Tritium gettering from air with hydrogen uranyl phosphate

Conference · Tue Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1985

OSTI ID:5211212

Souers, P C; Uribe, F S; Stevens, C G; Tsugawa, R T

Hydrogen uranyl phosphate (HUP), a solid proton electrolyte, getters tritium gas and water vapor from air by DC electrical action. We have reduced the formation of residual tritiated water to less than 2%, and demonstrated that HUP can clean a 5.5 m/sup 3/ working glove box. Data are presented to illustrate the parameters of the gettering and a model is derived. Two other tritium gettering electrolytes have been discovered. 9 refs., 5 figs., 3 tabs.

• Research Organization: Lawrence Livermore National Lab., CA (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-48
• OSTI ID: 5211212
• Report Number(s): UCRL-93356; CONF-851174-6; ON: DE86000750
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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ACTINIDE COMPOUNDS
AIR
BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
ELECTROLYTES
FLUIDS
GASES
GETTERING
GETTERS
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
HYDROGEN ISOTOPES
ISOTOPES
LIGHT NUCLEI
NUCLEI
ODD-EVEN NUCLEI
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PHOSPHATES
PHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS
RADIOISOTOPES
REMOVAL
SOLID ELECTROLYTES
TRITIUM
URANIUM COMPOUNDS
URANYL COMPOUNDS
URANYL PHOSPHATES
YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES