Following the fatality at Brown's Ferry, the movement of very heavy items such as tool monitors became an important safety issue. As such, our professional riggers / high heavy load lift personnel oversee all such movements. Based on the description of the unit I would highly recommend that any such attempted movement involve personnel with expertise in this area.
********************************************************************** Seth J. Kanter, CHP, RRPT Sr. Health Physicist Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station Mail Sta. 7397 5801 S. Wintersburg Rd. Tonopah, AZ 85354 Phone (623) 393-3130 Cell (602) 376-7131 Fax (623) 393-1853 Unless otherwise noted, all opinions are my own Liviu Librescu ********************************************************************** From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Robert J. Gunter, CHP Sent: Tuesday, March 05, 2013 10:03 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Powernet: moving Pb shield - advice needed Greetings All, We are trying to move a Canberra Model 747 Pb shield into a room and onto its stand and need some advice. We can get it into the room with a forklift and even set it onto the stand, but must then move it about 10 feet. We are concerned with moving it while loaded on the stand as it will be top heavy. We cannot get the forklift into the room. The unit weighs 3000 lbs and has lifting eyes. I am sure someone out there has done this and can give some advice. I would much prefer to lift the device onto the stand once in the room, but am not familiar with small enough portable equipment capable getting into the room through a 36" door and lifting this 3000 lb device. Another way we could do this is to load it onto the stand with a forklift from outside the room and then "slide" it over about 10 feet. This does not seem like a very safe way to do this since it is so top heavy. Perhaps there are lifting devices that can be rented? Any advice would be appreciated. Yours, Rob Robert J. Gunter, MSc, CHP CHP Consultants/CHP Dosimetry www.chpconsultants.com<http://www.chpconsultants.com> www.chpdosimetry.com<http://www.chpdosimetry.com> Toll Free: (888) 766-4833 Fax: (866) 491-9913 Cel: (865) 387-0028 [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> --- NOTICE --- This message is for the designated recipient only and may contain confidential, privileged or proprietary information. If you have received it in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete the original and any copy or printout. Unintended recipients are prohibited from making any other use of this e-mail. Although we have taken reasonable precautions to ensure no viruses are present in this e-mail, we accept no liability for any loss or damage arising from the use of this e-mail or attachments, or for any delay or errors or omissions in the contents which result from e-mail transmission.
