The recovery of carbon-14 from the graphite moderator of a dismantled gas-cooled reactor through plasma chemical reactions in CO glow discharge

Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 432-436

  Mori, Shinsuke ^a   Sakurai, Mikiya ^a   Suzuki, Masaaki ^a  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carbon 14; Carbon monoxide plasma; Decommissioning; Gas cooled reactor; Graphite moderator; Isotope separation; Plasma chemical reactions; Vibrationally excited plasma; Volume reduction

Indexed keywords

CARBON 14; CARBON MONOXIDE PLASMA; DECOMMISSIONING; GAS-COOLED REACTOR; GRAPHITE MODERATOR; ISOTOPE SEPARATION; PLASMA CHEMICAL REACTIONS; VIBRATIONALLY EXCITED PLASMA; VOLUME REDUCTION;

CARBON; GAS COOLED REACTORS; GRAPHITE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PLASMAS; RADIOLOGY; REACTION KINETICS; SEPARATION;

ISOTOPES;

EID: 33646773553     PISSN: 00223131     EISSN: 00223131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3327/jnst.43.432     Document Type: Article

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