Decommissioning handbook
- Enserch Environmental Corp., Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
The purpose of this paper is to provide information on the Handbook and its application as a resource in decontamination and decommissioning (D and D) work. The nature of the unique hazards contained in nuclear facilities demand a comprehensive step-by-step program to cover their design, licensing, and commissioning or start-up. Similarly, because of residual radioactivity, a termination of operations (decommissioning) also presents hazards that must be addressed from a technological and programmatic standpoint. To meet the needs raised by these issues, the original Decommissioning Handbook was prepared in 1980 by Nuclear Energy Services under contract to the United States Department of Energy (DOE). Its mission was to provide technical guidance on the D and D of both commercial and government-owned nuclear facilities, including characterization, decontamination, dismantling, and disposition (disposal or salvage) of a facility`s equipment and structure. In addition, depending on the regulatory requirements for material disposal and/or the wastes generated by decontamination, the management of waste can also be considered as a decommissioning activity. Chapters are Operational and predecommissioning activities; Decommissioning project; Decommissioning plan; Regulations; Final project configuration; Characterization; Waste treatment; Decontamination; Dismantling, segmenting, and demolition; Remote handling equipment; Environmental protection; Packaging and transportation; and Decommissioning cost estimates. Appendices contain a prediction method for estimation of radiactive inventory and a glossary.
- OSTI ID:
- 49367
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-941189--; ISBN 1-56590-016-2
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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