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A -- DEVELOPMENT OF A NEUTRON INTERROGATION SYSTEM TO ASSAY RCRA METALS IN MIXED WASTE SOL DE-RP26-98FT40076 POC Raymond Johnson, Contracting Officer, (412) 892-6209/Cynthia Mitchell, Contract Specialist, (412) 892-4862 E-MAIL: click here to contact the contract specialist, mitchell@fetc.doe.gov. The U.S. Department of Energy, Federal Energy Technology Center, announces that, pursuant to 41 U.S.C. 253 (c) (1), FAR 6.302.1, Only One Responsible Source, it intends to award on a sole source basis a cost type contract to Westinghouse Science & Technology Center, located in Pittsburgh, PA. The research will include two phases with a total performance period of 24 months.The effort is to facilitate the treatment and disposal of mixed waste stored at various Department of Energy (DOE) sites, a nonintrusive neutron interrogation prototype system needs to be further developed and demonstrated to assay the RCRA metal content in 55-gallon drums of mixed waste. This assay system should reduce or eliminate the need for analytical laboratory sampling of individual drums of mixed waste. The lower limits of detection should be 10 ppm for Cadmium, 115 ppm for Mercury and 4400 ppm for lead. The assay system should be structured so that potential interfering mechanisms, such as a background gamma and neutron radiation from the radioactive waste components and the presence of neutron-absorbing materials are addressed. The offeror will have previously demonstrated a successful working model of the assay system for detecting and measuring low levels of Cadmium, Mercury and Lead. (See Numbered Note 22) (0071)

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