Abstract: Provided is a process for blast cleaning comprising subjecting a work surface to a blast stream, wherein the work surface is metal that is contaminated with one or more radioactive moiety, wherein the blast stream comprises water and one or more resin particles.

Abstract: Provided is an apparatus for removing impurities from feed water comprising (A) a loading tank comprising a top, a bottom, and an interior, and further comprising (i) an inlet that conveys the feed water to a water distributor, (ii) a grid located above the water distributor, (iii) an outlet located at a level higher than the grid, (iv) an outlet at the bottom of the loading tank, (B) a regeneration tank comprising (i) a first inlet near the top of the regeneration tank, (ii) a second inlet at the top of the regeneration tank, (iii) an outlet at the bottom of the regeneration tank, (C) a pipe that conveys material from the bottom of the regeneration tank to the top of the loading tank, wherein said regeneration tank is located below the loading tank. Also provided is a method of removing impurities by using such an apparatus.

Abstract: The present invention is directed toward a multi-pass hyperfiltration system (38) including at least two passes (42,44) of spiral wound modules positioned in series along a fluid pathway; including: a first pass is located upstream along the fluid pathway with respect to a second pass such that permeate from the first pass is directed along the fluid pathway (40) to the second pass, and each pass comprises a pressure vessel enclosing at least one spiral wound module, each module including at least one hyper-filtration membrane envelop and feed spacer sheet wound about a permeate collection tube, wherein the system is characterized by the first pass comprising a spiral wound module including a feed spacer sheet having a thickness greater 0.65 mm and the second pass comprising a spiral wound module including a feed spacer sheet having a thickness less than 0.65 mm.