Inspection of storage tanks at the Savannah River Site

Vormelker, P R; Elder, J B

Title: Inspection of storage tanks at the Savannah River Site

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Inspections have been performed on over 200 storage tanks since the startup of the Savannah River Site in 1955. The tanks contain a variety of fluids, including alum, fuel, oil, waste oil, sodium hydroxide, chlorine, sodium hypochlorite, and sulfuric acid. Many inspection methods have been developed over the years, starting with visual and progressing to manual, straight-beam ultrasonic thicknesses at specific tank locations and then to automated ultrasonic thickness mapping. This paper will review the current inspection methods and the uses of new inspection technology at the Savannah River Site, show where inspections can be used to find potential problems before they occur and show what problems may occur when inadequate attention is given to inspections or inspection results.

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Vormelker, P R; Elder, J B ^[1]

Westinghouse Savannah River Co., Aiken, SC (United States)

Publication Date:: Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1992

Research Org.:: Westinghouse Savannah River Co., Aiken, SC (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE; USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)

OSTI Identifier:: 5340618

Report Number(s):: WSRC-MS-91-469; CONF-920110-1
ON: DE92013192

DOE Contract Number:: FG09-88SR18055

Resource Type:: Conference

Resource Relation:: Conference: 2. international symposium on above ground storage tanks, Houston, TX (United States), 14-16 Jan 1992

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 12 MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES; 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; SAVANNAH RIVER PLANT; TANKS; INSPECTION; ALUMINIUM SULFATES; CHLORINE; CORROSION; NONRADIOACTIVE WASTES; NOZZLES; ROBOTS; SODIUM HYDROXIDES; SULFURIC ACID; ULTRASONIC TESTING; WASTE OILS; ACOUSTIC TESTING; ALKALI METAL COMPOUNDS; ALUMINIUM COMPOUNDS; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; CONTAINERS; ELEMENTS; HALOGENS; HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS; HYDROXIDES; INORGANIC ACIDS; MATERIALS TESTING; NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS; NONDESTRUCTIVE TESTING; NONMETALS; OILS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; OTHER ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; OXYGEN COMPOUNDS; SODIUM COMPOUNDS; SULFATES; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; TESTING; US AEC; US DOE; US ERDA; US ORGANIZATIONS; 052002* - Nuclear Fuels- Waste Disposal & Storage; 360105 - Metals & Alloys- Corrosion & Erosion

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