Decontamination and Decommissioning of Uranium Facilities cont'd

DOE-HDBK-1113-98

Module 102 The Nuclear Fuel Cycle

Lesson Plan

Instructor's Notes

This program is intended to cleanup

uranium mill sites and associated "vicinity

properties." It covers 24 mill sites and

more than 4,800 properties throughout the

Nation. The goals of the program are to

reduce radon release from mill tailings to

acceptable levels by burial, and to restore

affected land and facilities/structures to

unrestricted use.

Each cleanup project presents different types and

levels of hazards to workers. Additionally, general

safety hazards become a significant factor due to

the types of processes and equipment used to

remove the uranium-contaminated materials.

Usually these projects require some level of

structural decontamination and soil remediation.