Method for decontaminating hazardous material containers

Details Method for decontaminating hazardous material containers Method for decontaminating hazardous material containers

1997-09-11

1999-10-19

Straub, Gary P.

Hazardous or toxic waste destruction or containment

Containment

Solidification, vitrification, or cementation

588203, 588226, A62D 300

Patent

active

059704209

ABSTRACT:
A process is provided for decontaminating metal objects, such as warhead components having hazardous materials adherent thereto. In the process, the objects are contacted with steam at a temperature above about 1,000 degrees Fahrenheit for a period of at least about 15 minutes under sub-atmospheric conditions. Thereafter, the steam used in the process is condensed to form a condensate and the condensate is used as a makeup component for an aqueous pacifying solution for pacification hazardous materials.

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U.S. Congress, Office of Technology Assessment, Disposal of Chemical Weapons: Alternative Technologies-Background Paper, OTA-BP-O-95 (Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office), Jun. 1992.

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