Parsons Reaches Significant Milestone on Radioactive Liquid Waste Processing Facility
PASADENA, Calif.-(Business Wire)-September 24, 2009 - Parsons is pleased to announce that it has completed the foundation (base mat) of the Salt Waste Processing Facility (SWPF) at the Savannah River Site (SRS) in Aiken, South Carolina. The SWPF is essential to disposing of approximately 33 million gallons of radioactive salt waste stored at SRS, vitrifying radioactive liquid waste at the Defense Waste Processing Facility, and closing SRS tank farms.
The SWPF’s foundation is a highly critical portion of the 40,000-yd³ facility, designed to enable the structure to withstand natural disasters, including a powerful earthquake. Concrete pouring began in January and continued until this month—286,000 ft³ of concrete, delivered by 1,200 concrete trucks, were required to encase the foundation’s 3 million pounds of steel rod rebar support.
“Parsons is proud to work with the DOE on this important program,” said Tom Roell, current President of Parsons Infrastructure & Technology Group who will take on the newly created position of Group Executive for Operations and Risk, effective October 1, 2009. “The Salt Waste Processing Facility represents the DOE’s commitment to waste cleanup and reducing risk to the public and the environment,” added Roell.
In 2004, the DOE selected Parsons to design, construct, commission, and operate the SWPF for one year. Construction of the facility is well under way and is scheduled for completion in 2011. Startup, testing, and training personnel will follow construction completion.
“Parsons has been working at the SRS for more than 20 years in support of the DOE’s mission,” said Mark Breor, Parsons’ project manager on the SWPF program. When the finished facility joins the DOE’s arsenal of liquid waste treatment systems, Parsons will have delivered the critical component to start emptying and closing the waste tanks.”
Parsons, celebrating 65 years of setting industry standards, is a leader in many diversified markets such as communications, education, energy, environmental, facilities, federal government, healthcare, infrastructure, life sciences, transportation, vehicle inspection, and water/wastewater. Parsons provides technical and management solutions to private industrial customers worldwide, as well as federal, regional, and local government agencies. For more about Parsons, please visit www.parsons.com.
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