In January of 2016, TLI received an amendment to the Radioactive Materials License that regulates operations at UCSC in Kevil, KY. The amendment authorized the manual surface preparation and painting of 48” cylinders. UCSC began surface preparation and painting in March 2016.

Surface preparation and painting is necessary in order for cylinders to meet acceptance criteria at most enrichment facilities today. The surface preparation and painting is completed inside our cylinder wash building. Loose scale is scraped off the cylinders and then they are manually painted using rollers and brushes. Before and after photographs are shown below.

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