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Test Plan for Engineering Scale
Electrostatic Enclosure Demonstration
1. INTRODUCTION
This test plan defines experimental details of an engineering scab electrostatic enclosure
demonstration to be performed at the Idaho National Engineering Laboratory's (INEL's) Test
Reactor Area (TRA). Electrostatic curtain (ESC) technology may be applied as a contamination
control technique during handling of transuranic (TRU) material such as retrieval of buried waste.
Previous studies of electrostatic devices at the INEL include scoping tests (e.g., glove box
experiments) that identified electrostatic material devices that could repel or attract
plutonium/americium contaminated dust and plutonium/americium particles."2 Techniques were also
developed to characterize size distribution and identify high-Z materials using a cascade impactor and
scanning electron microscope (SEM) with bit-mapping. Studies were conducted on separating
charged particles in an aerosol, materials for ESCs, and electret filters. The results of these studies
were used in a preconceptual design for an electrostatic enclosure.3
Based on the previous studies, practical application of this emerging technology in dealing with
airborne radioactive contamination will be demonstrated and experimentally verified in the fiscal year
(FY)-93 engineering scale experiments.1
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Meyer, L. C. Test plan for engineering scale electrostatic enclosure demonstration, report, February 1, 1993; Idaho Falls, Idaho. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1317964/m1/12/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.