GB2316528B - Process for cleaning or decontaminating an object an object by means of an ultraviolet laser beam together with apparatus for implementing the process - Google Patents

Process for cleaning or decontaminating an object an object by means of an ultraviolet laser beam together with apparatus for implementing the process

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GB2316528B
GB2316528B GB9716447A GB9716447A GB2316528B GB 2316528 B GB2316528 B GB 2316528B GB 9716447 A GB9716447 A GB 9716447A GB 9716447 A GB9716447 A GB 9716447A GB 2316528 B GB2316528 B GB 2316528B
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decontaminating
implementing
cleaning
laser beam
ultraviolet laser
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Jean-Raymond Costes
Bernhard Remy
Alain Briand
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Commissariat a lEnergie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives CEA
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Commissariat a lEnergie Atomique CEA
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    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C23—COATING METALLIC MATERIAL; COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL; CHEMICAL SURFACE TREATMENT; DIFFUSION TREATMENT OF METALLIC MATERIAL; COATING BY VACUUM EVAPORATION, BY SPUTTERING, BY ION IMPLANTATION OR BY CHEMICAL VAPOUR DEPOSITION, IN GENERAL; INHIBITING CORROSION OF METALLIC MATERIAL OR INCRUSTATION IN GENERAL
    • C23G—CLEANING OR DE-GREASING OF METALLIC MATERIAL BY CHEMICAL METHODS OTHER THAN ELECTROLYSIS
    • C23G5/00—Cleaning or de-greasing metallic material by other methods; Apparatus for cleaning or de-greasing metallic material with organic solvents
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B08—CLEANING
    • B08B—CLEANING IN GENERAL; PREVENTION OF FOULING IN GENERAL
    • B08B7/00—Cleaning by methods not provided for in a single other subclass or a single group in this subclass
    • B08B7/0035—Cleaning by methods not provided for in a single other subclass or a single group in this subclass by radiant energy, e.g. UV, laser, light beam or the like
    • B08B7/0042—Cleaning by methods not provided for in a single other subclass or a single group in this subclass by radiant energy, e.g. UV, laser, light beam or the like by laser
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G21—NUCLEAR PHYSICS; NUCLEAR ENGINEERING
    • G21F—PROTECTION AGAINST X-RADIATION, GAMMA RADIATION, CORPUSCULAR RADIATION OR PARTICLE BOMBARDMENT; TREATING RADIOACTIVELY CONTAMINATED MATERIAL; DECONTAMINATION ARRANGEMENTS THEREFOR
    • G21F9/00—Treating radioactively contaminated material; Decontamination arrangements therefor
    • G21F9/001—Decontamination of contaminated objects, apparatus, clothes, food; Preventing contamination thereof
    • G21F9/005—Decontamination of the surface of objects by ablation
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G21—NUCLEAR PHYSICS; NUCLEAR ENGINEERING
    • G21F—PROTECTION AGAINST X-RADIATION, GAMMA RADIATION, CORPUSCULAR RADIATION OR PARTICLE BOMBARDMENT; TREATING RADIOACTIVELY CONTAMINATED MATERIAL; DECONTAMINATION ARRANGEMENTS THEREFOR
    • G21F9/00—Treating radioactively contaminated material; Decontamination arrangements therefor
    • G21F9/28—Treating solids
    • G21F9/30—Processing
GB9716447A 1996-08-14 1997-08-05 Process for cleaning or decontaminating an object an object by means of an ultraviolet laser beam together with apparatus for implementing the process Expired - Fee Related GB2316528B (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (1)

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FR9610213A FR2752386B1 (en) 1996-08-14 1996-08-14 METHOD FOR CLEANING OR DECONTAMINATION OF AN OBJECT USING AN ULTRAVIOLET LASER BEAM AND DEVICE FOR IMPLEMENTING IT

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GB9716447D0 GB9716447D0 (en) 1997-10-08
GB2316528A GB2316528A (en) 1998-02-25
GB2316528B true GB2316528B (en) 2000-07-12

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JP (2) JPH1075991A (en)
FR (1) FR2752386B1 (en)
GB (1) GB2316528B (en)
UA (1) UA44300C2 (en)

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GB2316528A (en) 1998-02-25
FR2752386B1 (en) 1998-09-11
FR2752386A1 (en) 1998-02-20
JP2007181830A (en) 2007-07-19
UA44300C2 (en) 2002-02-15
GB9716447D0 (en) 1997-10-08

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