Designation: C852/C852M − 17Standard Guide forDesign Criteria for Plutonium Gloveboxes 1This standard is issued under the f i xed 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 def i nes 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 specif i c 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 Units—The 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 Specif i cation for Alloy-Steel and StainlessSteel Bolting for High Temperature or High PressureService and Other Special Purpose ApplicationsA240/A240M Specif i cation for Chromium and Chromium-Nickel Stainless Steel Plate, Sheet, and Strip for PressureVessels and for General ApplicationsA269/A269M Specif i cation for Seamless and Welded Aus-tenitic Stainless Steel Tubing for General ServiceA312/A312M Specif i cation for Seamless, Welded, andHeavily Cold Worked Austenitic Stainless Steel PipesA376/A376M Specif i cation for Seamless Austenitic SteelPipe for High-Temperature ServiceA480/A480M Specif i cation for General Requirements forFlat-Rolled Stainless and Heat-Resisting Steel Plate,Sheet, and StripA999/A999M Specif i cation for General Requirements forAlloy and Stainless Steel PipeA1016/A1016M Specif i cation for General Requirements forFerritic Alloy Steel, Austenitic Alloy Steel, and StainlessSteel TubesF837 Specif i cation for Stainless Steel Socket Head CapScrews2.2 Other Standards, Codes, and GuidelinesANSI N13.1 Guide to Sampling Airborne Radioactive Ma-terials in Nuclear Facilities 3ANSI/ASME NQA-1 Quality Assurance Requirements forNuclear Facility Applications 3ANSI/ASME AG-1 Code on Nuclear Air and Gas Treat-ment 3NFPA-70 National Electrical Code 4NFPA 72 National Fire Alarm Code 4NFPA 801 Standard for Fire Protection for Facilities Han-dling Radioactive MaterialsDOE-HDBK-1081-94 DOE Handbook on Primer of Spon-taneous Heating and Pyrophoricity 51 This 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-17.2 For referenced ASTM standards, visit the ASTM website, www.astm.org, orcontact ASTM Customer Service at service@astm.org. For Annual Book of ASTMStandards volume information, refer to the standard’s Document Summary page onthe ASTM website.3 Available from American National Standards Institute (ANSI), 25 W. 43rd St.,4th Floor, New York, NY 10036, http://www.ansi.org.4 Available from National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), 1 BatterymarchPark, Quincy, MA 02169-7471, http://www.nfpa.org.5 Available to the public from the U.S. Department of Commerce, TechnologyAdministration, National Technical Information Service, Springf i eld, VA 22161.Copyright © ASTM International, 100 Barr Harbor Drive, PO Box C700, West Conshohocken, PA 19428-2959. 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