eema remote but 111 1•t be a con• lideration Appendix A _ - - - - 4 • Thi• plaa - l d provide for transfer of the radioactive VHU tato auller trauportable taalu for re tum to CotftJS fol' dhpoaal Thlt •tbod lavolv •ltlna the radioactive retidue la the POL taalu P 1111 1111 the liquid lato auller taalu about 1 800 aalloa capacity tranaportlng the taau about two all•• from th• thorellne ttorqe area to the •hip docktaa ar••• loadlq the tanu aboud carao •hip• 1blpmat to a CotlUS port tran•ferrtna the taaka to railroad flat cal'• or barae• for •hlpmnt to aa AIC•de1t1aated dl1po•al area The eq t7 dry POL t would be •lmilarly tran ported to the ABC•dHl1aated dl1potal area An adequate quantity of 1 800 1•llOD capeclty trau•portable tanlui ·are lately evaUable The eucc•••ful conver 1011 of exc••• eqiae co11talner1 to a truaportable tank h•• beea demonttrated aad te•ted fo etiuc •l handllna latqrlt7 Exe••• portable by 1eallaa and addtaa filler 1111d ••at plp11 r1 orou1l7 pu qilaa equipment vttb d n•tratad ability to aafel7 handle the effluent h iamdlatel7 avaUable When the dl1po1 l teak la COIIPleted the cont- lllated equt -nt vltl be returned to the AIC vlth other rHldue •• Advante HS l In1ura1 COIIPl•t• r val o all radioactive re1ldue froa Oreenlud ad atniaal handling ad cbntmn ion probl••• PIIJ•loloalcal health hazard• and mnuorlna equlp•at are kept to a alDS- etnce there ta only one llquld tren•f•r operation Thia operation can l u acc0111pll1hed vlthout apillqe The probability of crlticallty vould be nealtslbla under tbi• plu becauae the dittribution of radioactive -terial can be controlled 4 The eq ty POL tanka can more ea1il7 be loaded and • ov•d aboard 1hip than if the7 were partly or c0111pletely filled b Diaadvantcs•• Coiipuativel7 a laraer aiount of tonnaae cubaae vtll be involved ln water aad rail ••-nt of H1all tub to Thule AB ■ad theic return from Thule AB 5 COHCLUSIOH The poatulated aolutlon have bean carefully evaluated Ba1ed on tbe dlplomatlc coaaideratlou the tl• available to do the ta•k and of jor iq ortace the p rsonnel ••f•ty fector involved the 1olutlon dl1cu11ed Appendlx A ta ua 3 ta coadclencl the IIHt probl aoluttoa That aotutf oa • tc ttanlfet the 1111aiaa tt of Uqutcl radf oacttff reddue fato u- tt•a ottebtf tanka for rebara to COHUS for diapo••l • can be ••p f vel1 unqed vlth nallalll• naource• equl -nt utartal ud the lialted tla f r - f apoaed bJ tha 1hort Greealand 1111m1r Addf tf onally c f derabl• colt effectlvene•• ¥ill be nallaed throuab u•• of uterlal• • lpmat currently 1xc111 to Air Force requlr nte lllld ld alalaf a the number and •kill level■ of per10DDal needed at 6 UCCltCINDAt'IOlf That PI AH 3 be adopted u the buic approacb arouud which a detailed operatloaal procedural plau caa ba dewloped coordinated and approv1d bJ aeceHUJ qencf 11 of lloth tbe u s and Deuurlt In con1f deratf 011 of tba 11alted ti• available • detd lad operational procedural plan 1• beiaa forDJ• lated aLC ¥ill f uure coordinatloo vith Al Directorate of Nuclear Safety Air Defenae a d ud AtOlllc 1Der11 eoc lHloa me will requeat Air Staff coordluetlon and allo requeat th• Air Staff to obtain DoD and D•niah coordination pOE ARCHIVES Appendix _ ·-· - --- - - - - - A APPENDIX 11 1 11 COST CCH'AllISORS AIC $ITI COSTS To Dil20H of Solidi and Liquid• SAVAMNAH OAK RIVER IUDGI RICHLAND $31 5 000 064 316 $364 386 1 $424 647 2 $376 100 1 $100 000 1 $334 100 1 Not hti-t1d $100 000 $125 000 Not EaU111ted $298 647 SoU d1 Olll 7 $298 647 $345 661 Z Liquid OnlJ NEVADA TEST SITI 1 Include $14 100 for mea urlna 1u content la 1olld re idue 2 eo t if dell• r•d to alt• by b•ra• will be 1reater due to coq luJ tJ of bars• operatloo• and need to acne residue l J truck froa dock to di1poaal aite USAP TIWlSPORTAJION COSTS From Thul• Via Savannah bars• to G••• and Via Cbarle■ton aad rail to slvAibWi oXi iiivXlil RIVU RIDGI TIST SITI $234 930 a c $260 734 RA $288 254 Via Port Cblcqo md bars• to w $269 119 Via Rev Orleaa ad b•ra• to RA $305 594 TOTAL COST C H'ARISOH SAVANNAH To Tr11U12ort and Di1201e lUVEa IA $577 553 _ OAK IW CI I $625 120 I $659 577 $664 3 54 $645 219 1 Solidi 01117 I $230 367 I $217 465 $478 227 R $429 014 I $463 126 $269 127 $259 560 0alJ a - aan from cows port to I - B•ra• RA $ 577 553 RA RA 11A 11A DOE ARCHlVE' S _ Solidi and L1f1Ulda Liquid■ IICBI AND NEVADA TEST SITI RICHLAND $892 553 $941 939 $388 777 $468 660 $587 424 ■ tte from CONUS port to ite l Via Port Chicago leut expen■ ive - 1 - Appendix B Arrn rotx C DRATT LEDER TO THE ATSD AEl FllOH THE GENEIIAL HANA GER 1 Thla la to inform you that the AtOlll1c Energy Coanluion has selected the US UC'• Savaanah River Plant SRP as the clbpoul •ite for the contaminated red due which la to be re1110Ved from Thule Air Bue Greenland recognise■ Thla ■ election the u a of the moat desirable tranepQrtation concept propo ed by the U S Air Force l a by ••• from Thule to Charleeton South Carolina and then by rail to th• SRP Notwlthetandl 8 the fact that dupoul of aolld ruldue at t te SRP and liquid reaidue at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory would be the lea1t expenaive 1ol11tlon the SRP wa1 elected to take adv ntage of lta capability to effect poeitlve contal nt of the plutonium 1n the liquid residue and to reduce to a minimull the overland 110veaient of t'he contaminated residue i 2 The C011111i11ion conaidera that reimbursement for c01ta incurred by the AEC which are 1n addition to normal operating expenses f all within the provt alon1 of the Joint Dapartme t of Dafen■e aad Atomic Energy C011111h1 lon Agreement la lleaponae to Accldenu Involving Radiological Material dated Hay 9 1966 The currant eetimated coet fo dl1po1lna of the residua at the SRP which ii reilnbura• able to the Atomic Ener Y C011als1lon le approxtm taly $365 000 l OE ARCHIV Appendix C PPENl IX D P Nf LETIER TO THE EXEcurm DIRECTOR JCAE HOK THE CENEy L W NAGER 1 Tb• cleanup operatlo11t1 conducted l•S2 cruh naar Thule Gr■ealaad• aub■ equent to the January U 1968 have reaulted la tha accumulatloa of approxi• tel7 10 500 •••ure111ent tona of cont- iinated realdue at Thule Air Baae Greanland Thia rHidue which la part liquid and part aolld vUl be returned to the United Statea thla a1111111er _for final 2 di■ poaal Tbla la to advile that the Atomic ner11 c-luion h•• US ABC'• Savannah River Plant aa the di■ poaat ■elected the lite Thia aelectloa recognlzea tbe uae of the 1101t dealrable transportation concept proposed by the U S Air Poree i e by aea from Thule to Charle ton South Carolina and then by rail to tbe Savana ab River Plant Notvlthatanding the fact that dispoeal of aolid reeidua at tba Savannah River Plant and liquid re ■ ldue at Oak Rldge National Laboratory would be the least expenelve aolutlon the Savannah klver Plant vu selected to take advantage of lte capability to effect positive contal11111ent of the plutoniua in the liquid residue and to reduce to a mini- the overland 1110vemeat of the contamioated realdue The c¥rrent estimated coat for disposal at the Savannah River PLaat la approximately $365 000 • 1 0£ARCHIV 3 If there ahould be que tiona concerning hla lllilltter please let us know - 16 - Appendix D