CEMP-E/CECW-E
EI 01D010
1 September 1997
radioactive materials having an extended half-life
may be necessary to purchase the equipment for
are not permitted to leave a contaminated area.
dedicated use at these sites, rather than to price out
Equipment contaminated with long-term half-life
depreciated ownership costs by the hour. The cost
radio nuclides, is for the most part rendered useless,
engineer must review the contract specifications
unless there is some other future construction
and/or contact a local health physicist to determine
planned in the same area. As a result, this
the type and degree of radioactive contamination for
equipment is either "moth-balled" at a safe distance
calculating equipment ownership costs. Hourly
within the radioactive contaminated area, or buried
operating costs, however, would still need to be
at the site. It is not uncommon for many types of
included in the estimate. The hourly operating costs
equipment to be buried including tractors, backhoes,
should be taken from EP 1110-1-8 and adjusted for
dozers, etc. The cost of equipment (including
higher repair costs of equipment that must be
repaired in a "hot zone".
disposal) that will be working in radioactive
contaminated areas must be carefully considered. It
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