by slamdot | Oct 29, 2025 | Projects
Ameriphysics personnel characterized, removed, and disposed of two cyclotrons and ancillary support equipment and then demolished, removed, and disposed two cyclotron vaults, four target vaults, four hot cells, and three fume hoods. The cyclotrons involved were a...
by slamdot | Oct 29, 2025 | Projects
Ameriphysics was contracted to conduct the work necessary to remove the facility from the University’s radioactive material license and enable the building to be demolished and removed. The three-story building was a reinforced concrete structure with concrete block...
by slamdot | Oct 29, 2025 | Projects
The foundry previously used unlicensed quantities of radioactive thorium as a hardener to produce lightweight castings for the Department of Defense, and Ameriphysics was contracted to characterize, excavate, and dispose of approximately 11 million pounds of...
by slamdot | Oct 29, 2025 | Projects
The facility operated two cyclotrons, a 15 MeV injector and a 208 MeV main stage. The latter machine weighed approximately 5 million pounds. Ameriphysics decommissioned the entire facility, including disassembly and removal of the two cyclotrons, three proton therapy...
by slamdot | Oct 29, 2025 | Projects
The reactor was licensed by the U.S. NRC to operate at a power level of 2 Megawatt (MW) thermal. The surveys performed by Ameriphysics were conducted to demonstrate that remedial actions had been effective in reducing residual radioactivity and that as-left...
