Benefits of integrating decontamination and decommissioning RCRA/CERCLA site cleanup actions at Hanford

There are currently over 100 surplus facilities awaiting decontamination and decommissioning (D&D) at the Hanford Site. These include eight production reactors, two fuels processing facilities, and miscellaneous support structures. All of these facilities are located within what are known as Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA) and/or the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976 (RCRA) operable units which contain inactive waste sites scheduled for remediation. However, unlike the waste sites, the surplus facilities are not specifically included in the Hanford Federal Facility Agreement and Consent Order, better known as the Tri-Party Agreement.