Year
1994
Abstract
A continuing concern within the DOE complex is how to address the retirement of a facility which contains special nuclear material (SNM). When the life expectancy of a facility has been reached, decisions must be made pertaining to 1) removing the material from the facility, 2) accounting for the material, and 3) final disposition of the material. This paper will discuss such a decontamination and decommissioning (D&D) process which we are presently dealing with at the Savannah River Site. The process must follow DOE Order 5633.3A as well as internal company procedures regarding MC&A. In some D&D cases the material can be exempt from the DOE Order when all of the following criteria are met: 1) the material has been declared waste, 2) the material has been written off the MC&A books, and 3) the material is under the control of a waste management organization.