Minimum separation distances for natural gas pipeline and boilers in the 300 area, Hanford Site

Technical Report · Fri Aug 01 04:00:00 EDT 1997

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/554181· OSTI ID:554181

Daling, P M; Graham, T M

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is proposing actions to reduce energy expenditures and improve energy system reliability at the 300 Area of the Hanford Site. These actions include replacing the centralized heating system with heating units for individual buildings or groups of buildings, constructing a new natural gas distribution system to provide a fuel source for many of these units, and constructing a central control building to operate and maintain the system. The individual heating units will include steam boilers that are to be housed in individual annex buildings located at some distance away from nearby 300 Area nuclear facilities. This analysis develops the basis for siting the package boilers and natural gas distribution systems to be used to supply steam to 300 Area nuclear facilities. The effects of four potential fire and explosion scenarios involving the boiler and natural gas pipeline were quantified to determine minimum separation distances that would reduce the risks to nearby nuclear facilities. The resulting minimum separation distances are shown in Table ES.1.

• Research Organization: Pacific Northwest Lab., Richland, WA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Environmental Restoration and Waste Management, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC06-76RL01830
• OSTI ID: 554181
• Report Number(s): PNNL--11660; ON: DE97054312
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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05 NUCLEAR FUELS
42 ENGINEERING
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