ZA844048B - Decontamination of metal surfaces in nuclear power reactors - Google Patents

Decontamination of metal surfaces in nuclear power reactors

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Publication number
ZA844048B
ZA844048B ZA844048A ZA844048A ZA844048B ZA 844048 B ZA844048 B ZA 844048B ZA 844048 A ZA844048 A ZA 844048A ZA 844048 A ZA844048 A ZA 844048A ZA 844048 B ZA844048 B ZA 844048B
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South Africa
Prior art keywords
decontamination
nuclear power
metal surfaces
power reactors
reactors
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ZA844048A
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English (en)
Inventor
Alexander Peter Murray
Sharon Lando Weisberg
Lawrence Frederick Becker Jr
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Westinghouse Electric Corp
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Publication of ZA844048B publication Critical patent/ZA844048B/xx

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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
    • G21F9/001—Decontamination of contaminated objects, apparatus, clothes, food; Preventing contamination thereof
    • G21F9/002—Decontamination of the surface of objects with chemical or electrochemical processes
    • G21F9/004—Decontamination of the surface of objects with chemical or electrochemical processes of metallic surfaces
    • 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
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02E—REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION
    • Y02E30/00—Energy generation of nuclear origin
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10S—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10S422/00—Chemical apparatus and process disinfecting, deodorizing, preserving, or sterilizing
    • Y10S422/903—Radioactive material apparatus

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • General Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • High Energy & Nuclear Physics (AREA)
  • Life Sciences & Earth Sciences (AREA)
  • Chemical Kinetics & Catalysis (AREA)
  • Electrochemistry (AREA)
  • General Chemical & Material Sciences (AREA)
  • Chemical & Material Sciences (AREA)
  • Food Science & Technology (AREA)
  • Treatment Of Water By Ion Exchange (AREA)
  • Cleaning And De-Greasing Of Metallic Materials By Chemical Methods (AREA)
  • Detergent Compositions (AREA)
  • Cleaning By Liquid Or Steam (AREA)
  • Physical Vapour Deposition (AREA)
  • Other Surface Treatments For Metallic Materials (AREA)
ZA844048A 1983-06-07 1984-05-28 Decontamination of metal surfaces in nuclear power reactors ZA844048B (en)

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US06/501,980 US4587043A (en) 1983-06-07 1983-06-07 Decontamination of metal surfaces in nuclear power reactors

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ZA844048B true ZA844048B (en) 1985-03-27

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US (1) US4587043A (es)
EP (1) EP0138289A1 (es)
JP (1) JPS608799A (es)
KR (1) KR850000732A (es)
CA (1) CA1224025A (es)
ES (1) ES8700782A1 (es)
FI (1) FI842280A (es)
FR (1) FR2547450B1 (es)
ZA (1) ZA844048B (es)

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JPS608799A (ja) 1985-01-17
EP0138289A1 (en) 1985-04-24
FR2547450A1 (fr) 1984-12-14
US4587043A (en) 1986-05-06
FI842280A0 (fi) 1984-06-06
ES533140A0 (es) 1986-10-16
FI842280A (fi) 1984-12-08
FR2547450B1 (fr) 1989-06-30
KR850000732A (ko) 1985-03-09
ES8700782A1 (es) 1986-10-16
CA1224025A (en) 1987-07-14

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