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Strippable coatings for radioactive contamination removal: a short review and perspectives

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Radioactive contamination induced by nuclear leakage accidents, nuclear and radiation terrorism and other radioactive pollution events needs to be controlled and removed urgently, otherwise it will cause a wider range of pollution diffusion and radioactive risk. Strippable coatings have been employed for radioactive contamination removal for a period of time. Since ALARA™ 1146 paved the way, an ever-growing number of developments that aim to bring higher performance and new pattern decontamination process have been conducted. In this article, the composition and decontamination performance of strippable coatings in recent years are reviewed. Some so-called unconventional and new forms of strippable decontamination materials have also been presented. In addition, the direction of growth potential for strippable coatings in the future is also prospected. These directions include (a) paying more attention to optimize the decontamination performance, (b) enabling the strippable coatings multifunctional, (c) improving the environmental friendliness of strippable coatings and (d) improving the decontamination timeliness of strippable coatings.

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    Jing Wang, Li Zheng & Ting Zhang

  2. Engineering Lab of Henan Province for Radioactive decontamination Material and Equipment Technology, 3 Xishan Rd, Luoyang, 471000, China

    Jing Wang, Li Zheng & Li Zhao

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Wang, J., Zheng, L., Zhao, L. et al. Strippable coatings for radioactive contamination removal: a short review and perspectives. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 330, 29–36 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-021-07923-5

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