Chemical decontamination method and chemical decontamination apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12283386-B2
Application number	US-202117197437-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 10, 2021
Priority date	Mar 17, 2020
Publication date	Apr 22, 2025
Grant date	Apr 22, 2025

Abstract

Provided are a chemical decontamination method and a chemical decontamination apparatus capable of preventing deterioration of a metal ion exchange resin and performing decontamination at a low cost in a short time.
The chemical decontamination method of the invention includes: a reduction decontamination step of supplying a reduction decontamination solution to a decontamination target portion and performing reduction decontamination on a surface of a member constituting the decontamination target portion; a hydrogen peroxide decomposition step of decomposing hydrogen peroxide contained in the reduction decontamination solution after the reduction decontamination step; and a metal ion removing step of removing a metal ion contained in the reduction decontamination solution after the hydrogen peroxide decomposition step.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A chemical decontamination method comprising:
a reduction decontamination step of supplying a reduction decontamination solution to a decontamination target portion made of stainless steel;
performing reduction decontamination on a surface of a member constituting the decontamination target portion;
a hydrogen peroxide decomposition step of decomposing hydrogen peroxide contained in the reduction decontamination solution after the reduction decontamination step by using a hydrogen peroxide decomposition device which is directly connected to the decontamination target portion via a temporary circulation pipes downstream of the decontamination target portion that decomposes hydrogen peroxide, when an iron concentration in the reduction decontamination solution becomes a predetermined concentration or less; and
a metal ion removing step of removing a metal ion contained in the reduction decontamination solution after the hydrogen peroxide decomposition step by using a metal ion exchange resin tower that removes metal ions, which is installed downstream of the hydrogen peroxide decomposition device and upstream of the decontamination target portion.

2. The chemical decontamination method according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a reduction decontamination solution decomposition step of adding hydrogen peroxide to the reduction decontamination solution after the metal ion removing step and decomposing the reduction decontamination solution to which the hydrogen peroxide is added; and
a second hydrogen peroxide decomposition step of decomposing hydrogen peroxide contained in the reduction decontamination solution after the reduction decontamination solution decomposition step.

3. The chemical decontamination method according to claim 1 , wherein in the hydrogen peroxide decomposition step, at least one of activated carbon, a noble metal, manganese dioxide, and catalase is used as a hydrogen peroxide decomposition catalyst by using the hydrogen peroxide decomposition device.

4. The chemical decontamination method according to claim 3 , wherein the noble metal is at least one of platinum, ruthenium, palladium, iridium, and rhodium.

5. The chemical decontamination method according to claim 2 , wherein in the reduction decontamination solution decomposition step, activated carbon with ruthenium spread on the surface is used as a catalyst.

6. The chemical decontamination method according to claim 1 , wherein the reduction decontamination solution is at least one of oxalic acid, malonic acid, formic acid, and ascorbic acid.

7. The chemical decontamination method according to claim 1 , wherein hydrazine is mixed with the reduction decontamination solution to adjust a pH of the reduction decontamination solution.

8. The chemical decontamination method according to claim 1 , wherein
before the reduction decontamination step, there is an oxidation decontamination step in which an oxidation decontamination solution is supplied to the decontamination target portion, and the surface of a member constituting the decontamination target portion is oxidized and decontaminated.

Assignees

• Hitachi Ge Nuclear Energy Ltd

Inventors

• Oohira Takashi
• Oouchi Satoshi
• Aizawa Motohiro
• Ota Nobuyuki
• Hosokawa Hideyuki
• Hamada Ryo
• Yoshikawa Hiroo
• Tsubokawa Naobumi
• Kazama Masahiko

Classifications

• B01D15/12 Primary

  relating to the preparation of the feed · CPC title

• B01D15/362

  Cation-exchange · CPC title

• B01J39/24

  Carbon, coal or tar · CPC title

• G21F9/12

  by absorption; by adsorption; by ion-exchange · CPC title

• Y02E30/30

  Nuclear fission reactors · CPC title