Appurtenance Influence on Type III Hanford Single-Shell Tank Structural Integrity - 12255
- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington 99352 (United States)
- M and D Professional Services, Inc., Richland, Washington 99352 (United States)
The interim stabilized Hanford Single-Shell Tanks (SSTs) are currently undergoing a state of the art analysis to assess the structural integrity of the waste storage tanks, for cleanup and closure operations, considering their adverse thermal histories and an updated seismic hazard for the Hanford Site near Richland, Washington. The SSTs contain a variety of ancillary pits, piping, piping supports, risers, equipment, and penetrations known as appurtenances. These appurtenances may alter the structural response and ultimately could affect the structural integrity of the SSTs. An important challenge to the structural analysis of the SSTs is to determine the impact of these appurtenances on structural integrity. To achieve this, the various appurtenances were reviewed and a bounding appurtenance configuration for the SST Type III tanks was analyzed using finite element models for both thermal and operating loads as well as seismic loads. Tank structural demands from the finite element analyses were evaluated according to American Concrete Institute (ACI-349) code requirements to determine the tank structural integrity. The appurtenances configuration is found to increase the demand to capacity ratios in local regions near the appurtenances. Away from the appurtenances the influence on structural integrity is minor. The ACI-349-06 evaluation of the Type III SST bounding appurtenance configuration shows the tank is still structurally sound under all evaluated load combinations. When the appurtenance model D/C ratios were compared to those from the baseline axisymmetric model it was found that there were significant differences in the results, particularly under seismic loading conditions. This indicates that the effect of appurtenances on tank structural integrity should at least be considered in all SST AORs. (authors)
- Research Organization:
- WM Symposia, 1628 E. Southern Avenue, Suite 9-332, Tempe, AZ 85282 (United States)
- OSTI ID:
- 22293542
- Report Number(s):
- INIS-US-14-WM-12255; TRN: US14V1197115066
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: WM2012: Waste Management 2012 conference on improving the future in waste management, Phoenix, AZ (United States), 26 Feb - 1 Mar 2012; Other Information: Country of input: France; 11 refs.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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