{"title":"Decontamination of Aramid Personal Protective Equipment from Alpha and Beta Emitters","authors":"N. A. Kuznetsova, I. A. Orlova, M. V. Logunov","doi":"10.1134/S1066362225060219","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p>Procedures for decontamination of aramid-based personal protective equipment from combined alpha and beta contamination were developed at the Mayak Production Association. Only decontamination formulations containing reductants capable of reducing plutonium to the lower oxidation state (III) appeared to be effective. It was demonstrated that after five decontamination cycles based on the developed procedures, physicomechanical and protective properties of the aramid fabrics remained unchanged.</p>","PeriodicalId":747,"journal":{"name":"Radiochemistry","volume":"67 6","pages":"939 - 946"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0000,"publicationDate":"2026-02-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Radiochemistry","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://link.springer.com/article/10.1134/S1066362225060219","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q4","JCRName":"CHEMISTRY, INORGANIC & NUCLEAR","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Procedures for decontamination of aramid-based personal protective equipment from combined alpha and beta contamination were developed at the Mayak Production Association. Only decontamination formulations containing reductants capable of reducing plutonium to the lower oxidation state (III) appeared to be effective. It was demonstrated that after five decontamination cycles based on the developed procedures, physicomechanical and protective properties of the aramid fabrics remained unchanged.
期刊介绍:
Radiochemistry is a journal that covers the theoretical and applied aspects of radiochemistry, including basic nuclear physical properties of radionuclides; chemistry of radioactive elements and their compounds; the occurrence and behavior of natural and artificial radionuclides in the environment; nuclear fuel cycle; radiochemical analysis methods and devices; production and isolation of radionuclides, synthesis of labeled compounds, new applications of radioactive tracers; radiochemical aspects of nuclear medicine; radiation chemistry and after-effects of nuclear transformations.