80 likes | 286 Views
RMAL Radioactive Materials Analytical Laboratory, Building 2026. RMAL Mission: To provide the facilities and staff to support the analytical chemistry needs of nuclear programs at ORNL. RMAL Radioactive Materials Analytical Laboratory, Building 2026.
E N D
RMAL Radioactive Materials Analytical Laboratory, Building 2026 RMAL Mission: To provide the facilities and staff to support the analytical chemistry needs of nuclear programs at ORNL.
RMAL Radioactive Materials Analytical Laboratory, Building 2026 Some Major Projects for FY03 • Separation of 229Th from 233U • Characterization of MOX Fuel • Support 238Pu Production Development • Support ORNL Operations (REDC, HFIR, Compliance, etc.)
RMAL Radioactive Materials Analytical Laboratory, Building 2026
RMAL Radioactive Materials Analytical Laboratory, Building 2026 Low & High Level Radiochemistry
RMAL Radioactive Materials Analytical Laboratory, Building 2026 Glove box & Hot Cell Capabilities
RMAL Radioactive Materials Analytical Laboratory, Building 2026 New Capabilities Thermo Finnigan Element 2 High resolution ICP-MS Thermo Elemental IRIS - ICP-AES (glove box containment)
RMAL Radioactive Materials Analytical Laboratory, Building 2026 FY (x $1.0M) 03 04 05 06 07 Major Projects $3.3 $3.6 $3.8 $3.9 $4.0 Note: These budget numbers are actually indirect costs to other ORNL nuclear programs.
RMAL Radioactive Materials Analytical Laboratory, Building 2026 ● Facility utilization ● No current upgrades needed for mission ● No regulatory or compliance issues ● Relatively new (1995) LLLW system ● Facility has off-gas stack (3039 not needed) ● No other cells at ORNL meet our needs