Decontamination of the Scrap Removal Room at the West Valley Demonstration Project. [Scrap Removal Room]

Technical Report · Sun Feb 01 04:00:00 EST 1987

OSTI ID:6240884

Bridenbaker, W A; Clemons, L

This report describes the decontamination and decommissioning (D and D) of the Scrap Removal Room (SRR) at the West Valley Demonstration Project (WVDP). The SRR is an area in the former reprocessing plant that is required for use in support of D and D for other plant areas. The SRR contained a 6.8 Mg (7.5-ton) crane for loading waste material into a shielded truck cask. It became radioactively contaminated during fuel reprocessing from 1966 to 1972. This report describes the work performed to accomplish the D and D objectives of removing existing piping and equipment and of reducing radiation and contamination levels, to As-Low-As-Reasonably-Achievable (ALARA) levels for the installation of new equipment. Also reported are pre- and post-radiological conditions, personnel exposure, radioactive waste volume collected, cost and schedule data, and lessons learned.

• Research Organization: West Valley Nuclear Services Co., Inc., West Valley, NY (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC07-81NE44139
• OSTI ID: 6240884
• Report Number(s): DOE/NE/44139-33; ON: DE87011872
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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052001* -- Nuclear Fuels-- Waste Processing
12 MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES
CLEANING
DECOMMISSIONING
DECONTAMINATION
DEMONSTRATION PROGRAMS
EQUIPMENT
FUEL REPROCESSING PLANTS
HIGH-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTES
MATERIALS
NUCLEAR FACILITIES
PHASE TRANSFORMATIONS
PIPES
RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS
RADIOACTIVE WASTES
REMOVAL
SCRAP
SOLID WASTES
SOLIDIFICATION
WASTES
WEST VALLEY PROCESSING PLANT