PROCESS OF DECONTAMINATING MATERIAL CONTAMINATED WITH RADIOACTIVITY
Abstract
A process is described for decontaminating metallic objects, such as stainless steel equipment, which consists in contacting such objects with nltric acid in a concentration of 35 to 60% to remove the major portion of the contamination; and thereafter contacting the partially decontaminated object with a second solution containing up to 20% of alkali metal hydroxide and up to 20% sodium tartrate to remove the remaining radioactive contaminats.
- Inventors:
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- Originating Research Org. not identified
- OSTI Identifier:
- 4284314
- Patent Number(s):
- 2852419
- Assignee:
- U.S. Atomic Energy Commission
- Patent Classifications (CPCs):
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G - PHYSICS G21 - NUCLEAR PHYSICS G21F - PROTECTION AGAINST X-RADIATION, GAMMA RADIATION, CORPUSCULAR RADIATION OR PARTICLE BOMBARDMENT
- NSA Number:
- NSA-13-004348
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: Orig. Receipt Date: 31-DEC-59
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- PATENTS; ALKALI METALS; CONTAMINATION; DECONTAMINATION; HYDROXIDES; INSTRUMENTS; METALS; NITRIC ACID; ORGANIC ACIDS; QUANTITY RATIO; RADIOACTIVITY; SODIUM COMPOUNDS; SOLUTIONS; STAINLESS STEELS; TARTARIC ACID
Citation Formats
Overholt, D C, Peterson, M D, and Acken, M F. PROCESS OF DECONTAMINATING MATERIAL CONTAMINATED WITH RADIOACTIVITY. United States: N. p., 1958.
Web.
Overholt, D C, Peterson, M D, & Acken, M F. PROCESS OF DECONTAMINATING MATERIAL CONTAMINATED WITH RADIOACTIVITY. United States.
Overholt, D C, Peterson, M D, and Acken, M F. Tue .
"PROCESS OF DECONTAMINATING MATERIAL CONTAMINATED WITH RADIOACTIVITY". United States.
@article{osti_4284314,
title = {PROCESS OF DECONTAMINATING MATERIAL CONTAMINATED WITH RADIOACTIVITY},
author = {Overholt, D C and Peterson, M D and Acken, M F},
abstractNote = {A process is described for decontaminating metallic objects, such as stainless steel equipment, which consists in contacting such objects with nltric acid in a concentration of 35 to 60% to remove the major portion of the contamination; and thereafter contacting the partially decontaminated object with a second solution containing up to 20% of alkali metal hydroxide and up to 20% sodium tartrate to remove the remaining radioactive contaminats.},
doi = {},
journal = {},
number = ,
volume = ,
place = {United States},
year = {1958},
month = {9}
}
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