Decontamination Facilities Sample Clauses
The Decontamination Facilities clause establishes the requirement for providing appropriate areas and equipment for the removal of hazardous substances from personnel, equipment, or materials. In practice, this clause typically mandates that employers or contractors set up designated stations or rooms equipped with showers, eyewash stations, and cleaning supplies at worksites where exposure to contaminants is possible. Its core function is to protect health and safety by ensuring that individuals and items can be thoroughly cleaned before leaving a potentially contaminated area, thereby preventing the spread of hazardous materials and reducing the risk of harm.
Decontamination Facilities. The Decontamination Facilities recycle solid waste consisting of contaminated tools and equipment by removing radioactive contamination from such items. There are four Decontamination Facilities; one in the Radwaste Building for each Unit and a central facility for handling heavier tools and equipment that cannot be handled by the smaller individual Decontamination Facilities. The central decontamination facility includes the following equipment:
(a) Ultrasonic cleaning system.
(b) Spray booth with pressure and steam washers.
(c) Filtered turbulator apparatus.
(d) Decontamination tanks and sinks.
(e) Central decontamination building consisting of shielded walls, filtered ventilation systems, air lock, laydown areas and associated building services. Each of the three Radwaste Building Decontamination Facilities includes the following equipment:
(a) Ultrasonic cleaning system.
(b) Spray booth with turntable, pressure and steam washers.
(c) Tank, workbench and sink.
(d) The portion of each Radwaste Building housing Decontamination Facilities.
Decontamination Facilities. A. Work Decontamination Facility Decontamination facilities will be constructed in such a manner as to provide workers and/or equipment within which to decontaminate themselves upon leaving the work area. The decontamination chamber will be constructed using 6-mil polyethylene sheeting and appropriate construction materials. The decontamination facility must meet the following criteria as a minimum: The exterior of the unit must be covered in 5/8" plywood. There will be a minimum of three ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ separated by air locks; (1) an equipment room where workers remove gross contamination and discard disposable suits; (2) a “single pass-through” shower (no shower may be used which can be passed by any person entering into or exiting from the work area); and (3) a clean (change) room where workers dress and undress. The shower must be supplied with hot and cold water as well as soap. Clean, dry towels must be available at the exit from the shower. The water from the shower must be filtered in accordance with EPA requirements or disposed of as contaminated waste. Separating each chamber and air lock will be triple curtains of polyethylene. The decontamination unit will likely be a remote unit as this is an unoccupied area.
B. Equipment Decontamination/Waste Load-out Equipment will be decontaminated utilizing wet methods. All waste created during the decontamination process will be disposed of as asbestos-contaminated. All materials used in the construction of a decontamination pad and the water used for decontamination must be treated as asbestos- contaminated materials. Waste will be directly loaded into properly lined containers or staged adjacent to the designated removal area on 6-mil polyethylene sheeting. Containers will be properly wrapped in accordance with USEPA and NESHAP Disposal Requirements and will be HEPA-vacuumed, if necessary, prior to transportation.