Decontamination and decommissioning facility environmental assessment, Feed Materials Production Center, Fernald, Ohio

Technical Report · Mon Aug 01 04:00:00 EDT 1988

OSTI ID:6826372

The Feed Materials Production Center (FMPC) is a US Department of Energy (DOE) uranium metal production facility located on a 425-hectare site near Fernald, Ohio. Operations at the FMPC result in radioactive contamination of tools, scrap materials, equipment and vehicles used in materials transport. Items requiring decontamination range from small hand tools to large pieces of machinery and bulk containers used for transporting uranium-bearing powders. At the present time, only a small decontamination and decommissioning (D D) facility is in operation at the FMPC. The existing facility is inadequate to handle current and future operational needs in an environmentally acceptable manner. In recognition of the inadequacy of the existing facility and in anticipation of expanded future requirements, the DOE proposes to construct a new D D facility at the FMPC as part of the Environmental, Health and Safety Improvements project. The proposed facility is intended to provide for a variety of cleaning and decontamination processes. The types of materials expected to be treated in the facility include the following: contaminated scrap metal, vehicles, reusable equipment, T-hoppers, and furnace pots. This document discusses the proposed action, the alternatives, the affected environment, the environmental consequences, mitigation measures and persons and organizations consulted. 57 refs., 6 figs., 11 tabs.

• Research Organization: Department of Energy, Oak Ridge, TN (USA). Oak Ridge Operations Office
• Sponsoring Organization: DOE/EH
• OSTI ID: 6826372
• Report Number(s): DOE/EA-0333; ON: DE90016205
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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12 MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES
ACTINIDE COMPOUNDS
CLEANING
CONSTRUCTION
CONTAINERS
DECOMMISSIONING
DECONTAMINATION
ELEMENTS
EQUIPMENT
FEED MATERIALS PLANTS
FEED MATERIALS PRODUCTION CENTER
FURNACES
INDUSTRIAL PLANTS
METALS
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
NUCLEAR FACILITIES
PURIFICATION
REMEDIAL ACTION
SCRAP
SCRAP METALS
SOLID WASTES
URANIUM COMPOUNDS
US AEC
US DOE
US ERDA
US ORGANIZATIONS
VEHICLES
WASTES