Evaluation of Cease Fire CFP 640 for Use in Gloveboxes (Final Report)

Technical Report · Mon Dec 08 00:00:00 EST 2025

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/3007486· OSTI ID:3007486

Grow, David Isaac ^[1]; Kimberley, Jamie ^[2]; Cook, Wesley ^[2]

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1. Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
2. New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM (United States)

A Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) task group was established to discuss and evaluate a candidate fire suppression system (FSS) for gloveboxes (GB) and dropboxes (DB, for brevity, this report will simply refer to gloveboxes). Suitability criteria include compliance, compatibility, and capability. LANL contracted with New Mexico Tech (NMT) to quantitatively evaluate the perfor mance of one of those systems including its ability to extinguish GB fires, limit over-pressurization of the GB, etc. Additionally, the results of these experiments provide data points that could be used when fire hazard evaluations (FHEs) are conducted for determining when to require a fire suppres sion system installation within a GB (as required by NFPA 801, Standard for Facilities Handling Radioactive Materials, DOE Standard 1066-2012 Fire Protection, and AGS-G010-2011 Standard of Practice for Glovebox Fire Protection).

• Research Organization: Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), Office of Defense Programs (DP)
• DOE Contract Number: 89233218CNA000001
• OSTI ID: 3007486
• Report Number(s): LA-UR--25-31884
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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