Engineering report for the Central Mercury Treatment System. Revision 1
Technical Report
·
OSTI ID:5542748
Mercury was used at the Oak Ridge Y-12 Plant between 1950 and 1963. The legacy of contamination resulting from use and storage of mercury has prompted a series of remedial measures. Since the mid 1980s, a series of engineered projects, maintenance activities, and general improvement in work practices has resulted in a decreasing trend of mercury concentration in East Fork Poplar Creek (EFPC). Some of the mercury in the soils surrounding past mercury-use buildings enters the building sumps which are discharged to the EFPC. The overall goal of increased environmental quality management is to reduce the mercury contamination of the EFPC to no more than 5 g/day. This project will create the Central Mercury Treatment System (CMTS) to reduce the mercury contribution to the EFPC by installing carbon adsorption units to treat the effluent from buildings 9201-4, 9201-5 and 9204-4. The use of carbon adsorption will be the long-term strategy for reduction of mercury in plant effluent.
- Research Organization:
- Oak Ridge Y-12 Plant, TN (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- DOE; USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC05-84OR21400
- OSTI ID:
- 5542748
- Report Number(s):
- Y/EN-5276/Rev.1; ON: DE96000403
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
Similar Records
Engineering report for the central mercury treatment system
Final report for the Central Mercury Treatment System in Building 9623 at the Oak Ridge Y-12 Plant, Oak Ridge, Tennessee
Interim action proposed plan: Mercury tank remediation at the Oak Ridge Y-12 plant, Oak Ridge, Tennessee
Technical Report
·
Tue Feb 28 23:00:00 EST 1995
·
OSTI ID:405733
Final report for the Central Mercury Treatment System in Building 9623 at the Oak Ridge Y-12 Plant, Oak Ridge, Tennessee
Technical Report
·
Fri Jan 31 23:00:00 EST 1997
·
OSTI ID:446336
Interim action proposed plan: Mercury tank remediation at the Oak Ridge Y-12 plant, Oak Ridge, Tennessee
Technical Report
·
Sat Jun 01 00:00:00 EDT 1991
·
OSTI ID:5607925
Related Subjects
054000 -- Nuclear Fuels-- Health & Safety
11 NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE AND FUEL MATERIALS
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
540350* -- Environment
Aquatic-- Site Resource & Use Studies-- (1990-)
ADSORPTION
CARBON
CONTROL
ELEMENTS
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSPORT
GROUND WATER
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
LIQUID WASTES
MASS TRANSFER
MERCURY
METALS
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
NONMETALS
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
POLLUTION
POLLUTION CONTROL
REMEDIAL ACTION
REMOVAL
SORPTION
SORPTIVE PROPERTIES
STREAMS
SURFACE PROPERTIES
SURFACE WATERS
US AEC
US DOE
US ERDA
US ORGANIZATIONS
WASTE WATER
WASTES
WATER
WATER POLLUTION
WATER QUALITY
Y-12 PLANT
11 NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE AND FUEL MATERIALS
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
540350* -- Environment
Aquatic-- Site Resource & Use Studies-- (1990-)
ADSORPTION
CARBON
CONTROL
ELEMENTS
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSPORT
GROUND WATER
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
LIQUID WASTES
MASS TRANSFER
MERCURY
METALS
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
NONMETALS
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
POLLUTION
POLLUTION CONTROL
REMEDIAL ACTION
REMOVAL
SORPTION
SORPTIVE PROPERTIES
STREAMS
SURFACE PROPERTIES
SURFACE WATERS
US AEC
US DOE
US ERDA
US ORGANIZATIONS
WASTE WATER
WASTES
WATER
WATER POLLUTION
WATER QUALITY
Y-12 PLANT