Equipment used for the separation and analysis of gas tags for the FFTF
At the Hanford Engineering and Development Laboratory, located in Richland, Washington, unique isotopic blends of Krypton and Xenon are used to tag each of the fuel pin assemblies in the Fast Flux Test Facility. In the event of a fuel pin rupture a gas tag is released into the Argon cover gas and a sample is obtained by trapping the Krypton and Xenon on a charcoal bed at low temperature using a gas tag sample trap. Because of the very low concentrations of Krypton and Xenon present, a separation from Argon is required. A shielded separation system, which is located in the analytical laboratory several miles from the reactor site, contains a much smaller charcoal trap which is used to further concentrate the Krypton and Xenon.
- Research Organization:
- Hanford Engineering Development Lab., Richland, WA (USA)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC06-76FF02170
- OSTI ID:
- 5275341
- Report Number(s):
- HEDL-SA-2383-FP; CONF-811025-24; ON: DE82006038
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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