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Appendix F - Detailed Description of Alternative 3: DoFIRI.-2o01-11<br />
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2 F.2.1.2 Grout Electrical Gallery. To encase the waste and provide support for waste<br />
3 containers to be placed in the pipe gallery above, the electrical gallery would be grouted.<br />
4 Cement grout would be placed into the containers through a hole in the slab above and centered<br />
5 on the container. The flowable grout to surround the containers would be placed after the<br />
6 containers are partially filled with grout. Flowable cement grout could be obtained with a<br />
7 strength of 14 kg/cmZ (2001b/in2). This could be pumped under low pressure, just sufficient to<br />
8 positively fill voids and prevent shrinkage, and would provide the necessary support to the<br />
9 second floor. Grout amendments, such as fly ash or zeolite clays, would be considered for all<br />
10 grouting activities to reduce potential for leaching of radioactive isotopes. Grouting each<br />
11 container as the galleries are filled would have the advantage of providing radiological shielding<br />
12 for subsequent container placement.<br />
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14 Grouting around the containers would be alternated with grout placement inside the containers.<br />
15 Grouting would be done in lifts to maintain loading on the gallery walls to an acceptable level.<br />
16 Additional benefits of grouting in lifts are that the cargo containers would not float and the heat<br />
17 of hydration would occur over a longer time. By limiting the grout lifts to half the gallery wall<br />
18 height and waiting for the grout to reach adequate strength, the grouting could occur without<br />
19 backfill in place on the wall's exterior. Grout placed around the containers would be delivered<br />
20 into the gallery through existing rectangular openings at the edge of the floor slabs. As the grout<br />
r'21 reaches its required design strength, the engineered fill would be placed against the gallery wall<br />
22 on the exterior of 221-U. This approach would be typical for all three galleries.<br />
23<br />
24 F.2.1.3 Filt Pipe Gallery with Containerized Waste. The second gallery level to be filled with<br />
25 waste would be the pipe gallery. It is also divided into two segments by the railroad tunnel. The<br />
26 main segment is approximately 225 m (740 ft) long. An estimated 37 waste containers would be<br />
27 placed in this gallery in the same manner as described for the electrical gallery. An earth-fill<br />
28 access ramp would be constructed and the end wall of the gallery would be removed. The<br />
29 temporary cover and rollup door used for the lower level gallery would be relocated.<br />
30<br />
31 F.2.1.4 Grout Pipe Gallery. The pipe gallery would be grouted in the same manner as the<br />
32 electrical gallery. Grout would be placed in the containers and around the containers in lifts.<br />
33 The grout would be placed from the operating gallery level.<br />
34<br />
35 F.2.IS Fill Operating Gallery. The uppermost gallery, the operating gallery, has more room<br />
36 available for container placement than the electrical or pipe galleries because its length is not<br />
37 affected by the railroad tunnel. It is estimated that 40 containers would be placed in the<br />
38 operating gallery. To access this gallery, backfill and an access ramp would have to be enlarged<br />
39 at the south end of the gallery.<br />
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