Three workers in personal protective equipment investigating the hot cells in ORNL Building 3517.

Prepping ORNL Building 3517 for deactivation

Getting former nuclear facilities ready for demolition can involve a wide variety of activities, from removing asbestos lined pipes and tiles to decontaminating old equipment. We have workers right now preparing the ORNL Fission Production Development Lab (Building 3517) for eventual demo. They are investigating the facility’s hot cells by taking radiation measurements and gathering…