TA-22 Brief Description

4.14.1 Site Description Scientists at TA-22 [Table 4-12 and Figure 4-14 (index map of TA-22)] conduct research into, develop, and fabricate high-energy detonators and related devices. Detonators, cables, and firing systems for tests at local firing sites and at the Nevada Test Site are built here. Detonator qualification and other detonator tests are conducted at an adjacent firing site. Detonation system components built by DOE contractors and production and surveillance of components produced for war reserve detonation systems undergo quality assurance checks at this site. A guard station controls access to the fenced TA-22 site. DOE clearance and a badge or personal escort by cleared personnel are required for entry. Building access rules require that visitors sign in and out with the receptionist. 4.14.2 Facilities Description The buildings and structures at TA-22 compose a facility called the Explosives Detonator Facility. Major functional areas are the Detonation Systems Laboratory, the Advanced Development Laboratory, and peripheral buildings that house an electronics laboratory and storage magazines. Capabilities include detonator design; printed circuit manufacture; metal deposition and joining; plastic materials technology; explosives loading; initiation; diagnostics; lasers; and safety of explosives systems design, development, and manufacture. Worker and environmental protection is provided by secondary containment around machinery and storage tanks; reinforced-concrete construction of explosives building; and remote locations and barricades for explosives areas to minimize risk to personnel, exclusion areas, interlocks, and automatic sprinkler systems.   ©2004 lasg.org