C-tank transfers: Transuranic sludge removal from the C-1, C-2, and W-23 waste storage tanks at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee

Abstract

The organization chart at the end of these acknowledgments illustrates the project interfaces. The leadership and goal setting of G. L. Riner, DOE Transuranic Waste Program Manager, is acknowledged as a key success factor. He recognized the value of this technology and negotiated the critical agreement with DOE-HQ and AEAT to deploy the fluidic pulsed jet mixing system through the International Agreement. Throughout the project he set challenging goals for the team which required all of the project participants to stretch beyond the norm. J. Wengle, DOE-HQ, was most helpful and cooperative at key times in administering the International Agreement with AEAT. C. Mires, DOE-ORO Environmentai Technology Group Manager, and J. R. Noble-Dial, DOE-ORO Tank Focus Area Manager, provided the essential programmatic intefiacing for the key DOE EM50 programs to recognize the importance of this project. H. E. Peters, DOE-ORO Technical Services Division, provided essential coordination and facilitated integration of DOE's communications and resources. C. J. Pilj, DOE-ORO Facility Representative, provided field oversight of the project participants during the installation and operating phases of the project. The technical information in this report was provided by S. A. Taylor and D. J. Lashley of AEAT and J.W. Moore of Bechtel Jacobs Company LLC. Taylor was the principal investigator for the cold pilot test in the United Kingdom and was in charge of the pulse jet system design and its operations at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). Lashley was responsible for the day-today management of the mixing operations. Moore provided facility information to support the design and led the design reviews; he also served as the lead designer for the tank access upgrades. T.L. Dahl and A.C. Lay of Tetra Tech NUS compiled technical information and coordinated the preparation of this report. The authors wish to acknowledge R.M. Jones of STEP, who provided some of the photographs and figures for this report. Jones was in charge of photographic and video coverage of operations. AEAT's U.S.-based engineering activities were managed by T. Boorman and E.L. Danfelt, along with their field manager for on-site installation, T.A. Damico. The leadership and organizing efforts of T.H. Monk, Bechtel Jacobs Company LLC, is also acknowledged. He was responsible for overall project planning and for integrating the activities of the various project participants into a high-performance work team. J.L. Stellern and J.T. Etheridge of ORNL Engineering provided essential coordination of engineering, construction, and technical support activities. J. H. Platfoot of LMES Engineering prepared safety analysis documentation for the project and aggressively facilitated the document review and approval process. C. B. Scott of the ORNL Waste Management Operations Division, along with P. S. Kirkham, D. J. Peterson, and B. D. Oakley, provided the operations support for interfacing the pulse jet system with the existing operating system and for accomplishing the successfi...

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