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DOE-EM issues draft RFP for Hanford lab work, awards WIPP monitoring grant
The Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management issued a draft request for proposals on June 25 for the Hanford Site’s 222-S Laboratory contract. The 222-S Laboratory is the primary on-site laboratory for analysis of highly radioactive samples in support of all projects at the DOE’s Hanford Site in Washington state.
Max Chazalon, Jean-Louis Boutard, Michael Ian Budd, Antonino Cardella, Wolfgang Dänner, Paul Dinner, Dain Evans, Markus Iseli, Bernard Libin, Frans Moons, Jos Nihoul, Marc A. Vassiliadis, Gottfried Vieider, Chung Hsiung Wu, Ezio Zolti
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 14 | Number 1 | July 1988 | Pages 82-144
Technical Paper | Net Overview | doi.org/10.13182/FST88-A25153
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The Next European Torus (NET) in-vessel components consisting of first wall, divertor, and blanket/shield are subject to severe nuclear and thermal radiation. Their reliability and maintainability are crucial to the success of the NET mission. The requirements, options, preliminary design solution, and materials considerations for these components are described.