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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 04, 1999
Filed:
Jun. 04, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Christopher J Wood, Mountain View, CA (US);
David Bradbury, Wotton-under-Edge, GB;
George Richard Elder, Westbury-on-Severn, GB;
Assignee:
Electric Power Research Institute, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G21F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
588 20 ; 134 10 ; 210749 ; 376310 ; 376313 ; 976D / ;
Abstract
A method for minimizing the radioactive waste produced by decontamination processes for water-cooled nuclear reactors. The method exposes the decontamination chemicals to the ionizing radiation emitted from the reactor fuel under controlled conditions to convert the decontamination chemicals into harmless gas phase products.