Atlas Pulsed Power Plant Project
Los Alamos National Laboratory

Owner: San Juan Pueblo/Rankin Hobbs

Engineer: Dean Oliver International

Project Size: 30,000 Square Feet

Contract Amount: $500,000

Completion Date: April 2006

MSR teamed with Martinez & Turek of Rialto, California to furnish and install the support structure for the target chamber, twelve tri-plate tanks with the support structure, twelve maintenance units’ tanks and the steel catwalk that surrounded the Atlas Project. The tri-plate tanks and the maintenance tanks were laid out radially from the center support structure. All equipment was laid in degrees from centerline and distance from center. The tolerances were ± 1/8” across the 80’ diameter of Atlas Project. The existing floor elevation varied ± [NEED NUMBER]”; the tri-plate tanks and the maintenance tanks varied +/-1 1/8”. A sequencing of the tank installation was established to insure tolerances were met. The first week of installation, LANL determined to begin installation of the capacitor and conductor plates before all tanks were completed. This required establishing a new sequencing plan and revision of the quality control plan before the equipment was set.