Decontamination of Radioactive Waste Air. I.

Abstract

Contaminated waste air has been treated with a baffle-plate scrubbing tower with 42 plates in three stages. The air was sampled for activity before and after each stage and the effect of several process variables investigated. With only six plates per stage in use the efficiency for plain cold water washing was 99.6 percent or better, and was 99.92 percent for the cloud chamber mode of operation. Some data on particle size and preliminary engineering figures are given.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 03, 1949
Accession Number
ADA319336

Entities

People

  • R. P. Hammond

Organizations

  • Los Alamos National Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Cloud Chambers
  • Cold Water
  • Drops
  • Engineering
  • Filter Paper
  • Filters
  • Filtration
  • Flow
  • Gases
  • Liquids
  • Materials
  • Measurement
  • Particle Size
  • Particles
  • Radioactive Wastes
  • Scrubbers
  • Water

Readers

  • Aerosol Science/Aerosol Physics
  • Internal Combustion Engine (ICE) Technology.
  • Metallurgy