CORPEX{reg_sign} NORM decontamination process

Conference · Sat Feb 01 00:00:00 EST 1997

OSTI ID:457164

Azrak, R G

This paper describes a commecial process which has been developed for application to the remediation of NORM deposits on metal parts or embedded in scales on such parts. The process employs a registered chemical process, involving non-RCRA regulated chemicals, which can remove fixed {sup 226,228}Radium, {sup 210}Lead, and {sup 210}Polonium. The author describes the capabilities of the chemical process which has been developed, the way it is offered to potential customers as a practical process, and numerous examples of its application in the field.

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States); Tennessee Univ., Knoxville, TN (United States). Energy, Environment and Resources Center
• OSTI ID: 457164
• Report Number(s): CONF-961089-; ON: DE97004100; TRN: 97:002105-0013
• Resource Relation: Conference: Beneficial Reuse `96: 4. annual conference on the recycle and reuse of radioactive scrap metal, Knoxville, TN (United States), 22-24 Oct 1996; Other Information: PBD: Feb 1997; Related Information: Is Part Of Beneficial reuse `96: The fourth annual conference on the recycle and reuse of radioactive scrap metal; PB: 546 p.
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

56 BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE
APPLIED STUDIES
SCRAP METALS
DECONTAMINATION
SURFACE CLEANING
MACHINE PARTS
SURFACE CONTAMINATION
NATURAL RADIOACTIVITY