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Decontamination of Plutonium-contaminated Surfaces; ESSAIS DE DECONTAMINATION DES SURFACES CONTAMINEES PAR DU PLUTONIUM

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:4228614
The neutron distribution in the core of the Proserpine is measured by activation detectors placed in polyvinyl or polyethylene bags. The bags must be decontaminated before the detectors are removed, The removal of the Pu solution by rinsing with HNO/sub 3/, versene, H/sub 2/SO/sub 4/, citrosyl, and KMnO/sub 4/ solutions,and by fixation with plexiglass was investigated. It waa determined that a jet of HNO/sub 3/ gives the beat decontamination. It is then possible to cover the bag with layer of plexiglass to fixate the residual radioactivity. The tests showed that polyvinyl bags are more readily decontaminated than the polyethylene bags. (J. S.R.)
Research Organization:
France. Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique, Paris
NSA Number:
NSA-13-016922
OSTI ID:
4228614
Report Number(s):
CEA-868
Country of Publication:
France
Language:
English