Burial of a high activity waste evaporator tube bundle

Conference · Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 EST 1975

OSTI ID:4080255

Ratchford, D. J.

Transport of a large and highly radioactive piece of failed separations equipment from process building to storage area was achieved with minimum personnel exposure through detailed preplanning by all groups concerned. Plans were developed for remote unloading, use of a sacrificial transport box, use of spacer railroad cars, off-shift movement, extra crane shielding, and radio communications. The entire operation was pretested by a dry run.

• Research Organization: Du Pont de Nemours (E.I.) and Co., Aiken, SC (United States). Savannah River Lab.
• DOE Contract Number: AT(07-2)-1
• NSA Number: NSA-33-020919
• OSTI ID: 4080255
• Report Number(s): DPSPU-75-30-9; CONF-760202-31
• Resource Relation: Conference: 9. topical symposium on operational health physics, Denver, Colorado, USA, 9 Feb 1976; Other Information: Orig. Receipt Date: 30-JUN-76
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

N52200* -Nuclear Materials & Waste Management-Disposal & Storage
N40430 -Chemistry-Radiochemistry & Nuclear Chemistry-Radioactive Waste Treatment
051102*
*EVAPORATORS
*RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL- RADIATION HAZARDS
*RADIOACTIVE WASTES- WASTE TRANSPORTATION
FAILURES
RADIOACTIVE WASTE PROCESSING
TUBES