Published December 1988 | Version v1
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Decontamination and coating of lead

Creators

  • 1. E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Co., Aiken, SC (USA)
  • 2. Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville (USA)
  • 3. Mississippi State Univ. (USA)
  • 4. North Carolina A and T Univ., Greensboro (USA)

Description

Technology is being developed to decontaminate lead used in shielding applications in contaminated environments for recycle as shieldings. Technology is also being developed to coat either decontaminated lead or new lead before it is used in contaminated environments. The surface of the coating is expected to be much easier to decontaminate than the original lead surface. If contamination becomes severely embedded in the coating and cannot be removed, it can be easily cut with a knife and removed from the lead. The used coating can be disposed of as radioactive (hot hazardous) waste. The lead can then be recoated for further use as a shielding material

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Additional details

Publishing Information

Imprint Title
Proceedings of the tenth annual DOE low-level waste management conference. Session 4: Waste treatment minimization
Imprint Pagination
119 p.
Journal Page Range
p. 71-84.
Report number
CONF-880839--Ses.4

Conference

Title
10. annual DOE low-level waste management conference.
Dates
30 Aug - 1 Sep 1988.
Place
Denver, CO (United States).

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
23011841
Subject category
S22: GENERAL STUDIES OF NUCLEAR REACTORS; S12: MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE WASTES, AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
ABRASIVES; COBALT 60; DECONTAMINATION; DEMONSTRATION PROGRAMS; HAZARDOUS MATERIALS; LEAD; LOW-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTES; MATERIALS HANDLING; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NYLON; PAINTS; POLYURETHANES; RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL; RADIOACTIVE WASTE FACILITIES; RADIOACTIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT; RECYCLING; RESEARCH PROGRAMS; RUBBERS; SAVANNAH RIVER PLANT; SHIELDING; SHIELDING MATERIALS; SLURRIES; SURFACE COATING; US DOE
Descriptors DEC
BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; CLEANING; COATINGS; COBALT ISOTOPES; DEPOSITION; DISPERSIONS; ELASTOMERS; ELEMENTS; INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI; INTERNAL CONVERSION RADIOISOTO; ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES; ISOTOPES; MANAGEMENT; MATERIALS; METALS; MINUTES LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; MIXTURES; NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS; NUCLEAR FACILITIES; NUCLEI; ODD-ODD NUCLEI; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; ORGANIC POLYMERS; POLYAMIDES; POLYMERS; RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; RADIOISOTOPES; SUSPENSIONS; US AEC; US ERDA; US ORGANIZATIONS; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTES; YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES

Optional Information

Contract/Grant/Project number
Contract AC09-76SR00001