Determination of iodine specific activity in nuclear fuel reprocessing plant off-gases

Technical Report · Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 1984

OSTI ID:6455764

Fernandez, S J; McManus, G J; Rankin, R A

This document is the final report of a method to measure the /sup 127/I//sup 129/I ratio of iodine compounds in nuclear fuel reprocessing plant off-gas streams. An integrated mass spectrometry and gas chromatography (with electron capture detection) technique was used to measure the iodine isotopic ratios. It was found during N WCF operations the /sup 127/I//sup 129/I ratio can exceed 5, meaning the impact of N WCF /sup 129/I emissions may be 5 times less than presently calculated. 7 references; 14 figures, 4 tables.

• Research Organization: Westinghouse Idaho Nuclear Co., Inc., Idaho Falls (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC07-84ID12435
• OSTI ID: 6455764
• Report Number(s): WINCO-1016; ON: DE85000193
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
CHROMATOGRAPHY
DATA
ELEMENTS
EXPERIMENTAL DATA
FUEL REPROCESSING PLANTS
GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY
GASEOUS WASTES
HALOGENATED ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBONS
HALOGENS
INFORMATION
INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI
INTERNAL CONVERSION RADIOISOTOPES
IODINATED ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBONS
IODINE
IODINE 127
IODINE 129
IODINE ISOTOPES
ISOTOPE RATIO
ISOTOPES
MASS SPECTROSCOPY
METHYL IODIDE
NONMETALS
NUCLEAR FACILITIES
NUCLEI
NUMERICAL DATA
ODD-EVEN NUCLEI
OFF-GAS SYSTEMS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC HALOGEN COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC IODINE COMPOUNDS
RADIOISOTOPES
SEPARATION PROCESSES
SPECTROSCOPY
STABLE ISOTOPES
WASTES
YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES