Investigation of a basic electrolyte for decontamination

Technical Report · Mon Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1979

OSTI ID:6775975

Long, J L; Childs, E L

An electrolyte for decontaminating metals in a basic solution (pH greater than 7) was invented. The use of a basic electrolyte simplified recovery problems with respect to radioactive contaminants and anodically dissolved base metals. The electrolyte was used on a lab scale to decontaminate stainless steel which had been exposed to plutonium and americium. Actual glove box samples, as well as artifically contaminated samples, were decontaminated to less than 0.14 disintegrations per square centimeter per minute. Separation of the radioactive species and most of the anodically dissolved materials was accomplished by filtration.

• Research Organization: Rockwell International Corp., Golden, CO (USA). Rocky Flats Plant
• DOE Contract Number: AC04-76DP03533
• OSTI ID: 6775975
• Report Number(s): RFP-3101
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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ACTINIDES
ALKALI METAL COMPOUNDS
ALKALINE EARTH METALS
ALLOYS
ALUMINIUM
AMERICIUM
BERYLLIUM
CARBOXYLIC ACID SALTS
CHROMIUM
CHROMIUM ALLOYS
CLEANING
COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS
COPPER
CORROSION RESISTANT ALLOYS
DECONTAMINATION
ELECTROLYTES
ELEMENTS
FILTRATION
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
INORGANIC ACIDS
IRON ALLOYS
IRON BASE ALLOYS
LEAD
METALS
NICKEL
NITRATES
NITROGEN COMPOUNDS
OXALATES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PH VALUE
PHOSPHORIC ACID
PLUTONIUM
SEPARATION PROCESSES
SODIUM COMPOUNDS
SODIUM NITRATES
STAINLESS STEELS
STEELS
TEMPERATURE EFFECTS
TRANSITION ELEMENTS
TRANSPLUTONIUM ELEMENTS
TRANSURANIUM ELEMENTS