The unit can crush up to 180 tons of concrete per hour and has been placed in the existing spoils area at Mound. The crushing process begins when concrete material is fed into a feeding hopped and then passes through a vibrating feeder before the crushing process begins in the impact crusher. Material that remains in large form is returned to the crusher via ca conveyor system to be crushed again. Material passes through a series of conveyor belts and small pieces of rebar are collected separately by a magnetic conveyor. A dust suppression unit is built into the operation.
Vacuum pumps and filters control dust created by the operations.
The residual Thorium would be separated and disposed of as waste, and the Pa-231 output would be divided among each facility. At the time, Pa-231 extraction was a difficult process that was only performed at the Hanford facility. Mound personnel intended to develop a new method to extract Pa-231, and the scientists at the MRT were very interested in the plan. Ionium concentrate was provided by the Mound lab and then samples were prepared by Phillips. These samples were placed into the MTR in January 1959, and removed in March 1960.