Mobile Plutonium Facility (MPF); Set Up and Test Thermogravimetric AnalyzerCX(s) Applied: B3.1Date: 08/19/2010Location(s): Aiken, South CarolinaOffice(s): Savannah River Operations Office
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August 19, 2010
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Mobile Plutonium Facility (MPF); Set Up and Test Thermogravimetric Analyzer
CX(s) Applied: B3.1
Date: 08/19/2010
Location(s): Aiken, South Carolina
Office(s): Savannah River Operations Office
The Mobile Plutonium Facility (MPF) glovebox process will require the use of a thermogravimetric analyzer (TGA). A mock up of the MPF gloveboxes has been built in 751-1A. There is a need to set up the TGA in both the mock up facility and in the MPF to ensure the equipment is functional and provide training to those who will use the equipment in the future. A Perkin-Elmer STA-6000 TGA will be installed using vendor supplied information. Standard materials such as gypsum and sodium bicarbonate may be used for process control testing and set up activities. No radiological or process work will be conducted in either facility. Typical sample sizes are expected to range from 1 milligram to 1.5 grams. Maintenance activities are required periodically on the TGA and are limited to those described in vendor manuals or by vendor supplied information.