Masters Theses
Title
Use of radioactive iodine evolved into reactor cooling water to locate defective fuel elements
Abstract
"The relative amount of radioactive iodine evolved in reactor cooling water by each fuel element provides an excellent indication of defective cladding on fuel elements. The radioactive iodine evolved into the reactor cooling water from a defective fuel element should be higher than the average radioactive iodine evolved by other fuel elements into the cooling water by an order of magnitude or more.
Radioactive iodine with non-radioactive iodine carrier is adsorbed on DOWEX SBR resin in the iodide form. The iodide is eluted from the resin with sodium hypochlorite and extracted into carbon tetrachloride. The iodine is reduced to iodide by sodium pyrosulfite and back extracted into water. The iodide is precipitated by silver nitrate and filtered. The gamma activity of the precipitate provides a comparison of the fission iodine evolved by the fuel elements.
Iodine recovery was 95 percent"--Abstract, page ii.
Advisor(s)
Edwards, D. R.
Committee Member(s)
Tsoulfanidis, Nicholas
Manuel, O. (Oliver), 1936-
Department(s)
Mining and Nuclear Engineering
Degree Name
M.S. in Nuclear Engineering
Publisher
University of Missouri--Rolla
Publication Date
1973
Pagination
v, 35 pages
Note about bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 25-26).
Rights
© 1973 Carl Mozel Stroud, All rights reserved.
Document Type
Thesis - Restricted Access
File Type
text
Language
English
Subject Headings
Iodine -- Isotopes -- Measurement
Water cooled reactors
Nuclear power plants
Thesis Number
T 2898
Print OCLC #
6032014
Electronic OCLC #
914261698
Link to Catalog Record
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http://laurel.lso.missouri.edu/record=b1066628~S5Recommended Citation
Stroud, Carl Mozel, "Use of radioactive iodine evolved into reactor cooling water to locate defective fuel elements" (1973). Masters Theses. 3558.
https://scholarsmine.mst.edu/masters_theses/3558
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