Gloveboxes
Gloveboxes, enclosures, isolators, and microenvironments for product purity, process safety, and environmental protection are designed and built by Merrick & Company. For the nuclear industry, the firm specializes in the design or design and fabrication of custom enclosed systems for:
- Actinide research and development
- MOX fuel manufacturing
- Tritium capture and processing
- TRU waste processing, characterization, and packaging
- Isotope production
Merrick also designs and builds the support systems for specialized enclosures including:
- HVAC
- Environmental Controls
- Electrical
- Pneumatic
- Hydraulic
- Instrumentation & Controls
- Vacuum
- Lighting
- Plumbing
- Material Handling
Project Examples
- Los Alamos National Laboratory Plutonium Gloveboxes LA-ICP-MS and Pu Assay Gloveboxes; Los Alamos, NM.pdf
- Laboratory Device Assembly Facility Glovebox Line, Bechtel Nevada Corporation; Los Alamos National Laboratory, NM; Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Nevada Test Site – Mercury, NV.pdf
- Inert Atmosphere Glovebox Suite, Confidential Client; Confidential Location.pdf
- Los Alamos National Laboratory Furnace and Hot Press Gloveboxes Installation; Los Alamos, NM.pdf
- Westinghouse Savannah River Company Tritium Extraction Facility Gloveboxes; Aiken, SC.pdf
- Savannah River Site MOX Manufacturing Design Group, Duke Cogema Stone & Webster; Aiken, SC.pdf
- Visual Examination Glovebox, Waste Isolation Power Plant; Carlsbad, NM.pdf
- Los Alamos National Laboratory Beryllium Oxide Glovebox; Los Alamos, NM.pdf
- Westinghouse Savannah River Company HEU Blend Down K-Area Containment Hoods; Aiken, SC.pdf
- Tritium Facility Modernization and Consolidation Gloveboxes
- MOX Fuel Fabrication Facility
- HEU Blend Down K-Area Containment Hoods
- Machined Parts Staging Glovebox Weapon Component Technology