Process for treating solutions containing tritiated water
The invention relates to a process and to an apparatus for treating solutions containing tritiated water. According to this process, an electrolyte such as soda is added to the solution, the solution obtained then undergoes electrolysis in order to release tritium in the gaseous state. Working takes place in an electrolytic cell having a cathode made from a metal which aids the diffusion of tritium, e.g. a Pd-Ag alloy coated with porous palladium black. The cathode forms a separating wall between the solution to be electrolyzed and a tritium reception compartment. The tritium which has diffused through the wall of the cathode is recovered in the compartment. Use for the recovery of tritium from effluents resulting from the reprocessing of irradiated nuclear fuels is discussed.
- Assignee:
- Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique (France)
- Patent Number(s):
- US 4487670
- OSTI ID:
- 5764608
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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12 MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES
CHALCOGENIDES
ELECTROLYSIS
ELECTROLYTIC CELLS
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
LABELLED COMPOUNDS
LIQUID WASTES
LYSIS
MANAGEMENT
MATERIALS
MATERIALS RECOVERY
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PROCESSING
RADIOACTIVE EFFLUENTS
RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS
RADIOACTIVE WASTE PROCESSING
RADIOACTIVE WASTES
RECOVERY
TRITIUM COMPOUNDS
TRITIUM OXIDES
TRITIUM RECOVERY
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WASTE PROCESSING
WASTE WATER
WASTES
WATER
WATER TREATMENT