This report provides item-by-item estimates of value, disposal cost, and decontamination cost. The three alternatives investigated are metal recycling, reuse with the government sector, and release for unrestricted use.
The first is a baseline option of disposal at a Low Level Waste (LLW) landfill. The economic analysis consists of a thorough building inventory and cost comparisons for four equipment dispositions alternatives. The inventory considered in this analysis consists primarily of metallurgical and process equipment used before January 1992, during development and production of nuclear weapons components at the site.
An economic analysis of the potential advantages of alternatives for recycling and reusing equipment now stored in Building 865 at the Rocky Flats Plant (RFP) in Colorado has been conducted.