The Bevatron atom smasher at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory is in the process of demolition. It was the most powerful atom smasher in it's day (early 1950s). It has been shut down since 1993 and it sat unused since that time. The demolition process will take a couple of years.
I have been approached by someone about doing some non-destructive assay work on the demolition rubble slated for disposal. The task will run about 3 to 6 months. A gamma-ray spectrometer will be used to quantitate the gamma emitting long-lived radionuclides in the components and construction material. The accelerator created artificial radioactivity (activation products) during it's operation. Although it has been shut down, some residual activities reamain and must be accounted for before disposition of the structure.
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