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Argonne D&D Operations cover a wide variety of different decommissioning activities from small-scale projects such as smaller laboratory or lesser budgeted projects to large-scale projects with larger facility footprintsand funding to implement such as reactor decommissioning.
Large-scale Projects
Argonne research facilities decommissioned include:
Experimental Boiling Water Reactor (EBWR) |
Decontamination and decommissioning of EBWR began in 1986 and was completed in February 1996 under DOE Argonne direction at a total cost of $19.5M…
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Chicago Pile 5 (CP-5) Research Reactor |
The decontamination and decommissioning (D&D) of the Argonne National Laboratory Chicago Pile-Five (CP-5) facility was initiated in 1991 and completed in July 2000. …
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JANUS Biological Reactor Facility |
The decontamination and dismantlement of the JANUS Reactor at Argonne National Laboratory was completed in October 1997. …
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Argonne Thermal Source Reactor (ATSR) |
The decontamination and decommissioning (D&D) of the Argonne Thermal Source Reactor (ATSR) at Argonne National Laboratory was completed in October 1998. …
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Building 212 Plutonium Gloveboxes |
The decommissioning of 61 plutonium gloveboxes in nine laboratories located in Building 212 of Argonne National Laboratory started in 1992 and was completed in 1996. …
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60-Inch Cyclotron Facility |
The decontamination and decommissioning of the Argonne National Laboratory 60" Cyclotron Facility began in 1997 and was completed in 2001. …
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Building 200 M-Wing Hot Cells (decontaminated for safe storage) |
The purpose of the Argonne National Laboratory Building 200 M-Wing Hot Cells Decontamination Project was to practically eliminate the radioactive emissions of Rn-220 to the environment and to restore the hot cells to an empty restricted use-condition. …
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Experimental Breeder Reactor-II (placed in safe storage) |
The Experimental Breeder Reactor-II (EBR-II) was shutdown in late 1994 after 30 years of successful operation. The detailed Safe Storage Work Plan describing the final condition of the EBR-II was implemented in October 2000. …
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Building 301 Hot Cells |
The hot-cell facility in Building 301 was placed
into use in the early 1950s to perform a variety
of radiological research and development
experiments for the U.S. Department of Energy
on nuclear reactor fuel components and
materials. …
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