Atmospheric-Pressure Plasma Cleaning of Contaminated Surfaces

Technical Report · Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 EDT 2001

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/834648· OSTI ID:834648

Hicks, Robert F; Herrmann, Hans W

The objective of this work is to demonstrate a practical, atmospheric pressure plasma tool for the surface decontamination of nuclear waste. Decontamination of radioactive materials that have accumulated on the surfaces of equipment and structures is a challenging and costly undertaking for the U.S. Department of Energy. Our technology shows great promise for mitigating the cost of this clean up effort.

• Research Organization: University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA; Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Environmental Management (EM) (US)
• DOE Contract Number: FG07-00ER45857
• OSTI ID: 834648
• Report Number(s): EMSP-73835-2001; R&D Project: EMSP 73835; TRN: US0407298
• Resource Relation: Other Information: PBD: 1 Jun 2001
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

12 MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE WASTES, AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE
CLEANING
DECONTAMINATION
PLASMA
RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS
RADIOACTIVE WASTES