Electrolytic System and Method for Enhanced Radiological, Nuclear, and Industrial Decontamination

An electrolytic system for decontaminating a contaminant disposed on a substrate comprising:

• means for providing a brine solution;
• means for providing a pair of electrodes interposed by a permeable membrane to create a first channel and a second channel;
• means for flowing the brine solution through the first and second channel;
• means for applying a potential to the pair of electrodes to produce a first ionized decontamination solution in the first channel and a second ionized decontamination solution in the second channel;
• means for applying one of the first ionized decontamination solution and the second decontamination solution to the contaminant;
• and
• means for recovering the at least one of the first ionized decontamination solution and the second ionized decontamination solution and the contaminant from the substrate.

A system for decontaminating a contaminant disposed on a substrate comprising:

• a source of brine feedstock;
• a decontamination solution conditioning subsystem comprising:
• a pair of electrodes interposed by a permeable membrane to create a first channel and a second channel;
• a source of electricity for applying a potential to the pair of electrodes to produce a first ionized decontamination solution in the first channel and a second ionized decontamination solution in the second channel;
• an application unit for in fluid communication with the decontamination solution conditioning subsystem for applying one of the first ionized decontamination solution and the second ionized decontamination to the contaminant disposed on the substrate;
• and
• a recovery unit for recovering the at least one of the first ionized decontamination solution and the second ionized decontamination solution and the contaminant from the substrate.