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B -- DECONTAMINATION AND DEMOLITION TECHNOLOGIES DEMONSTRATION Contact: Richard T. Hansen, (513) 648-5162. Solicitation of expressions of interest - The DOE-Office of Science and Technology, EM-50, is sponsoring large-scale demonstrations of innovative, field-ready Decontamination & Demolition (D&D) technologies at the Fernald Environmental Management Project in cooperation with DOE-Office of Environmental Restoration, EM-40. Organizations with technologies to offer as demonstration candidates are requested to submit expressions of interest as indicated below. Only fully developed technologies ready to compete on a pass/fail basis should be offered. The expression of interest should include a full description of the technology, a summary of data from developmental testing indicating effectiveness and an analysis showing the benefits of the candidate over baseline technology. The responder should provide a description of the equipment system available to demonstrate the technology. These demonstrations provide vendors an opportunity to demonstrate the effectiveness of their technology within the DOE complex. Results of the demonstration will be made available to other DOE sites and the general public. Vendors will be expected to share the cost of demonstrating their technology. The demonstrations will be conducted in Plant One Building at the Fernald Environmental Management Project, at Fernald, Ohio. This is a four story building utilized to process normal, depleted and enriched uranium. Operations included solution processing, milling of powders and incoming materials sampling. General radiation levels are 0.5r/hr. Contamination levels vary significantly and are equipment dependent. Identified technology need areas include: 1. Remote removal of pipe and conduit from elevations up to 20 feet above floor level. Needs include cutting/shearing of components and controlled lowering of severed sections to floor level. 2. Visual inspection of interior surfaces of severed sections of pipe and conduit to verify the presence/absence of process material. 3. Improved Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) with emphasis on contributions to improved worker safety and productivity. One application area of interest is D&D conducted in hot, humid environments. 4. Removal of transite wall and roof panels weighting up to 150 pounds. Safe removal from the structure and lowering to ground level for stacking without damage is required. 5. Improved decontamination of structural steel systems prior to dismantlement. Minimization of secondary waste is a consideration. 6. Aggressive scrabbling of concrete. Performance criteria include removal of concrete to a depth of one inch. 7. Removal of concrete walls by methods that minimize generation of airborne material and secondary waste. 8. Methods for fixing contamination in process piping to reduce the potential for release of airborne contamination during dismantlement. 9. Methods for real time measurement of surface concentrations of uranium/radionuclides on process and building components. 10. Characterization of containerized rubble from D&D operations to verify radionuclides and heavy metals content to satisfy burial site requirements. Containers measure 8 feet x 8 feet x 20 feet. Technologies addressing other aspects of D&D in the target type facility will be considered for demonstration. Expressions of interest should be forwarded to Richard T. Hansen at FERMCO, P.O. Box 538704, Mail Stop 44, Cincinnati, OH 45253-8704 no later than March 21, 1996. (060)

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