Demolition of the Ashtabula Environmental Management Project's Main Extrusion Plant

摘要

The RMI facility is contaminated with both radiological and hazardous materials resulting from almost thirty year's operation for the US Department of Energy (DOE) to shape nuclear materials. RMI Environmental Services (RMIES) is performing the Ashtabula Environmental Management Project (AEMP) to satisfy the DOE's responsibility to remove radiological and hazardous contaminants from the site owned by the RMI Titanium Company. The project will allow RMIES to terminate its license with the Ohio Department of Health, and satisfy the requirements of a Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) approved decommissioning plan. The RMI-owned buildings were constructed in the 1950's. In 1961, the facility was modified to house an Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) owned, 3850 ton extrusion press. The primary function of the Extrusion Plant from 1962 through 1988, was the extrusion and/or closed-die forging of metallic depleted, natural, and slightly enriched uranium (U). The extrusion was a step in the production of reactor fuel elements for use in DOE defense reactors. Significant progress was made this year toward closure of the Department of Energy's Ashtabula Environmental Management Project (AEMP) with the demolition of the 9-building Main Extrusion Plant Complex.