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A small fraction of the tritium released into the atmosphere from tritium-handling or solid waste storage facilities was shown to be in the form of volatile organic acids. The same compounds were also found, but at a much higher proportion, in the tritium evolved at room temperature from highly contaminated materials placed under air atmospheres. This might be due to the oxidation and labeling of hydrocarbon(s) by mechanisms that are presumably of a radiolytic nature. The new forms could have an impact on operational requirements and waste management strategies within a tritium facility and a fusion reactor hall. Further data are needed to assess the related doses.
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Belot, Y., Camus, H., Marini, T. et al. Volatile tritiated organic acids in stack effluents and in air surrounding contaminated materials. J Fusion Energ 12, 71–75 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01059358
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01059358