Process for the decontamination of surfaces
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Mar 3, 1992
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Jul 7, 1989
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Oct 2, 1987
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In this decontamination process, the surfaces contaminated with radioactive substances, in particular on components of cooling circuits in nuclear reactors, are treated in a first treatment step with an aqueous decontamination solution, containing chromic acid and permanganic acid, at a temperature in the range from 270 to 350 K, in particular at usual room temperature. The contaminated surface layers are thus oxidized by means of the permanganic acid, while the effect of the chromic acid is that the modified surface layers do not adhere firmly. In a second treatment step, the surface layers thus modified are removed by a chemical treatment in the same temperature range, as a result of dissolution, or/and removed by mechanical or hydraulic action. Aqueous solutions of organic acids are suitable for the chemical treatment in the second treatment step, it also being advantageously possible to add reducing agents and complexing agents and/or corrosion inhibitors.
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