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Title: Standard Waste Box Lid Screw Removal Option Testing

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1241645· OSTI ID:1241645
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  1. Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)

This report provides results from test work conducted to resolve the removal of screws securing the standard waste box (SWB) lids that hold the remediated nitrate salt (RNS) drums. The test work evaluated equipment and process alternatives for removing the 42 screws that hold the SWB lid in place. The screws were secured with a red Loctite thread locker that makes removal very difficult because the rivets that the screw threads into would slip before the screw could be freed from the rivet, making it impossible to remove the screw and therefore the SWB lid.

Research Organization:
Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Environmental Management (EM)
DOE Contract Number:
AC52-06NA25396
OSTI ID:
1241645
Report Number(s):
LA-UR-16-21652; TRN: US1600701
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English