324 and 325 Building Hot Cell Cleanout Program: Air lock cover block refurbishment
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The high-density concrete cover blocks shielding the pipe trench in the hot-cell air lock of the 324 Building Radiochemical Engineering Cells had accumulated fixed radioactivity ranging from 1100 to 22, 000 mrad/hr. A corresponding increase in the radiation exposure to personnel entering the air lock, together with ALARA concerns, led to the removal of the contaminated concrete surface with a hydraulic spaller and the emplacement of a stainless steel covering over a layer of grout. The resultan…
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Date:
May 1, 1989
Creator:
Katayama, Y.B.; Holton, L.K. Jr. & Gale, R.M.
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