HOW THE ROCKY FLATS ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY SITE DEVELOPED A NEWWASTE PACKAGE USING A POLYUREA COATING THAT IS SAFELY ANDECONOMICALLY ELIMINATING SIZE REDUCTION OF LARGE ITEMS

摘要

One of the major challenges involved in closing the Rocky Flats Environmental Technology Site(RFETS) is the disposal of extremely large pieces of contaminated production equipment and buildingdebris. Past practice has been to size reduce the equipment into pieces small enough to fit into approved,standard waste containers. Size reducing this equipment is extremely expensive, and exposes workers tohigh-risk tasks, including significant industrial, chemical, and radiological hazards. RFETS has developeda waste package using a Polyurea coating for shipping large contaminated objects. The cost and schedulesavings have been significant.