METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CLEANING CLOTHES AND TISSUES CONTAMINATED BY NUCLEAR, CHEMICAL AND / OR BIOLOGICAL CONTAMINANTS

摘要

P CLOTHES CONTAMINATED BY RADIOACTIVE, TOXIC, BIOLOGICAL AND CHEMICAL CONTAMINANTS ARE PLACED IN A CLEANING DRUM AND THIS DRUM IS SHAKED DURING A WASHING CYCLE. A DRY CLEANING SOLVENT IS ADDED TO THE DRUM DURING THE INITIAL WASHING CYCLE, THEN EMPTY IN A DISTILLATION TANK. INSIDE THIS DISTILLATION TANK IS A NEUTRALIZING AGENT WHICH DEACTIVATES BIOLOGICAL AND TOXIC CONTAMINANTS AND CHEMICALLY DISSOCIES CHEMICAL CONTAMINANTS EXTRACTED FROM THE DRY CLEANING DRUM. DRY CLEANING SOLVENT IS THEN CONTINUALLY ADDED TO THE DRUM DURING THE SECONDARY WASHING CYCLE AND CONTINUOUSLY EXTRACTED FROM THE DRUM. /P