EQUIPMENT REUSE PROCESS: BARTERED SALE OF DOE MOUND USED CONTAMINATED EQUIPMENT TO A COMMERCIAL COMPANY

摘要

As a closure site, much of the DOE Miamisburg Environmental Management Project’s (MEMP) - commonly known as the Mound Site, equipment is planned for disposal in the near future. However, instead of considering disposal as a first option, Mound has started to consider the additional benefits to the project from finding a way to re-use some equipment at another facility or company. For some equipment, cost and schedule savings to DOE as well as the receiving companies can result. Thus the concept considered here is to first seek opportunities for the reuse or recycle of equipment, where disposal becomes the last option, and in such a way that personnel and public safety is maintained or improved and cost and/or schedule savings result. The DOE National Metals Recycling Center (NMRC) in Oak Ridge has developed the knowhow and the process to evaluate such opportunities for equipment reuse or recycle. It has also developed and used typical checklists and commercial terms and conditions to fit many situations in the DOE complex for equipment transfer and equipment / services barter agreements. It has successfully worked with many entities, including DOE and contractor site management, community reuse organizations and outside commercial companies, to complete equipment reuse projects at Rocky Flats, Hanford, Oak Ridge, and one small project at Mound. A second reuse project at Mound, just completed, provides an excellent opportunity to evaluate and document the process that NMRC is using in working with the Ohio field office and Mound site management. The purpose of this Demonstration is to evaluate and document the process