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Method for iodine radionuclides separation from primary coolant samples

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A method is presented for isolating iodine isotopes from aqueous coolant of the nuclear power plants’ first circuit. At first, all forms of iodine radionuclides are converted into molecular form by the sequential addition of a carrier–potassium iodide, as well as hydroxylamine chloride, nitric acid and potassium nitrite. Then molecular iodine is transferred into the gas phase and volatile iodine radionuclides are immobilized on a membrane impregnated with metallic silver. The main advantage of the method is high selectivity of iodine release in relation to radionuclides interfering with the measurement of its activity.

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  1. Federal State Unitary Enterprise “Alexandrov Research Institute of Technology”, 72, Koporskoe Shosse, Sosnovy Bor, Russia, 188540

    Vitaly N. Epimakhov, Sergey N. Orlov, Sergey G. Mysik, Dmitry S. Podshibyakin & Roman V. Fomenkov

  2. Institute of Chemistry, Saint-Petersburg State University, 7/9 Universitetskaya Emb, St. Petersburg, Russia, 199034

    Sergey N. Orlov & Mikhail Yu Skripkin

  3. Institute of Nuclear Industry, Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University (SPbSU), 29, Polytechnicheskaya Street, St.-Petersburg, Russia, 195251

    Sergey N. Orlov

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VNE: conceptualization, methodology/study design, validation; SNO: investigation, data curation, writing–original; SGM: software, data curation; DSP: investigation; RVF: formal analysis, software; MYS: validation, formal analysis, writing–review and editing.

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Epimakhov, V.N., Orlov, S.N., Mysik, S.G. et al. Method for iodine radionuclides separation from primary coolant samples. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 332, 1767–1774 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-023-08893-6

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