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4.21.2.1 Facility Hazard Categories Table 4-19 identifies the facilities at TA-40 that fall into a facility hazard category because of the type of operations performed in the facility. 4.21.2.1.1 Nuclear Facility Hazard Categories No buildings at TA-40 have been categorized as nuclear facilities. 4.21.2.1.2 Non-Nuclear Facility Hazard Categories Twenty-two buildings at TA-40 have been categorized as L/ENS because of their use in explosives testing. The explosives-testing facilities at TA-40 have been designed to protect onsite personnel, the public, and the environment. The firing sites consist of a steel, concrete, and earthen pad for the explosives, and a small fortified structure to protect the operator and instrumentation. The magazines are small, reinforced-concrete structures, whose capacities for storing explosives range from 397 to 2,646 lb (180 to 1,200 kg). The rooms in which the explosives are prepared for tests are reinforced-concrete structures. 4.21.2.2 Nonhazardous Facilities The eight nonhazardous buildings at TA-40 are an office building, a storage building, and six miscellaneous structures.   ©2004 lasg.org