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Confinement of airborne radioactivity. Progress report: January--June 1973

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/4368530· OSTI ID:4368530
Radiolytic desorption tests of a series of carbon samples containing KI/ subb 3/, KI, triethylenediamine (TEDA), or combinations of TEDA and KI showed that a 10 x 16 mesh coconut shell carbon containing 1% TEDA, 2% KI, and a proprietary flame retardant retained iodine better than all products tested except those containing higher TEDA concentrations. Ignition temperature measurements on the same series of samples showed that the 1% TEDA--2% KI product has an ignition temperature of about 330 deg C under SRP flow conditions (the same as the KI/sub 3/ carbon). The 1% TEDA--2% KI carbon has been selected to replace the unimpregnated carbon currently used in the Savannah River reactor confinement system. (auth)
Research Organization:
Du Pont de Nemours (E.I.) and Co., Aiken, S.C. (USA). Savannah River Lab.
NSA Number:
NSA-29-007636
OSTI ID:
4368530
Report Number(s):
DP--1340
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English