100 Areas technical activities report -- Physics, January 1949 (open access)

100 Areas technical activities report -- Physics, January 1949

Activities covered in this report for the month of January are as follows: (1) power coefficient test of the F Pile; (2) control rod calibration; (3) investigations into reactivity gains possible by zoning the pile for metal charging; (4) polonium production under emergency conditions: (5) analysis of process tube ion chamber failures; (6) measurements of the thermal neutron flux in various pockets of the E Test Hole of the F Pile; (7) reactivity balance of each of the operating piles at beginning and end of this report period; (8) graphite studies; (9) pile shielding; (10) radiation measurements on a simulated D-R rod guide and rod; and (11) calculation of radioactive isotopes expected in cooling water.
Date: February 15, 1949
Creator: Gast, P. F.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
100-D Area In Situ Redox Treatability Test for Chromate-Contaminated Groundwater: FY 1998 Year-End Report (open access)

100-D Area In Situ Redox Treatability Test for Chromate-Contaminated Groundwater: FY 1998 Year-End Report

A treatability test was conducted for the In Situ Redox Manipulation (ISRM) technology at the US Department of Energy's Hanford, Washington 100D Area. The target contaminant was dissolved chromate [Cr(VI)] in groundwater. The ISRM technology involves creating a permeable subsurface treatment zone to reduce mobile chromate in groundwater to an insoluble form. The ISRM permeable treatment zone is created by reducing ferric iron [Fe(III)] to ferrous iron [Fe(II)] within the aquifer sediments. This is accomplished by injecting aqueous sodium dithionite into the aquifer and withdrawing the reaction products. The goal of the treatability test was to create a linear ISRM barrier by injecting sodium dithionite into five wells. Well installation and site characterization activities began in the spring of 1997. The first dithionite injection took place in September 1997. The results of this first injection were monitored through the spring of 1998; the remaining four dithionite injections were carried out in May through July of 1998. These five injections created a reduced zone in the Hanford unconfined aquifer 150 feet in length (perpendicular to groundwater flow) by 50 feet wide. The reduced zone extended over the thickness of the unconfined zone, which is approximately 15 feet. Analysis of recent groundwater …
Date: April 15, 1999
Creator: Williams, M. D.; Vermeul, V. R.; Szecsody, J. E.; Fruchter, J. S. & Cole, C. R.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
100-KE REACTOR CORE REMOVAL PROJECT ALTERNATIVE ANALYSIS WORKSHOP REPORT (open access)

100-KE REACTOR CORE REMOVAL PROJECT ALTERNATIVE ANALYSIS WORKSHOP REPORT

On December 15-16, 2009, a 100-KE Reactor Core Removal Project Alternative Analysis Workshop was conducted at the Washington State University Consolidated Information Center, Room 214. Colburn Kennedy, Project Director, CH2M HILL Plateau Remediation Company (CHPRC) requested the workshop and Richard Harrington provided facilitation. The purpose of the session was to select the preferred Bio Shield Alternative, for integration with the Thermal Shield and Core Removal and develop the path forward to proceed with project delivery. Prior to this workshop, the S.A. Robotics (SAR) Obstruction Removal Alternatives Analysis (565-DLV-062) report was issued, for use prior to and throughout the session, to all the team members. The multidisciplinary team consisted ofrepresentatives from 100-KE Project Management, Engineering, Radcon, Nuclear Safety, Fire Protection, Crane/Rigging, SAR Project Engineering, the Department of Energy Richland Field Office, Environmental Protection Agency, Washington State Department of Ecology, Defense Nuclear Facility Safety Board, and Deactivation and Decommission subject matter experts from corporate CH2M HILL and Lucas. Appendix D contains the workshop agenda, guidelines and expectations, opening remarks, and attendance roster going into followed throughout the workshop. The team was successful in selecting the preferred alternative and developing an eight-point path forward action plan to proceed with conceptual design. Conventional Demolition …
Date: January 15, 2010
Creator: Harrington, R. A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
AN-107 (C) Simulant Bench-Scale LAW Evaporation with Organic Regulatory Analysis (open access)

AN-107 (C) Simulant Bench-Scale LAW Evaporation with Organic Regulatory Analysis

The overall objective of this work is to develop preliminary operating data including expected concentration endpoints using a C waste envelope simulant. The data is to be used for the preliminary Hanford RPP flow sheet development and LAW Melter Feed Evaporator design.
Date: May 15, 2001
Creator: Saito, H.H.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
112-pixel arrays of high-efficiency STJ X-ray detectors (open access)

112-pixel arrays of high-efficiency STJ X-ray detectors

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Date: July 15, 2013
Creator: Friedrich, S; Harris, J; Warburton, W K; Carpenter, M H; Hall, J A & Cantor, R
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
120 MW, 800 MHz Magnicon for a Future Muon Collider (open access)

120 MW, 800 MHz Magnicon for a Future Muon Collider

Development of a pulsed magnicon at 800 MHz was carried out for the muon collider application, based on experience with similar amplifiers in the frequency range between 915 MHz and 34.3 GHz. Numerical simulations using proven computer codes were employed for the conceptual design, while established design technologies were incorporated into the engineering design. A cohesive design for the 800 MHz magnicon amplifier was carried out, including design of a 200 MW diode electron gun, design of the magnet system, optimization of beam dynamics including space charge effects in the transient and steady-state regimes, design of the drive, gain, and output cavities including an rf choke in the beam exit aperture, analysis of parasitic oscillations and design means to eliminate them, and design of the beam collector capable of 20 kW average power operation.
Date: December 15, 2005
Creator: Hirshfield, Jay L.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
183 KE Potable Water System Quality Assurance Project Plan (open access)

183 KE Potable Water System Quality Assurance Project Plan

This Quality Assurance Project Plan (QAPP) describes the quality assurance (QA) requirements for sampling, analysis, equipment, and data reporting for the 183 KE Potable Water Facility.
Date: September 15, 1995
Creator: Hunacek, G.S.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
200 Area Interim Storage Area Technical Safety Requirements (open access)

200 Area Interim Storage Area Technical Safety Requirements

The 200 Area Interim Storage Area Technical Safety Requirements define administrative controls and design features required to ensure safe operation during receipt and storage of canisters containing spent nuclear fuel. This document is based on the 200 Area Interim Storage Area, Annex D, Final Safety Analysis Report which contains information specific to the 200 Area Interim Storage Area.
Date: March 15, 2000
Creator: CARRELL, R.D.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
200 Area TEDF interface control document (open access)

200 Area TEDF interface control document

Because the TEDF does not have any treatment or retention capacity, strict control at the generator interface is essential to operate the TEDF in compliance with good engineering practices, Hanford site requirements, and the 216 Discharge Permit. The information in the Interface Control Document (ICD) forms the basis of understanding between all parties involved in the TEDF; DOE, WHC, and the generating facilities. The ICD defines the controlling document hierarchy; LEF, and generator responsibilities; monitoring and sampling requirements; and specifies the TEDF/Generator Interface points.
Date: November 15, 1994
Creator: Brown, M. J. & Hildebrand, R. A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
200 area weekly report (open access)

200 area weekly report

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Date: December 15, 1955
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
200 Area weekly report (open access)

200 Area weekly report

None
Date: September 15, 1955
Creator: Christl, R. J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
200 areas contaminated particle discharge (open access)

200 areas contaminated particle discharge

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Date: December 15, 1948
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
224-T TRUSAF Building upgrade (open access)

224-T TRUSAF Building upgrade

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Date: September 15, 1994
Creator: Hodgson, R. D.; Sabin, J. C. & Lengas, G. C.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
234-5 Project, Specification Letter 234-9, 235-9, Analytical Control Laboratory (open access)

234-5 Project, Specification Letter 234-9, 235-9, Analytical Control Laboratory

This document presents the details of the design of the analytical control laboratory for the 234-5 project at the Hanford site.
Date: December 15, 1947
Creator: Curtis, R.E.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
241-AZ Farm Annulus Extent of Condition Baseline Inspection (open access)

241-AZ Farm Annulus Extent of Condition Baseline Inspection

This report provides the results of the comprehensive annulus visual inspection for tanks 241- AZ-101 and 241-AZ-102 performed in fiscal year 2013. The inspection established a baseline covering about 95 percent of the annulus floor for comparison with future inspections. Any changes in the condition are also included in this document.
Date: May 15, 2013
Creator: Engeman, Jason K.; Girardot, Crystal L. & Vazquez, Brandon J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
244-S Catch Station conceptual design report (open access)

244-S Catch Station conceptual design report

The faciliies described will provide a direct route from the 241-S-151 and 241-U-151 Diversion Boxes to the 241-SY Tanks. The 244-S Catch Station will consist of a 20,000 gallon primary tank contained within a concrete vault lined with carbon steel. Encased three-inch carbon steel process lines will be extended to the catch station pump pit from the 241-SY Tank Farm, the 241-S-151 Diversion Box and the 241-U-151 Diversion Box encasement. The facility will have its own ventilation system for exhausting the primary tank and the annulus area. A small instrument shack will house locally mounted instrumentation and controls. Existing designs for Project B-103 will be used where similarities exist (H-2-38200). The project is expected to cost $1,900,000 and require 19 months for the initiation of Title I design until construction is complete.
Date: October 15, 1976
Creator: Garfield, J. S.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
300 Area D4 Project Fiscal Year 2007 Building Completion Report (open access)

300 Area D4 Project Fiscal Year 2007 Building Completion Report

This report documents the deactivation, decontamination, decommissioning, and demolition (D4) of twenty buildings in the 300 Area of the Hanford Site. The D4 of these facilties included characterization, engineering, removal of hazardous and radiologically contaminated materials, equipment removal, utility disconnection, deactivation, decontamination, demolition of the structure, and stabilization or removal of the remaining slab and foundation, as appropriate.
Date: January 15, 2009
Creator: Westberg, R. A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
300 Area D4 Project Fiscal Year 2008 Building Completion Report (open access)

300 Area D4 Project Fiscal Year 2008 Building Completion Report

This report documents the deactivation, decontamination, decommissioning, and demolition (D4) of eighteen buildings in the 300 Area of the Hanford Site that were demolished in Fiscal Year 2008. The D4 of these facilties included characterization, engineering, removal of hazardous and radiologically contaminated materials, equipment removal, utility disconnection, deactivation, decontamination, demolition of the structure, and stabilization or removal of the remaining slab and foundation, as appropriate.
Date: January 15, 2009
Creator: Westberg, R. A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
300 Area Process Trenches Closure Plan (open access)

300 Area Process Trenches Closure Plan

Since 1987, Westinghouse Hanford Company has been a major contractor to the US Department of Energy, Richland Operations Office and has served as co-operator of the 300 Area Process Trenches, the waste management unit addressed in this closure plan. For the purposes of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, Westinghouse Hanford Company is identified as ``co-operator.`` The 300 Area Process Trenches Closure Plan (Revision 0) consists of a Resource Conservation and Recovery Act Part A Dangerous Waste Permit Application, Form 3 and a Resource Conservation and Recovery Act Closure Plan. An explanation of the Part A Permit Application, Form 3 submitted with this document is provided at the beginning of the Part A Section. The closure plan consists of nine chapters and six appendices. The 300 Area Process Trenches received dangerous waste discharges from research and development laboratories in the 300 Area and from fuels fabrication processes. This waste consisted of state-only toxic (WT02), corrosive (D002), chromium (D007), spent halogenated solvents (F001, F002, and F003), and spent nonhalogented solvent (F005). Accurate records are unavailable concerning the amount of dangerous waste discharged to the trenches. The estimated annual quantity of waste (item IV.B) reflects the total quantity of both regulated and …
Date: August 15, 1994
Creator: Luke, S. N.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
300 Area signal cable study (open access)

300 Area signal cable study

This report was prepared to discuss the alternatives available for removing the 300 Area overhead signal cable system. This system, installed in 1969, has been used for various monitoring and communication signaling needs throughout the 300 Area. Over the years this cabling system has deteriorated, has been continually reconfigured, and has been poorly documented to the point of nonreliability. The first step was to look at the systems utilizing the overhead signal cable that are still required for operation. Of the ten systems that once operated via the signal cable, only five are still required; the civil defense evacuation alarms, the public address (PA) system, the criticality alarms, the Pacific Northwest Laboratory Facilities Management Control System (FMCS), and the 384 annunciator panel. Of these five, the criticality alarms and the FMCS have been dealt with under other proposals. Therefore, this study focused on the alternatives available for the remaining three systems (evacuation alarms, PA system, and 384 panel) plus the accountability aid phones. Once the systems to be discussed were determined, then three alternatives for providing the signaling pathway were examined for each system: (1) re-wire using underground communication ducts, (2) use the Integrated Voice/Data Telecommunications System (IVDTS) already installed …
Date: September 15, 1994
Creator: Whattam, J. W.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
300 Area Treated Effluent Disposal Facility (TEDF) Hazards Assessment (open access)

300 Area Treated Effluent Disposal Facility (TEDF) Hazards Assessment

This document establishes the technical basis in support of emergency planning activities for the 300 Area Treated Effluent Disposal Facility. The technical basis for project-specific Emergency Action Levels and Emergency Planning Zone is demonstrated.
Date: January 15, 1999
Creator: CAMPBELL, L.R.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
300-FF-1 Operable Unit physical separation of soils pilot plant study (open access)

300-FF-1 Operable Unit physical separation of soils pilot plant study

Alternative Remedial Technologies, Inc. (ART) was selected in a competitive selection process to conduct a pilot study for the physical separation of soils in the North Process Pond of the 300 Area at the Hanford Site. In January 1994, ART mobilized its 15 tons-per-hour pilot plant to the site. The plant was initially staged in a commercial area to allow for pretest inspections and minor modifications. The plant was specifically designed for use as a physical separations unit and consisted of a feed hopper, wet screens, hydrocyclones, as well as settling and dewatering equipment. The plant was supported in the field with prescreening equipment, mobile generators, air compressors, and water storage tanks. The plant was moved into the surface contamination area on March 24, 1994. The testing was conducted during the period March 23, 1994 through April 13, 1994. Two soil types were treated during the testing: a natural soil contaminated with low levels of uranium, cesium, cobalt, and heavy metals, and a natural soil contaminated with a uranium carbonate material that was visually recognizable by the presence of a green sludge material in the soil matrix. The ``green`` material contained significantly higher levels of the same contaminants. Both source …
Date: January 15, 1994
Creator: Freeman-Pollard, J. R.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
303-K Storage Facility Closure Plan. Revision 2 (open access)

303-K Storage Facility Closure Plan. Revision 2

Recyclable scrap uranium with zircaloy-2 and copper silicon alloy, uranium-titanium alloy, beryllium/zircaloy-2 alloy, and zircaloy-2 chips and fines were secured in concrete billets (7.5-gallon containers) in the 303-K Storage Facility, located in the 300 Area. The beryllium/zircaloy-2 alloy and zircaloy-2 chips and fines are designated as mixed waste with the characteristic of ignitability. The concretion process reduced the ignitability of the fines and chips for safe storage and shipment. This process has been discontinued and the 303-K Storage Facility is now undergoing closure as defined in the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) of 1976 and the Washington Administrative Code (WAC) Dangerous Waste Regulations, WAC 173-303-040. This closure plan presents a description of the 303-K Storage Facility, the history of materials and waste managed, and the procedures that will be followed to close the 303-K Storage Facility. The 303-K Storage Facility is located within the 300-FF-3 (source) and 300-FF-5 (groundwater) operable units, as designated in the Hanford Federal Facility Agreement and Consent Order (Tri-Party Agreement) (Ecology et al. 1992). Contamination in the operable units 300-FF-3 and 300-FF-5 is scheduled to be addressed through the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) of 1980 remedial action process. Therefore, all soil …
Date: December 15, 1993
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
600 eV falcon-linac thomson x-ray source (open access)

600 eV falcon-linac thomson x-ray source

The advent of 3rd generation light sources such as the Advanced Light Source (ALS) at LBL, and the Advanced Photon Source at Argonne, have produced a revolution in x-ray probing of dense matter during the past decade. These machines use electron-synchrotrons in conjunction with undulator stages to produce 100 psec x-ray pulses with photon energies of several kiloelectronvolts (keV). The applications for x-ray probing of matter are numerous and diverse with experiments in medicine and biology, semiconductors and materials science, and plasma and solid state physics. In spite of the success of the 3rd generation light sources there is strong motivation to push the capabilities of x-ray probing into new realms, requiring shorter pulses, higher brightness and harder x-rays. A 4th generation light source, the Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS), is being considered at the Stanford Linear Accelerator [1]. The LCLS will produce multi-kilovolt x-rays of subpicosecond duration that are 10 orders of magnitude brighter than today's 3rd generation light sources.[1] Although the LCLS will provide unprecedented capability for performing time-resolved x-ray probing of ultrafast phenomena at solid densities, this machine will not be completed for many years. In the meantime there is a serious need for an ultrashort-pulse, high-brightness, …
Date: December 15, 2000
Creator: Crane, J. K.; LeSage, G. P.; Ditmire, T.; Cross, R.; Wharton, K.; Moffitt, K. et al.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library