DOE OSTI2018
On May 2012, Best Medical Belgium S.A. (BMB), a manufacturer of pharmaceutical products located on the nuclear site of Fleurus, was declared bankrupt. According to the Belgian law, ONDRAF/NIRAS (Belgian Radioactive Waste Management Agency) was entrusted with the clean-up and decommissioning operations of the former BMB facilities, nowadays known as 'ONDRAF Site Fleurus' (ONSF). In June 2015, ONSF launched a Decontamination and Decommissioning (D and D) program, for which Tractebel: - Supports the definition of the clean-up and decommissioning strategies; - Drafts the Final Decommissioning Plan (FDP) and Safety Analysis Report (SAR) that will be submitted to FANC/AFCN (Belgian Federal Agency for Nuclear Control) in order to get the License for decommissioning; - Drafts the technical specifications of the public tendering process related to the D and D program; - Ensures the day to-day follow-up of the D and D activities on site. Four nuclear buildings are part of the D and D activities. One of them, building 14 (B14), represents the most challenging and extensive task with the clean-up of highly contaminated areas and its further decommissioning up to the final state. This building features two cyclotrons (CGR and IBA cyclotrons) successively used to produce radioisotopes, as well as hot cells and glove boxes used for their purification and the conditioning of the final pharmaceutical product. The present paper aims at presenting the most recent development steps of the clean-up phase regarding the adaptations of existing facilities and the upcoming activities in preparation of the decommissioning activities. To allow the sorting and the treatment of the radioactive material identified in the physical and radiological inventory, several workshops have been implemented within the B14 building in order to deal with radioactive materials arising from the clean-up and D and D activities. Following the conceptual design phase, Tractebel has actively monitored the on-site activities for the construction of those workshops such as: - The modification of the civil works; - The revamping of the ventilation system; - The installation of dedicated lifting equipment and workstations equipped with cutting devices; - The assembly of a docking station for filling the radioactive packages. The removal of the activated concrete surrounding the IBA cyclotron requires the erection of a containment structure and an extension structure. The containment structure, composed of light metallic beams, is located above the cyclotron and its irradiation zones. For operational security reasons and working efficiency, the cutting process of the concrete ceilings and walls will be performed from the top inside the containment structure by means of an eight tons overhead bridge crane. Concrete blocks resulting from the cutting process will then be lifted, without any loss of containment, towards the extension zone of the nuclear zone of the IBA cyclotron for further resizing, sorting and evacuation towards the identified waste routes. To prepare this task which will be performed during the decommissioning phase, Tractebel sets up the necessary technical specifications. (authors)
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