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2022 Occupational Radiation Exposure Dashboard

Welcome to the interactive data explorer that allows users to quickly examine information on occupational radiation exposure information at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). The objective of this tool is for users to be able to walk through the standard metrics and information collected by the Radiation Exposure Monitoring System (REMS) in an interactive, organized, and inter-related series of graphics to provide a comprehensive overview of radiation exposure at DOE.

To interact with the data explorer, hover over any of the graphics on the screen and click on your selection for more information. Once the selected graphic is open, roll the cursor over data to enable a pop-up screen with more detailed information. When you have completed your review of the graphic, please click on the 'back' button located in the bottom left-hand corner of the graphic.

If you have any comments, questions, or suggestions concerning this tool, please contact Katharine McLellan at DOE Office of Environment, Health, Safety and Security (EHSS) (AU-23) at katharine.mclellan@hq.doe.gov.

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The REMS Query Tool is intended to provide quick and easy access to summary information on radiation exposure at DOE facilities. A query tool such as this is often referred to as a "Data Mart". A simple 4-step process allows the user to view and extract the most commonly requested information on occupational exposure from 1986 to the present.

  1. Select the data items of interest
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  3. Group the data to sum it in the order of your preference
  4. View the results in a table format, or download as an Excel file

The REMS Query Tool is updated each year as annual data is collected from the sites or when the sites submit updated records. It is therefore the best place to access the most up-to-date occupational exposure data.

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During 2022

Increases in the dose and number of individuals with measurable dose were the result of increased activities involving radioactive materials, particularly at the DOE sites that comprise the majority of DOE collective dose.

  • DOE facilities continued to comply with DOE dose limits and ACL and worked to minimize exposure to individuals.
  • Eight facilities noted continuing COVID-19 impacts.
  • Collective TED for transient individuals increased by 97 percent to 29.96 person-rem (299.6 person-mSv) in part due to the resumption of travel to pre-COVID-19 pandemic levels.
  • The number of individuals with measurable dose decreased by less than 1 percent from a value of 16,883 in CY 2021 to a value of 16,767 in CY 2022.
  • The collective TED increased at DOE by 8 percent from 823.833 person‑rem (8,238 person‑mSv) in CY 2021 to 890.673 person-rem (8,906 person-mSv) in CY 2022.
  • The collective CED (predominately internal exposure to U-234) increased by 5 percent from 43.8 person-rem (438 person-mSv) in CY 2021 to 45.8 person-rem (458 person-mSv) in CY 2022.

Over the past 5 years

The collective TED increased 7 percent from 708 person-rem (7,080 person-mSv) in CY 2016 to 761 person-rem (7,610 person-mSv) in CY 2017, mainly due to the resumption of programmatic work at LANL and WIPP after a work pause. In CY 2018, collective TED continued to increase at LANL as more programmatic work resumed from the work pause. In CY 2019, the collective TED for DOE decreased by less than 1 percent or 1.1 person rem (110 person-mSv). In CY 2020, the collective TED for DOE decreased by less than 1 percent or 1.5 person-rem (15 person-mSv). Additionally, the majority (62 percent) of DOE facilities cited the COVID-19 pandemic as limiting operational activities in CY 2020. In CY 2021, the number of facilities citing the COVID-19 pandemic as limiting operational activities decreased from 62 percent to 53 percent. With the increase in the number of monitored individuals post-COVID, the percentage of individuals with measurable dose decreased to 22 percent in CY 2022 from 25 percent in CY 2021.
  • For 3 of the past 5 years, the collective dose was below the 5-year average of 793.9 rem.
  • For CY 2022, 52 percent of the DOE workforce was monitored for radiation dose, and 22 percent of monitored individuals received a measurable dose.
  • The number of individuals with measurable dose increased 26 percent (increased by 3,430 individuals) over the past 5 years.
  • The collective TED increased by 18 percent (increased by 137.1 person-rem) from CY 2018 to CY 2022.

Historical perspective

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Note: Scroll over the bar for each year to see changes with respect to the Sites, Policy, or Geopolitical.

The average and collective dose at DOE facilities has experienced a dramatic (89 percent) decrease coinciding with the end of the Cold War era, due to:

  • The DOE mission shift from weapons production to stabilization, waste management, and environmental remediation activities;
  • Consolidation and remediation of facilities across the complex to meet the new mission; and
  • Improved regulations with an increased focus on ALARA practices and risk reduction.

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Components of TED

Components of TED

Collective CED by Radionuclide

Collective CED by Radionuclide

Average Measurable TED

Average Measurable TED

Air Sampling Measurements

Air Sampling Measurements

Bioassay Measurements

Bioassay Measurements

Number of Individuals with Measurable CED, Collective CED, and Average Measurable CED

Number of Individuals with Measurable CED, Collective CED, and Average Measurable CED
DOE Complex Wide
Site Data

Collective TED by Site

Collective TED by Site

Site Dose Data Comparison

Site Dose Data Comparison

Components of TED

Components of TED                              
  • The collective TED increased by 8 percent from 823.833 person-rem (8,238 person-mSv) in CY 2021 to 890.673 person‑rem (8,906 person-mSv) in CY 2022.
  • The internal dose component of the collective TED increased by 5 percent from 43.8 person‑rem (438 person‑mSv) in CY 2021 to 45.8 person‑rem (458 person‑mSv) in CY 2022 due to increases at Idaho and Savannah River Site.
  • The collective photon dose increased by 1 percent from 606.6 person‑rem (6,066 person‑mSv) in CY 2021 to 614.3 person-rem (6,143 person-mSv) in CY 2022 due to increases at Oak Ridge, Sandia, Portsmouth, and Brookhaven.
  • The neutron component of the collective TED increased by 33 percent from 173.4 person‑rem (1,734 person‑mSv) in CY 2021 to 230.6 person-rem (2,306 person‑mSv).
  • Twenty of the 33 DOE sites reported increases in the collective TED from the CY 2021 values, and 12 of the 33 DOE sites reported decreases in the collective TED from the CY 2021 values.
  • The five sites that contributed most (89 percent) of the DOE collective TED in CY 2022 were (in descending order of collective TED):  LANL—42 percent; Savannah River—15 percent (including Savannah River National Laboratory and Savannah River Site [SRS]); Oak Ridge—14 percent (including East Tennessee Technology Park [ETTP], Y-12, ORNL, and Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education [ORISE]); Idaho—9 percent (including Advanced Mixed Waste Treatment Project [AMWTP], Idaho Cleanup Project [ICP], and Idaho National Laboratory [INL]); and Hanford—8 percent.

Collective CED by Radionuclide

Collective CED by Radionuclide          

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  • Uranium-234 (U‑234) accounted for the largest percentage of the collective CED
  • Over 98% of this dose was accrued at Y-12 due to Enriched Uranium Operations

Number of Individuals with Measurable CED, Collective CED, and Average Measurable CED

Number of Individuals with Measurable CED, Collective CED, and Average Measurable CED      
  • The number of individuals with measurable CED increased by 7 percent from 1,240 in CY 2021 to 1,327 in CY 2022, and the collective CED increased by 5 percent.
  • The average measurable CED remained unchanged from CY 2021 to CY 2022 at 0.035 rem (0.350 mSv) and remained below the 5-year average measurable CED as well.
  • Ninety-five percent of the collective CED in CY 2022 was from uranium intakes at Y-12 during the operation and management of Enriched Uranium Operations facilities at the site.

Average Measurable TED

Average Measurable TED          
  • The average measurable dose to DOE monitored individuals, a key radiation dose indicator, is calculated by dividing the collective TED by the number of individuals with measurable dose.
  • The average measurable TED increased by 9 percent from 0.048 rem (0.480 mSv) in CY 2021 to 0.053 rem (0.530 mSv) in CY 2022. 

Air Sampling Measurements

Air Sampling Measurements  
  • “Air Sampling” accounted for 11 percent of the total measurements.
  • Savannah River Site performed the largest number of air sampling measurements, comprising 99 percent of the total air measurements taken in CY 2022.

Note: The numbers shown are based on the number of measurements taken and not the number of individuals monitored. Measurements reported in "Air Sampling" are used to calculate the amount of airborne radioactive material taken into the body and the resultant internal dose.

Bioassay Measurements

Bioassay Measurements      
  • Three sites—Hanford Site, Savannah River Site, and Office of River Protection (ORP)—accounted for 72 percent of the “In Vivo” measurements.
  • Seventy-seven percent of the “Urinalysis” measurements in CY 2022 were performed at four sites:  Y-12, LANL, Savannah River Site, and Hanford Site.
  • Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant, Oak Ridge, and LLNL had the largest percentage increases in the number of “Urinalysis” measurements in CY 2022, with increases averaging about 16 percent between CY 2021 and CY 2022.
  • Y-12 performed the largest number of bioassay and air sampling measurements combined, comprising 30 percent of the total measurements taken.

Note: The numbers shown are based on the number of measurements taken and not the number of individuals monitored. The measurements reported as “In Vivo” include direct measurements of the radioactive material in the body of the monitored person. Examples of “In Vivo” measurements include whole body counts and lung or thyroid counts.

Collective TED by Site

Collective TED by Site                                                                      

Site Dose Data Comparison

  2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Site Collective Ted
(person-rem)
Percent Change from 2017 Collective Ted
(person-rem)
Percent Change from 2018 Collective Ted
(person-rem)
Percent Change from 2019 Collective Ted
(person-rem)
Percent Change from 2020 Collective Ted
(person-rem)
Percent Change from 2021
Ames Laboratory Ames Laboratory is a government-owned, contractor-operated research facility of the DOE. For over 65 years, the Ames Laboratory has sought solutions to energy-related problems through the exploration of chemical, engineering, materials, mathematical, and physical sciences. 0.935 0.837 0.777 0.710 0.565
Argonne National Laboratory Argonne National Laboratory (ANL) is one of the U.S. Department of Energy's largest national laboratories for scientific and engineering research. The lab’s mission is to apply a unique mix of world-class science, engineering, and user facilities to deliver innovative research and technologies. The principal radiological facilities at Argonne are the Advanced Photon Source, a superconducting heavy-ion linear accelerator (LINAC), a 22-MeV pulsed electron LINAC, and several other charged-particle accelerators. 7.174 -27% 8.650 21% 4.609 -47% 6.385 39% 8.651 35%
Brookhaven National Laboratory Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) conducts research in the physical, biomedical, and environmental sciences, as well as in energy technologies and national security. BNL also builds and operates major scientific facilities which are available to university, industry, and government researchers. 3.924 -35% 3.191 -19% 1.161 -64% 0.977 1.976
Energy Technology Engineering Center The Energy Technology Engineering Center (ETEC) is located within area IV of the Santa Susana Field Laboratory. The laboratory comprises four discrete operational areas with two adjacent undeveloped properties. In CY 1988, DOE decided to close the remaining ETEC operations. ETEC is currently in a safe shutdown mode, pending the completion of the Environmental Impact Statement. 0.059 0.009 0.045        
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory Fermilab provides leadership and resources for qualified researchers to conduct basic research at the frontiers of high-energy particle physics and related disciplines. The primary features of the site include the accelerator complex and associated building infrastructure, an interconnected industrial cooling water system, a housing complex for visiting researchers, row crop agriculture, and natural areas in various states of restoration. 9.980 -2% 7.060 -29% 7.850 11% 6.110 -22% 8.780 44%
Grand Junction The Grand Junction disposal site was transferred to the Office of Legacy Management in CY 2003. Legacy Management manages the site according to a site-specific Long-Term Surveillance and Maintenance Plan. 0.336 0.041 0.043 0.158 0.013
Hanford:                    
Hanford Site The United States Department of Energy's (DOE's) Hanford Site sits on 586 square miles in the desert of southeastern Washington State. The area is home to nine former nuclear reactors and their associated processing facilities that were built beginning in CY 1943. Hanford reactors produced plutonium from CY 1944 until 1987. Today, Hanford workers are involved in an environmental cleanup project and remediation of the site. 27.008 0% 32.673 21% 9.797 -70% 15.128 54% 17.308 14%
Office of River Protection The DOE ORP mission is to retrieve and treat Hanford's waste and close the tank farms to protect the Columbia River. The chemical and radioactive waste is currently stored in 171 large underground tanks. ORP and its contractors are removing and transferring this waste from the older single-shell tanks to the newer double-shell tanks. This transfer of waste is to reduce the environmental risk posed by the older tanks. The cornerstone of the tank waste cleanup project is the Waste Treatment Plant (WTP). The WTP will use a technology called vitrification to immobilize chemical and radioactive waste in an exceptionally sturdy form of glass to isolate it from the environment. 24.926 2% 24.153 -3% 13.291 -45% 27.476 107% 22.637 -18%
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Located in Richland, Washington, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) is 1 of 10 national laboratories managed by DOE’s Office of Science (SC). The laboratory provides the facilities, unique scientific equipment, and world-renowned scientists and engineers to strengthen U.S. scientific foundations through fundamental research and innovation. The lab also supports Hanford site cleanup efforts by performing scientific and technical evaluations and reviews, and developing and advancing new technologies to address site cleanup challenges. 12.225 -10% 9.717 -21% 8.523 -12% 17.127 101% 33.264 94%
Idaho The primary focus of activites at Idaho National Laboratory (INL) is nuclear energy research and development. The DOE Idaho office oversees three major contracts to ensure that operations and research activities are carried out safely, and in compliance with laws, regulations, and contract provisions. The Idaho Cleanup Project (ICP) focuses on addressing legacy wastes resulting from decades of widely-varied work including conventional weapons testing, government-owned research and power reactor development and testing, spent nuclear fuel reprocessing, laboratory research, and defense missions. 86.799 10% 76.511 -12% 80.614 5% 108.728 35% 84.569 -22%
Kansas City National Security Campus The NNSA Kansas City National Security Campus (KC-NSC) is responsible for manufacturing and procuring non-nuclear components for nuclear weapons, including electronic, mechanical, and engineered material components. It supports national laboratories, universities, and U.S. industry and is located in Kansas City, Missouri. 0.428 0.364 0.493 0.920 0.110
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Lawrence Berkeley National Lab (LBNL) is a member of the national laboratory system supported by DOE through its Office of Science and is charged with conducting unclassified research across a wide range of scientific disciplines. LBNL employs approximately 4,200 scientists, engineers, support staff, and students. 1.014 -19% 1.810 79% 0.834 0.582 0.497
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) is a DOE facility operated by the Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC management team, which includes Bechtel, the University of California, BWX Technologies, Washington Group, and Battelle. The site serves as a national resource of scientific, technical, and engineering capability with a special focus on national security. LLNL’s mission encompasses such areas as: strategic defense, energy, the environment, biomedicine, technology transfer, education, counter-terrorism, and emergency response. The types of radioactive materials range from tritium to transuranic (TRU); the quantities of each range from nanocuries (i.e., normal environmental background values) to kilocuries. 8.691 25% 11.003 27% 8.876 -19% 15.039 69% 19.330 29%
Los Alamos National Laboratory Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) conducts radiological operations in active facilities, storage facilities, facilities with legacy radiological concerns, in addition to operations in inactive facilities and areas destined for decommissioning. Radiological activities include programmatic and production work; facility construction, modification, and maintenance; and research, development, and testing. 207.051 29% 224.472 8% 232.736 4% 303.186 30% 371.500 23%
National Renewable Energy Laboratory The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) focuses on creative answers to today's energy challenges. From fundamental science and energy analysis to validating new products for the commercial market, NREL researchers are dedicated to transforming the way the world uses energy. With more than 35 years of successful innovation in energy efficiency and renewable energy, NREL discoveries provide sustainable alternatives for powering homes, businesses, and transportation systems. 0.006 0.001 0.030 0.000 0.005
Nevada National Security Site The Nevada National Security Site (NNSS) is located approximately 65 miles northwest of Las Vegas. It is a remote facility that covers approximately 1,375 square miles of land. The NNSS has been the primary location for testing nuclear experiments in the continental United States since CY 1951. 3.893 1% 1.940 -50% 1.800 -7% 1.821 1% 2.876 58%
Oak Ridge:                    
East Tennessee Technology Park The East Tennessee Technology Park (ETTP) was originally named the Oak Ridge Gaseous Diffusion Plant. As part of the Manhattan Project, the plant was designed to produce enriched uranium for use in atomic weapons operations during World War II. After the war, this Plant was renamed the Oak Ridge K-25 Site and produced enriched uranium for the commercial nuclear power industry from CY 1945 to 1985. In CY 1987, DOE renamed the site ETTP and began a major environmental cleanup project with the long-term goal of converting ETTP into a private industrial park. 0.147 0.186 0.751 0.468 0.701
Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education ORISE is a DOE institute focusing on scientific initiatives to research health risks from occupational hazards, assess environmental cleanup, respond to radiation medical emergencies, support national security and emergency preparedness, and educate the next generation of scientists. 0.317 0.237 0.000 0.025 0.129
Oak Ridge National Laboratory ORNL is a multiprogramming science and technology laboratory. ORNL’s mission is to deliver scientific discoveries and technical breakthroughs that will accelerate the development and deployment of solutions in clean energy and global security, and in doing so create economic opportunity for the nation. ORNL also performs other work for the DOE, including isotope production, information management, and technical program management, and provides research and technical assistance to other organizations. 76.833 -12% 70.245 -9% 47.666 -32% 53.455 12% 65.393 22%
Y-12 National Security Complex Y-12 is one of four production facilities in the NNSA Nuclear Security Enterprise. The facility’s emphasis is the processing and storage of uranium and development of technologies associated with those activities. Y-12 maintains the safety, security, and effectiveness of the U.S. nuclear weapons stockpile and processes highly enriched uranium for the Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program. 65.917 -13% 61.751 -9% 59.591 -3% 54.186 -9% 57.144 5%
Office of Secure Transportation The Office of Secure Transportation (OST) is the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) organization tasked to provide secure ground transportation of nuclear weapons, special nuclear material (SNM), nuclear weapon components, and nuclear explosive-like assemblies. OST operates both secure ground transporters and Federal aircraft, which make up the Transportation Safeguards System (TSS). The TSS Federal Agent and vehicle maintenance facilities are located in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, Amarillo, Texas, and Albuquerque, New Mexico. The OST Administrative Headquarters are located at Kirtland Air Force Base in Albuquerque, New Mexico. 0.288 0.448 0.025 0.084 0.157
Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant The Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant (PGDP) is located 3 miles south of the Ohio River and is 12 miles west of Paducah, Kentucky. The plant began enriching uranium in CY 1952, first for the nation's nuclear weapons program and then for nuclear fuel for commercial power plants. In CY 1994, the enrichment facilities were leased to United States Enrichment Corporation (USEC). In August 2013, USEC notified DOE that they were discontinuing enrichment operations and planning to de-lease the enrichment facilities. 4.593 -11% 5.554 21% 2.654 -52% 2.465 -7% 2.983 21%
Pantex Plant The DOE/NNSA Pantex Plant is the nation’s primary facility for the final assembly, disassembly, and maintenance of nuclear weapons. The last new nuclear weapon was completed in CY 1991. Since then, Pantex has safely dismantled thousands of weapons retired from the stockpile by the military and placed the resulting plutonium pits in interim storage. Pantex has approximately 650 buildings, including specialized facilities in which maintenance, modification, disassembly, and assembly operations are conducted. 22.927 -8% 24.248 6% 113.909 370% 23.755 -79% 25.909 9%
Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant The Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant (PORTS) is located in Pike County, Ohio. PORTS was one of three large gaseous diffusion plants initially constructed to produce enriched uranium to support the nation’s nuclear weapons program and later enrich uranium for commercial nuclear reactors. The plant has been shut down and is currently undergoing decontamination and decommissioning (D&D). 3.588 41% 4.289 20% 1.107 -74% 2.029 83% 4.259 110%
Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory The U.S. Department of Energy's Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) is a collaborative national center for fusion energy research. The Laboratory advances the coupled fields of fusion energy and plasma physics research and with collaborators, is developing the scientific understanding and key innovations needed to realize fusion as an energy source for the world. 0.239 0.391 0.234 0.222 0.255
Sandia National Laboratory Sandia National Laboratories (SNL) primary mission is ensuring the U.S. nuclear arsenal is safe, secure, and reliable, and can fully support our nation's deterrence policy. Sandia is the engineering arm of the U.S. nuclear weapons enterprise. Sandia’s foundation is science-based engineering, in which fundamental science, computer models, and unique experimental facilities come together so researchers can understand, predict, and verify weapon systems performance. 5.819 171% 5.323 -9% 3.287 -38% 3.092 -6% 6.477 109%
Savannah River:                    
Savannah River Site The Savannah River Site (SRS) was constructed during the early 1950s to produce the basic materials used in the fabrication of nuclear weapons, primarily tritium and plutonium-239, in support of our nation’s defense programs. Five reactors were built to produce these materials. Also built were a number of support facilities including two chemical separations plants, a heavy water extraction plant, a nuclear fuel and target fabrication facility, a tritium extraction facility, and waste management facilities. 126.869 -17% 126.763 -0% 112.247 -11% 137.840 23% 128.062 -7%
Savannah River National Laboratory Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL) began reporting separately from SRS effective CY 2016. SRNL supports DOE in its environmental management and nuclear security missions. SRNL applies its expertise in nuclear chemical manufacturing to assist DOE in meeting its objectives in areas, such as nuclear waste cleanup and defense nonproliferation. 8.463 -58% 16.631 97% 11.717 -30% 14.896 27% 7.665 -49%
Separations Process Research Unit The Separations Process Research Unit (SPRU) is located at Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory based in upstate New York. Built in the 1940s, the buildings supported the SPRU mission to research the chemical process to extract plutonium from irradiated materials. Although equipment was flushed and drained and bulk waste was removed following the shutdown of the facilities in CY 1953, residual materials are present in the tanks, buildings H2 and G2, and interconnecting pipe tunnels. The site is currently undergoing a variety of cleanup activities, including demolition, decontamination, and remediation. 0.208 0.029 0.000 0.012 0.016
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC) which opened in CY 1962, is 1 of 10 DOE Office of Science laboratories and is operated by Stanford University on behalf of DOE. Originally a premier high-energy particle accelerator laboratory, SLAC has grown into a state-of-the-art photon science laboratory. SLAC's scientific mission has diversified from an original focus on particle physics and accelerator science to include cosmology, materials and environmental sciences, biology, chemistry, and alternative energy research. 0.047 0.206 0.146 0.000 0.000
Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (TJNAF) is one of 17 national laboratories funded by DOE. TJNAF’s primary mission is to conduct basic research of the atom's nucleus using the unique particle accelerator known as the Continuous Electron Beam Accelerator Facility (CEBAF). 0.526 1.266 0.607 1.974 0.854
Uranium Mill Tailings Remedial Action Project The Uranium Mill Tailings Remediation Action Project (UMTRA) site is located approximately 3 miles northwest of Moab in Grand County, Utah, and includes a former uranium-ore processing facility. The site encompasses 480 acres, of which approximately 130 acres are covered by a uranium mill tailings pile. The UMTRA Project ships four trainloads of tailings to the Crescent Junction Disposal Site each week. The trains contain 144 containers of approximately 40 tons each, or a total of 23,040 tons of tailings per week. Tailing shipments began in April 2009 and are expected to continue through CY 2034. 5.485 -3% 9.748 78% 10.604 9% 7.836 -26% 4.765 -39%
Waste Isolation Pilot Plant The Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) is located in the Chihuahuan Desert near Carlsbad, New Mexico. This DOE facility safely disposes of the nation's defense-related transuranic radioactive waste. WIPP began disposal operations in March 1999. 0.909 1.113 1.130 2% 1.283 14% 0.449
West Valley Demonstration Project The West Valley Demonstration Project (WVDP) is a unique operation within DOE and came into being through the WVDP Act of 1980. The Act requires DOE to be responsible for solidifying the high-level waste and disposing of waste created by the solidification and decommissioning of the facilities used in the process. The land and facilities are not owned by DOE; rather, the project premises are the property of the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) and represent only 200 acres of the larger Western New York Service Center, which is approximately 3,300 acres, also owned by NYSERDA. After DOE's responsibilities under the Act are complete, the Act requires that the premises be returned to New York State. 35.549 6% 20.459 -42% 8.868 -57% 12.145 37% 12.946 7%
Service Center Personnel* Includes personnel at National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL), NNSA Albuquerque complex, Oak Ridge, and Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) in addition to several smaller facilities not associated with a DOE site. 0.149 0.996 3.116 3.719 19% 0.428
Totals 753.322 -1% 752.315 -0% 749.138 0% 823.833 10% 890.673 8%
  • Note: Bold and boxed values indicate the greatest value in each column.
  • ◊ The percentage change from the previous year is not shown because it is not meaningful when the site collective dose is less than 1 person-rem (10 person-mSv).
  • * Includes service center personnel from smaller facilities not associated with a DOE site.