A mock-up facility with two stations operated by master-slave manipulators, one with an air atmosphere and the other with a pure argon atmosphere, was constructed and used to evaluate procedures and equipment for the remote analysis of highly radioactive sodium coolant from the FFTF. The argon in the inert-atmosphere cell was maintained with less than 1 ppm each of oxygen and water. Procedures for the determination of traces of oxygen, hydrogen and carbon were easily adapted to remote operation. The procedure for the remote determination of oxygen by amalgamation was evaluated in the mock-up facility with sodium metal samples. Blanks, precision, and accuracy were as good as those normally obtained in glove-box operation.
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