Development of continuous inflow tritium measurement in water technology using electrolysis and a plastic scintillator

Jun Woo Bae; Uk Jae Lee; Hee Reyoung Kim

doi:10.1007/s10967-017-5452-2

Development of continuous inflow tritium measurement in water technology using electrolysis and a plastic scintillator

Jun Woo Bae, Uk Jae Lee, Hee Reyoung Kim

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Our goal was to develop a mobile tritium monitor for continuous inflow system for water sample. The system is based on electrolysis and a plastic scintillator detection system. The minimum detectable activity (MDA) of the prototype system is 431 kBq L⁻¹, while the MDA of a commercially available product is 740 kBq L⁻¹. We expected to achieve a 5.73-times lower MDA by optimizing detection geometry using a multi-hydrogen-gas-channel. The system can be applied either as a mobile leakage surveying method or as a fixed-type monitor for detecting tritium in drinking water by adapting conventional background reduction technologies.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	689-694
Number of pages	6
Journal	Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry
Volume	314
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-017-5452-2
State	Published - Nov 1 2017
Externally published	Yes

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Acknowledgements This work was supported by the Industrial Technology Innovation Program (2016520101340, Real-time Underwater Tritium Monitoring Technology by Electrolysis) funded by the Korea Institute of Energy Technology Evaluation and Planning (KETEP, Korea) and supported by the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) grant, funded by the Korean government (MSIP: Ministry of Science, ICT, and Future Planning) (Nos. 2016M2B2B1945083 and NRF-22A20153413555).

Funders	Funder number
Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning	NRF-22A20153413555, 2016M2B2B1945083
National Research Foundation of Korea
Korea Institute of Energy Technology Evaluation and Planning

Keywords

Continuous monitoring
Electrolysis
Minimum detectable activity
Plastic scintillator
Tritium

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