Hemispheric Center for Environment Technology, Florida International University, Suite 2100, Center for Engineering and Applied Sciences, 10555 West Flager Street, Miami, FL 33174

F -- CANISTER DECONTAMINATION SOL HCET 012 DUE 013100 POC Leonel lagos -- (305) 348 1810, Anil Bommakanti -- (305) 348 6555 WEB: Technology Assessment Program, http://www.hcet.edu.fiu. E-MAIL: Integrated D&D technologies., banil@eng.fiu.edu. A high-level waste canister decontamination project is being conducted by the Hemispheric Center for Environmental Technology (HCET) at Florida International University (FIU). The purpose of this investigation is to identify and test innovative and commercially available nuclear and non-nuclear technologies for canister decontamination, thereby ensuring that the safest and most cost-effective options are available and used during the decontamination of high level waste canisters. This study is to support the Office of Science and Technology (OST), the Tank Focus Area (TFA) and the Savannah River (SRS) and West Valley (WVNS) sites. It is expected that at least three technologies will be tested. A test site will be constructed at HCET based on inputs from West Valley and SRS personnel. Site visits to the West Valley and Savannah River sites will be conducted to study and observe their respective decontamination processes in order to come up with an accurate mock up test bay. The technology demonstration will be conducted under standardized non-nuclear conditions at the HCET technology assessment site in Miami, Florida. Qualified technologies will be able to demonstrate their decontamination technologies on high-level waste canisters. Even though the mock up of the canisters at the HCET test facility are not radiological contaminated, all demonstrations should proceed as if being used within a nuclear facility. Technologies demonstrated will be evaluated based on performance, cost and health and safety factors. The test surrogates will be provided by HCET including the stainless steel canisters of size 10ft (L) x 2ft (dia). The technologies expected to be evaluated in the study include remote operated thermal, laser, and mechanical decontamination technologies (like Dry Ice blasting, Sponge blasting). Other applicable technologies are encouraged to respond. The study will also include data collection on technology waste characteristics, with special emphasis on technologies with minimal or no waste generation. Interested firms should send a letter of qualification stating how the firm meets the minimum requirements including: address, contact person, telephone, and fax numbers to Mr. Leonel Lagos, Hemispheric Center for Environmental Technology, Florida International University, 10555 West Flagler Street, EAS Suite 2100, Miami, Florida 33174, no later than 01/21/00. The letter of qualification will be used to prequalify prospective companies. The request for proposal (RFP) will be available for the qualified firms approximately by 03/17/00 . For any further inquiries please contact Leonel Lagos Senior D&D project manager, at (305) 348 1810, email: leonel@eng.fiu.edu, or Anil Bommakanti at (305) 348 6555, email: banil@eng.fiu.edu. Posted 01/14/00 (W-SN416371). (0014)

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