Open AccessEvaluation of Coating Removal and Aggressive Surface Removal Surface Technologies Applied to Concrete Walls, Brick Walls, and Concrete Ceilings
Author(s) -
Leonel Lagos,
Ebadian
Publication year - 1997
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.2172/873
Subject(s) - human decontamination , brick , environmental remediation , waste management , construction engineering , environmental science , material selection , coating , civil engineering , engineering , materials science , contamination , composite material , ecology , biology
The purpose of this investigation was to test and evaluate innovative and commercially available technologies for the surface decontamination of walls and ceilings. This investigation supports the DOE's objectives of reducing risks to human health and the environment through its restoration projects at FEMP and MEMP. This project was performed at the Hemispheric Center for Environmental Technology (HCET) at Florida International University (FIU), where one innovative and four commercially available decontamination technologies were evaluated under standard, non-nuclear testing conditions. The performance data generated by this project will assist DOE site managers in the selection of the safest, most efficient, and most cost-effective decontamination technologies to accomplish their remediation objectives