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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 02, 2003
Filed:
Oct. 27, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Framatome ANP GmbH, Erlangen, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C23G 1/02 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C23G 1/02 ;
Abstract
The radioactivity of a metal part is reduced in the process. In the method, firstly a layer of oxide is removed from the metal part using a decontamination solution. Then, an agent which has an oxidizing action and is still present is removed from the decontamination solution. As a result, a layer of the metal is removed. Since radionuclides are to be found only in the layer of the metal part which is close to the surface, the remaining metal can be scrapped in the conventional way.