LOCATION: HOPE HOTEL AND RICHARD C. HOLBROOKE CONFERENCE CENTER
Menu: Salad w/Sesame Ginger Soy Dressing, Rolls, Oriental Pepper Steak, Rice, Stir Fried Asian Style Vegetables, Fresh Berries and Whipped Cream with Shortbread Cookies
Program: Piqua Nuclear Reactor Demolition Project
PDH or AIA HSW Credit Available!
Presenters:
Mr. Joe Bissaillon, PMP, AIA, LEED AP BD+C, Vice President, Director, Project Management | Buildings, Woolpert
Ms. Nichole Lashley, President, Director of Federal Contracting, ASC Group Inc./Auxano
Brian Zimmerman, PMP, Department of Energy
The Piqua Nuclear Power Facility was an organic cooled and moderated nuclear reactor which operated just outside the southern city limits of Piqua, Ohio. The plant contained a 45.5 megawatt (thermal) organically cooled and moderated nuclear reactor. The Piqua facility was built and operated between 1963 and 1966 as a demonstration project by the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC). The facility ceased operation in 1966. It was dismantled between 1967 and 1969, and the radioactive coolant and most other radioactive materials were removed. The remaining radioactive structural components of the reactor were entombed in the reactor vessel under sand and concrete.
The radioactive material entombed at the site in 1969 is in the below-ground portion of the reactor complex. In 1968, AEC calculated that the radioactivity would decay to levels low enough to reduce institutional controls by the year 2106.
In May 2022, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) initiated site-demolition activities. After 18 months in the field working on the demolition project, DOE successfully completed the demolition. This included removing and disposing of industrial and hazardous waste from facilities, abating asbestos and lead-based paint, conventionally demolishing the auxiliary building, demolishing the reactor dome and remaining reactor facility structure, and backfilling. Specifically, the project used more than 18,000 tons of backfill and 2,000 cubic yards of concrete. In addition, reconstruction activities were conducted and accomplished over summer 2023. During the demolition, personnel worked more than 42,000 hours without an injury or safety issue. Final walk-downs and city acceptance were completed, with demolition project completion declared in November 2023.
DOE is responsible for long-term custody and stewardship of the entombed radiological materials onsite. In accordance with the Piqua Long-Term Surveillance and Maintenance (LTSM) Plan, DOE performs annual site inspections and conducts radiological surveys to ensure that the entombment remains protective of human health and the environment.
You’re invited to join us to learn more about this extensive demolition project, the challenges encountered and decision making process used by the Department of Energy and their design partners, including the risks associated with demolition of this previously decommissioned nuclear reactor; radiation, other hazardous materials, as well as preliminary identification as a historic structure. The program will discuss these and how material selection helped to mitigate the long-term risk of radiological release.
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