Creative, customer-specific problem solving combined with robust concrete sawing and drilling equipment make Bluegrass an industry leader in the decommissioning of nuclear facilities. With more than 60 diamond core drills and thousands of drill bits, Bluegrass is able to create the most precise drilling solution for the specific job requirement. This means that neither the scope of the project nor the angle or size of a necessary penetration are obstacles for Bluegrass. There are many ways concrete core drilling aids with the overall project-centered solution.
Core Drilling Examples
The decommissioning of nuclear facilities requires precision cutting. Often times concrete core drilling creates easier access for diamond wire sawing equipment. On one project, Bluegrass drilled 80 holes for diamond wire access and rigging 6-12' in length. During another project Bluegrass drilled 40, 6" diameter holes 16' deep intersecting at 45 degree angles at 5 different levels. That same nuclear decommissioning project required additional core drilling of 7, 18' diameter holes 8' deep for removal of ion guide tubes. These are just a few examples that helped our experienced controlled controlled demolition contractors successfully complete more than 110 nuclear decommissioning projects.
Bluegrass has spent almost 30 years developing an impressive understanding of concrete sawing and drilling equipment, which has led to innovative techniques and our company becoming an industry leader in the nuclear decommissioning of facilities.
Bluegrass's concrete sawing and drilling and specifically has successfully completed over 100 nuclear decommissioning projects for government and commercial facilities.
Here are just a handful of concrete core drilling projects:
Drilled (80) holes for wire access and rigging 6-12' in length, LaCrosse Boiling Water Reactor
Drilled holes through 5' of concrete with steel punchings for aggregate and 3" of solid lead liner, Georgia Tech Reactor
Drilled (40) 6" diameter holes 16' deep intersecting at 45° angles at 5 levels, Big Rock Point
Drilled (7) 18" diameter holes 8' deep for removal of ion guide tubes, Big Rock Point
