With eight reactors, I imagine there will be a lot of rad work to be done on the USS-Enterprise. Does anyone know yet where the primary work will be done? It seems the nuclear facilities (Hanford) are mostly on the Pacific side, while the the major ship yard is on the East Coast.
I've read the start date to be sometime in FY 2013. Does anyone have a recent article?
It will be done at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard. They have already started the ramp up of hiring techs. Imagine they still have a couple of more rounds of hiring to go before they start.
Quote from: chrisk500 on Sep 12, 2011, 06:29
It will be done at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard.
No, sorry, that is wrong.
It will be done in Newport News.
Quote from: chrisk500 on Sep 12, 2011, 06:29
It will be done at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard. They have already started the ramp up of hiring techs. Imagine they still have a couple of more rounds of hiring to go before they start.
Quote from: Gamecock on Sep 12, 2011, 07:17
No, sorry, that is wrong.
It will be done in Newport News.
You're both right. From the rumors I hear, the defueling will be done at Newport News, then the Big E will be towed to Puget Sound for the rest of the decommissioning.
Sad to hear, one heck of a ship. Anyone know the plans for her?
Quote from: Zog on Sep 13, 2011, 09:46
Sad to hear, one heck of a ship. Anyone know the plans for her?
Much of the upper decks will have to be torn up to get all 8 reactor compartments out. The Navy doesn't consider it worthwhile to rebuild the ship to turn it into a museum.
Figure either scrapping or a target.
Quote from: matthew.b on Sep 13, 2011, 09:53
Much of the upper decks will have to be torn up to get all 8 reactor compartments out. The Navy doesn't consider it worthwhile to rebuild the ship to turn it into a museum.
Figure either scrapping or a target.
Most likely seems to be the removal of her island for a museum piece and she enters the ship recycling program.
The decomissioning will be done in Newport News, along with de-fueling and as much dismantling as the government will pay them to do. After that it will be tugged around to Puget Sound Naval Shipyard. That is where final dismantling will be performed. As for job oppurtunities, the Radcon work will be covered by the Shipyards rad techs.
Are they going to send the RC packages over to Hanford then?
Quote from: silverbullet02 on Sep 13, 2011, 04:55
Are they going to send the RC packages over to Hanford then?
Yes. But they won't be sent to H anford for a long time. It takes about 3 years to dismantle a cruiser. Who knows how long it will take to dismantle the Big E
Newport News Shipyard is heavy hiring. current round is 75 technicians.
Quote from: nickelrodent on Sep 13, 2011, 06:28
Newport News Shipyard is heavy hiring. current round is 75 technicians.
I worked there for a while a few years back. Would never go back myself.
Quote from: anmaku91 on Sep 13, 2011, 07:09
I worked there for a while a few years back. Would never go back myself.
Why is that?
Pay mostly. If I wanted to move back to that part of the country, Norfolk Naval shipyard pays alot better. I knew people in Newport News who were making about $20 an hour after 15+ years. This was in 2003.
Quote from: anmaku91 on Sep 13, 2011, 02:53
The decomissioning will be done in Newport News, along with de-fueling and as much dismantling as the government will pay them to do. After that it will be tugged around to Puget Sound Naval Shipyard. That is where final dismantling will be performed. As for job oppurtunities, the Radcon work will be covered by the Shipyards rad techs.
I'll bet a steak dinner Big E gets a final dismantle same way previous CVs were done off the coast...
Quote from: HydroDave63 on Sep 25, 2011, 04:20
I'll bet a steak dinner Big E gets a final dismantle same way previous CVs were done off the coast...
I'll take that bet. In order to get the RC packages out, they're going to have to cut away most of the ships hull.
Quote from: anmaku91 on Sep 26, 2011, 09:35
I'll take that bet. In order to get the RC packages out, they're going to have to cut away most of the ships hull.
Which makes BGM-109 decom somewhere off the coast a much more attractive option than barging 9000 miles. Thanks for making my point! ;D
Quote from: HydroDave63 on Sep 26, 2011, 09:56
Which makes BGM-109 decom somewhere off the coast a much more attractive option than barging 9000 miles. Thanks for making my point! ;D
Can't do it, have a treaty with Russia so they can see our containments from space lined up in a pit. All of them are at Hanford with serial numbers.
Arguing apples and oranges. I never said anything about containments, we KNOW what that story is; the question is the post-removal hull/hulk.
Quote from: HydroDave63 on Sep 26, 2011, 02:04
Arguing apples and oranges. I never said anything about containments, we KNOW what that story is; the question is the post-removal hull/hulk.
My point is that there will be no hull left when the containments are removed.
So long, Big E. It was great to know you and all who sailed on you.
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/11/04/world-first-nuclear-powered-aircraft-carrier-uss-enterprise-finishes-final/?test=latestnews
My bet is she will be stripped down as far as possible and still retain weather protection to the hull. She will then sit in floating storage for years before final scraping, just like the Long Beach which was decommissioned in '95 with her final disposal not to begin until next year or later...
Quote from: silverbullet02 on Sep 13, 2011, 04:55
Are they going to send the RC packages over to Hanford then?
Where going to have dig a bigger hole ::)
For any former Big E RC divvers out there. Think of all the cables in the Rod Control Cabinets. Think of a Milwaukee Sawzall with a metal blade. I can assure you that the two of them have been in intimate contact.
Hey all, I am stationed on the Big E right now.
We are in Newport News in the water still for another year or 2, then going to drydock a couple miles away for defuel. To my knowledge, all of us are off the boat by the time she goes to Washington, and that is the distant future (2017 has been thrown around). Hope this helps.
"Think of all the cables in the Rod Control Cabinets. Think of a Milwaukee Sawzall with a metal blade. I can assure you that the two of them have been in intimate contact."
Right when we pulled back in from the last deployment, they handed me a Sawzall and told me we were inactivating rod control today, and I got to go to town. It was a pretty good feeling knowing they couldn't change their minds and send us back out, at least not without a crap ton of work :)