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Title: Moving Capsules
Moving Capsules
Name: Moving Capsules
Document Date: 06/19/2012
Keywords: WESF, capsule, cesium, strontium, storage, pool, heat
Official Building Numbers: WESF
Area: 200 East
Description:
Using long-reach tools and underwater lighting, CH2M HILL workers relocate highly radioactive capsules stored under water at the Waste Encapsulation Storage Facility. Workers teamed with engineers and found ways to improve the process and gain efficiencies by decreasing the total number of capsule movements. This reduced risk to the workers by minimizing the handling of the capsules.
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