1209.3151 (Oleg P. Ledenyov et al.)

Physical features of accumulation and distribution processes of small
disperse coal dust precipitations and absorbed radioactive chemical elements
in iodine air filter at nuclear power plant    [PDF]

Oleg P. Ledenyov, Ivan M. Neklyudov, P. Ya. Poltinin, L. I. Fedorova

The physical features of absorption process of radioactive chemical elements and their isotopes in the iodine air filters of the type of AU-1500 at the nuclear power plants are researched. It is shown that the non-homogenous spatial distribution of absorbed radioactive chemical elements and their isotopes in the iodine air filter, probed by the gamma-activation analysis method, is well correlated with the spatial distribution of small disperse coal dust precipitations in the iodine air filter. This circumstance points out to an important role by the small disperse coal dust fractions of absorber in the absorption process of radioactive chemical elements and their isotopes in the iodine air filter. The physical origins of characteristic interaction between the radioactive chemical elements and the accumulated small disperse coal dust precipitations in an iodine air filter are considered. The analysis of influence by the researched physical processes on the technical characteristics and functionality of iodine air filters at nuclear power plants is completed.

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