In 2004, Venice-based McDaniel Lambert, Inc. produced a United States Department of Energy (DOE) public presentation about the cleanup of the Energy Technology Engineering Center (ETEC) where extensive radioactive contamination remains from decades of nuclear work. The PowerPoint presentation was called “DOE Radiological Activities in Area IV” and described in simplistic terms the lifecycle of a nuclear reactor at SSFL which experienced the worst nuclear meltdown in the history of the United States with hundreds of times more radiation being released than in the Three Mile Island meltdown.
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The containment vessel is put in place.
A foundation is built around the vessel.
Vessel is enclosed in a building.
All systems running.
Facility no longer needed. Demolition
begins.
The vessel is isolated.
Radioactive material is packaged for
disposal.
The building is removed.
The vessel and concrete are removed.
The vessel is hauled offsite.
Soil is tested.
The site is graded flat.
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