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NuclearPlantJournal.com Nuclear Plant Journal, July-August 2016
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Jennifer Hurst
Jennifer Hurst is the president of The
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experience in the energy,
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than 25 years of experience
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said Robuck. “Our team maintained a
perfect safety record while achieving
efficiencies in both time and budget.”
Waste Transportation
Rail transportation is typically the
safest and quickest way to transport
waste for final disposition and that
has been true for the waste removal at
Zion. However, for specialized waste
that required separate processing,
EnergySolutions tapped into their fleet of
licensed and approved casks for transport
by truck. This waste was taken to the
Bear Creek Processing Facility, located
near Oakridge, Tenn., for processing and
ultimate reduction of up to 200:1 at the
facility.
EnergySolutions is able to orchestrate
waste transportation through the use
of their subsidiary company Hittman
Transportation and also coordinate
safe transportation for waste to be
permanently disposed. The facilities they
operate include Clive disposal facility
located in the West Desert of Utah which
disposes of Class A waste, and the Bear
Creek processing facility located in Oak
Ridge, Tennessee. Any Class B and C
waste prepared for disposal from the Zion
project is transported
to
Waste
Control
Specialists (WCS) in
West Texas.
Disposal
Class A
waste
is
characterized,
packaged and prepped
for transportation to
the
world’s
largest
commercial
low-level
radioactive
waste
disposal facility. The
facility is located 70
miles west of Salt Lake
City, Utah and provides
more than 25 years of safe disposal
experience.
Once the waste arrives at Clive,
inspections will ensure the shipments
have not been compromised and the
material is prepped for final disposition.
The material is safely disposed
in engineered embankments that are
constructed an estimated 12 feet below
grade and are built up to 38 feet above
grade.
In addition to the waste, large
components and many shipments of
residual waste from the project have
already been disposed safely at Clive.
Having achieved more than three
million man hours without a loss time
accident at theClive disposal facility, there
is a consistent focus and commitment to
safety from waste packaging and loading
to final disposal. Part of the safety
culture is the robust monitoring system
at the Clive facility which reports on the
structural integrity of the disposal cells.
Additionally, there are water and air
The ISFSI pad, where the spent fuel has been relocated on site.
