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17 November 1976

Quarry, Rock Crushing, Screening and Central Mix Batch Plant Operations for
Cleanup at Enewetok Atoll, M.I.
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REQUIRED AREA FOR CENTRAL MIX BATCH PLANT

1.

Assumptions:
a.

Batch plant will be located in proximity to the proposed site

b.

Dry storage area adjacent the plant should have sufficient

for encapsulation.

capacity to store

2.

three days cement supply.

c.

Cement to be procured in sacks in lieu of large rubber bladders.
(cement filled rubber bladders would weigh approximately 4000 lbs
each and require special equipment for handling.)

d.

A closed bucket or screw elevator with hopper will transfer the
cement to the batch plant bin.

e.

Loaders will feed the aggregate or contaminated materials into
the batch plant bins.

£,

Nominal concrete aggregate storage area will be required adjacent
the batch plant.

Central mix batch plant:
a.

3.

Batch plant will be portable.

(Minimum capacity 60 c.y. per hour)

<A portable batch plant with self erecting mixer can, generally,
be contained in a 20 feet wide x 70 feet long area.

Cement dry storage area:
a.

A wooden dry storage shed approximately 20 feet x 50 feet can

b.

A closed bucket or screw elevator will lead from the shed to the
batch plant cement bin.
A hopper type feed would be placed in
the shed.

store about 3600 cement sacks or roughly three days supply of
cement.

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