As published in 2009 Fall Best Practices Newsletter by the Department of Fossil Energy:
The Office of Fossil Energy's (FE) Office of Environment, Security, Safety and Health (ESS&H) (FE-7) has sponsored the Excellence in ESS&H Awards since 1995. Over the years the Excellence Award has evolved along with FE's mission, and continues to be one of the greatest honors FE has to bestow upon its dedicated employees both federal and contractor....At the culmination of a vigorous debate, the judges settled on two Best Practices: Innovative Use of Decon Gel™ as a Beryllium Decontamination Technique...
...Decon Gel™ is a nonhazardous epoxy material with a limited curing time. In most testing at the NETL-ALB site, only one application of Decon Gel™ was needed, reducing worker exposure and generating no measurable airborne hazards. Additionally, studies have indicated that using Decon Gel™ can generate a cost savings of up to 70 percent compared to traditional methods. Another advantage of using this gel is it reduces the volume of waste typically generated from traditional decontamination methods.
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