P2 integration into conduct of decommissioning

Conference · Fri Aug 01 04:00:00 EDT 1997

OSTI ID:634008

Boing, L E; Lindley, R

Over the last five years, the D and D Program at the ANL-East site has completed decommissioning of three facilities. Currently, decommissioning of two facilities continues at the site with completion of the JANUS Reactor scheduled for September 1997 and completion of the CP-5 Reactor scheduled for late in CY 1999. In the course of this work, certain waste minimization pollution prevention (WMin/P2) activities have been integrated into all these projects. In most cases, the P2 aspects were key components of the operations that made the best use of available project resources to complete the work safely, within the budget and on or ahead of schedule. This paper will highlight those WMin/P2 activities found most suitable for these D and D operations. Activities covered will include: re-use of lead bricks from a research reactor for shielding material at an accelerator facility, re-use of a reactor out building structure by the on-site plant services group, and several other smaller scope activities which have also helped heighten WMin/P2 awareness in decommissioning.

• Research Organization: Argonne National Lab., IL (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Environmental Restoration and Waste Management, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: W-31109-ENG-38
• OSTI ID: 634008
• Report Number(s): ANL/TD/CP--93868; CONF-970854--; ON: DE97054187
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

05 NUCLEAR FUELS
22 GENERAL STUDIES OF NUCLEAR REACTORS
CP-5 REACTOR
DECONTAMINATION
EBWR REACTOR
JANUS REACTOR
MINIMIZATION
RADIOACTIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT
REACTOR DECOMMISSIONING
WASTE PRODUCT UTILIZATION