Tritium removal from contaminated water via infrared laser multiple-photon dissociation

Conference · Thu Sep 01 04:00:00 EDT 1983 · Nucl. Technol./Fusion; (United States)

OSTI ID:6263366

Maienschein, J L; Magnotta, F

Isotope separation by means of infrared-laser multiple-photon dissociation offers an efficient way to recover tritium from contaminated light or heavy water found in fission and fusion reactors. For tritium recovery from heavy water, chemical exchange of tritium into deuterated chloroform is followed by selective laser dissociation of tritiated chloroform and removal of the tritiated photoproduct, TC1. The single-step separation factor is at least 2700 and is probably greater than 5000. Here we present a description of the tritium recovery process, along with recent accomplishments in photochemical studies and engineering analysis of a recovery system.

• Research Organization: Univ. of California, Lawrence Livermore National Lab., P.O. Box 808, Livermore, CA 94550
• OSTI ID: 6263366
• Report Number(s): CONF-830406-
• Conference Information: Journal Name: Nucl. Technol./Fusion; (United States) Journal Volume: 4:2
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
CHEMISTRY
CHLORIDES
CHLORINATED ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBONS
CHLORINE COMPOUNDS
CHLOROFORM
DEUTERATION
DEUTERIUM COMPOUNDS
DISSOCIATION
ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION
ELEMENTARY PARTICLES
HALIDES
HALOGEN COMPOUNDS
HALOGENATED ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBONS
HEAVY WATER
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
HYDROGEN ISOTOPES
INFRARED RADIATION
ISOTOPE SEPARATION
ISOTOPES
LABELLED COMPOUNDS
LASER ISOTOPE SEPARATION
LIGHT NUCLEI
MASSLESS PARTICLES
NUCLEI
ODD-EVEN NUCLEI
ORGANIC CHLORINE COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC HALOGEN COMPOUNDS
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PHOTOCHEMISTRY
PHOTONS
RADIATIONS
RADIOISOTOPES
RECOVERY
REMOVAL
SEPARATION PROCESSES
SYSTEMS ANALYSIS
TRITIUM
TRITIUM COMPOUNDS
TRITIUM RECOVERY
WATER
YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES