Nov, 2020
Decomposition behavior of gaseous ruthenium tetroxide under atmospheric conditions assuming evaporation to dryness accident of high-level liquid waste
Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology
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- Volume
- 57
- Number
- 11
- First page
- 1256
- Last page
- 1264
- Language
- English
- Publishing type
- Research paper (scientific journal)
- DOI
- 10.1080/00223131.2020.1780991
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
Emphasis has been placed on the behavior of ruthenium (Ru) in the evaporation to dryness accident due to the loss of cooling functions (EDLCF) of high-level liquid waste in fuel reprocessing plants. It is because Ru would form volatile compounds such as ruthenium tetroxide (RuO$_{4}$) and could be released into the environment with other coexisting gasses such as nitric acid (HNO$_{3}$), water (H$_{2}$O). To contribute to the safety evaluation of this accident, we experimentally evaluated the decomposition and chemical change behavior of the gaseous RuO$_{4}$ (RuO$_{4}$(g)) under the various atmospheric conditions: temperature and composition of coexisting gasses. As a result, the behavior of the RuO$_{4}$(g) was diverse depending on the atmospheric conditions. In the experiments with the dry air or H$_{2}$O vapor, decomposition of RuO$_{4}$(g) was observed. In the experiment with the mixed gas which containing HNO$_{3}$, almost no decomposition of the RuO$_{4}$(g) was observed, and chemical form of the RuO$_{4}$(g) was retained.
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- DOI : 10.1080/00223131.2020.1780991
- ISSN : 0022-3131
- eISSN : 1881-1248