INTEK Decon Solutions: An Aqueous Based Chemical Decontamination Process
- INTEK Technology, 4641 Montgomery Avenue, Suite 350, Bethesda, MD 20814 (United States)
The planned construction of new nuclear power plants and fuel storage facilities and the decommissioning of nuclear weapons facilities have created a need for safer, more efficient decontamination processes. Chelant based chemical compounds present an attractive alternate to traditional means of decontamination such as acid cleaning, sandblasting, and other physical methods. There is now available a family of polydentate chelant chemical compounds, designated INTEK Decon Solutions, that is aqueous based and operates at a neutral pH that can be sprayed on and washed off with water. A major advantage of this process is that it minimizes waste volume and makes the waste easier to handle. This process has been demonstrated to produce very effective decontamination in a wide variety of situations. This paper will review the procedures used for three specific applications in projects undertaken for the DOE and industry. (authors)
- Research Organization:
- WM Symposia, Inc., PO Box 13023, Tucson, AZ, 85732-3023 (United States)
- OSTI ID:
- 21208577
- Report Number(s):
- INIS-US--09-WM-06058
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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