Underwater Remediation of Energetic Items/Substances in a Water-Filled Limestone Quarry
Abstract
Kerr Hollow Quarry (KHQ) is located approximately 1-1/2 miles South of the U.S. Department of Energy's Y-12 Facility and about 1000-ft North of the Bethel Valley Road. The 3-acre quarry is approximately 55-ft deep and surrounded on three sides by rock bluffs approximately 60-ft high. The quarry was used originally to provide construction material for the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). It was closed in the latter part of the 1940's and permitted to fill with water. It was then used from 1951 to 1988 to treat water-reactive, corrosive, or ignitable waste from Y-12 and ORNL. The waste was received in a variety of containers such as drums, buckets, pipe sections, glass containers, tanks and gas cylinders.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Aug 01, 1996
- Accession Number
- ADA498682
Entities
Organizations
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory