September 14, 2001 SRT-EDS- 2001-00014

 

Deliverable: TTP# SR18WT21, subtask: C.4-1.

 

M. T. Terry

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

P. O. Box 999, MSIN K9-919

Richland, WA 99352

 

Dear Mr. Terry:

 

ALTERNATIVE HEPA FILTRATION Integrated Cold/Hot Demonstration SCHEDULE (U)

 

Attached is the integrated schedule for conducting the hot and cold test of full-scale alternative high efficiency particulate air (HEPA) filtration systems. Due to changes in Savannah River Site High Level Waste Division (HLW) engineering personnel and priorities in the HLW Waste Removal Program, this schedule has not been approved or integrated into the HLW Division program schedule.

 

The decision to down select a vendor(s) or award a contract to construct a full-scale system is planned for December 2001 (see-attached schedule). The selected vendor(s) will be responsible for the construction of a full-scale alternative HEPA filtration system and delivering the system to the Savannah River Site (SRS). The planned system will be skid mounted for ease of transport during both cold and hot testing.

 

The full-scale alternative HEPA filtration system will initially undergo cold testing at the Savannah River Technology Center (SRTC) in building 752-25A. The building is ready to accept the full-scale system, as discussed in a letter (SRT-EDS-2001-00011) to the TFA on June 3, 2001. The cold testing will be conducted under non-radioactive simulated conditions found on the HLW tanks at SRS. SRTC will be the principal investigator for the testing with technical support from the vendor(s) and the HLW Design Authority. This cold testing is scheduled to begin July 2002, with cold testing being completed by January 2003.

 

Hot deployment will take place only after approval by the HLW Design Authority, SRTC and the DOE based on the cold testing results. The full-scale hot demonstration will be conducted at SRS on a HLW Tank. Due to changes in the Waste Removal Program here at SRS, HLW Tank 11 is no longer a practical tank for the alternative filtration hot demonstration. Work continues with the TFA and the HLW Design Authority on hot deployment issues and selection of an appropriate HLW tank.

 

 

Sincerely yours,

 

 

D. J. Adamson, Fellow Engineer

Engineering Development Section

 

cc: TTG, Electronic Mail, http://www.tanks.org/documentSubmittalForm.htm

 

Tanks Focus Area Technical Team, c/o B. J. Williams, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory,

P. O. Box 999, MSIN K9-69, Richland, WA 99352

 

Tanks Focus Area Program Manager, c/o T. P. Pietrok, U. S. Department of Energy, Richland Operations Office, P. O. Box 550, MS: K8-50, Richland, WA 99352

 

Tanks Focus Area Headquarters Program Lead, c/o Kurt Gerdes, DOE Office of Science and Technology, 19901 Germantown Road, 1154 Cloverleaf Building, Germantown, MD 20874-1290

 

T. S. Gutmann, U. S. Department of Energy, Savannah River Operations Office, P. O. Box A,

Aiken, SC 29802

 

J. P. Morin, Westinghouse Savannah River Company, Savannah River Technology Center,

Building 703-H, Aiken, SC 29808

 

R. E. Edwards, Westinghouse Savannah River Company, Savannah River Technology Center,

Building 704-3N, Aiken, SC 29808

 

J. L. Malhotra, U. S. Department of Energy, National Energy Technology Laboratory,

3610 Collins Ferry Road, P. O. Box 880, Morgantown, WV 26507-0880

 

S. L. Tibrea, 742-3G

 

S. T. Wach, 773-42A

 

D. B. Burns, 786-5A