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Fullerenes; Iodine — Isotopes; Organic compounds; Radioactive wastes; Reactor fuel reprocessing; Sequestration (Chemistry); Sorbents; Transmutation (Chemistry)
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Development, Fabrication And Study Of Fullerene-Containing Carbon Material (Fcc) For Immobilization Of Iodine: Progress Reports 1-1 And 1-2, Michael Savopulo, Boris E. Burakov
Development, Fabrication And Study Of Fullerene-Containing Carbon Material (Fcc) For Immobilization Of Iodine: Progress Reports 1-1 And 1-2, Michael Savopulo, Boris E. Burakov
Separations Campaign (TRP)
Immobilization of highly radioactive and long-lived isotope of 129I, which is a fission product in spent nuclear fuel, requires development of new durable host-materials. Such materials should be characterized with the following principal features:
- High loading capacity to iodine incorporation
- Chemical durability and radiation resistance in order to prevent iodine release over long time (higher than 105 years) storage under conditions of underground repository of radioactive wastes
- Possibility to use iodine-doped material as a target for iodine transmutation.
Iodine is a very volatile chemical element, and even its chemically strong compounds such as AgI and CuI are not stable …