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Texas-based WCS chosen to manage U.S.-generated mercury
A five-year, $17.8 million contract has been awarded to Waste Control Specialists for the long-term management and storage of elemental mercury, the Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management announced on November 21.
C. C. Klepper, J. P. Caughman, E. H. Martin, A. Kreter, B. Schweer, B. Unterberg
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 63 | Number 1 | May 2013 | Pages 193-196
doi.org/10.13182/FST13-A16903
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This paper discusses an ongoing effort to evaluate the use of Glow Discharge Optical Emission Spectroscopy (GDOES) for after-exposure, target surface characterization in a plasma-materials interactions (PMI) facility, without need to remove the sample from the facility's vacuum chamber and/or to expose the sample's surface to air. The effort includes testing of a compact, inductively-coupled plasma (ICP) source, which would eventually become part of an integrated, movable GDOES sub-chamber, including plasma source, gas-feed and pumping capability, configured to function inside the main vacuum chamber. The present, conceptual design for implementation on PSI-2 shows promise in meeting these challenges and is presented here.