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College students help develop waste measuring device at Hanford
A partnership between Washington River Protection Solutions (WRPS) and Washington State University has resulted in the development of a device to measure radioactive tank waste at the Hanford Site. WRPS is the contractor at Hanford for the Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management.
Lidia Matei, C. Postolache
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 54 | Number 1 | July 2008 | Pages 149-152
Technical Paper | Tritium Handling Facilities | doi.org/10.13182/FST08-A1783
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The Tritium Laboratory from NIPNE, Romania is part of Radioisotope Research and Production Center. The Tritium Laboratory has been in operation since 1960, and carries out R&D activities involving tritium sources in gaseous, liquids and solid state, provides specialized service to CANDU NPP Cernavoda, Romania, and provides tritium assay services to internal and external customers.The paper presents the activities and perspectives of Tritium Laboratory and its performances in accordance with Quality System Management.
