A new bomb-combustion system for tritium extraction |
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Authors: | Richard I Marsh Ian W Croudace Phillip E Warwick Natasha Cooper Nadereh St-Amant |
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Institution: | 1.GAU-Radioanalytical Laboratories, OES, National Oceanography Centre Southampton,University of Southampton,Southampton,UK;2.Culham Centre for Fusion Energy,Abingdon,UK;3.Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission,Ottawa,Canada |
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Abstract: | Quantitative extraction of tritium from a sample matrix is critical to efficient measurement of the low-energy pure beta emitter. Oxidative pyrolysis using a tube furnace (Pyrolyser) has been adopted as an industry standard approach for the liberation of tritium (Warwick et al. in Anal Chim Acta 676:93–102, 2010) however pyrolysis of organic-rich materials can be problematic. Practically, the mass of organic rich sample combusted is typically limited to <1 g to minimise the possibility of incomplete combustion. This can have an impact on both the limit of detection that can be achieved and how representative the subsample is of the bulk material, particularly in the case of heterogeneous soft waste. Raddec International Ltd (Southampton, UK), in conjunction with GAU-Radioanalytical, has developed a new high-capacity oxygen combustion bomb (the Hyperbaric Oxidiser; HBO2) to address this challenge. The system is capable of quantitatively combusting samples of 20–30 g under an excess of oxygen, facilitating rapid extraction of total tritium from a wide range sample types. |
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