Open AccessDropping of mixing pump in Tank 102-AP
Author(s) -
R. F. Jimenez
Publication year - 1995
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.2172/88554
Subject(s) - leak , mixing (physics) , environmental science , limiter , hazard , engineering , environmental engineering , chemistry , physics , electrical engineering , quantum mechanics , organic chemistry
The purpose of this study is to examine dropping of the mixing pump in Tank 102-AP during its removal poses the risk of causing a leak in the tank bottom with attendant potential for public exposure from the leak. The purpose of this investigation is to examine the potential for causing such a leak (i.e., estimated frequency of leak occurrence); to qualitatively estimate leak magnitude if its is a credible event; and, finally to compare the worker hazard, in the installation of an impact limiter (should it be required), to that which the public might incur if a leak is manifest in the tank bottom. The ultimate goal of the study is, of course, to assess the need for installation of an impact limiter