skip to main content
OSTI.GOV title logo U.S. Department of Energy
Office of Scientific and Technical Information

Title: System decontamination as a tool to control radiation fields

Conference ·
OSTI ID:54682
;  [1]
  1. Siemens Power Generation Group, Erlangen (Germany)

Since chemical decontamination of the Reactor Coolant Systems (RCS) and subsystems has the highest potential to reduce radiation fields in a short term this technology has gained an increasing importance. The available decontamination process at Siemens, i.e., the CORD processes, will be described. It is characterized by using permanganic acid for preoxidation and diluted organic acid for the decontamination step. It is a regenerative process resulting in very low waste volumes. This technology has been used frequently in Europe and Japan in both RCS and subsystems. An overview will be given i.e. on the 1993 applications. This overview will include plant, scope, date of performance, system volume specal features of the process removed activities, decon factor time, waste volumes, and personnel dose during decontamination. This overview will be followed by an outlook on future developments in this area.

Research Organization:
US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), Washington, DC (United States). Div. of Regulatory Applications; Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
OSTI ID:
54682
Report Number(s):
NUREG/CP-0143; BNL-NUREG-52440; CONF-940505-; ON: TI95008770; TRN: 95:012716
Resource Relation:
Conference: 3. international workshop on implementation of ALARA at nuclear power plants, Long Island, NY (United States), 8-11 May 1994; Other Information: PBD: Mar 1995; Related Information: Is Part Of Proceedings of the Third International Workshop on the implementation of ALARA at nuclear power plants; Khan, T.A. [comp.] [Brookhaven National Lab., Upton, NY (United States)]; Roecklein, A.K. [Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC (United States). Div of Regulatory Applications]; PB: 810 p.
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English