LOUISVILLE, KY —The Department of Energy’s $8-billion nuclear cleanup branch will put out its updated Master Asset Plan, sometime between late summer and the end of the year, the acting director of infrastructure told the Radwaste Summit here Tuesday.
“What is the future use of these facilities,” is an ongoing issue at the DOE Office of Environmental Management, said Robert Seifert, the cleanup acting boss for infrastructure and regulatory policy.
“We started doing our own deep dives into infrastructure,” Seifert said. This is especially important for decaying old buildings, he added.
There are numerous conversations on “how can we get these buildings down” quicker in order “to get them off the books,” Seifert said.
In addition, Environmental Management is also investing in new infrastructure, especially hardware needed to make nuclear sites more energy efficient, Seifert said.
“We can get the vehicles, but the problem is if you have no charging station, you are sitting on a brick,” Seifert said. The Office of Environmental Management is installing 92 charging stations this year and will eventually need hundreds, he said.
