Trapping and Measuring Radioiodine (Iodine-129) in Cartridge Filters

To understand the distribution of 129 I trapped in AgS (silver-impregnated silica gel) adsorbent and to determine a calibration curve for measurement of this 129 I, cartridges containing 10 in-line (arranged in series) filter elements, each packed with a 10-mm thickness of adsorbent, were fed from 2...

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Published in:Journal of nuclear science and technology 1997-02, Vol.34 (2), p.211-216
Main Authors: SAKURAI, Tsutomu, TAKAHASHI, Akira, Ming-lu, YE, KIHARA, Takehiro, FUJINE, Sachio
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Applied sciences
calibration curve
cartridge iodine filters
distribution
Energy
Exact sciences and technology
filter elements
Fuels
iodine 129
Nuclear fuels
Preparation and processing of nuclear fuels
reprocessing
silver-impregnated adsorbent
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Summary:To understand the distribution of 129 I trapped in AgS (silver-impregnated silica gel) adsorbent and to determine a calibration curve for measurement of this 129 I, cartridges containing 10 in-line (arranged in series) filter elements, each packed with a 10-mm thickness of adsorbent, were fed from 20Bq (3.3 μg) to 4.6 MBq (768mg) of 129 I at 150°C at a gas velocity of 22cm/s. The 129 I in each filter element was measured after the adsorbent had been mixed homogeneously until the counting rates at the front and back surfaces of the filter element became equal. The amount of input 129 I was allocated to each filter in proportion to the counting rates thus obtained. The first 7 of the 10 filter elements completely confined 4.6MBq of 129 I. Therefore, the width of the adsorption zone was 7cm. Although each filter element in the cartridge could theoretically adsorb 2.92 MBq (485mg) of 129 I, the first element captured only 1.42 MBq, which was 49% of its saturation value. Its DF had dropped to a level of 2.21 for its adsorption of only 17.4% of the saturated amount. As 129 I continued to be deposited, the DF dropped to 1.45. The high gas velocity causes this phenomenon. Plots of counting rates vs. adsorption quantity provide a calibration curve covering a range of 20Bq to 2MBq of 129 I with deviation of ± 13%. This curve is expressed by 1n y = −0.57 + 0.961n x where y is the counting rate (counts/300s) and x the quantity of 129 I in Bq.
ISSN:0022-3131
1881-1248
DOI:10.1080/18811248.1997.9733648