The Program Plan represents the top level guidance document for stating and performing the objectives of the Decontamination and Disposition (D and D) Program. The program objectives, historical data, and program description are presented, along with the top level planning. The planning includes a statement of the funding basis and the corresponding first and second level activity network schedules. The management plan is included which describes the procedures to be used for cost and schedule control and reporting, purchasing and subcontract control, and program and engineering data control. The requirements for the quality assurance plan, operational safety plan, and training plan are presented.

The difficult task of removing large pieces of highly contaminated equipment from an obsolete plutonium-239 facility was completed in a seven-month operation that included structural alteration of the process building. Detailed job planning, job execution and contamination control were major factors in accomplishing the task. (auth)