Open AccessRefinment of a decontamination technology for radioactively contaminated equipment
Author(s) -
Veronika V. Shelenkova,
Tatiana A. Kulagina
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
radioaktivnye othody
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2587-9707
DOI - 10.25283/2587-9707-2021-1-28-38
Subject(s) - human decontamination , contamination , waste management , environmental science , engineering , ecology , biology
This article analyzes the data on chemical decontamination methods dealing with radioactively contaminated surfaces. It considers the composition of solutions most commonly used for decontamination purposes. Numerical data are presented to illustrate the effectiveness of various decontamination methods. The paper considers an experiment on the decontamination of stainless steel samples with water following a cavitation treatment. The study reveals a dependence between the decontamination efficiency and the treatment time of the contaminated surface with a decontamination solution based on cavitation-activated water, which appears to be comparable with the results of the one involving an alkaline solution.