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  • Treatment Facility

    Inside the Treatment Facility are three boxlines. Waste is remotely dumped into sorting troughs. Then, Operators watch through thick protective glass and manipulate a robotic arm that separates, sorts, and repackages the radioactive waste.

  • Stored Drums and Boxes

    The waste, generated primarily at Rocky Flats during the 1970s and 1980s, is stored in drums and boxes.

  • Retrieval Drum Survey

    After being retrieved, drums of waste are surveyed for radiation levels, prior to characterization.

  • Characterization Drum Mounting

    The mounting platform of the real-time radiography unit is loaded with drums to characterize the waste inside of drums.

  • Box and Drum Retrieval

    Cross-Sections of a light-metals box and 55-gallon drums show the type of waste they contain. Most of it is indusrial waste generated at Rocky Flats during the 1970s and 1980s.

Treatment Facility

Inside the Treatment Facility are three boxlines. Waste is remotely dumped into sorting troughs. Then, Operators watch through thick protective glass and manipulate a robotic arm that separates, sorts, and repackages the radioactive waste.

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