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Document #: SD-WM-RPT-177

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VAPOR SAMPLING SYSTEM VAPOR & GAS SAMPLING OF SST 241 -SX-101 USING THE

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NOW 7 1995 ENGINEERING DATA TRANSMI~AL

DISTRIBUTION ING AND MOBILE LABS

ING USING THE VAPOR SAMPLING SYSTEM

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SUPPORTING DOCUMENT 2. T i t l e

VAPOR AND GAS SAMPLING OF SINGLE-SHELL TANK 241- SX-101 USING THE VAPOR SAMPLING SYSTEM 5. Key Words

241 -SX- 101 vss SUMMA TST SORBENT TANK 7. Abstract

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6. Author

Name: G.S. CAPRI0

OrganizationKharge Code OM624/6~/720

THIS WCUMENT PRESENTS SAMPLING DATA RESULTING FROM M E JULY 21, 1995, SAMPLING OF SST 241-SX-101 USING THE VAPOR SAMPLING SYSTEM.

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SAMPLING EPUIPMENT DESCRIPTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 2.1 VAPOR SAMPLING SYSTEM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

SAMPLING EVENT DESCRIPTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 3.1 SPECIFICATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 3.2 OPERATIONS AND SAMPLING PERSONNEL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 3.3 INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE FIELD RESULTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 3.4 AMBIENT CONDITIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 3.5 SAMPLE COLLECTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 3.6 FIELD GC/FID RESULTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 3.7 RADIATION SCREENING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

SAMPLE CHAIN OF CUSTODY: RECEIPT. STORAGE. AND SHIPMENT . . . . . 7

QUALITY ASSURANCE AND CONTROLS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 5.1 VAPOR SAMPLING SYSTEM CLEANING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 5.2 INSTRUMENT CALIBRATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 5.3 BLANK SAMPLES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

ANOMALIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

REFERENCES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

APPEND ICES

A SAMPLE LOG SHEETS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-1

B AMBIENT CONDITIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-1

C CHAIN-OF-CUSTODY FORMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-1

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LIST OF TABLES

1 Flow Control Cal ibrat ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

2 TOCResults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

3 Radionuclide Analysis Results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

4 Pac i f ic Northwest Laboratory Samples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

5 Cal ibrat ion Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

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software used t o contro l the GC. The GC i s plumbed t o d i r e c t l y t rans fer sample from the VSS manifold t o the GC sample l oo . Af te r the sample i s

manually. HP-Chemstationr software act ivates the 10 p o r t valve t o t rans fer the sample from the sample loop t o the column. column and the F I D generates a signal f o r TOC. A l l data i s then transmit ted t o the computer where i t i s stored f o r f u r the r analysis.

The GC i s equip ed w i th a HP-5 column which i s 2 meters long, 0.25 m i ns ide

oven i s p r ramed t o heat from 50 "C t o 270 "C a t a r a t e o f approximately 70 *C per m ? nute. Helium i s the c a r r i e r gas, a i r and hydrogen the combustion gases, and ni t rogen the make-up gas.

The GC/FID i s configured t o quant i ta t ive1 estimate concentrations o f TOC.

concentrations during samplin , and TOC concentration o f tank vapor samples.

basis, the l a s t t ime being January 1995. The GC/FID has displayed a high degree o f s t a b i l i t y over a per iod o f months. For fu r the r deta i ls , see Section 3.6, F ie ld GC/FID Results.

The sampling manifold a l j o has a s ta t i on f o r sampling vapor w i t h evacuated SUMMA canisters. SUMMA canisters are stainLess-steel vessels w i t h in te rna l surfaces tha t *have been prepared by the S U W process, which passivates act ive s i t es on the canister wal ls t o minimize adsorptlon o f gases and vapors. An ana ly t i ca l laboratory must clean and evacuate SUmA Canisters before use. The evacuated canister i s f i l l e d w i th sample vapor through a banually operated valve, which i s then closed t o seal the sample inside. SUmA canisters essent ia l l y a l low co l l ec t i on and t rans fer o f whole-air samples from the sample s i t e t o an ana ly t i ca l laboratory where the sample i s analyzed. The standard capacity o f each SUMMA canister i s 6 l i t e r s .

t ransferred i n t o the sample loop and reaches equi ! i b r i u , the run i s i n i t i a t e d

diameter, and w R i c h contains a 0.25 um phenyl methyl s i l i cone phase. The GC

The GC/FIO confirms sampling system clean f iness, ambient a i r background TOC

The system i s mul t i -po int ca l 9 brated a t the weather s ta t i on on a as avai lab le

The sample passes through the

3.0 SMPLIWG EVENT DESCRIPTIOW

3.1 SPECIFICATIONS

The Vapor Issue Resolution Program speci f ies sampling requirements i n UHC-SO-WM-TP-335, Rev OE, Ya r Sampling and Analysis Plan (Homi 1995). The

be col lected, f low rates, and durations. These ey sampling parameters are sumarized on the sample l o g sheets i n Appendix A. l o g sheets, checksheets f o r each ind iv idua l sample he1 ensure correct

sample event's pro ject -speci f ic number i s S5-045.

Sampling and Analysis Plan a r so speci f ies the t y es and nunbar o f samples t o

sampling procedures. SML re ta ins these documents i n t R e p ro jec t f i l e . This

I n add i t ion t o the sample

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3.7 RADIATION XREENIWG

Samples are unconditionally released from the SST farm in accordance with 1995-33300-RSP-03, Release o f Vapor Sampling Equfpmnt (YHC 1995~). Radiological screening results are used to determine (1) if the samples must be shipped as radioactive or nonradioactive in accordance with U.S. Departlont of Transportation (DOT) regulations and (2) if the samples m e t the laboratory acceptance cri teri a.

The DOT limits for shipping a nonradioactive sample are 2,000 combined pCi/g of beta-gama activity and alpha activity. Samples exceeding these DOT limits may be shipped as radioactive material if the samples do not exceed the following 1 aboratory acceptance criteri a:

PNL : Beta-gama activity t400 pCi/g of sample media. Alpha activity 4 0 0 pCi/g of sample media.

To protect the sampling manifold and sampling devices from radioactive particulates, all sample vapor for the July 21, 1995, SST 241-SX-101 vapor sampling event was drawn through a series of four glass-fiber high-efficiency particulate air (HEPA) filters placed upstream of the sampling manifold. These four filters were in place any time tank vapors were flowing through the system. When sampling was complete, the filters were removed and assigned unique sample identifiers. All four HEPA filters were submitted to Laboratory 2 2 2 4 for total alpha, total beta, and g a m a energy analysis (GEA). The HEPA filter closest to the sampling manifold was analyzed to determine if the samples met DOT shipping criteria and laboratory acceptance criteria. Moisture from the tank vapors was collected in a silica gel trap through one of the sorbent station ports and analyzed for tritiated water. SST 241-SX-101 filter and silica gel analysis results are shown in Table 3. SML scientists use the activity results in Table 3 to calculate pCi/g of sample media. SML maintains this information in the project-specific file. The results in Table 3 indicate that the samples collected from SST 241-SX-101 met the laboratory acceptance criteria and the DOT definition of a nonradioactive shipment .

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Sample I d e n t i f i e r F i l t e r

Upstream HEPA S5045-A28,OUl f i l t e r (box)

A c t i v i t y Results' (pCi /sampl e)

Act i v i tub (pCi/L o f tank gas]

Total Alpha = 24200 = 79.1

GEA = 74.1 ( CS) = 0.2 GEA = 2520 (:?L) = 8.2 GEA = 8290 (zlzBi) = 27.1 GEA = 8040 ( Pb) = 26.3

Total Beta =,f?600 = 96.7

S5045-A29.ODl = t0.002 = 0.01 I = 0.08

Total Alpha = t0.729 Total Beta =&81 GEA = 25.6 ( Cs)

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ond DOT limits. Tha snples are nonradioactive. These results -re wa1ut.d w n i n t I.boratory mxptmm criteria

' A l l less than (<) velu. reprnent the m i n i m detection limits at L.boratwy 222-t.

'Nmkrs bsed on an approximation of the total wlum of tmk vapor through the E P A f i l t a n . Appndix A and the sHple checksheets were urd to n t i m t e total f lw thraOh the V I S of 306 1.

Wunbcr i s celculated usinp a total v o l m of 1 L pssinp thrOuph the tritim trp.

Upstream HEPA S5045-A30.0U2 f i l t e r (VSS)

Downstream HEPA S5045-A31.OD2 f i l t e r (VSS)

T r i ti urn t rap S5045-AO3.OTl

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Total Alpha = 4 . 2 5 = t0.004 Total Beta = 4.25 = 0.01 GEA = <detectable = <detectable

Total Alpha = <0.654 = t0.002 - to.009 GEA = t25.4 ( Cs) = t0.08

= t50.0'

Total Beta = ,&$.65

Total a c t i v i t y = t50.0

A l l sorbent t ra ins , sorbent tubes, and S M * canisters received from PNL are kept i n a custody locked storage area maintained by SML. Sorbent t r a i n s and tubes were maintained a t 4 * 2 "C i n a re f r i ge ra t i on unit. S U W * canis ters were stored i n the same locked storage area, but were no t re f r igerated. These sampling devices were picked up from PNL by SML and transported i n a government vehic le t o a custody locked storage area.

A f te r sampling, the PNL sorbent tubes and SUMMA* canisters were transported by government vehic le d i r e c t l y t o PNL and del ivered t o J. A. Edwards on July 27, 1995. Table 4 l i s t s the sample i den t i f i e rs , sample types, and COC f o r n numbers f o r a l l PNL samples.

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S5045-AO8. US3

S5045-AO9. U84 S5045-AlO.U85

S5045-A11 .U86

Table 4. Paci f ic Northwest Laboratory Samples.

NH,/NO,,/I$O sorbent 008912 NH#@,,/$O sorbent 008912

N0,/H20 sorbent 008912

NH,/H20/H20 sorbent 008912

I Sample I d e n t i f i e r I Sample Type I COCNumbar I

S5045-A21.543

I S5045-AO1.026 I Ambient upwind SUMMAN I 008913 I

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1 S5045-A02.031 I Ambient S W N (VSS) I 008913 I I S5045-A04.057 I SUMMAN I 008913 I I S5045-A12.058 I SVHMArn I 008913 I I S5045-A20.059 I S W N I 008913 I

I S5045-A22.544 I PNL TST F ie ld Blank 1 008914 I I S5045-A23.545 PNL TST Tr ip Blank I 008914 I I S5045-A24.546 I PNL TST Tr ip Blank I 008914 I

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Set up VSS ISecton AllTrmp.ret~~re set point - 60'Cl Ensure HEPA filters are i r r t l k d E n u r e ~ t o . n p k p m l N Svrt.m .t.tur d u c k dud. We* zones are to tunpl Tank Temperotwm 36.3 C GC Stendorti Rum GC Ambient Air Rwu through port 10

w..1. lmk U l d X - l o l

D.1.: 7121195 VSS Penoml : Copdo, Westberg, Utecht, and M.hm

pN4 Oednd Desired Desired A c t d ACtUOI ACtuJ ACtUd Actual # ORNL Port D.SCriptim A o w D u m k n T0t.l Aow SUrt End T0t.l T d

WHCSmpIeID SunpbID VIIIW X R.1. lmh.1 Aow R.1. Thu Tm. TbM Row p 1mh.l s sccM SCEU SCCM -

7133.50 $I Purwwithmbi.m.irfor3Omh. h m i g h t 5500 30 165000 5500 7nO-1022 7 n 1 - 7 5 9 1297 I

W S5045- AO1.026 026 AMBIENT 11 1 9:17 9:18 1 6 I w 4

923 4 GC Run 11

S5045- A02.031 031 15 AMBIENT 12 1 9 : G 9 3 1 1 6 GC RUN12 Ambient air

LEAK CHECKIAPPENDIX AI Leak Rete: 4 torrhr

pwee with tmk sir for 30 mh 5500 30 165000 5500 11:18 11:- 30 165.00 Measure tank pressure

Ambient air/Cleanliness check . 944 P c

PE-1 P 738.9 torr

GCRUN 13 flank run Ill 11 :57 S5045- A04.057 057 11 SUMMA 13 1 1 2 0 3 1 2 0 4 1 6.00

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S5045- A06.638 TSTt538 2 S6045- A07.539 TsT1539 3

S5045- A03.0T1 T-2226 1222-SI 4

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200 6

200 5

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1000

1000

1000

1000

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SCCM

200.00 1.210

200.00 1210

191.10 1210

200.00 1210

5 1.00 1215

1215 6 1.00

5 0.96 1215

1216 5 1 .OO

- -- - -- S5045- A08. U83 U83 6 NH3/NOx/H20(11) 200 15 3000 200.00 1210 1225 15 3.00 j!

1225 15 3.00 ? ? 5

- S5045- AO9. U84 U84 6 NH3NOx/HZO(I2) 200 15 3000 200.00 1210

S5045- AlO. U85 U86 7 NOxR120 (I31 200 15 3000 188.60 1210 1225 15 2.03

' S5045- A1 1. U86 U86 8 NH3/HZO/H20(#4) 200 15 3000 193.30 1210 1225 15 2.90

GCRUNI4 (Tankrun 1 2 1 1227 4 1

S5045- A12.058 066 13 SUMMA 14 1 1231 1232 1 6.00 t; 4

S5045- A13.540 TSTI640 1 TST I 4 200 5 1000 200.00 1236 1241 5 1.00 - S5045- A14.541 TSTt541 2 TST I 5 200 5 lo00 200.00 1236 1241 5 1.00 g S5045- A15.542 TSTI542 3 TST I 8 200 5 1000 197.90 ' 1236 1241 5 0.99 $

55045- A17. U88 UB8 6 NHJ/NOx/H20 (161 200 15 3ooo 200.00 1236 1251 15 3.00

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S5045- A16. U87 U87 5 NH3iNOxM20115) 200 15 3000 200.00 1238 1251 15 3.00

S5045- A18. U89 U89 7 NOxR120 ($7) 200 16 3000 190.30 1236 1251 15 2.85

S5045- A1 9. US0 US0 8 NH3/H2O/H20(181 200 15 3000 194.40 1236 1251 16 2.92 -

GCRUN 15 (Tank run 13 1253

S5045- AZO. 059 059 15 SUMMA I 6 1 1258 1259 1 6.00

SXlMXLS 7- 813AM 2 0 1 6

sx-101 TOTAL TANK VAPOR USED

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AMBIENT COWDITIONS

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WHC-SD-WM-RPT-177, Rev. 0 Battelle I CHAIN OF CUSTODY WIIC 008913 Pacific Northwest Lab 1 Custody rmon Initintor J. A. Edwards - PNL Colnpny Contan R. 0. Mahon - WHC

proieec DerianstionlSamplina h t i o n : 200 Wall Tank Farm 241-SX-101 Tnnk Vapor Sample S M 55045

WSS Tack) In Chert No.

Bill of LodinJAirbkll No.

MclW of Shipment

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Govemmenl Truck

Telephone (509) 373-0141 Pnge 85-3009 I FAX 378-0418

Telephone' (509)- 373-2891 P p ~ e 85-3152 I FAX 373-3793

Collection dace Prepration dnte

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Shipped IO PM.

Possible Sample H~rdrlRemUxs Unknown nt time of samplin8

Snmple klrclt i l i i iun

S5045 - A01 .026 S5045 - A02 .03 1

S5045 - idM. 057 S5045 - A12.058 S5045 - A20.0S9

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Ambient Air SUMMA #1 Upwind of SX-101 W i e n t Air SUMMA #2 Tluough Port # 15

SUMMA#3 Port# 15 . SUMMA #4 Port # 15 SUMMA #S Port # 13

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Finn1 Sample Disposition Comments:

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