T-Plant engineering study secondary containment and leak detection upgrades
- Science Applications International Corp., Richland, WA (United States)
T-Plant at the Hanford Site was constructed in the mid-1940s to extract plutonium from production reactor fuel. The plant continued to perform this function until it was deactivated in 1956. Most of the original process equipment was subsequently removed. In 1957, T-Plant was placed in service as a beta-gamma decontamination facility and as a support complex for experiments or other operations requiring containment or isolation. At present it functions primarily as decontamination facility (Hinckley 1985). The Integrity Assessment Plan (IAP) being prepared for T-Plant has identified portions of the current liquid waste handling system that are not in compliance with the regulations. In addition, the IAP has identified engineering studies designed to investigate a range of alternatives for upgrades and modifications to bring the T-Plant Facility into compliance with the WAC requirements. This document is the first of these studies and focuses on the identification and evaluation of viable secondary containment and leak detection options for T-Plant. A review of the specific systems within T-Plant that may be required to function as a secondary containment is performed. The specific criteria to be used in the evaluation of viable secondary containment and leak detection options are presented. The specific alternatives for each major T-Plant system are described, and these alternatives are evaluated. Finally, the preferred secondary containment and leak detection methods are recommended.
- Research Organization:
- Westinghouse Hanford Co., Richland, WA (United States); Science Applications International Corp., Richland, WA (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC06-87RL10930
- OSTI ID:
- 10124895
- Report Number(s):
- WHC-MR-0382; ON: DE93006532; CNN: Contract MLW-SVV-073750
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: PBD: Dec 1992
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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LEAK DETECTORS
SPECIFICATIONS
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