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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 and chemical tank waste at the Hanford Site. WRPS is the contractor at Hanford for the Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management.
L. P. Dietz
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 4 | Number 2 | September 1983 | Pages 200-205
Operations and Maintenance | doi.org/10.13182/FST83-A22868
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A study was conducted to establish the tasks and special equipment required to remove and replace a Toroidal Field (T.F.) coil from the FED baseline configuration and to identify critical design features which might require improvement to facilitate maintenance procedures. It was established that nineteen major tasks must be accomplished prior to T.F. coil removal. Four of these tasks were identified as major problem areas of such magnitude that design reconsideration is mandatory if T.F. coil removal and replacement is to be a viable option. Specific recommendations are made to alleviate difficulties and enhance FED maintainability.