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Designation:C852/C852M17Standard Guide forDesign Criteria for Plutonium Gloveboxes1This standard is issued under the fixed designation C852/C852M;the number immediately following the designation indicates the yearof original adoption or,in the case of revision,the year of last revision.A number in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval.A superscript epsilon()indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.1.Scope1.1 This guide defines criteria for the design of gloveboxsystems to be used for the handling of plutonium in anychemical or physical form or isotopic composition or whenmixed with other elements or compounds.Not included in thecriteria are systems auxiliary to the glovebox systems such asutilities,ventilation,alarm,and waste disposal.Also notaddressed are hot cells or open-face hoods.1.2 The scope of this guide excludes specific license re-quirements relating to provisions for criticality prevention,hazards control,safeguards,packaging,and material handling.Observance of this guide does not relieve the user of theobligation to conform to all federal,state,and local regulationsfor design and construction of glovebox systems.1.3 UnitsThe values stated in either SI units or inch-pound units are to be regarded separately as standard.Thevalues stated in each system may not be exact equivalents;therefore,each system shall be used independently of the other.Combining values from the two systems may result in noncon-formance with the standard.1.4 This standard does not purport to address all of thesafety problems,if any,associated with its use.It is theresponsibility of the user of this standard to establilsh appro-priate safety and health practices and determine the applica-bility of regulatory limitations prior to use.1.5 This international standard was developed in accor-dance with internationally recognized principles on standard-ization established in the Decision on Principles for theDevelopment of International Standards,Guides and Recom-mendations issued by the World Trade Organization TechnicalBarriers to Trade(TBT)Committee.2.Referenced Documents2.1 ASTM Standards:2A193/A193M Specification for Alloy-Steel and StainlessSteel Bolting for High Temperature or High PressureService and Other Special Purpose ApplicationsA240/A240M Specification for Chromium and Chromium-Nickel Stainless Steel Plate,Sheet,and Strip for PressureVessels and for General ApplicationsA269/A269M Specification for Seamless and Welded Aus-tenitic Stainless Steel Tubing for General ServiceA312/A312M Specification for Seamless,Welded,andHeavily Cold Worked Austenitic Stainless Steel PipesA376/A376M Specification for Seamless Austenitic SteelPipe for High-Temperature ServiceA480/A480M Specification for General Requirements forFlat-Rolled Stainless and Heat-Resisting Steel Plate,Sheet,and StripA999/A999M Specification for General Requirements forAlloy and Stainless Steel PipeA1016/A1016M Specification for General Requirements forFerritic Alloy Steel,Austenitic Alloy Steel,and StainlessSteel TubesF837 Specification for Stainless Steel Socket Head CapScrews2.2 Other Standards,Codes,and GuidelinesANSI N13.1 Guide to Sampling Airborne Radioactive Ma-terials in Nuclear Facilities3ANSI/ASME NQA-1 Quality Assurance Requirements forNuclear Facility Applications3ANSI/ASME AG-1 Code on Nuclear Air and Gas Treat-ment3NFPA-70 National Electrical Code4NFPA 72 National Fire Alarm Code4NFPA 801 Standard for Fire Protection for Facilities Han-dling Radioactive MaterialsDOE-HDBK-1081-94 DOE Handbook on Primer of Spon-taneous Heating and Pyrophoricity51This guide is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee C26 on Nuclear FuelCycle and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee C26.14 on Remote Systems.Current edition approved June 1,2017.Published June 2017.Originallyapproved in 1977.Last previous edition approved in 2016 as C852/C852M 16.DOI:10.1520/C0852_C0852M-17.2For referenced ASTM standards,visit the ASTM website,www.astm.org,orcontact ASTM Customer Service at serviceastm.org.For Annual Book of ASTMStandards volume information,refer to the standards Document Summary page onthe ASTM website.3Available from American National Standards Institute(ANSI),25 W.43rd St.,4th Floor,New York,NY 10036,http:/www.ansi.org.4Available from National Fire Protection Association(NFPA),1 BatterymarchPark,Quincy,MA 02169-7471,http:/www.nfpa.org.5Available to the public from the U.S.Department of Commerce,TechnologyAdministration,National Technical Information Service,Springfield,VA 22161.Copyright ASTM International,100 Barr Harbor Drive,PO Box C700,West Conshohocken,PA 19428-2959.United StatesThis international standard was developed in accordance with internationally recognized principles on standardization established in the Decision on Principles for theDevelopment of International Standards,Guides and Recommendations issued by the World Trade Organization Technical Barriers to Trade(TBT)Committee.1 10 CFR 20 Standards for Prote