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Review of recent developments in iodine wasteform production
Radioiodine capture and immobilization is not only important to consider during the operation of reactors (i.e., I-131), during nuclear accidents (i.e., I-131 and I-129) or nuclear fuel reprocessing (i.e., I-131 and I-129), but also during disposal of nuclear wastes (i.e., I-129). Most disposal plan...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9816813/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36618856 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fchem.2022.1043653 |
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author | Asmussen, R. Matthew Turner, Joshua Chong, Saehwa Riley, Brian J. |
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description | Radioiodine capture and immobilization is not only important to consider during the operation of reactors (i.e., I-131), during nuclear accidents (i.e., I-131 and I-129) or nuclear fuel reprocessing (i.e., I-131 and I-129), but also during disposal of nuclear wastes (i.e., I-129). Most disposal plans for I-129-containing waste forms (including spent nuclear fuel) propose to store them in underground repositories. Here, iodine can be highly mobile and, given its radiotoxicity, needs to be carefully managed to minimize long-term environmental impacts arising from disposal. Typically, any process that has been used to capture iodine from reprocessing or in a reactor is not suitable for direct disposal, rather conversion into a wasteform for disposal is required. The objectives of these materials are to use either chemical immobilization or physical encapsulation to reduce the leaching of iodine by groundwaters. Some of the more recent ideas have been to design capture materials that better align with disposal concepts, making the industrial processing requirements easier. Research on iodine capture materials and wasteforms has been extensive. This review will act as both an update on the state of the research since the last time it was comprehensively summarized, and an evaluation of the industrial techniques required to create the proposed iodine wasteforms in terms of resulting material chemistry and applicability. |
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spelling | pubmed-98168132023-01-07 Review of recent developments in iodine wasteform production Asmussen, R. Matthew Turner, Joshua Chong, Saehwa Riley, Brian J. Front Chem Chemistry Radioiodine capture and immobilization is not only important to consider during the operation of reactors (i.e., I-131), during nuclear accidents (i.e., I-131 and I-129) or nuclear fuel reprocessing (i.e., I-131 and I-129), but also during disposal of nuclear wastes (i.e., I-129). Most disposal plans for I-129-containing waste forms (including spent nuclear fuel) propose to store them in underground repositories. Here, iodine can be highly mobile and, given its radiotoxicity, needs to be carefully managed to minimize long-term environmental impacts arising from disposal. Typically, any process that has been used to capture iodine from reprocessing or in a reactor is not suitable for direct disposal, rather conversion into a wasteform for disposal is required. The objectives of these materials are to use either chemical immobilization or physical encapsulation to reduce the leaching of iodine by groundwaters. Some of the more recent ideas have been to design capture materials that better align with disposal concepts, making the industrial processing requirements easier. Research on iodine capture materials and wasteforms has been extensive. This review will act as both an update on the state of the research since the last time it was comprehensively summarized, and an evaluation of the industrial techniques required to create the proposed iodine wasteforms in terms of resulting material chemistry and applicability. Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-12-23 /pmc/articles/PMC9816813/ /pubmed/36618856 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fchem.2022.1043653 Text en Copyright © 2022 Asmussen, Turner, Chong and Riley. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Chemistry Asmussen, R. Matthew Turner, Joshua Chong, Saehwa Riley, Brian J. Review of recent developments in iodine wasteform production |
title | Review of recent developments in iodine wasteform production |
title_full | Review of recent developments in iodine wasteform production |
title_fullStr | Review of recent developments in iodine wasteform production |
title_full_unstemmed | Review of recent developments in iodine wasteform production |
title_short | Review of recent developments in iodine wasteform production |
title_sort | review of recent developments in iodine wasteform production |
topic | Chemistry |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9816813/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36618856 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fchem.2022.1043653 |
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