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Improved Technologies for Decontamination of Crated Large Metal Objects

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OSTI ID:827634

The Los Alamos Large Scale Demonstration and Deployment Project (LSDDP) in support of the US Department of Energy (DOE) Deactivation and Decommissioning Focus Area (DDFA) has been identifying and demonstrating technologies to reduce the cost and risk of management of transuranic element contaminated large metal objects, i.e. gloveboxes. DOE must dispose of hundreds of gloveboxes from Rocky Flats Environmental Technology Site (RFETS), Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), and other DOE sites. This paper reports on the results of four technology demonstrations on decontamination of plutonium contaminated gloveboxes with each technology compared to a common baseline technology, wipedown with nitric acid.

Research Organization:
Shaw Environmental; Los Alamos National Lab., NM (US)
Sponsoring Organization:
US Department of Energy (US)
OSTI ID:
827634
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English