HEU Downblend Processing Facility

HEU orphaned materials required down-blending to meet requirements for transportation, reprocessing, and disposition.
Materials required a high level of isolation, containment, special handling, and special processing due to the nature of their constituents.

RPS acted as the prime contractor for this turn-key containment and processing facility, and was the lead design agency for the containment, air, control, and safety systems.
RPS lead a team of sub-contractors for engineering, erection, and acceptance testing of the facility and systems.
Project facility and systems included:
Modular panel containment (MPC) enclosure, a secondary containment processing facility.
Negative pressure enclosure (NPE), a gloved enclosure primary containment HEU processing.
Fire suppression & control systems for both the MPC & NPE.
Cryogenic hi-shear blender integration and support systems in the NPE for LN2 and N2.
Backdraft hood for material receipt inspection and preparation.
MPC HEPA filtration unit, controls, and duct systems.
NPE HEPA/HEGA filtration and PID control systems.
Material handling and operations equipment for process control.
Project fast tracked and completed in 5 months.