When applied over a contaminated surface, 2050 attracts and binds heavy metal isotopes and debris. Upon cure, the product chemically locks the contaminants into a polymer matrix. Removal of the film decontaminates the substrate and yields a solid radioactive waste.

process of developing methods to decontaminate a process hot cell that has a film of residual solids left after the evaporation of Hydroflouric Acid, Boric acid, Nitric Acid and Aluminum Nitrate chemicals that contained relatively high concentrations of dissolved cadmium, boron, uranium and zirconium. Deconpeel can be used  to help strip off and minimize the contamination on walls and floors made of welded stainless steel.

Customer Inquiry : Nuclear application  -  a strippable coating to bind up and help remove solidified residuals of the following liquids: Zirconyl Nitrate in 2M Nitric Acid; Aluminum Nitrate 2 M with 30 g/L cadmium Nitrate; Hydrofluoric Acid with 12 g/L Boron, cadmium sulfate, Nitric Acid 13M with 30 g/L cadmium nitrate.  These acids would have zirconium alloys, uranium and transuranic isotopes dissolved in them.  The materials have dried to a crystalline powder on sst and hastaloy surfaces. 

Also, small volumes of these liquids will be spilled on the applied coating over a period of 12 months prior to removal.

Do you have a coating that can be applied over a wet surface?  There appears to be a wet layer at the bottom of some of the thicker layers of these materials.  Also, we may wash down the surfaces with high pressure water prior to applying the coating and do not have a good means of drying the surfaces other than allowing the ventilation flow to dry it out over time. The radiation levels are relatively high so this coating will need to be applied be sprayer using remote manipulators.

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"I am in process of developing methods to decontaminate a process hot cell that has a film of residual solids left after the evaporation of Hydroflouric Acid, Boric acid, Nitric Acid and Aluminum Nitrate chemicals that contained relatively high concentrations of disolved cadmium, boron, uranium and zirconium. Do you have a product that is compatible with these chemicals to use to help strip off and minimize the contamination on walls and floors made of welded stainless steel? "

2.We are working in a facility contaminated with Tritium. We have to purchase a portable gantry crane to move some equipment around. Our client ( National Laboratory) wants to be able to reuse this crane in another facility afterwards and wants to minimize the decontamination efforts and the potential for not being able to release the crane to the other facility later down the road.
The crane is a typical gantry crane. That is, a horizontal top beam (steel) that holds the chain hoist mechanism) approximately 9 feet across and the end structures (all steel) tri-pod frames on castors for easy rolling. The crane can be adjusted to a maximum height of 12 feet. The moving parts consist of the hoist mechanism traveling across the upper horizontal beam. The chain in the hoist mechanism is the only other moving part. The paint will be applied primarily to the structure itself. We will probably cover the hoist mechanism in plastic to minimize contamination. We anticipate that we will have to perform some decontamination, but the idea is to try and keep the basic structure of the crane clean after stripping off the paint.
We realize that Tritium is different than other radioisotopes since it is not a particulate, but rather a gas. Nevertheless, the client wants the paint to try to minimize decontamination efforts.

Our Recommendation: Deconcoat  2050 is a water based peelable coating promoted for the protection of metal from rusting. This coating cures by water evaporation a goes from white to clear. The coating can be applied to metal, glass, marble and painted semi or glossy surfaces.
In this case, we suggest of applying a coat of  2050, about 6 to 10 mils, and start using your equipment. When the job is finished apply a second coat, sandwiching contaminates, and let the coating dry to clear state. Pry a corner and peel the coating off. Dispose of the coating and contaminates properly. Camel hair brush is the best.

3. we are a Finnish engineering company providing services and products for nuclear industry. Our client for which we have provided a decontamination system to clean walls of the reactor pool has now asked us to provide also a system to clean reactor vessel flange surfaces which can be seen in the photo attached. The areas to be cleaned consists of the floor area (25 m2 x 2 units) shown in the photo except the area covered with a blue plate. The bolt holes will be equipped with flat blinds during the cleaning.

We have learned that you provide strippable coatings for nuclear industry. We are interested in DeconCoat 2050 and we have couple of questions about it.

1. What is the price of six gallons of DeconCoat 2050?

2. What is the recommended way to apply DeconCoat 2050 to reactor vessel flange surface?

Our Recommendations : DECONCOAT 2050 is a water based peelable coating to be applied by airless spray to a minimum wet thickness of 12 to 14 mils. The product cures by water evaporation and transforms from white to clear. Clear coating is hard a flexible. The cure process encompasses most particles into the coating and can be disposed when Deconcoat is peeled.