Location: Oak Ridge, Tennessee
Entity: Fairfield Service Group, Inc.Expected Role in this Project: Subcontractor
Product/Service: Nuclear Facility Demolition Technical Support
Contracting Agency/Customer: Bechtel Jacobs Company, LLC.
Subcontract #: 23900-BA-ES008, 23900-BA-KD007
Project Value: $1.4M
Period of Performance: July 2005 - September 2005
Building K-601 Miscellaneous Debris, K-25/K-27 Decontamination and Decommissioning Project
Business Contact:
Name: Darrell Wayne Chapman
Title: D&D Manager
Address: Bechtel Jacobs Company, LLC.
East Tennessee Technology Park, Oak Ridge, TN 37831
Telephone: 865-574-3194 Pager: 865-231-2165
Email: chapmandw@bechteljacobs.org
Technical Contact:
Name: Virginia Rigsby
Title: Waste Management and Transportation Manager
Address: Bechtel Jacobs Company, LLC
East Tennessee Technology Park, Oak Ridge, TN 37831
Telephone: 865-576-4405 Pager: 865-231-2405
Email: rigsbyvp1@bechteljacobs.org
Fairfield Service Group was contracted by Bechtel Jacobs Company, LLC to support the development of the regulatory documents required to adequately characterize and dispose of the approximate 1,163 tons of waste materials resulting from the demolition of Building K-601 located at the Department of Energy’s East Tennessee Technology Park near Oak Ridge, Tennessee.
Process Knowledge input – FSG provided information about past facility operations, including historical UF6 releases, process equipment limitations, corrective maintenance issues, materials of construction, and contaminants of concern. This information was used in the development of the successful K-601 Demolition Plan.
Non-Destructive Assay measurement – FSG provided key personnel that were used to quantify the grams of uranium remaining in abandoned process lines. These measurements were needed to meet existing nuclear safety requirements that had to be satisfied before building demolition could be authorized.
Data Quality Objectives (DQO) Team participation – FSG provided key personnel to participate in the Data Quality Objective sessions that were required to obtain regulatory approval for building demolition and debris disposal in the Environmental Management Waste Management Facility (EMWMF).
Waste Handling Plan preparation – FSG provided key personnel that were used to either develop or support the development of the regulatory required Waste Handling Plan document.
Waste Characterization Plan preparation – FSG provided key personnel that were used to either develop or support the development of the regulatory required Waste Characterization Plan document. This plan identified a statistically defensible number of samples required to ensure representative contaminants, plus their respective concentrations, were identified.
Waste Profile preparation - FSG provided key personnel that were used to either develop or support the development of the required EMWMF and/or Nevada Test Site (NTS) Waste Profile document(s). For each profile prepared, all sampling data was assessed to ensure the identified data quality objectives were met and that the debris and/or anomalous waste was segregated into the appropriate waste lot or grouping for disposition and disposal purposes. Additionally, the expected mass of all containerized debris and its respective materials of construction were used to determine the concentration of chemical contaminants. This process was useful in illustrating how expected mass and weight percent can be used to determine an expected concentration of certain contaminants (mg/kg) that will be present in each container of waste generated.
Interim On-site Waste Management / Transportation service – FSG provided personnel to support the compliant management, packaging, and transport of the building debris to its final disposal facility. This required that all ARARs, as outlined in the governing CERCLA documents, were followed. Specifically, personnel ensured that no anomalous waste was packaged for transport and that the transportation documentation and transport vehicles, plus any packages when applicable, clearly identified the hazards associated with the waste.
NOTE: All work was performed on time, within budget and with no incidents.