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Radium
Incorporated (Radium) set out on a mission to
develop the ultimate personal breathing and cooling
system for the nuclear power industry worker. For
decades, nuclear workers had no choice but to use
respiratory protection products that starved them
for air, were obstructive to use, and created an
extremely hot and stressful environment to work. The
Hurricane Hood™ line of products is the industry
solution for a problem that has lingered long
enough.
Radium’s
experience in steam generator nozzle dam services
played an important role in the development of the
Hurricane Hood. One of the design goals was to
develop a system that could be used by nozzle dam
technicians to install or remove dams. It had to be
a compact system that would not obstruct the
technician from entering or exiting the channel head
through a 16" steam generator primary manway and
provide ample air flow. The Hurricane Hood Category
3 (CAT-3) is the solution.
Radium’s
patent pending design started with utilizes a bubble hood which
is currently used in the industry as the basis for the
design. The problem with a bubble hood system is you
need a very expense breathing air compressor system
to use a bubble hood and it requires maintenance and
setup of the system which time and unnecessary
exposure to perform these tasks.
Next, Radium’s engineers modified and separated the
components of a typical Powered Air Purifying
Respirator (PAPR) because a standard PAPR would not
allow a technician to enter the channel head due to
the massive size of the battery pack/filter
assembly. Separating and greatly improving these components offers several
advantages.
- 5 times more
filtered air than a powered air visor or PAPR!
- No Hoses!
- Does NOT
require air compressors, air filter banks,
airlines, air support and monitoring personnel,
piping and plumbing, and all of the maintenance
that comes with a breathing air system. Save
money and dose!
- Optimized air
flow path
- Low cost of
ownership
- Each model's
blower is interchangeable
- Lasts up to 7
hours on one battery charge
- Wireless color
camera system
optional
- No obstructed
views
- Locking
electrical connectors
- User can
access 16" vessel manway openings (CAT-3)
- Batteries take
15 minutes to charge
- Wear hard hats
under the hood - CAT-2 only
- Hydrate and
keep cool with our
Hydropack!
Radium currently
offers 2 different Hurricane Hood models. The
Category 2 (CAT-2) is a backpack version of the
CAT-3 and can be used for any application except
for limited access areas that require the user to
enter through a manway or access hole. Hard hats and
any type of communications headsets can be worn
inside the CAT-2 hood. The CAT-3 can be used for any application.
Some of the jobs that Hurricane hoods can be used
include cavity decontamination, cavity seal table
work, steam generator
platform support, steam generator nozzle dam
installation, control rod drive maintenance, and
virtually any job that you need freedom from a hose/
breathing air system but need ample filtered air for
cooling and breathing.
For more information about
Radium's Hurricane Hoods, don't hesitate to contact us at (803)
414-4445 or
hurricanehoods@radiuminc.com. |
