Distinguished Merit Award: PHAI Historic Waste Project Small Scale Sites Construction Monitoring

Awarded to Adam Vahamaki, Adetayo Onikosi, Badereddin Alsadi, Heather Jones, Tim Rowe and Trevor McConnell

For the Port Hope Area Initiative Historic Waste Project Small Scale Sites Construction

The practice of the Construction Monitoring Program (CMP) used within the Port Hope Area Initiative (PHAI) project has proved to provide a large cost savings for Canadian Nuclear Laboratories and the Municipality of Port Hope (MPH), while also expediting the work with schedule efficiency. Once an area of contamination is known, a property owner or the municipality (if municipality owned) has the option to have a portion of their property remediated outside of the schedule established for Characterization, Engineering Design, and Remediation / Restoration (CEDRR) remediation and restoration. The remediation is initiated and directed by the property owner using a PHAI-approved contractor; that is – the area and extent of remediation performed on the property is directed by the property owner. The CMP process allows the property owner to have low-level radioactive waste (LLRW) remediated without requiring the full CEDRR approach, which provides for an abbreviated schedule to perform remediation at a substantially reduced cost. The nominees are to be commended on taking what was once a vague vision and working unwaveringly to achieve a significant improvement and advancement for small scale sites, the Historic Waste Program and MPH – which ultimately benefits AECL and the citizens of Port Hope with improved stewardship and perception of how tax dollars are spent via the PHAI.