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    STURGIS Nuclear Decommissioning Completed by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Team [Image 3 of 5]

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    The image shows a heavy-lift industrial operation aboard what appears to be a cargo vessel or barge, where workers in high-visibility safety gear are overseeing the lowering or placement of a large wrapped/shrink-wrapped component into an open cargo hold. A large cylindrical dark metal object is already positioned in the hold, while a second large white-wrapped bundle is being suspended by orange lifting straps connected to a crane above. The setting appears to be an industrial port or shipyard facility.

    GALVESTON, TEXAS, UNITED STATES

    10.21.2017

    Photo by Christopher Gardner 

    U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District   

    In October 2015, the first low-level radiological waste was removed from the STURGIS as part of the decommissioning of reactor aboard the Army’s retired floating nuclear power plant in Galveston, Texas. This removal of the spent fuel rod transfer cask and the spent control rod transfer cask was a significant milestone in the STURGIS decommissioning effort as it marked the beginning of the Corps of Engineers’ radiological decommissioning of the STURGIS, an effort that was completed in 2018. (Courtesy Photo)

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    Date Taken: 10.21.2017
    Date Posted: 09.14.2018 13:31
    Photo ID: 4733415
    VIRIN: 171021-A-WZ074-008
    Resolution: 739x517
    Size: 386.47 KB
    Location: GALVESTON, TEXAS, US

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