ML20212P157
| ML20212P157 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Quad Cities  |
| Issue date: | 02/28/1987 |
| From: | WASTECHEM CORP. |
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| References | |
| REF-WM-90 PR-870228, NUDOCS 8703160007 | |
| Download: ML20212P157 (1) | |
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NEWS FROM MBNtefffe#D Westechem Corporation One Kabsa Way February 1987 Paramus. NJ 07652 201/599-2900 Telex: 6853631
- f' g j w y,. y WasteChem Corporation Selected for Cleanout of Quad Cities Fuel Pools Commonwealth Edison Company has selected WasteChem Corporation of Paramus, Now Jersey, as prime contractor for the complete processing and disposal of 55 control rod blades from spent fuel pools at the Quad Cities nuclear station.
WasteChem's responsibilities include the radiation monitoring and waste characterization, processing, transportation and disposal of wastes stored in the pools.
WasteChem will supply all waste handling tools and processing equipment, shipping casks, and personnel for the project. The processing equipment will include WasteChem's Underwater Shear / Compactor (USC) for the volume reduction and packaging of waste materials into shipping containers. The volume reduction provided by the USC is expected to result in significant savings to Commonwealth Edison for transportation and burial of the control rods. Savings will also be realized from a shortened work schedule through reduction of waste processing time and the number of required shipments.
The Quad Cities plant is the second Commonwealth Edison plant to award WasteChem fuel pool cleanout work.
The first plant was Dresden, where WasteChem processed 93 CitD's and 200 fuel channels. In addition, WasteChem processed, packaged and shipped over 200 LPilM's, with fission chambers, for disposal at the Ilichland, Washington burial site, the first such shipment of LPRM's with fission chambers. The fuel pool cleanout techniques and equipment which WasteChem will employ at Quad Cities have a successful 12-year operating history at 22 currently operating nuclear power plants. The experience of the USC for control rod volume reduction is greater than any other processing method now in use.
WasteChem, long a leader in the field of radioactive waste treatment technology, supplies a variety of equipment and services to nuclear utilities and government. In addition to fuel pool cleanout services, the company provides volume reduction and solidification systems and services for disposal of liquid radwaste. In the field of high-level radwnste management, WasteChem is supplying the U.S. Department of Energy with engineering services for the design of vitrification plants at the West Valley and llanford sites.
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