Nuclear Rocket Test Facility Decommissioning Including Controlled Explosive Demolition of a Neutron-Activated Shield Wall

Conference · Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 2007

OSTI ID:908403

Kruzic, Michael

Located in Area 25 of the Nevada Test Site, the Test Cell A Facility was used in the 1960s for the testing of nuclear rocket engines, as part of the Nuclear Rocket Development Program. The facility was decontaminated and decommissioned (D&D) in 2005 using the Streamlined Approach For Environmental Restoration (SAFER) process, under the Federal Facilities Agreement and Consent Order (FFACO). Utilities and process piping were verified void of contents, hazardous materials were removed, concrete with removable contamination decontaminated, large sections mechanically demolished, and the remaining five-foot, five-inch thick radiologically-activated reinforced concrete shield wall demolished using open-air controlled explosive demolition (CED). CED of the shield wall was closely monitored and resulted in no radiological exposure or atmospheric release.

• Research Organization: National Security Technologies, LLC (NSTec), Mercury, NV (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
• DOE Contract Number: DE-AC52-06NA25946
• OSTI ID: 908403
• Report Number(s): DOE/NV/25946-180; TRN: US0703689
• Resource Relation: Conference: 2007 American Nuclear Society Topical Meeting on Decommissioning, Decontamination, and Reutilization Paper # 175929 Chattanooga, TN September 2007
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

12 MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES
CONCRETES
CONTAMINATION
DECOMMISSIONING
DECONTAMINATION
DEMOLITION
EXPLOSIVES
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
NEVADA TEST SITE
ORDERS
REINFORCED CONCRETE
ROCKET ENGINES
ROCKETS
SHIELDS
NESDPS Office of Nuclear Energy Space and Defense Power Systems
Nuclear rocket decommission decontamination demolition activation