Ignitability testing for core drilling system. Final report
- Bureau of Mines, Pittsburgh, PA (United States). Pittsburgh Research Center
- Westinghouse Hanford Co., Richland, WA (United States)
As part of a study of the hazards of the inspection of nuclear waste material stored at the Hanford, WA site, the Department of Energy (DOE) and Westinghouse Hanford Company (WHC) have developed a core drilling system to sample the material in large waste storage tanks. In support of this work, the US Bureau of Mines has studied the probability of ignition while core drilling into simulated salt cake that was permeated with a flammable gas mixture. No ignitions were observed while core drilling into the saltcake with or without a purge gas and no ignitions were observed while drilling into a steel plate.
- Research Organization:
- Westinghouse Hanford Co., Richland, WA (United States); Bureau of Mines, Pittsburgh, PA (United States). Pittsburgh Research Center
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC06-87RL10930
- OSTI ID:
- 90367
- Report Number(s):
- WHC-SD-WM-TRP--224; ON: DE95016332
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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