Technical specifications of a system for contaminated water diving

Abstract

Organizations such as NOAA, the EPA, the Coast Guard, and commercial diving firms frequently find themselves in positions where divers may be exposed to hazardous chemicals or radioactive wastes. The key component of a safe system for this application are as follows: These components must combine to provide a system which offers the following: 1) economically acceptable 2) human engineered (diver comfort) 3) common availability of spare parts (off the shelf items) 4) technical support literature 5) designed for maintainability 6) ease of decontamination An evaluation of the specifications of the SuperLite-17/Viking system, which meets all of the above requirements, is the subject of this paper.