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Production And Adsorption Of Volatile Tellurium Hexafluoride, Stephanie H. Bruffey

Doctoral Dissertations

Research and development supporting the management of off-gases from nuclear fuel reprocessing has historically been focused on the off-gas streams that arise from aqueous reprocessing technology. With the advent of advanced reactor designs off-gas streams arising from advanced reprocessing methodology, such as that of FV [fluoride volatility] processing, also merit consideration. This work focuses on TeF₆ [tellurium hexafluoride], one of the most volatile radioactive compounds produced during FV, and investigates TeF₆ production, measurement, and abatement technologies.

To assist in on-line monitoring of TeF₆ by Fourier-transformed infrared spectroscopy, this work systematically used the ideal gas law and Beer’s …