Advanced Technology: Hot Cell Systems
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| Hot Fuel Examination Facility Hot
Cells, Argonne National Laboratory -
West |
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| Isotope Production Facility Hot Cell, Los
Alamos National
Laboratory | |
Merrick
designs or design-builds hot cell systems used to
store, process, and study radioactive materials with significant
radiological source terms:
- Spent
Nuclear Fuel (SNF) transfer and
packaging
- SNF processing
- SNF post irradiation examination (PIE)
- Medical isotope production
- Materials Research
- Neutron Research
- Experimental Isotope production
- HLW packaging and processing
Systems and components designed and or specified by Merrick
include:
- Shielding (walls and doors)
- Foundations and floors
- Penetrations
- Manipulators and robotics
- Windows
- Cranes
- Waste storage and treatment systems
- Lighting
- HVAC and off gas treatment systems
- Fixtures and tooling
- Services (electrical, hydraulic,
pneumatic, mechanical, plumbing)
- Docking and transfer ports
- Transfer carts and conveyors
- Analytical instrument support and shielding
Project Examples
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