Deploying New Tritium D&D Technologies in the US--Recent Experience and Plans
S. Willms1, E. Stallings1, J. McFee2, R. Blauvelt3, D. Krause4
1Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos NM 87545, USA
Shaw Environmental and Infrastructure, Inc., 7600 East Orchard Rd, Suite 320 S,Greenwood Village, CO 80111, USA
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WPI, Fairborn, OH 45324, USA
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BWXT of Ohio, Inc., Miamisburg, OH 45343, USA

2III. Approach
I. Introduction
The US Department of Energy (DOE) Office ofEnvironmental Management (EM) sponsors
projects called Large-Scale Demonstration andDeployment Projects (LSDDP). These projects
seek to identify and deploy technologies that willallow decontamination and decommissioning(D&D) of surplus facilities more quickly, at lesscost and with reduced risk to personnel and theenvironment. Such a project was started centeredon the Tritium Systems Test Assembly (TSTA) at
Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) in 2001.
TSTA is a tritium contaminated facility that is being
shutdown. This LANL LSDDP is also performing
deployments at other LANL facilities and at Mound,
Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, Lawrence
Livermore National Laboratory, the Savannah River
Site and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
The project encourages international participation
and representative from the Joint European Torus
are working with the project.
II. Areas of Interest
The LSDDP project is interested in a broad range of
D&D technologies. These include:
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Waste handling and disposal—water oils
and solids
Tritium characterization—surface and bulk
Dismantlement and demolition
Personal protective equipment
Gas detritiation
Tritium air monitoring
Decontamination of equipment andmaterials
Surface stabilization (fixatives)
Long-term surveillance and maintenance

The LSDDP employs a logical approach for theefficient deployment of technologies. The process
begins by the identification of un-met needs at
D&D facilities. A survey of field-readytechnologies is made. Where technologies arefound that match with un-met needs, a potentialdeployment is considered. This deployment isevaluated with respect to benefit, feasibility, andappropriateness. If approved, the deployment
proceeds by the identification of a deployment
engineering, the development of a test plan andacquisition of the technology. Then the technology
is deploy, data is collected and a report written.
IV. Deployment Status
The LSDDP team has been formed and hascompleted an initial evaluation of facilities needs
and available technologies. The results aresummarized in Table 1. This shows that one ormore technology that meet the LSDDP criteria has
been identified in most of the categories of interest.
The table lists each technology name and its
application. The table also lists the major facilities
where there is a potential deployment of thetechnologies. As shown, there is a large number ofpotential deployments.
V. ConclusionsThe deployment of innovative technologies underan LSDDP format can be successfully executed asdemonstrated by the progress made. The use of thisthoughtfully develop LSDDP format, matchingneeds with technologies, combined with theknowledge and expertise acquired during thedemonstration of these technologies, is leading to alarge number of D&D technology deployments atmultiple sites. It is expected that this will result insignificant reductions in risk, cost, and schedule
associated with D&D projects.

Table 1 Summary of LSDDP Technologies and Potential Deployment Facilities
CategoryTechnology NameCharacterization
Lumi-Scint
TMS-2000
Hammer Drill
Air Monitoring
Rad Elec, Inc.-Electret
Gas Detritiation
LLNL Tritium Clean-up “Cart”
Portable Tritiated Water Removal Unit
DBATS
Decontamination
Environmental Alternatives
Ozone decon
Bartlit Strip Coat TLC
Surface Stabilization
EKOR, PAG
Dismantlement and Removal
Burndy Hydraulic Crimper
Evolution 180 Circular Saw
Adamant 2739 Circular Saw
Waste Handling and Disposal (water, oils, solids)
Waterworks Crystals Superabsorbent Polymer
NOCHAR Petrobond®
SAMMS
WIC® (Waste Isolation Composite)
Vial Crusher
Other
Race ScanApplication
Portable Scintillation counting
Direct reading surface tritium monitor
Concrete Characterization

LANL SRS PPPL LLNL Mound
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Passive air and surface tritium measurement 333

Gaseous process effluent detritiation
Rapid glovebox decontamination
Glovebox decontamination

3333Surface decontamination SystemSurface decontamination
Strippable coating

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Tubing crimper
Metal demolition
Metal and wood demolition
Water solidification
Oil solidification
Heavy metal stabilization from liquids
solidifying high activity tritium

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Wireless communication

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