Amentum-led Washington River Protection Solutions, the Department of Energy contractor in charge of the 177 underground tanks of radioactive waste at the Hanford Site in Washington state, is looking for firms to do corrosion testing on double-shell tanks.
Washington River Protection Solutions (WRPS) published a notice Wednesday on a federal procurement website seeking “expressions of interest” from potential subcontractors to check for signs of corrosion cracking “based on field samples obtained from the Tank Farms and the development of new tools for corrosion detection.”
The corrosion testing work will be for fiscal 2022, which starts Oct. 1, with the potential for three single option years through fiscal 2025. The subcontractor would be expected to work with the Hanford Site’s Tank Integrity Expert Panel’s corrosion sub-group.
Testing is central to the WRPS corrosion-mitigation program, according to the notice. The deadline for expressions of interest is 4 p.m. Pacific Time on July 16. Questions can be emailed to procurement specialist Al Leduc, at [email protected].
Only 28 of the 177 Hanford tanks, holding radioactive waste generated from decades of plutonium production for the military, are double-shelled. By the end of 2023, DOE is scheduled to start converting low-activity tank waste into a more stable glass form at the Waste Treatment Plant being built by Bechtel.The first low-activity waste treated will come from double-shell tanks at the AP tank farm, according to a DOE video.
Separately, WRPS is seeking expressions of interest from potential subcontractors capable of recycling radiologically contaminated lead. Replies to that notice are due by 4 p.m. P.T. on July 12. Inquiries should be sent to senior procurement specialist Sam Espiritu, [email protected].
WRPS generates radiologically contaminated lead that has been used as shielding in the Hanford Site’s tank farms and is interested in a subcontractor to provide people and facilities to handle the recycling for fiscal 2022. The work could extend for four additional option years, through fiscal 2026, according to the notice.
