Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Environmental Management (EM) and the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) International Build on Successful Initiative to Develop Standard Specifications for Fixative Technologies in support of D&D Activities

Building on the initial success from the recent publication of two new international standard specifications for fixatives in July 2017, DOE EM and ASTM International’s E10.03 Subcommittee have embarked on an aggressive strategy to address shortfalls in uniform testing protocols specifically designed to provide a set of accepted tools to evaluate and compare the operational performance of fixative technologies under a variety of safety basis scenarios. As highlighted by Mr….