Milestone Report - M4FT-15OR03120218 - A Literature Search on the Effects of the Decay of ⁸⁵Kr to ⁸⁵Rb on Long-term Storage Options

Technical Report · Thu Oct 01 00:00:00 EDT 2015

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1224758· OSTI ID:1224758

Bruffey, Stephanie H. ^[1]; Strachan, Denis M. ^[1]; Jubin, Robert Thomas ^[1]; Spencer, Barry B. ^[1]

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1. Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

Reprocessing of UNF that has been out of the reactor for less than about 50 y requires the removal of ⁸⁵Kr from the process off-gas streams. This is needed despite the relatively small amount of that isotope in the combined Xe and Kr inventory (Table 1). The decay of ⁸⁵Kr to ⁸⁵Rb presents challenges to the materials that will potentially be used to remove and store the Kr recovered from the off-gas. To address some of these problems, a thorough literature survey was completed, and the results of that analysis are summarized in this document.

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Nuclear Energy (NE)
• DOE Contract Number: AC05-00OR22725
• OSTI ID: 1224758
• Report Number(s): ORNL/SPR-2015/575; AF5805000; NEAF327
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English