Department of Energy FY 2012 Congressional ... - The FIRE Place

Building 9204-2E
Replace a Kathabar (large humidifier) needed to maintain humidity within ±2 percent required for
manufacturing parts, upgrade monitoring/control systems in the environmental room, and upgrade
inefficient/degraded house and machine vacuum systems.
Critical Decision 3A approved the demolition of Kathabar 3350.
Brief Description
System Building 9212 Scope
Steam distribution system Replace degraded steam line and pressure-reducing stations in Building 9212.
Cooling Tower water Dismantle and remove (D&R) final tie-ins and replace at same location; Install new
piping and valves in an alternate location. Not included in the scope is the removal
of the abandoned equipment.
Motor Control Centers
(MCC) 231-1A, 354-1A
D&R the old MCC (231-1A) and install a new Power Panel in a nearby location.
D&R the old MCC (354-1A) and Install a new, smaller MCC in an alternate
location.
Switchgear 218 D&R the old switchgear and install new switchgear in the same location.
Switchgears 221 / 308 Provide new switchgear breakers and install in the existing locations.
Stack 33 automatic control
system
Casting furnace vacuum
system pumps
Stacks 110 and 43 fans,
motors, and filter housings
Stacks 38, and 48 fans,
motors, and filter housings
Install a manually operated damper control system to replace the current
(inoperable) automatic system.
D&R two of the existing vacuum pumps and install new ones in the same location.
Install new equipment in an alternate location, route exhaust flows to the existing
stack 110. D&R Stack 43.
Install new equipment in an alternate location, combine exhaust flows to a single,
combined new stack.
Stack 27 ductwork Replace ductwork in basement by providing an alternate routing exterior to the
building to a combination of new roof exhaust fans and Stack 28, not located in the
head house basement. D&R of the existing stack and associated equipment in the
basement is not included in the NFRR scope.
9 204-2E Scope
Kathabar system replacement Upgrade the Kathabar 3350 system.
FY 2012 activities include start of construction.
Funds appropriated under this data sheet may be used to provide independent assessments of the
planning and execution of this project. Construction funds appropriated in FY 2012 will be used only
after CD-3 approval.
The project is being conducted in accordance with the project management requirements in DOE
O 413.3B, Program and Project Management for the Acquisition of Capital Assets, and all appropriate
project management requirements have been met.
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