Method for removing radioactive scale from fluid carrying equipment
CA 2085154 C · Owner: Cuthill, Trevor F. · Inventors: Cuthill, Trevor F.; Decook, John G.
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A method for removing radioactive barium sulphate from fluid carrying equipment includes immersing the equipment and scale in liquid nitrogen or other cyrogenic liquid, followed by immersing the equipment and scale in water or other aqueous solution, and subsequent impacting of the equipment and scale to remove the scale.
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- Filed February 5, 1993 and granted August 24, 1999. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended February 5, 2013.
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