CTIA GROUP LTD tungsten rubber gloves in the nuclear industry field are mainly used as personal radiation protection equipment for positions with medium to low dose rates that require direct hand operations. They use high-density tungsten powder as the primary shielding filler, compounded into an elastic rubber matrix, providing localized attenuation of gamma rays and beta particles while better preserving the operational flexibility and tactile sensitivity of the hands, making them suitable for multiple links such as the nuclear fuel cycle, nuclear power plant operation and maintenance, and research reactor experiments.
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In nuclear power plants, the most typical application scenarios for tungsten rubber gloves include the refueling machine room, radioactive waste temporary storage and processing areas, hot cell operation rooms, and nuclear island equipment maintenance areas. When workers perform operations such as fuel assembly transfer, waste resin barrel sealing, radioactive sample sampling, valve adjustment, detector insertion/removal, or surface decontamination, their hands are often positioned relatively close to the scattered radiation field. Tungsten rubber gloves can serve as a substitute for lead gloves, offering lighter weight under the same protective thickness, with reduced hand fatigue and sweating during prolonged wear. At the same time, the flexible design of tungsten rubber gloves allows fine movements (such as tightening small nuts, connecting hose fittings, or writing on record cards) to be completed relatively smoothly.
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In addition to nuclear power plants, tungsten rubber gloves are also widely used in uranium conversion and enrichment plants at the front end of the nuclear fuel cycle, hot cells in spent fuel reprocessing plants in the intermediate stage, as well as experimental areas in research reactors and accelerator facilities at the back end. In these locations, workers often need to manually handle components with surface contamination, adjust experimental devices, package and transfer radioactive samples, or perform localized wiping decontamination tasks. In low dose rate and highly repetitive operations, tungsten rubber gloves can serve as conventional personal protective equipment, used in combination with full-body lead aprons, respiratory protective masks, and others. The lead-free material characteristics of tungsten rubber gloves avoid special environmental requirements for waste disposal, aligning with the current principles of radiation protection in the nuclear industry and the trend toward green development.
