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-ES858, 23900-BA-KD007
Project Value: $755M
Period of Performance: October 2007 - February 2009
K-25 Buildings West Wing, K-25/K-27 Demolition and Decommissioning Project
K-25 Building’s West Wing
Business Contact:
Name: Kelly Trice
Title: Former Vice President
Address: Bechtel Jacobs Company, LLC.
East Tennessee Technology Park, Oak Ridge, TN 37831
Telephone:803-819-2156
Pager: NA
Email: ktrice@moxproject.com
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 approximately 134,360 yd3 of waste materials resulting from the demolition of the K-25 Building’s West Wing 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-25 Building’s West Wing Demolition Plan.
Non-Destructive Assay measurement – FSG provided key personnel that were used to quantify the grams of uranium remaining in abandoned process equipment and 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 support the development of the regulatory required Waste Handling Plan documents.
Waste Characterization Plan preparation – FSG provided key personnel that were used to support the development of the regulatory required Waste Characterization Plan documents. These plans 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 support the development of the required EMWMF and Nevada Test Site (NTS) Waste Profile documents. 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, materials of construction reports were used to determine the concentration of chemical contaminants for some building structure materials. 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 a waste stream.
Interim On-site Waste Management / Transportation service – FSG provides personnel to support the compliant management and transport of the building debris to its final disposal facility. This requires that all ARARs , as outlined in the governing CERCLA documents, are 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.