DocumentCode
957530
Title
Continuous tritium monitor for aqueous process streams
Author
Weesner, F.J. ; McManus, G.J.
Author_Institution
Westinghouse Idaho Nucl. Co., Idaho Falls, ID, USA
Volume
35
Issue
1
fYear
1988
Firstpage
903
Lastpage
906
Abstract
A process monitor is introduced that exploits semipermeable membranes for selective, online determination of aqueous tritium activity. Results from laboratory studies and an in-plant application to a nuclear-fuel-dissolver off-gas processing environment are presented. Under slowly changing tritium concentrations the accuracy is near 2%. Potential uses of the monitor in low-level operating environments are discussed.<>
Keywords
fission reactor fuel preparation and reprocessing; radiation monitoring; tritium; T; aqueous process streams; aqueous tritium activity; continuous tritium monitor; low-level operating environments; nuclear-fuel-dissolver off-gas processing environment; semipermeable membranes; slowly changing tritium concentrations; Biomembranes; Gas industry; Gases; Interference; Laboratories; Level control; Nuclear fuels; Prototypes; Remote monitoring; Sampling methods;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-9499
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/23.12857
Filename
12857
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