Razing begins of `most dangerous building'

Razing begins of `most dangerous building'

Washington (Platts)--15Jul2004


Demolition of what some call "the most dangerous building in America" got
under way today at DOE's Rocky Flats, marking a milestone in the accelerated
cleanup of DOE's former nuclear weapons sites. Building 771, a plutonium
process building, has a 50-year legacy of plutonium leaks and spills, DOE
said. It added that the demolition of the building, which is expected to take
six to eight weeks to complete, "is the culmination of a comprehensive
nine-year cleanup process that included safely draining and stabilizing 15,000
liters of plutonium solutions; and removing 240 contaminated gloveboxes, 251
tanks, more than 11 miles of aging piping, and 40,000 liters of contaminated
sludges." All of the weapons-usable material at Rocky Flats is gone--12 years
ahead of schedule, Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham said.

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