SRK’s mine ventilation team has supported the U.S. Department of Energy’s Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) for over 35 years. WIPP is the only U.S. facility for permanent disposal of transuranic nuclear waste. Following a 2014 incident, SRK helped redesign the underground and surface ventilation system, including airflow distribution and numerical model calibration through semi-annual field checks. SRK’s modelling informed the design of the world’s largest high-efficiency particulate air (HEPA) filtration system. The new Safety Significant Confinement Ventilation System will filter up to 540,000 cfm, supported by a dust extraction system with six 100,000 cfm filtration units.
By SRK United States
