ABSTRACT
Other Tools ...................................................................................................................... 461 14.16 Balancing Worker Selection ..........................................................................................463 14.17 Balancing the Execution Approach .............................................................................465 14.18 Planning Conclusion: The Affect of the D&D Planning and
Design Approach ...........................................................................................................466 14.19 Control of Field Work through Construction Management ....................................466 14.20 Balancing Field Execution Processes .......................................................................... 469 14.21 Conclusion: The Act of D&D and the Art of Balance ............................................... 472
“D&D” is the act of decontamination and decommissioning a facility for further action for reuse, demolition or another purpose. Decontamination is taking a material and removing it from an unwanted place and placing in a more controlled situation. Decommissioning is taking an area, facility, or site out of its previous operations, or mission. The term D&D cannot apply only to the nuclear industry but to remediation, chemical industries, construction
industries, military actions, environmental actions, and large and small business actions. The definition of decontamination does not denote stability of the material. One should normally presume the material is unstable prior to decontamination but decontamination generally poses the greatest hazard to the worker and the environment. The methods, controls, and actions taken during the movement of contaminated material must be made in a controlled, protected manner.
