Tritium storage development. Progress report No. 8, April--June 1976

Technical Report · Wed Dec 31 23:00:00 EST 1975

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/7129684· OSTI ID:7129684

Colombo, P ^[1]

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1. ed.

Lysimeter testing of polymer impregnated tritiated concrete (PITC) specimens at the Savannah River Laboratory (SRL) has continued. After twenty-three weeks, an average tritium fraction release rate of 3.37 x 10/sup -7/ day/sup -1/ has been determined in the percolate water with no measurable release to the air. Data from this experiment is extrapolated to estimate long-term tritium releases. A duplicate PITC specimen is in static leaching in distilled water. After seventy-two days, the average tritium fraction release rate has been 1.96 x 10/sup -5/ day/sup -1/. An estimation of the increased severity of static leaching in distilled water relative to lysimeter testing is made.

• Research Organization: Brookhaven National Lab., Upton, NY (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: EY-76-C-02-0016
• OSTI ID: 7129684
• Report Number(s): BNL-50583
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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