Gamma radiolysis of chlorinated hydrocarbons

Conference · Wed Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1992

OSTI ID:7237500

Arbon, R E; Mincher, B J; Meikrantz, D H

This program is the Idaho National Engineering Laboratory (INEL) component of a joint collarborative effort with Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL). The purpose of this effort is to demonstrate a viable process for breaking down hazardous halogenated organic wastes to simpler, non-hazardous waste using high energy ionizing radiation. The INEL effort focuses on the use of spent reactor fuel gamma radiation sources to decompose complex wastes such as PCBs. At LLNL, halogenated solvents such as carbon tetrachloride and trichloroethylene are being studied using accelerator radiation sources. The INEL irradiation experiments concentrated on a single PCB congener so that a limited set of decomposition reactions could be studied. The congener 2,2{prime}, 3,3{prime},4,5{prime},6,6{prime} - octachlorobiphenyl was examined following exposure to various gamma doses at the Advanced Test Reactor (AIR) spent fuel pool. The decomposition rates and products in several solvents are discussed. 3 refs.

• Research Organization: EG and G Idaho, Inc., Idaho Falls, ID (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: DOE; USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC07-76ID01570
• OSTI ID: 7237500
• Report Number(s): EGG-M-92301; CONF-920851--59; ON: DE92018028
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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ATR REACTOR
CARBON TETRACHLORIDE
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CHEMICAL REACTIONS
CHEMICAL WASTES
CHLORINATED ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBONS
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ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION
ENERGY SOURCES
ENRICHED URANIUM REACTORS
FUEL POOLS
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GAMMA RADIATION
HALOGENATED ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBONS
HALOGENATED AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS
IONIZING RADIATIONS
IRRADIATION
IRRADIATION REACTORS
MATERIALS
MATERIALS TESTING REACTORS
NONRADIOACTIVE WASTES
NUCLEAR FUELS
ORGANIC CHLORINE COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
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RADIATION EFFECTS
RADIATIONS
RADIOLYSIS
REACTOR MATERIALS
REACTORS
RESEARCH AND TEST REACTORS
SPENT FUELS
TANK TYPE REACTORS
TEST REACTORS
THERMAL REACTORS
WASTES
WATER COOLED REACTORS
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