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Texas-based WCS chosen to manage U.S.-generated mercury
A five-year, $17.8 million contract has been awarded to Waste Control Specialists for the long-term management and storage of elemental mercury, the Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management announced on November 21.
Satoshi Fukada, K. Katayama, T. Takeishi, Y. Edao, Y. Kawamura, T. Hayashi, T. Yamanishi
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 67 | Number 2 | March 2015 | Pages 339-342
Proceedings of TRITIUM 2013 | doi.org/10.13182/FST14-T25
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What affects tritium migration through porous concrete walls coated with a hydrophobic paint is reviewed from the viewpoint of tritium safety. Being taken into consideration of multi-structural concrete composed of aggregates, sand, water and cement which contents are CaO, SiO2, Al2O3, Fe2O3, MgO, CaSO4 and so on, tritium path is discussed in terms of the HTO diffusivity and adsorption coeffcient on porous walls. Measures to predict rates of tritium leak from laboratory walls to the environment and residual tritium amounts in concrete are estimated based on previous data. Three cases of accidental or chronic tritium release to laboratory air are discussed using the diffusion-adsorption model.