Investigation of Accelerated Casing Corrosion in Two Wells at Waste Management Area A-AX

Brown, Christopher F; Serne, R Jeffrey; Schaef, Herbert T; Williams, Bruce A; Valenta, Michelle M; Legore, Virginia L; Lindberg, Michael J; Geiszler, Keith N; Baum, Steven R; Kutnyakov, Igor V; Vickerman, Tanya S; Clayton, Ray E

doi:10.2172/939039

Title: Investigation of Accelerated Casing Corrosion in Two Wells at Waste Management Area A-AX

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This report was revised in September 2008 to remove acid-extractable sodium data from Tables 3.13 and 3.14. The sodium data was removed due to potential contamination introduced during the acid extraction process. The rest of the text remains unchanged from the original report issued in August 2005. An overall goal of the Groundwater Performance Assessment Project, led by Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) and per guidance in DOE Order 5400.1, includes characterizing and defining trends in the physical, chemical, and biological condition of the environment. To meet these goals, numerous Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) monitoring wells have been installed throughout the Hanford Site. In 2003, it was determined that two RCRA monitoring wells (299-E24-19 and 299-E25-46) in Waste Management Area (WMA) A-AX failed due to rapid corrosion of the stainless steel casing over a significant length of the wells. Complete casing corrosion occurred between 276.6 and 277.7 feet below ground surface (bgs) in well 299- E24-19 and from 274.4 to 278.6 feet bgs in well 299-E25-46. CH2M HILL Hanford Group, Inc., asked scientists from PNNL to perform detailed analyses of vadose zone sediment samples collected in the vicinity of the WMA A-AX from depths comparable to those wheremore »« less

Authors:: Brown, Christopher F; Serne, R Jeffrey; Schaef, Herbert T; Williams, Bruce A; Valenta, Michelle M; Legore, Virginia L; Lindberg, Michael J; Geiszler, Keith N; Baum, Steven R; Kutnyakov, Igor V; Vickerman, Tanya S; Clayton, Ray E

Publication Date:: Thu Sep 11 00:00:00 EDT 2008

Research Org.:: Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 939039

Report Number(s):: PNNL-15141 Rev. 1
830403000; TRN: US200821%%376

DOE Contract Number:: AC05-76RL01830

Resource Type:: Technical Report

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; CONTAMINATION; CORROSION; FEET; MONITORING; PERFORMANCE; RESOURCE CONSERVATION; SEDIMENTS; SODIUM; STAINLESS STEELS; WASTE MANAGEMENT; characterization; geochemical; mineralogy; physical properties; sediments; vadose zone

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                    Brown, Christopher F, Serne, R Jeffrey, Schaef, Herbert T, Williams, Bruce A, Valenta, Michelle M, Legore, Virginia L, Lindberg, Michael J, Geiszler, Keith N, Baum, Steven R, Kutnyakov, Igor V, Vickerman, Tanya S, and Clayton, Ray E. Investigation of Accelerated Casing Corrosion in Two Wells at Waste Management Area A-AX.  United States: N. p., 2008. 
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                    Brown, Christopher F, Serne, R Jeffrey, Schaef, Herbert T, Williams, Bruce A, Valenta, Michelle M, Legore, Virginia L, Lindberg, Michael J, Geiszler, Keith N, Baum, Steven R, Kutnyakov, Igor V, Vickerman, Tanya S, & Clayton, Ray E. Investigation of Accelerated Casing Corrosion in Two Wells at Waste Management Area A-AX.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.2172/939039

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                    Brown, Christopher F, Serne, R Jeffrey, Schaef, Herbert T, Williams, Bruce A, Valenta, Michelle M, Legore, Virginia L, Lindberg, Michael J, Geiszler, Keith N, Baum, Steven R, Kutnyakov, Igor V, Vickerman, Tanya S, and Clayton, Ray E. 2008.  
        "Investigation of Accelerated Casing Corrosion in Two Wells at Waste Management Area A-AX".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.2172/939039.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/939039.

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  title        = {Investigation of Accelerated Casing Corrosion in Two Wells at Waste Management Area A-AX},

  author       = {Brown, Christopher F and Serne, R Jeffrey and Schaef, Herbert T and Williams, Bruce A and Valenta, Michelle M and Legore, Virginia L and Lindberg, Michael J and Geiszler, Keith N and Baum, Steven R and Kutnyakov, Igor V and Vickerman, Tanya S and Clayton, Ray E},

  abstractNote = {This report was revised in September 2008 to remove acid-extractable sodium data from Tables 3.13 and 3.14. The sodium data was removed due to potential contamination introduced during the acid extraction process. The rest of the text remains unchanged from the original report issued in August 2005. An overall goal of the Groundwater Performance Assessment Project, led by Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) and per guidance in DOE Order 5400.1, includes characterizing and defining trends in the physical, chemical, and biological condition of the environment. To meet these goals, numerous Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) monitoring wells have been installed throughout the Hanford Site. In 2003, it was determined that two RCRA monitoring wells (299-E24-19 and 299-E25-46) in Waste Management Area (WMA) A-AX failed due to rapid corrosion of the stainless steel casing over a significant length of the wells. Complete casing corrosion occurred between 276.6 and 277.7 feet below ground surface (bgs) in well 299- E24-19 and from 274.4 to 278.6 feet bgs in well 299-E25-46. CH2M HILL Hanford Group, Inc., asked scientists from PNNL to perform detailed analyses of vadose zone sediment samples collected in the vicinity of the WMA A-AX from depths comparable to those where the rapid corrosion occurred in hopes of ascertaining the cause of the rapid corrosion.},

  doi          = {10.2172/939039},

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