Safety enhancing D and D technologies

Journal Article · Sat Jul 01 04:00:00 EDT 2000 · Transactions of the American Nuclear Society

OSTI ID:20086969

Bossart, S J; Hart, P W

The Deactivation and Decommissioning Focus Area within the US Department of Energy's (DOE's) Environmental Management Program has been evaluating the performance of innovative and improved decontamination and decommissioning (D and D) technologies in seven large-scale demonstration and deployment projects (LSDDPs). These seven LSDDPs are as follows: (1) Argonne Chicago Pile 5 Research Reactor; (2) Fernald Plant 1 Uranium Processing Facility; (3) Hanford C Production Reactor; (4) Mound Tritium Facilities; (5) Los Alamos National Laboratory Plutonium Glove Boxes; (6) Idaho National Environmental and Engineering Laboratory Underwater reactors; and (7) Savannah River Site Fuel Fabrication Facility 321-M. In LSDDPs, innovative/improved D and D technologies are evaluated alongside the competing baseline technologies for specific applications within DOE's ongoing decommissioning projects. Technologies are evaluated for their potential to reduce cost, improve safety, reduce radiation dose, accelerate schedule, and minimize waste. This paper identifies innovative/improved technologies that were demonstrated to have superior safety features compared to their competing baseline technologies. Safety improvements include eliminating workers at heights, reducing tripping hazards, suppressing noise, reducing airborne particulate, eliminating thermal hazards, minimizing pinch points, reducing vibration, reducing heat stress, reducing fatigue, isolating workers from areas with high radiation, and monitoring of health and safety of workers in the field.

• Research Organization: Dept. of Energy, Morgantown, WV (US)
• OSTI ID: 20086969
• Journal Information: Transactions of the American Nuclear Society, Journal Name: Transactions of the American Nuclear Society Vol. 82; ISSN 0003-018X; ISSN TANSAO
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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