What is being done during decommissioning?
(a) All loose equipment and nearly all fixed equipment in the Plum Brook Reactor Facility (PBRF) has been removed for off-site disposal at a licensed facility. (b) Buildings in the Reactor Facility are being completely decontaminated including all their concrete and piping such that they meet the cleanup criteria of reuse for any purpose. Some others may be demolished and the material removed, packaged and disposed of as low-level radioactive waste at a licensed disposal facility. (c) NASA is conducting a complete survey referred to as a Final Status Survey ( FSS ) of the area and all remaining structures to ensure that all levels of radiation have been reduced to the cleanup level for so-called unrestricted use (safe enough to use the area for any other purpose). The FSS is a comprehensive field sampling and surveying process providing evidence that NASA has met the cleanup level that the NRC says will protect human health and the environment. This is the level which must be achieved
(a) All loose equipment and nearly all fixed equipment in the Plum Brook Reactor Facility (PBRF) has been removed for off-site disposal at a licensed facility. (b) Buildings in the Reactor Facility are being completely decontaminated including all concrete and piping such that they meet the cleanup criteria of reuse for any purpose. Some others are being demolished and the material removed, packaged and disposed of as low-level radioactive waste (LLRW) at a licensed disposal facility or surveyed as radiologically clean and then free released (made available for recycling). (c) NASA is conducting a complete survey referred to as a Final Status Survey (FSS) of the area and all remaining structures. The FSS is a comprehensive field sampling and surveying process providing evidence that NASA has met the cleanup level that the NRC says will protect human health and the environment. This is the level which must be achieved before the NRC will terminate NASA’s Radioactive Materials License. T
