Advanced Waste Retrieval System. Innovative Technology Summary Report

S&T Accomplishment Report · Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 2001

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/793510· OSTI ID:793510

At West Valley, following the baseline removal operations, bulk waste retrieval methods may be augmented if required, with the deployment of the Advanced Waste Retrieval System (AWRS). The AWRS is a hydraulic boom mounted on a trolley on the Mast-Mounted Tool Delivery System. The boom is about 15 ft long with a pan and tilt mechanism at the end. On the end is a steam jet with a suction tool that can reach down around the tank internal structure and vacuum up zeolite or sludge off the bottom of the tank from a thirty-foot diameter reach. A grinder is included topside in the discharge path to pulverize the zeolite so it can be readily retrieved from the destination tank.

• Research Organization: West Valley Demonstration Project, West Valley, New York (US)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Science and Technology (OST) (EM-50) (US)
• OSTI ID: 793510
• Report Number(s): DOE/EM-0607; OST/TMS ID 2948
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

12 MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES
ADVANCED WASTE RETRIEVAL SYSTEM
ALTERNATING CURRENT
CONFINED SLUCING
DESIGN
GUNITE
HYDRAULIC EQUIPMENT
LIGHT DUTY UTILITY ARM
MATERIALS HANDLING EQUIPMENT
SLUDGES
STORAGE FACILITIES
TANKS
VIBRATORY-KINETIC ENERGY
VOLTS
WASTE RETRIEVAL
WEST VALLEY
ZEOLITES