Determination of degradation conditions of exchange resins containing technetium
Rivera S, A.; Monroy G, F.; Quintero P, E., E-mail: aa_1190@hotmail.com
Sociedad Nuclear Mexicana (SNM), Mexico D. F. (Mexico); Sociedad Mexicana de Seguridad Radiologica (SMSR), Mexico D. F. (Mexico). Funding organisation: GE, Energy (United States); Toshiba (Mexico); Westinghouse (United States); Tenex (Russian Federation); Nukem (Germany); Vertek Industrial Supply Inc. (United States); Grupo IAI (Mexico); Tecnatom (Spain); Iberdrola, Ingenieria y Construccion (Spain)2014
Sociedad Nuclear Mexicana (SNM), Mexico D. F. (Mexico); Sociedad Mexicana de Seguridad Radiologica (SMSR), Mexico D. F. (Mexico). Funding organisation: GE, Energy (United States); Toshiba (Mexico); Westinghouse (United States); Tenex (Russian Federation); Nukem (Germany); Vertek Industrial Supply Inc. (United States); Grupo IAI (Mexico); Tecnatom (Spain); Iberdrola, Ingenieria y Construccion (Spain)2014
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[en] The quantification of Tc-99 in spent exchange resins, coming from nuclear power plants, is indispensable to define their administration. The Tc-99 is a pure beta emitter of 210000 years of half-life, volatile and of a high mobility in water and soil. For this reason, the objective of this work is to establish a digestion method of ionic exchange resins containing technetium that retains more than 95% of this radioisotope. Mineralization tests were carried out of a resin Amberlite IRN-150 by means of an oxidation heat, in acid medium, varying the resin mass, the medium volume, the media type, the temperature and the digestion time. The digested samples were analyzed by gas chromatography to estimate the grade of their degradation. The 99mTc was used as tracer to determine the technetium percentage recovered after mineralizing the resin. The digestion process depends on the temperature and the resin mass. At higher temperature better mineralization of samples and to greater resin mass to a constant temperature, less degradation of the resin. The spectra beta of the 99mTc and 99Tc are presented. (Author)
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Determinacion de condiciones de degradacion de resinas de intercambio conteniendo tecnecio
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Oct 2014; 7 p; Sociedad Nuclear Mexicana; Mexico D. F. (Mexico); 25. SNM Annual Congress; 25. Congreso Anual de la SNM; Boca del Rio, Veracruz (Mexico); 31 Aug - 4 Sep 2014; 13. SMSR National Congress: the nuclear challenges; 13. Congreso Nacional de la SMSR: los retos nucleares: extension de vida, seguridad, percepcion publica y reactores de nueva generacion; Boca del Rio, Veracruz (Mexico); 31 Aug - 4 Sep 2014; life extension, safety, public perception and reactors of new generation; 13. Congreso Nacional de la SMSR: los retos nucleares: extension de vida, seguridad, percepcion publica y reactores de nueva generacion; Boca del Rio, Veracruz (Mexico); 31 Aug - 4 Sep 2014; Available from the Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Nucleares, Centro de Informacion y Documentacion, 52750 Ocoyoacac, Estado de Mexico (MX), e-mail: mclaudia.gonzalez@inin.gob.mx
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BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES, BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES, CHEMICAL REACTIONS, CHROMATOGRAPHY, ELEMENTS, ENERGY, HOURS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES, HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS, INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI, INTERNAL CONVERSION RADIOISOTOPES, ION EXCHANGE MATERIALS, ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES, ISOTOPES, MATERIALS, METALS, NUCLEAR FACILITIES, NUCLEI, ODD-EVEN NUCLEI, ORGANIC COMPOUNDS, ORGANIC POLYMERS, OXYGEN COMPOUNDS, PETROCHEMICALS, PETROLEUM PRODUCTS, POLYMERS, POWER PLANTS, RADIOISOTOPES, REFRACTORY METALS, SEPARATION PROCESSES, TECHNETIUM ISOTOPES, TEMPERATURE RANGE, THERMAL POWER PLANTS, TRANSITION ELEMENTS, YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
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