Contaminated sediment removal from a spent fuel storage canal

Conference · Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1993

OSTI ID:10104049

Geber, K R

A leaking underground spent fuel transfer canal between a decommissioned reactor and a radiochemical separations building at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) was found to contain RCRA-hazardous and radioactive sediment. Closure of the Part B RCRA permitted facility required the use of an underwater robotic vacuum and a filtration-containment system to separate and stabilize the contaminated sediment. This paper discusses the radiological controls established to maintain contamination and exposures As Low As Reasonably Achievable (ALARA) during the sediment removal.

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC05-84OR21400
• OSTI ID: 10104049
• Report Number(s): CONF-930130-3; ON: DE93003618
• Resource Relation: Conference: 26. Health Physics Society midyear topical meeting on environmental health physics,Coeur d`Alene, ID (United States),24-28 Jan 1993; Other Information: PBD: [1993]
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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