NEWS DIGEST ONESuit
Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics, which produces protective hazmat products and other high performance protective equipment, has announced new initiatives for its ONESuit® portfolio of innovative protective materials and chemical protective equipment. The company has expanded its network of European distributors, also opening new markets in the Middle East and Asia for the ONESuit portfolio of products. In Europe, Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics announced their distributor agreement with Heinrich Vorndamme oHG, a major European supplier of protective textiles for protection against chemicals, heat and fire. This strategic agreement allows Heinrich Vorndamme oHG to market and distribute ONESuit Pro to their customers across various markets, including fire rescue, chemical production, mining, emergency response, civil protection and shipping. Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics’
ONEGlove® Hazmat protective glove was also certified to EN standards for use with chemical protective ensembles (CBRN) suits for providing high-level chemical and biological protection. Under the certification standard EN 374, the ONEGlove Hazmat is now approved for use with all EN 943 certified suits and will also carry the CE mark. Turkey’s search and rescue services, the Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency (AFAD), purchased ONESuit Pro to safely and effectively deal with chemical and biological hazards. Driven by recent events in Syria, the purchase was also part of a larger Turkish government effort to improve the country’s infrastructure to deal with CBRN incidents. zy
The Saint-Gobain ONESuit.
LEAKING WASTE IN HANFORD
A brew of toxic and radioactive waste leaking from six underground tanks at the most contaminated nuclear site in the US, the Hanford Nuclear Reservation, continues to cause delays in emptying the ageing tanks, which were installed decades ago and have long past their 20-year lifespan. In January officials said that one of the 177 tanks at Hanford – which was built to process plutonium for the Manhattan Project in World War II and is now the most contaminated site in the US - was leading 150-300 gallons of high-level nuclear waste per year and in late March reports stated three gallons of radioactive waste per day were seeping into the desert sand. It is also said to pose a risk to groundwater and rivers, although monitoring wells nearby has not as yet revealed a higher level of radioactivity. The leaks from the six tanks were
first overlooked because only a narrow band of measurements was evaluated, rather than a wider band which would have revealed the levels changing over time. A waste treatment plant costing $12 billion will vitrify the radioactive sludge in vast glass logs, but this is not yet completed with safety concerns having delayed its construction. And with each tank filled with different material, the Government cannot define precisely the nature of the waste to be fed into the treatment plant. Hanford has already completed two of three urgent clean-up operations: the removal of all weapons- grade plutonium from the site and emptying of leaky pools that had held
The Hanford 1100 Area pictured in 1954, when it served as a vehicle maintenance and warehousing facility for the Hanford Nuclear Reservation.
Source: DOE
Nuclear technicians working on a storage tank at the Hanford Site, Washington State.
spent nuclear fuel only 400 m from the Columbia River. The third job is to empty the tanks – but more delays are likely in the face of Federal budget sequesters and employee furloughs and lay-offs. zy
The Saint-Gobain ONEGlove.
06 CBNW 2013/02
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