QIU Yongmei, DAN Guiping, WEN Wei, et al. Sample preparation system of 14C in the main materials of nuclear reactor[J]. Nuclear techniques, 2015, 38(5): 050302
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QIU Yongmei, DAN Guiping, WEN Wei, et al. Sample preparation system of 14C in the main materials of nuclear reactor[J]. Nuclear techniques, 2015, 38(5): 050302 DOI: 10.11889/j.0253-3219.2015.hjs.38.050302.
Sample preparation system of 14C in the main materials of nuclear reactor
Background: The sample preparation system of 14C is necessary for measuring the radioactive contents of 14C and 3H for the decommissioning of nuclear reactor. Previous works were concentrated on the glass container and heating furnace which is not suitable for automatic sample process and exists safety risk. Purpose: In order to resolve the difficulty in main materials of nuclear reactor samples preparation of 14C
an intellectual preparation system of 14C samples was designed and developed. Methods: The system is designed to consist of buffer
decomposition chamber
catalysis bed
adsorption bed and absorbing bed. Samples were decomposed at high temperature in oxygen whilst the generated gas was translated to CO2 by catalysis oxidation. The activity of 14C was measured by liquid scintillation counter using suspension method. Results: The radiochemical recovery rate of 14C was above 70%. The calculated detection limit for 14C was 0.033 1 Bq?g?1 for graphite and 0.021 8 Bq?g?1 for concrete
respectively. Conclusion: This system was stable enough to be used for preparing graphite and concrete samples which contain low level or medium level radioactivity in nuclear reactor. Abstract
Thermal plasma decontamination of graphite surface
Theoretical study of tritium adsorption on graphite in molten salt reactor
Study on production and retention of 14C in thermal column graphite of HWRR
Radiation shielding efficiency and optimization of concrete incorporated with bismuth oxide
Production and release of 14C in TMSR-SF1
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