Proceedings of the 24th DOE/NRC Nuclear Air Cleaning and Treatment Conference: Portland, Orgeon - July 15-18, 1996

NUREG/CP-0153
Conf-960715

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Session 1
Opening of the Conference

Front Matter - Includes detailed Table of Contents, Abstract and Foreword

• Opening Comments of Chairman and Greetings from Sponsors
• Keynote Address: Nuclear Aerosols: Unfinished Business
• Air Cleaning Issues with Contaminated Sites
• New Challenges to Air/Gas Cleaning Systems
• Application of Innovative Policies for Controlling Radionuclide Releases: The "Open-Market Trading Rule"

Session 2
Waste Management

• Radioactive Waste Tank Ventilation System Incorporating Tritium Control
• Development of a Computer Code to Perdict A Ventilation Requirement For An Underground Radioactive Waste Storage Tank
• Testing Cleanable/Reusabel Hepa Prefilters For Mixed Waste Incinerator Air Pollution Control Systems
• Development Of An Air Cleanable System For Dissolving High Explosives From Nuclear War Heads
• A Thick Homogeneous Vegetated Cover Design Proved Cost - And Schedule-Effective For The Reclamation of Uranium Mill Sites Near Spokane, Washington
• Includes Chairman's Conclusion

Session 3
Instrumentation and Measurement

• Practical Experience Applied To The Design Of Injection And Sample Manifolds To Perform In-Place Surveillance Tests According To ANSI/ASME N-510
• Unit Vent Airplow Measurements Using A Tracer Gas Technique
• Development Of Real Time Detector For Fluorescent Particles
• Accuracy Improvement In Leak Detection Of Charcoal Adsorbers By Halide Pulse Integration Method
• Testing The Sampling Efficiency Of A Nuclear Power Station Stack Monitor
• The Influence OF Salt Aerosol ON Alpha Radiation Detection By Wipp Continuous Air Monitors

Session 4
Panel Session: Testing Air And Gas Cleaning Systems
A) Acceptance Testing: Proposed AG-1 Code TA
B) In-Service Testing: Proposed Nuclear Standard N511

• Section TA Acceptance Testing, Draft Revision 03/06/96
• ASME N511-19XX, Standard For Periodic In-Service Testing Of Nuclear Air Treatment, Heating, Ventilation And Air Conditioning Systems, Draft Revision 07/09/96

Session 5
Working Lunch

• Progress and Challenges in Cleaning Up Hanford

Session 6
International Panel
Reports On Nuclear Air And Gas Cleaning Activities
From Around The World

• Panel Discussion
  • Includes Paper: Provisions For Containment Venting in Germany

Session 7
Open End

• Standardized Methods For In-Place Filter Testing
• Charcoal Filter Testing

Session 8
HVAC & Decommissioning
HVAC

• Control Room Envelope Unfiltered Air In
• Variable Pattern Contamination Control Under Positive Pressure
• Aerosol Deposition In Bends With Turbulent Flow
• Decommissioning
  • Atmospheric Discharges From Nuclear Facilities During Decommissioning: German Experiences And Concepts
  • Heating, Venting, And Air Conditioning Deactivation Thermal Analysis Of Purex Plant

Session 9
Computer Modeling Applications & Adsorption
Computer Modeling Applications

• Filtration Theory Using Computer Simulations
• Study On the Collection Efficiency Of Fission Products By Spray: Experimental Device And Modelling
• Adsorption
  • Characterization And Restoration Of Performance Of "Aged" Radioiodine Removing Activated Carbons
  • Effects of Welding Fumes On Nuclear Air Cleaning System Carbon Adsorber Banks
  • Basis For And Practical Methods Of Controlling Painting Activities At The Sequoyah Nuclear Power Plant

Session 10
Iodine Treatment: Chemical Operations And Reactor Accident Scenarios

• Opening Comments Of Session Chairman
• Behavior Of Iodine In The Dissolution Of Spent Nuclear Fuels
• Influences Of Impurities On Iodine Reoval Efficiency Of Silver Alumina Adsorbent
• Diffusional Analysis Of The Adsorption Of Methyl Iodide On Silver Exchanged Mordenite
• Removal Efficiency Of Silver Impregnated Filter Materials And Performance Of Iodine Filters In The Off-Gases Of The Karsruhe Reprocessing Plant Wak
• Control Of Radio-Iodine At The German Reprocessing Plant Wak Kuring Operation And After Shut Down
• Closing Comments Of Session Chairman

Session 11
Filters

• A Review Of DOE HEPA Filter Component Test Activities: FY 1992 - FY 1995
• In-Place HEPA Filter Penetration Test
• Method For HEPA Filter Leak Scanning With Differentiating Aerosol
• Uncertainty In In-Place Filter Results
• Validation Testing Of Radioactive Waste Drum Filter Vents
• A General Correlation Of MPPS Penetration As Function of Face Velocity With The Model 8140 Using The Certitest 8160
• Further Development Of The Cleanable Steel HEPA Filter And Comparison With Competing Technologies
• The Effect Of Media Area On The Dust Holding Capacity Of Deep Pleat HVAC HEPA Filters
• Potential For HEPA Filter Damage From Water Spray Systems In Filter Plenums
• Simulation Test Of Aerosol Generation From Vessels In The Pre-Treatment Systems Of Fuel Reprocessing
• Extended-Life Nuclear Air Cleaning Filters Via Dynamic Exclusion Prefilters
• Concluding Remarks Of Chairman Dorman

Session 12
Codes & Standards For Filters And Adsorbers

• The First Twenty Years OF The ASME Committee On Nuclear Air And Gas Treatment - A Retrospective By A Founding Member
• Performance Testing Of HEPA Filters: Progress Towards A European Standard Procedure
• The Case For Improved HEPA-Filte Mechanical Performance Standards Revisited

Panel Session: Changes To ASME
Code AG-1, Section FC, HEPA Filters

• Panel Discussion
• Closing Comments Of Conference Chairman
• Index of Authors and Speakers
• Index of Attendees

Index To The 21st, 22nd, 23rd, 24th Conferences

• Part I - Index Of Paper By Conferences Number And Page
• Part II Index Of Papers By Author(s)
• Part III - KWOC Index Of Air Cleaning Conference Titles