Results from the tool will be used to review the DOE safety analyses, thus ensuring the safety of the public and workers during operation of the facility. As part of this activity, a mass-balance software tool was developed that enables a quick and comprehensive assessment of the distribution of various chemicals used in the treatment processes. This, combined with thermodynamic analysis software, enables rapid and accurate assessments of the potential for explosion or criticality. If licensed, the PFSF would be constructed on the reservation of the Skull Valley Band of Goshute Indians in Utah. This figure shows results of a watershed model, overlain on a satellite image, indicating how surface features affect the distribution of infiltration.
Excess infiltration is the difference between precipitation and the amount of water infiltrated.
They are also developing technology to assess various approaches to cleaning up contaminated groundwater and estimating the costs of cleanup. In addition, staff evaluated the potential environmental effects of two commercial metal alloy production facilities contaminated by thorium and uranium. Internal corrosion of gas pipelines can occur from a combination of condensed water, brine from formation water, and microorganisms. External corrosion and stress corrosion cracking, which can lead to pipeline failures, have been observed under disbonded polymeric coatings on natural gas pipelines. SwRI scientists also developed a numerical model to evaluate the chemistry of the environment and resulting corrosion under a disbonded coating.