Overview
Great Opportunity
Radioactive Waste Treatment Facility's Abandoned Project
Creates Opportunity – Unused Equipment For Sale
 You
see it in the picture. The footings were poured. The equipment was
delivered. Nothing was ever set up or turned on. Who would do this?
I'll tell you later.
This equipment was not just any equipment. It was the absolute
best. Each piece (there's more than twenty) was the best in its
category. Every environmental concept was fully considered in the
project design.
The best equipment
was purchased to address each defined need. No expense was spared.
Then the whole
project died.
How could someone spend a couple of million dollars and then walk away?
You'll need to read more.
The Best Equipment At A Drastically Reduced Price
If you were
going to process radioactive waste, wouldn't you want the best equipment,
too?
Of course you
would. You'd want to make sure every part of the processing plant protected
the workers and the environment, today and for the future.
A uranium enrichment
plant had accumulated some low level radioactive waste. For years the waste
dirt was accumulated in 55 gallon drums. They needed to prepare this low level
radioactive dirt for disposal.
They decided
to turn it into glass. Simply, the dirt would be heated up with the right
ingredients, agitated and little glass beads would be made.
The drums of dirt were heavy, so they bought a George
Heim drum handler (Item #171). This hydraulic powerhouse sits
on a pedestal and can easily pick up the drums from a pallet, set
them on the scale and then load them in the system.
They needed to know how much dirt was processed, so they purchased
a Multimeasurments drum scale (Item
#172).
Rather than have the human exposure of opening the drums and dumping
the dirt, they decided to cut up the drums with the dirt in them.
The drums were to be lifted into the hydraulic ram powered
hopper (Item
#134). This hopper was to sit on top of two Shredding
Systems, Inc. shredders (Item
#131 & #132) powered by skid mounted hydraulic systems
(Item #133). Of course
all of this system was enclosed to avoid any stray dirt or dust
particles escaping the system.
The entire drum cuttings were conveyed to a 9' x 50' rotary
kiln (Item
#162). The metal was to be removed just before the kiln and
put into the skip hoist (Item
#151).
To supply heat for the system we have a 6MM BTU burner
(Item #121). It
is ceramic lined and coated with aluminum. The heater and
heat exchanger (Item
#122) superheat the air before it is blown into the kiln. This
blower (Item
#123) has a silencer (Item
#124) on the inlet side to avoid disturbing the local animals.
As you would imagine the air exiting the kiln would be filled
with dust. There is the possibility that some of the dust might
be radioactive, so the designers went to extreme measures to capture
all the dust. We've got two large MAC Environmental baghouses
(Item #113 & #114).
To clean the air stream of any errant particles we have a 40'+
long skid mounted MAC Environmental HEPA filter
(Item #111). The
HEPA Filter has 8 bays with pressure sensitive gauges mounted in
the control board. Each of these is equipped with its own roll away
dust tote. The air handling system is carefully designed to distribute
the air evenly into each of the bays and the same care is afforded
to the air as it is brought back together on its way to the
exhaust fan and stack (Item
#112).
Both of the baghouses have a huge blower powered by an electric Baldor 75hp motor (Item
#115) for moving the air. These blowers have pressure sensitive
control valves that alter the amount of air and air pressure moving
through them. Both blowers are sophisticated. Beneath each baghouse
is a screw conveyor (Item
#116).
The Hardy Systems Conveyor pneumatic air handler
(Item #141)
must have been for moving the additive ingredients into the kiln.
Why it took 600' of pipe, I'm not quite sure, but that's what we
have. There is a mix of 5" and 6" diameter pipes. There
are straight pieces (Item
#142) and curved pieces (Item
#143).
The cyclone
must have been for housing and metering the ingredients into the Hardy system.
We even have the two industrial Marco vacuum cleaners
(Item #163 & #164).
The larger one is skid mounted. The smaller one is mounted for towing.
They were for super cleaning the floors where the drums and ingredients
were handled and possibly spilled.
Its possible
that the 18 K propane tank with vaporizer and the rotary kiln with its stand,
rollers and rotary air locks for letting the dirt into and out of the kiln,
all this might also be available.
Everything was there. Boxes of bolts were there. All the gauges
were present. We've got the site plans and they are more than 2"
thick. We've got the manuals for each piece of equipment. We'll
make these plans available to anyone who wishes to have a copy,
same for the manuals. Just contact me with cash, credit or check
and we'll work out shipping.
The backup generator, the cross belt magnet, the enclosed conveyors have
all been sold, but most of the equipment is still available. It
just has to be put together. The pieces are there and the instructions
are available, too.
Let's Dig A Little Deeper Into This Matter
Vortex engineers
designed this project. They'd designed many for this branch of the government.
Dealing with a facility that produces nuclear material and waste requires
the highest level of caution, care and concern, not to mention security.
The entire project
was to be built in a secured area. All the footings you see in this picture
were in that area.
As you might
know there is the first gate to the secured area where our equipment was located.
Getting through this outside fence is difficult. Site security must be notified
from someone on their approved list that you are coming before you get there.
They'll be given your name and who you are to meet. That designated person
must meet you at the gate. You must be escorted.
Inside this
secured area is the area of highest security. If you go into that area in
an inappropriate manner, you are assumed a terrorist and shot. The potential
violation of national security is the justification for this extreme security
measure. The people on the other side of that fence were armed. They didn't
look unfriendly, just business like and busy. I didn't say, "Hi."
Neither did they.
The decision
to halt this project was a catastrophic event for the engineers and for others
involved in the project. Obviously, factors beyond their control altered the
course for this project.
Now much of this first class equipment is available for you. The
supply is limited. The price is reduced. Of course its of a higher
quality than you must have to "get by".
If the price is right for you and you are good putting together
pieces of sophisticated equipment starting with parts and a manual,
this could be your dream purchase. Maybe you'd rather get a certified
representative of the manufacturing company to put this together
for you.
How Can Equipment Abandoned At A Project Help You?
You can see
that the system was super well designed to do process radioactive dirt, but
you probably don't need to process radioactive dirt.
How could you
use a large baghouse? Do you have a wood grain millwork operation? Do you
have a grain elevator that's just coming under a whole new load of dust control
regulations? Have you just been mandated to install baghouses to meet the
particulate air standards?
Would the HEPA
filter be efficient enough to produce a clean room?
I know the shredders could cut up tires, pallets, refrigerators, metal clippings,
etc. Who needs one of these slicers?
If Your Budget Is Limited, Don't Let That Stop You
From Trying To Build A Top Flight Project.
Give me a call.
I want you to make a proposal.
We're going
to sell this equipment.
You might as
well be the one who gets the good deal.
Remember, we
have a very limited supply of equipment. No more equipment is anticipated.
When its gone,
that's all folks.
Contact me today.
Best regards,
Claiborne Thornton
615 834-3529
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