Laser beam decontamination of metallic surfaces with a pulsed (150 W) Nd:YAG laser
Laser decontamination of radioactive surfaces is an innovative technology. Our contribution to improving this technology includes studies on laser beam decontamination with a pulsed laser of an average power of 150 W, equipped with a hand guided working head. Our investigations are focused on metall...
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| author | Anne-Maria Reinecke Margret Acker Steffen Taut Marion Herrmann Wolfgang Lippmann Antonio Hurtado |
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| description | Laser decontamination of radioactive surfaces is an innovative technology. Our contribution to improving this technology includes studies on laser beam decontamination with a pulsed laser of an average power of 150 W, equipped with a hand guided working head. Our investigations are focused on metallic surfaces typical in nuclear power plants, such as stainless steel, bright and rusted mild steel, galvanized steel, and painted steel. As typical nuclides of contaminated surfaces we chose Co-60 and Cs-137, the most frequently occurring nuclides in many nuclear plant components; Sr-85 as a representative of Sr-90, the potentially most harmful fission nuclide; and Am-241 as a representative of the minor alpha-radiation emitting actinides. Here, we present our results of decontamination and recovery ratios. Decontamination ratios of 90–100% were achieved on different surfaces. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-afdf3d0ff9064070a5bb5ea05e1532842023-10-22T04:48:30ZengElsevierNuclear Engineering and Technology1738-57332023-11-01551141594166Laser beam decontamination of metallic surfaces with a pulsed (150 W) Nd:YAG laserAnne-Maria Reinecke0Margret Acker1Steffen Taut2Marion Herrmann3Wolfgang Lippmann4Antonio Hurtado5Technische Universität Dresden, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Institute of Hydrogen and Nuclear Energy, Germany; Corresponding author.Technische Universität Dresden, Radiation Protection Section and Central Radionuclide Laboratory, GermanyTechnische Universität Dresden, Radiation Protection Section and Central Radionuclide Laboratory, GermanyTechnische Universität Dresden, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Institute of Hydrogen and Nuclear Energy, GermanyTechnische Universität Dresden, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Institute of Hydrogen and Nuclear Energy, GermanyTechnische Universität Dresden, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Institute of Hydrogen and Nuclear Energy, GermanyLaser decontamination of radioactive surfaces is an innovative technology. Our contribution to improving this technology includes studies on laser beam decontamination with a pulsed laser of an average power of 150 W, equipped with a hand guided working head. Our investigations are focused on metallic surfaces typical in nuclear power plants, such as stainless steel, bright and rusted mild steel, galvanized steel, and painted steel. As typical nuclides of contaminated surfaces we chose Co-60 and Cs-137, the most frequently occurring nuclides in many nuclear plant components; Sr-85 as a representative of Sr-90, the potentially most harmful fission nuclide; and Am-241 as a representative of the minor alpha-radiation emitting actinides. Here, we present our results of decontamination and recovery ratios. Decontamination ratios of 90–100% were achieved on different surfaces.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1738573323003534Laser decontaminationLaser cleaningDegree of decontamination |
| spellingShingle | Anne-Maria Reinecke Margret Acker Steffen Taut Marion Herrmann Wolfgang Lippmann Antonio Hurtado Laser beam decontamination of metallic surfaces with a pulsed (150 W) Nd:YAG laser Nuclear Engineering and Technology Laser decontamination Laser cleaning Degree of decontamination |
| title | Laser beam decontamination of metallic surfaces with a pulsed (150 W) Nd:YAG laser |
| title_full | Laser beam decontamination of metallic surfaces with a pulsed (150 W) Nd:YAG laser |
| title_fullStr | Laser beam decontamination of metallic surfaces with a pulsed (150 W) Nd:YAG laser |
| title_full_unstemmed | Laser beam decontamination of metallic surfaces with a pulsed (150 W) Nd:YAG laser |
| title_short | Laser beam decontamination of metallic surfaces with a pulsed (150 W) Nd:YAG laser |
| title_sort | laser beam decontamination of metallic surfaces with a pulsed 150 w nd yag laser |
| topic | Laser decontamination Laser cleaning Degree of decontamination |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1738573323003534 |
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