Rad Tape Inquiry

[BRZGV@ccmail.ceco.com]

     Does anyone know of any rad tape that will come off of floors easily?  
     I work at a nuclear power plant and there have been numerous occasions 
     where the contaminated area boundaries have changed in an area and the 
     tape must then be removed.  The type of tape we use is thin plastic 
     and does not come off of the floor easily.  Tape removal often 
     requires scraping.  Needless to say, we only use rad tape as a last 
     resort to prevent accumulating unnecessary dose scraping up tape.
     
     A thicker vynil tape or one with a fiberous matrix would probably work 
     well.  There may be slightly more dry active waste volume when compare 
     to our current tape, but that is a drop in the bucket when compared to 
     labor costs of the removal and accumulated dose.
     
     
     How about a tape that is approved for use on stainless steel with 
     respect to nuclear power plant components?  I believe there is a 
     concern over chlorides or possibly something else in the adhesive.  I 
     believe the concern is the fact that chlorine is considered to be a 
     bad actor in the area of enhancing intergranular stress corrosion 
     cracking.
     
     I guess this is what they call "Operational Health Physics"; not very 
     technical, but still important just the same.
     
     
     Glen Vickers, HP
     brzgv@ccmail.ceco.com