Re: Van de Graaff decon

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Wow! Must be the season for VDG decommissioning. We are as well cleaning
up a VDG contaminated with H3. Any suggestions would be helpful.

Thanks in advance.

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 We are also in the same position of decommissioning a VDG contaminated
 with tritium. We would also appreciate the benefit of the advice from
 Radsafe. Please communicate with John Harvey at the address below or with
 Jim Stark at starkj@mcmail.cis.mcmaster.ca
 Thanks
 John


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 On Thu, 22 Feb 1996 Mark=Linsley%occsafe%sep@sep2.sep.bnl.gov wrote:

 >
 > We may, or may not, be getting into a project involving the
 > decontamination/decommisioning/dismemberment of a Van de Graaff generator.
 > The unit is known to be contaminated with significant levels of tritium.
 > If you have ever been involved in a similar project and happen to have some
 > stories to share, I would be very interested in hearing from you.
 > Specifically, if you have any advice on unexpected problems you encountered,
 > contamination where you didn't expect it or lessons learned. In general,
 > things you wish you knew before you started!
 >
 > All suggestions or stories welcome and appreciated.
 >
 > Mark Linsley
 > Brookhaven National Laboratory
 > phone: 516-344-3556
 > email: linsley@bnl.gov
 >
 >