PUREX/UO{sub 3} facilities deactivation lessons learned: History

Technical Report · Tue Nov 25 00:00:00 EST 1997

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/362353· OSTI ID:362353

Gerber, M S

In May 1997, a historic deactivation project at the PUREX (Plutonium URanium EXtraction) facility at the Hanford Site in south-central Washington State concluded its activities (Figure ES-1). The project work was finished at $78 million under its original budget of $222.5 million, and 16 months ahead of schedule. Closely watched throughout the US Department of Energy (DOE) complex and by the US Department of Defense for the value of its lessons learned, the PUREX Deactivation Project has become the national model for the safe transition of contaminated facilities to shut down status.

• Research Organization: Fluor Daniel Hanford, Inc., Richland, WA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Environmental Restoration and Waste Management, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC06-96RL13200
• OSTI ID: 362353
• Report Number(s): HNF-SP-1147-Rev.2; ON: DE99050364; BR: EW3135040; TRN: AHC29926%%7
• Resource Relation: Other Information: PBD: 25 Nov 1997
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

05 NUCLEAR FUELS
PUREX PROCESS
FUEL REPROCESSING PLANTS
DECOMMISSIONING
SHUTDOWN
DECONTAMINATION
HANFORD RESERVATION