EP0681735A1 - Procede et installations de decontamination d'une surface radioactive au moyen d'un faisceau de lumiere coherente. - Google Patents
Procede et installations de decontamination d'une surface radioactive au moyen d'un faisceau de lumiere coherente.Info
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- EP0681735A1 EP0681735A1 EP94905154A EP94905154A EP0681735A1 EP 0681735 A1 EP0681735 A1 EP 0681735A1 EP 94905154 A EP94905154 A EP 94905154A EP 94905154 A EP94905154 A EP 94905154A EP 0681735 A1 EP0681735 A1 EP 0681735A1
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- liquid
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- 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
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- the invention relates mainly to a method for decontaminating a radioactive surface by scanning this surface by means of a focused coherent light beam.
- the invention also relates to installations implementing this method.
- the surface contamination of metal parts by radioactive elements is manifested by the presence of radioactive elements in the layer of metal oxide that forms on the surface of these parts.
- the thickness of this contaminated surface layer is generally between l ⁇ m and lO ⁇ m.
- the purpose of decontaminating these surfaces is therefore to eliminate the thin surface layer which covers the surface of the parts.
- a first family of known methods consists in decontaminating the surface by attacking the surface layer deposited thereon by means of a chemical agent which can in particular be in the form of acids, bases, oxidizing gels, etc.
- document FR-A-2 656 949 illustrates the use of an oxidizing gel.
- the subject of the invention is precisely a new method for decontaminating a radioactive surface by means of a focused coherent light beam, the original design of which enables it to practically disappear the redeposition of radioactive aerosols which are formed when the beam of coherent light strikes the surface to be decontaminated, so as to considerably reduce the residual contamination of this surface.
- this result is obtained by means of a method for decontaminating a radioactive surface, by scanning this surface by means of a beam of focused coherent light, characterized in that the scanning of the surface by the beam in the presence of a liquid over the entire surface to be decontaminated.
- the liquid can be present on this surface, either in the form of a film which one makes trickle on the surface while carrying out the scanning of this surface by the bundle, or in the form of a volume of liquid filling a container whose inner surface constitutes the surface to be decontaminated. In the latter case, the container is filled before scanning the surface by the beam.
- the liquid is recycled and filtered during the scanning of the surface to be decontaminated.
- the liquid used can simply consist of water.
- an aqueous solution loaded with chemical reagent will advantageously be used. Indeed, the effectiveness of the decontamination can be further improved by a judicious choice of this chemical reagent according to the nature of the metal in which the part is made whose surface is to be decontaminated and the nature of the radioactive elements deposited on this area.
- This chemical reagent can in particular be nitric acid, at a concentration of approximately 5 moles / l.
- the wavelength of the coherent light beam used is preferably 248 nm, 308 nm, 532 nm or 1064 nm.
- the subject of the invention is also various types of installations making it possible to implement the method defined above.
- a decontamination installation comprising a coherent light source, as well as means for directing and focusing a beam of light coherent emitted by this source on the surface to be decontaminated, so as to allow scanning of this surface by the beam, characterized in that it further comprises means for causing a film of liquid to flow over the entire surface to be decontaminated when sweeping this surface.
- the means for trickling a film of liquid onto the surface to be decontaminated advantageously comprise a spraying ramp running along the entire length of the upper edge of the surface, a retention tank placed below the lower edge of the surface. , and a recycling circuit connecting the retention tank to the spraying boom, this recycling circuit including pumping means and liquid filtering means.
- a decontamination installation comprising a coherent light source, as well as means for directing and focusing a beam of coherent light emitted by this source on the surface to be decontaminated. , so as to allow this surface to be scanned by the beam, characterized in that it further comprises a circuit for recycling a liquid contained in the container during the scanning of the surface to be decontaminated, this recycling circuit including pumping means and liquid filtering means.
- the means for directing and focusing the beam on the surface to be decontaminated advantageously carry at their end a box open towards this surface and the recycling circuit takes the liquid in this box and discharges it into the container.
- FIG. 2 schematically shows an installation for decontaminating the interior surface of a swimming pool filled with liquid, by means of a beam of coherent light.
- the reference 10 designates the surface to be decontaminated.
- this surface is a flat surface which is inclined relative to the horizontal, so as to have an upper edge 10a and a lower edge 10b.
- This example should not be considered as limiting and it will be readily understood that an installation comparable to that which will be described could be used to decontaminate a surface of different shape and / or orientation.
- the surface to be decontaminated can be oriented either in a direction inclined relative to the horizontal as illustrated in FIG. 1, or in a vertical direction.
- the surface to be decontaminated can be flat, cylindrical or the like.
- an installation comparable to that illustrated in FIG. 1 could be used to decontaminate the interior surface of piping with a vertical axis.
- the decontamination installation illustrated diagrammatically in FIG. 1 firstly comprises a source 12 of coherent light, constituted for example by a YAG type pulsed laser, possibly equipped with a doubler.
- the coherent light source 12 When activated, the coherent light source 12 emits a coherent light beam whose wavelength is preferably 248 nm, 308 nm, 532 nm or 1064 nm.
- the coherent light source 12 is oriented so that the beam emitted by this source is directed vertically downward in a sealed telescopic tube 14 forming a waveguide.
- the lower end of this tube 14 is extended by a bend 16 to 90 e , in which the beam of coherent light is deflected by a mirror 18.
- the horizontal branch of the bend 16 is closed at its end by a waterproof lens 20, at through which a focused coherent light beam 21 is directed towards the surface 10.
- the sealed telescopic tube 14 can rotate around its axis as illustrated schematically by the arrow FI in FIG. 1.
- the variation in its length, illustrated by the arrow F2 allows, for its part, to vary the level of the focused light beam leaving the lens 20.
- the two movements illustrated by the arrows FI and F2 allow the coherent light beam leaving the lens 20 to scan the whole of the surface 10 to be decontaminated.
- these movements are controlled by motors slaved to a programmable control unit, so that the scanning of the surface can be carried out in an automated manner.
- the decontamination installation illustrated in FIG. 1 further comprises means for making a film of liquid trickle over the surface 10 to be decontaminated, during the scanning of this surface by the beam of coherent light.
- these means are generally designated by the reference 22. They comprise a spraying ramp 24 placed above the upper edge 10a of the surface 10 to be decontaminated and extending over the entire length of this edge .
- This spray bar 24 is supplied with liquid by a recycling circuit 26. More precisely, the recycling circuit 26 communicates the spray bar 24 with the bottom of a retention tank 28 placed below the edge. lower 10b of the surface 10 to be decontaminated.
- a pump 30 placed in the circuit 26 allows the liquid 29 present in the retention tank 28 to be conveyed to the spraying boom 24.
- the recycling circuit 26 also includes a filter 32 which retains the radioactive elements removed from the surface by the beam of coherent light, so that the liquid flowing on the surface 10 to be decontaminated from the spray boom 24 is free of radioactive elements.
- the retention tank 28 contains a sufficient quantity of liquid 29 so that the surface 10 to be decontaminated is completely covered with a film of liquid when the pump is actuated.
- the liquid used can be either pure water or an aqueous solution loaded with a chemical reagent such as nitric acid or a mixture of citric and oxalic acid.
- the pump 30 is actuated so that a film of liquid 29 trickles over the entire surface 10. Consequently, the surface radioactive layer torn from the surface
- the installation shown is designed to decontaminate the interior surfaces 10 of a swimming pool
- an installation comparable to that illustrated in this figure can be used to decontaminate the interior surfaces of a container. different shape and function, insofar as this container can be filled with a liquid making it possible to completely cover the interior surface to be decontaminated.
- an installation comparable to the installation shown in FIG. 2 can be used to decontaminate the interior surfaces of a water box of a steam generator used to ensure heat transfer between water from the primary circuit and water from the secondary circuit in a pressurized water reactor.
- the installation illustrated in FIG. 2 comprises a source 12 of coherent light constituted by a pulsed laser such as a YAG laser.
- This source 12 sends downwards and in a vertical direction a beam of coherent light into a sealed telescopic tube 14 forming a waveguide.
- a bend 16 at right angles is placed at the bottom of the telescopic tube 14, so as to return the beam in a horizontal direction towards the side walls of the pool, under the action of a mirror 18 placed in the bend 16.
- L 'open end of the horizontal branch of the elbow 16 is provided with a sealed lens 20 which directs a beam of coherent light focused 21 towards the side wall of the pool.
- the telescopic nature of the tube 14 (arrow F2), associated with a degree of freedom of rotation (arrow FI) of this tube around its axis, make it possible to scan the side walls of the pool.
- this scanning is programmed and carried out automatically by motorization systems not illustrated in FIG. 2.
- the two above-mentioned degrees of freedom can possibly be supplemented by one or more additional degrees of freedom, for example by placing the source 12 on a trolley capable of moving in a horizontal plane in two orthogonal directions parallel to the side walls of the pool.
- the techniques for scanning the surfaces to be decontaminated are well known, so that no detailed description is made of them.
- the coherent light beam delivered by the source 12 can also carry out the decontamination of the substantially horizontal bottom of the swimming pool, it is in particular possible to disassemble the elbow 16 and mount the waterproof lens 20 directly at the lower end of the vertical telescopic tube 14.
- a sealed housing 36 is fixed at the end of the horizontal branch of the elbow 16, but the side facing the surface 10 during treatment is open.
- the presence of the housing 36 makes it possible to recycle the liquid which is in the immediate vicinity of the part of the surface 10 during decontamination.
- the installation comprises a recycling circuit 26, one end of which is connected to the housing 36, so as to draw the liquid inside the latter.
- This recycling circuit includes a pump 30 which recycles the liquid 29 in a filter 32, before discharging it directly into the pool 11.
- Table A gives an estimate of the average ablation depths (in JJm) per pulse, when laser beams with different wavelengths are made to act on AISI 304 steel in air and under water, respectively.
- the pulse ablation depth is significantly greater under water runoff than in air, the gain provided by the process according to the invention being variable depending on the length d wave of the laser beam.
- the ablation depth is only multiplied by a factor of about 3.5 in the ultraviolet, while it is multiplied by a factor of 16 in the near infrared.
- the depth of ablation per pulse is greater for the first pulses which act first on the surface oxide layer deposited on the base material.
- Table B presents an estimate of the average pulse ablation depths when a laser beam of wavelength 308 nm and a laser beam of wavelength 1064 nm are made to act on the contaminated surface. , respectively in air and under water, of silica or alumina parts, representative of construction materials such as concrete, and / or ceramics.
- each pulse is 30 ns at ⁇ at a wavelength of 308 nm and 7 ns at the wavelength of 1064 nm, the firing frequency being in all cases 1 Hz.
- Table C shows the results of comparative decontamination tests carried out on samples of oxidized Inconel 600, contaminated with Co 60 by causing a laser beam to act on samples having similar initial activities, respectively in the presence of ambient air with suction at a flow rate of 86 m 3 / h, in the presence of a film of water on the surface of the sample at a flow rate of 50 1 / h and in the presence of a film of water added 5 moles / 1 of nitric acid at a flow rate of
- a laser beam of wavelength 532 nm was used, the temporal width of the pulses being 7 ns, the repetition rate of 30 Hz and the energy density per pulse of 7 J / cm.
- This table C notably shows very clearly the essential gain brought by the presence of a liquid film on the surface of the decontaminated part.
- a comparable decontamination factor (21 or 22) can be obtained for an energy density deposited five times lower (100 J / cm 2 instead 500 J / cm 2 ), replacing the film of water with a film of water with added nitric acid.
- Table D is a table comparable to Table C, in which the samples tested were samples of AISI 304 steel coated with oxide contaminated with Co 60. The characteristics of the laser beam were also identical to those of Table C.
- Table D shows even more clearly than Table C the influence of the nature of the liquid which covers the surface decontaminated by the laser beam.
- five different samples presenting similar initial activities were treated by a laser beam respectively in the presence of ambient air with a suction at a flow rate of 86 ⁇ r / h, in the presence of a film of water at a flow rate of 50 1 / h, in the presence of a film of water to which 1.5% of citric and oxalic acids ("CITROX”) were added at a flow rate of 50 1 / h, in the presence of a film of water added with 0.5 mole / l of nitric acid at a flow rate of 50 l / h and in the presence of a film of water added with 5 moles / l of nitric acid at a flow rate of 50 l / h.
- CITROX citric and oxalic acids
- Table D shows that a comparable decontamination factor (130) is obtained for an energy density almost three times lower (200 J / c ⁇ r instead of 550 J / cm * - * '), when working in presence of a film of water supplemented with 5 moles / 1 of nitric acid, compared to a decontamination carried out simply in the presence of a film of water.
- Table E illustrates test results comparable to those given in Tables C and D, in the case where surface decontamination of samples of AISI 304 steel contaminated with Csl37 is carried out.
- the characteristics of the laser beam used are identical to those indicated in the context of the tests illustrated in Tables C and D.
- Table E illustrates in particular that a comparable decontamination factor (approximately 50) can be obtained with an energy density deposited approximately seven times lower (15 J / c ⁇ r instead of 100 J / c ⁇ r) by carrying out the abrasion in the presence a film of water supplemented with 5 moles / l of nitric acid, rather than carrying out the abrasion in the presence of a simple film of water.
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FR9300723 | 1993-01-26 | ||
FR9300723A FR2700882B1 (fr) | 1993-01-26 | 1993-01-26 | Procédé et installation de décontamination d'une surface radioactive au moyen d'un faisceau de lumière cohérente. |
PCT/FR1994/000089 WO1994017529A1 (fr) | 1993-01-26 | 1994-01-25 | Procede et installations de decontamination d'une surface radioactive au moyen d'un faisceau de lumiere coherente |
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EP0681735A1 true EP0681735A1 (fr) | 1995-11-15 |
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DE (1) | DE69402414T2 (fr) |
ES (1) | ES2102825T3 (fr) |
FR (1) | FR2700882B1 (fr) |
WO (1) | WO1994017529A1 (fr) |
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