IMPROVED EX-TANK LEAK DETECTION & MONITORING TECHNOLOGY DEMONSTRATIONS IN SUPPORT OF SINGLE SHELL TANK (SST) WASTE RETRIEVAL AT HANFORD SITE
Abstract
Led by the United States Department of Energy Office of River Protection (DOE-ORP) and CH2M HILL Hanford Group, Inc. (CHG), a team of experts from other facilities have been working together to narrow the field of new external tank leak detection technologies. The ability to detect and assess potential leaks more quickly will help reduce potential risks to public health and the environment during efforts to retrieve millions of gallons of waste from Hanford's older single-shell tanks (SST's). A method for early and reliable detection of leaks around and below the entire 75-foot diameter bottom of a SST is needed. ''Proof-of-concept'' testing of six ex-tank leak detection and monitoring technologies was conducted at Hanford's 105-A Mock Tank Site in August 2001. A workshop was conducted in January, 2002 to review the results and select the best of the methods tested for further testing and demonstration in support of an SST retrieval. Three methods were selected: High Resolution Resistivity; Electrical Resistance Tomography--Long Electrodes; and Electrical Resistance Tomography--Point Electrode Arrays. Planned development activity includes performance evaluation tests to determine probability of detection and the probability of false alarm for each technology and deployability tests in an actual Hanford tank farm environment.
- Authors:
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- CH2M Hill Hanford Group, Inc., Richland, WA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Environmental Management (EM) (US)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 820848
- Report Number(s):
- RPP-10038-FP, Rev.0
TRN: US0400632
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC27-99RL14047
- Resource Type:
- Technical Report
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: PBD: 1 Apr 2002
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 12 MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE WASTES, AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES; DETECTION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRODES; EVALUATION; MONITORING; PERFORMANCE; PROBABILITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESOLUTION; RIVERS; STORAGE FACILITIES; TANKS; TESTING; WASTE RETRIEVAL; WASTES
Citation Formats
ROGER, R M, and CAMMANN, J W. IMPROVED EX-TANK LEAK DETECTION & MONITORING TECHNOLOGY DEMONSTRATIONS IN SUPPORT OF SINGLE SHELL TANK (SST) WASTE RETRIEVAL AT HANFORD SITE. United States: N. p., 2002.
Web. doi:10.2172/820848.
ROGER, R M, & CAMMANN, J W. IMPROVED EX-TANK LEAK DETECTION & MONITORING TECHNOLOGY DEMONSTRATIONS IN SUPPORT OF SINGLE SHELL TANK (SST) WASTE RETRIEVAL AT HANFORD SITE. United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/820848
ROGER, R M, and CAMMANN, J W. 2002.
"IMPROVED EX-TANK LEAK DETECTION & MONITORING TECHNOLOGY DEMONSTRATIONS IN SUPPORT OF SINGLE SHELL TANK (SST) WASTE RETRIEVAL AT HANFORD SITE". United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/820848. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/820848.
@article{osti_820848,
title = {IMPROVED EX-TANK LEAK DETECTION & MONITORING TECHNOLOGY DEMONSTRATIONS IN SUPPORT OF SINGLE SHELL TANK (SST) WASTE RETRIEVAL AT HANFORD SITE},
author = {ROGER, R M and CAMMANN, J W},
abstractNote = {Led by the United States Department of Energy Office of River Protection (DOE-ORP) and CH2M HILL Hanford Group, Inc. (CHG), a team of experts from other facilities have been working together to narrow the field of new external tank leak detection technologies. The ability to detect and assess potential leaks more quickly will help reduce potential risks to public health and the environment during efforts to retrieve millions of gallons of waste from Hanford's older single-shell tanks (SST's). A method for early and reliable detection of leaks around and below the entire 75-foot diameter bottom of a SST is needed. ''Proof-of-concept'' testing of six ex-tank leak detection and monitoring technologies was conducted at Hanford's 105-A Mock Tank Site in August 2001. A workshop was conducted in January, 2002 to review the results and select the best of the methods tested for further testing and demonstration in support of an SST retrieval. Three methods were selected: High Resolution Resistivity; Electrical Resistance Tomography--Long Electrodes; and Electrical Resistance Tomography--Point Electrode Arrays. Planned development activity includes performance evaluation tests to determine probability of detection and the probability of false alarm for each technology and deployability tests in an actual Hanford tank farm environment.},
doi = {10.2172/820848},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/820848},
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year = {Mon Apr 01 00:00:00 EST 2002},
month = {Mon Apr 01 00:00:00 EST 2002}
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