Process and apparatus for treating solutions containing tritiated water
CA 1215020 A · Owner: Commissariat A L'Energie Atomique · Inventors: Giroux, Pierre; Bellanger, Gilbert
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The invention relates to a process and to an apparatus for treating solutions containing tritiated water wherein an electrolyte, such as soda is added to, the solution, the solution obtained then undergoes electrolysis in order to release tritium in the gaseous state. Working takes place in an electrolytic cell having a cathode made from a metal which aids the diffusion of tritium, e.g. a Pd-Ag alloy coated with porous palladium black. The cathode forms a separating wall between the solution to be electrolysed and a tritium reception compartment. The tritium which has diffused through the wall of the cathode is recovered in the compartment. Use for the recovery of tritium from effluents …
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- Granted December 9, 1986. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended December 9, 2003.
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