DOE 2000. - Waste Isolation Pilot Plant - U.S. Department of Energy

WIPP RH PSAR DOE/WIPP-03-3174 CHAPTER 4
FACILITY DESIGN AND OPERATION
LIST OF FIGURES
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Figure 4.1-1, WIPP Site Boundary and Subdivisions ................................ 4.1-3
Figure 4.1-2a, WIPP Surface Structures ........................................... 4.1-4
Figure 4.1-2b, Legend for Figure 4.1-2a ........................................... 4.1-5
Figure 4.1-3, Planned Disposal Horizon .......................................... 4.1-6
Figure 4.2-1a WHB Plan (Ground Floor) ........................................ 4.2-31
Figure 4.2-1b WHB Plan (Upper Floor) ......................................... 4.2-32
Figure 4.2-2 Waste Transport Routes in the WHB ................................. 4.2-33
Figure 4.2-3 WHB (Sections) ................................................ 4.2-34
Figure 4.2-4 RH TRU 72B Road Cask ......................................... 4.2-35
Figure 4.2-5 RH TRU 10-160B Road Cask ...................................... 4.2-36
Figure 4.2-6 140-Ton Crane Cask Lifting Yoke In Use ............................. 4.2-37
Figure 4.2-7 72B Road Cask on Transfer Car .................................... 4.2-38
Figure 4.2-8 10-160B Transfer Car ............................................ 4.2-39
Figure 4.2-9 10-160B Cask Lid Lifting Fixture ................................... 4.2-40
Figure 4.2-10 RH TRU Canister Assembly ....................................... 4.2-41
Figure 4.2-11 10-160 B 55-Gallon Drum Lift Device ............................... 4.2-42
Figure 4.2-12 Pictorial View of the RH TRU Surface Facilities ........................ 4.2-43
Figure 4.2-13 Shield Valve ................................................... 4.2-44
Figure 4.2-14a Details of Hot Cell .............................................. 4.2-45
Figure 4.2-14b Details of Hot Cell Cross Section at D-D .............................. 4.2-46
Figure 4.2-14c Details of Hot Cell at Cross Section E-E .............................. 4.2-47
Figure 4.2-15a Drum Carriage Lift Fixture ........................................ 4.2-48
Figure 4.2-15b Drum Carriage Lift Fixture and Carriages ............................. 4.2-49
Figure 4.2-16 Shielded Transfer Drawer ......................................... 4.2-50
Figure 4.2-17 Transfer Cell Shuttle Car .......................................... 4.2-51
Figure 4.2-18 Facility Cask ................................................... 4.2-52
Figure 4.2-19 Facility Cask Transfer Car ......................................... 4.2-53
Figure 4.2-20 Facility Cask Rotating Device ...................................... 4.2-54
Figure 4.2-21 6.25-Ton Grapple Hoist ........................................... 4.2-55
Figure 4.2-22 Facility Grapple ................................................ 4.2-56
Figure 4.2-23 Telescoping Port Shield ........................................... 4.2-57
Figure 4.2-24 Bell Shield and Block ............................................ 4.2-58
Figure 4.2-25 Waste Transfer Machine Assembly Installed on the Alignment Fixture ....... 4.2-59
Figure 4.2-26 Shield Plug Carriage ............................................. 4.2-60
Figure 4.2-27 Strongback .................................................... 4.2-61
Figure 4.2-28 RH Emplacement Configuration .................................... 4.2-62
Figure 4.2-29 Facility Cask Installed on the Waste Transfer Machine Assembly ........... 4.2-63
Figure 4.2-30 Exhaust Filter Building ........................................... 4.2-64
Figure 4.2-31 Waste Shaft and Hoist Arrangement ................................. 4.2-65
Figure 4.2-32 Shaft Pillar Area Layout and Ventilation Flows ......................... 4.2-66
Figure 4.2-33 Typical RH and CH Transuranic Mixed Waste Disposal Configuration ....... 4.2-67
Figure 4.2-34 Typical Disposal Panel ........................................... 4.2-68
Figure 4.2-35 Design of a Panel Closure System ................................... 4.2-69
Figure 4.3-1 72B RH TRU Process ............................................ 4.3-18
Figure 4.3-2 10-160B RH TRU Process ........................................ 4.3-19
4-iv January 28, 2003