ML19294B052
| ML19294B052 | |
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| Site: | 07000925 |
| Issue date: | 09/18/1979 |
| From: | Shelley W KERR-MCGEE NUCLEAR CORP. |
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Dear Mr. Crow:
The Kerr-McGee Nuclear Corporation desires to allow the Technology Division of the Kerr-McGee Corporation use of certain sections of the Cimarron facility Uranium plant for a bench-scale coal lique-fication development project. The major part of the project vill be located in the warehouse building, the uranium plant laboratory, main offices, and change room areas.
These areas are shown on the attached drawings Nos. CIM-IA and CIM-IB.
The coal liquefaction project is a joint venture or the Kerr-McGee Corporation (KMC) and the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) to demonstrate and evaluate the technical feasibility of advanced coal liquefaction processes.
In Attachment A, a general descrip-tion of the coal liquefaction project is provided.
Attachment B describes the areas of use; Attachment C gives the personnel organi-zation for the project; Attachment D provides some background infor-mation on the su;,ervisory personnel; and Attachment E lists the anticipated on-going process chemical inventory for the project.
Within this application you will also find the security measures to be taken to assure that personnel not engaged in licensed acti-vities are properly restricted to unc:ntrolled areas or are pro-vided proper escort by the licensee (P.-M ::uclear Cimarron facility personnel) in the controlled areas of the Uranium plant or Plutonium plant.
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Enclosed is a check for $1400.00 to cover this amendment application fee.
Your prompt review and approval of this a=endment to License No.
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a, ADVANCED C0AL LICUEFACTION PROJECT KERR-McGEE CORP 0 RATION CIMARRON FACILITY I.
Introduction In a joint project with the F'ectric Power Research Institute, Kerr-McGee Corporation desires to construct and operate a continuous bench scale unit (15 lb/hr coal) at the Cimarron Facilicy to demonstrate and evaluate the technical feasibility of advanced coal liquefaction processes. A general description of the Advanced Coal Liquefaction project (ACL) is given in Attachment A.
The specific areas requested for this project are described in Attachment B and shown on the attached drawing Nos. CIM-1A and CItt-1B.
An amendment to the Cimarron Facility Standby Operation License No. SNM 928 to allow use of the designated space for n:n-nuclear activity is requirtd.
II. Site Description and Access Control The areas required by the project as specified in Attachment B will be radiologically surveyed and decantaminated as indicated by the survey.
All proposed project areas will be surveyed and decontaminated until the release 2
2 limits of <l5,000 dpm/100 cm maximum, <5000 dpm/100 cm average, and <1000 dpm/
100 cm2 smearable have been achieved.
The ACL project area will be enclosed by security fencing as shown on attach-ed drawings Nos. CIM-1A and CIM-18.
A gate will be installed in the west fence to permit trucking access to the enclosed yard north of the warehouse building. A gate for personnel entry into the ACL project area will also be located in the west fence.
The two gates are to be under the control of the ACL project personnel.
The Kerr-McGee Nuclear Corporation (KMNC) Gur.rd Station will have visible access to these two gates.
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Advanced Coal Liquefaction Project Page 2 The area required for the ACL project in the Uranium Plant will be sealed from the remainder of the Uranium Plant except for emergency exists located in the change rooms and laboratory.
All emergency exists will be equipped with alarms that sound in both the XM4C Guard Station and the ACL project front office and control room.
Personnel assigned to the ACL project will be issued key cards for access to the parking lot. ACL project visitors will be held at the front gate by KMflC until authorization for entry has been given by ACL project man-agement. Visitors will be met in the ACL project lobby and required to sign in. Unexpected visitors will be 'et at the f> ont Octe and escorted to the ACL project area by ACL project personnel.
These precautions will prevent unauthorized entry to areas outside of the designated ACL project area.
III. Manpower and Orcanization Structure An organization chart and manpower summary is presented in Attachment C.
It is expected that many of the projected manpower requirements, both for operations and laboratory, will be filled by people who had worked at the Cimarron Facility prior to its shutdown.
In addition, several key person-nel already involved in the ACL project, including the Project Manager, were previously employed at the Cimarron Facility. This will provide within the project the necessary experience with the security and radio-logical requirements of the Cimarron Facility.
Brief employment histories of personnel which ara in the ACL project and worked previously at the Cim-arron Facility are summarized in Attachment D.
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Process Description and Safety Precautions A general process description and block diagram is presented in Attachment A.
The chemicals used in process and their maximum anticipated inventories are given in Attachment E.
Liquid and solid wastes and products will be drummed and shipped from the Facility for proper disposal.
All shipments will be carried out in accord-ance with Oklahoma State Health Department and U. S. Department of Transpor-tation regulations for materials of this nature.
The process off gases will be vented and any pollutant quantities present held to the limits specified by the Oklahoma Clean Air Act.
The proc 2ss off-gas strw.ns will have a total rate of approximately 3 lb/hr and contain on the order of 37 wt.%
water, 29 wt.% hydrogen, 21 wt.% methane and 13 wt.% hydrocarbon vapors.
Because of the solvents and hydrogen used in the process, the process area will be operated as a Class I, Division 2 area. All electrical equipment and wiring will conform to the National Electrical Code requirements for this classification.
The process building will be ventilated by both general ventilation and spot ventilation as needed.
Existing hoods in the laboratory will be used for lab work requiring ventilation.
The recommended practices set forth in the Industrial Ventilation manual will be followed for ver.tilation systems design and operations.
A fire prevention system will be installed and maintained in accordance with applicable NFPA regulations.
Fire water pumps and hoses will be loca-ted south of the warehouse. The water supply will be from the existing
k Advanced Coal Liquefaction Project Page 4 water treatment plant in the Uranium plant. Although the water treatment plant is no longer operated, the lake water lines and pumps are fully opera-tional.
Additional lines will be run to the ACL area.
The proposed loca-tion for the fire water station is shcwn on drawing No. CIM-1 A.
Portable fire extinguisSers will be located at strategic points throughout the ACL area.
The pr3 posed process area is more than 200 feet from the Plutonium Plant.
With above safety precautions and the safe operating record of similar coal liquefaction pilot plants, it is believed that the ACL project will present no additional hazard to the balance of the Cimarron Facility.
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Personnel Protection Program ACL personnel will be only admitted to designated ACL areas which have been decontaminated. Therefore, the usual health physics monitoring pro-gram will not be required.
Pre and pcst-employment physical examinations as well as annual physicals examinations will be given to ACL personnel working in the laboratory and operations areas.
Other testing and exami-nations will be conducted as required by the Occupational Safety and Health Standards for General Industry 29CFR Part 1910.
Arrangements have been made with the Logan County Health Center located on Hwy. 33 just west of Guthrie and with doctors at the neighboring clinic to handle industrial accidents.
The KMNC ambulance will be available for use by ACL personnel.
The operating personnel will be thoroughly trained in the operations, the properties of the chemicals used and the appropriate health and safety precautions. They will also be trained in first aid and fire fighting skills The personnel will also be trained in the KMNC Cimarren Facility i
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Advanced Coal Liquefaction Project Page 5 The local fire department will be notified of the nature of the operation Any unique fire fighting problems will be described and methods for hand-ling these problems will be resolved.
VI. procedures for Construction The decontamination work and site preparation, including security fencing for the release of the ACL project area as uncontrolled area, will be done by KMNC personnel or by contractors under the supervision of KMNC personnel.
Contractors and other personnel associated with the project will be required to follow KMNC procedures for visitors to the Cimarron Facility.
Escort services will be provided by KMi!C personnel until' the ACL project area is released as an uncontrolled area.
An ACL representative will be on site when outside contracters are present.
Site preparation is scheduled to start in February of 1980.
Equipment installation is expected to start in April.
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ATTACHMENT A General Description of the Advanced Coal Liquefaction Project The Advanced Coal Liquefaction (ACL) project includes the construction and operation of a Process Development Unit (PDU) along with associated develop-ment and analytical support. This unit will be designed and installed pri-marily using outside engineering and construction firms.
Kerr-McGee personnel will assist in the design, handle the major equipment purchases, and complete the final installation. The major process steps included in the PDU are shown in Figure 1.
It is anticipated that the PDU will process a nominal 15 lbs/hr. of coal on a continuous basic for up to 5 d?ys at a timn.
General process conditions for the PDU include a temperature range from ambient to'9000F with pressures from atmospheric to 3000 psig.
Because of the solvents and hydrogen to be used in the process, the PDU will be operated in a Class I, Div. 2 Area.
Laboratory work associated with this project will involve primarily distil-lations, ignitions, and chromatography analyses.
The general process will include the milling, drying, and blending of raw coal. This coal is then contacted with a process-derived solvent, and con-verted to liquids at elavated temp 2ratures and pressures in the presence of hydrogen.
The resulting mixture is distilled, and then the heavier fractions are put through the Kerr-McGee Critical Solvent Deashing (CSD) step to remove undissolved ash and unconverted coal. The resulting purified liquids are fractionated in the CSD process. These products can be used directly, or hydrotreated for recycle or upgrading.
Attachment A Page 2 Waste gases are to be vented through a suitable stack. Waste liquids and solids will be drummed and shipped to a burial site for disposal.
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ATTACHMENT B Requested Areas of the Uranium Plant for Coal Project A.
Building 4: Warehouse and Office Building - 6000 sq. ft.
The west two-thirds of this building will provide adequate space for the process equipment including coal grinding, blending, and the other process units. The remaining one-third of this building will be used as a store-room and maintenance area and will be separated from the process area by a sealed wall.
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Front Office, Lunch Room, and Change Rooms - 5000 sq. ft.
The laundry room will be eliminated from the men's change room. In addition, access to the uranium process area from the change rooms will be eliminated except as an emergency exit. Additional hallways and doors l
will be added to provide access between the change rooms, laboratory, and process area.
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Laboratory - 3760 sq. ft.
This will include all the laboratory and QA area, but not the Health Physics office. Access to the laboratory will be made through a new hallway along the west side of the men's change room. The door from the labora-tory to the process area will serve only as an emergency exit.
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Outside Area It is anticipated that approximately 80 ft of space will be required on the north side of Building 4.
In addition, the area between the laboratory, the packaged pellet area and Building 4 will also be required. Relocation of the inner fence is planned to courol access in and out of the area.
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ATTACHMENT D CIMARR0N FACILITY AND RELATED EXPERIENCE OF CERTAIN ACL PROJECT PERSONNEL D. E. Rhodes 1965-1972 Various positions in development, Project Manager quality assurance, and operations -
Uranium Plant 1972-1974 Uranium Plant Superintendent 1975 Plutonium Plant Superintendent Other Twenty-three years in Uranium Processing Experience R. C. Janka 1970-1975 Manager of Administration and Account-Sr. Engineer ability for the Cimarron Facility Other Experience Twenty-two years in Uranium Plant activities W. C. Momsen 1968-1973 Operator - Uranium Plant Shift Supervisor 1973-1975 Foreman - Uranium Plant P. R. Rosebeary 1968-1974 Operator - Uranium Plant Shift Supervisor 1974-1975 Laboratory Technician - Plutonium Plant L. G. Hewell 1969-1974 Operator - Plutonium Plant Shift Supervisor 1974-1975 Foreman - Plutonium Plant s'
N' ATTACHMCNT E PROCESS CHEMICALS AND ON-SITE INVENTORY 1.
Hydrogen Hydrogen will be stored in a tube trailer 200 ft. from the process area. The maximum inventory will be 600 pounds.
Items 2-8 will be stored on curbed storage pad south of the Warehouse building.
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Deashing Solvent Hydrocarbons in the boiling range of 200-250 F; 10 drums, 550 gallons maximum.
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Process Solvent Process-derived hydrocarbons in the boiling range.of 400-850 F; 10 drums, 550 gallons maximum.
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The feed coal will be received in sealed 55 gallon drums; 100 drums, 40,000 pounds maximum.
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Ash Concentrate A mixture of mineral residue, liquefied coal, and unconverted coal; 30 drums, 6,000 pounds maximum.
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Liquefied Coal Solidified liquedified coal containing about one percent deashing solvent and six - ten percent proces,s solvent; 25 drums,10,000 pound maximum.
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Product Oil Hydrocarbons in the boiling range of 200-850 F; 10 drums,1,500 pounds maximum.
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Liquid Waste Primarily mixtures of water and the above hydrocarbons; 15 drums, 800 gallons maximum.
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