TA-16 Brief Description

4.11.1 Site Description TA-16 [Table 4-9 and Figure 4-11 (index map of TA-16)] is the location of extensive HE facilities and the Laboratory’s state-of-the-art tritium facility. HE activities that take place at TA-16 are developing and testing HE, plastics, and adhesives and conducting research in process development for manufacturing items that use these and other materials. Tritium activities include repackaging tritium, chemical purification of 3He, mixing tritium with other gases, analyzing gas mixtures, repackaging tritium to user-specified pressures, reclaiming tritium, and conducting applied R&D for boost systems. 4.11.2 Facilities Description Seventy-eight HE-processing buildings at TA-16 provide 280,000 ft2 (85,344 m2) of space. The research, development, and testing capabilities provided at these facilities include large-scale HE processing; manufacturing HE powders; casting, machining, and pressing HE components; inspection and radiography of HE components to guarantee integrity and ensure quality control for design intent; hydrotesting and assembling test devices; and chemical analysis of HE. Some of these buildings are used for storing SNM and for storing, treating, and disposing of HE. Two buildings are currently being used for tritium operations. An additional building is being modified for tritium work at TA-16.     ©2004 lasg.org