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Title: Dry method for recycling iodine-loaded silver zeolite

Abstract

Fission product iodine is removed from a waste gas stream and stored by passing the gas stream through a bed of silver-exchanged zeolite until the zeolite is loaded with iodine, passing dry hydrogen gas through the bed to remove the iodine and regenerate the bed, and passing the hydrogen stream containing the hydrogen iodide thus formed through a lead-exchanged zeolite which adsorbs the radioactive iodine from the gas stream and permanently storing the lead-exchanged zeolite loaded with radioactive iodine.

Inventors:
 [1];  [1];  [1]
  1. Idaho Falls, ID
Issue Date:
OSTI Identifier:
863080
Patent Number(s):
4088737
Application Number:
05/737,650
Assignee:
United States of America as represented by United States (Washington, DC)
Patent Classifications (CPCs):
B - PERFORMING OPERATIONS B01 - PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL B01D - SEPARATION
G - PHYSICS G21 - NUCLEAR PHYSICS G21F - PROTECTION AGAINST X-RADIATION, GAMMA RADIATION, CORPUSCULAR RADIATION OR PARTICLE BOMBARDMENT
Resource Type:
Patent
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
dry; method; recycling; iodine-loaded; silver; zeolite; fission; product; iodine; removed; waste; gas; stream; stored; passing; bed; silver-exchanged; loaded; hydrogen; remove; regenerate; containing; iodide; formed; lead-exchanged; adsorbs; radioactive; permanently; storing; radioactive iodine; waste gas; fission product; hydrogen gas; gas stream; stream containing; hydrogen iodide; hydrogen stream; silver zeolite; exchanged zeolite; dry method; dry hydrogen; /588/95/376/423/976/

Citation Formats

Thomas, Thomas R, Staples, Bruce A, and Murphy, Llewellyn P. Dry method for recycling iodine-loaded silver zeolite. United States: N. p., 1978. Web.
Thomas, Thomas R, Staples, Bruce A, & Murphy, Llewellyn P. Dry method for recycling iodine-loaded silver zeolite. United States.
Thomas, Thomas R, Staples, Bruce A, and Murphy, Llewellyn P. Tue . "Dry method for recycling iodine-loaded silver zeolite". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/863080.
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author = {Thomas, Thomas R and Staples, Bruce A and Murphy, Llewellyn P},
abstractNote = {Fission product iodine is removed from a waste gas stream and stored by passing the gas stream through a bed of silver-exchanged zeolite until the zeolite is loaded with iodine, passing dry hydrogen gas through the bed to remove the iodine and regenerate the bed, and passing the hydrogen stream containing the hydrogen iodide thus formed through a lead-exchanged zeolite which adsorbs the radioactive iodine from the gas stream and permanently storing the lead-exchanged zeolite loaded with radioactive iodine.},
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place = {United States},
year = {Tue May 09 00:00:00 EDT 1978},
month = {Tue May 09 00:00:00 EDT 1978}
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