Open Access209-E Building -- Response to ventilation failure evaluation
Author(s) -
D.J. Foust
Publication year - 1998
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.2172/345018
Subject(s) - shielded cable , ventilation (architecture) , radiological weapon , plutonium , environmental science , architectural engineering , work (physics) , forensic engineering , engineering , nuclear engineering , mechanical engineering , telecommunications , medicine , physics , nuclear physics , radiology
This document provides an evaluation and recommendations for radiological workplace air monitoring and response to ventilation failure for the Critical Mass Laboratory, 209-E Building. The Critical Mass Laboratory, part of the 209-E Building, was designed to provide a heavily shielded room where plutonium and uranium liquid solutions could be brought into various critical configurations under readily controlled and monitored conditions. The facility is contained within a one-story L-shaped concrete block and reinforced concrete building. One wing houses offices, a control room, shops, and a common area while the other wing includes an equipment room, the change room, work areas, and the two-story Critical Assembly Room (CAR). Three of the rooms contain radiologically contaminated equipment and materials