Technical Status Study of Heavy Water Enrichment
Creators
- 1. Center for Accelerator Technology and Material Process, National Nuclear Energy Agency, Yogyakarta (Indonesia)
Description
Technical status study of heavy water enrichment in Indonesia and also in the world has been done. Heavy water enrichment processes have been investigated were water distillation, hydrogen distillation, laser enrichment, electrolysis and isotope exchange. For the isotope exchange, the chemical pair can be used were water-hydrogen sulphite, ammonium-hydrogen, aminomethane-hydrogen, and water-hydrogen. For the isotope exchange, there was carried out by mono-thermal or bi-thermal. The highest producer of heavy water is Canada, and the other producer is USA, Norwegian and India. The processes be used in the world are isotope exchange Girder Sulphide (G-S), distillation and electrolysis. Research of heavy water carried out in Batan Yogyakarta, has a purpose to know the characteristic of heavy water purification. Several apparatus which has erected were 3 distillation column: Pyrex glass of 2 m tall, stainless steel column of 3 m tall and steel of 6 m tall. Electrolysis apparatus is 50 cell electrolysis and an isotope exchange unit which has catalyst: Ni-Cr2O3 and Pt-Carbon. These apparatus were not ready to operate. (author)
Additional details
Additional titles
- Original title (Indonesian)
- Studi Status Teknik Pengayaan D
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Jurnal Iptek Nuklir
- Journal Volume
- 11
- Journal Issue
- 1
- Journal Page Range
- p. 22-34
- ISSN
- 1410-6957
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Indonesia
- Country of Input or Organization
- Indonesia
- INIS RN
- 40107201
- Subject category
- S37: INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY;
- Descriptors DEI
- AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; CATALYSTS; CATIONS; DECOMPOSITION; DEMINERALIZATION; DEUTERIUM; DISTILLATION; ELECTROLYTES; FRACTIONATION; HEAVY WATER; ISOTOPIC EXCHANGE; PWR TYPE REACTORS; SEPARATION PROCESSES; VOLATILITY; WATER
- Descriptors DEC
- CHARGED PARTICLES; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; DEUTERIUM COMPOUNDS; ENRICHED URANIUM REACTORS; HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS; HYDROGEN ISOTOPES; IONS; ISOTOPES; LIGHT NUCLEI; NUCLEI; ODD-ODD NUCLEI; OXYGEN COMPOUNDS; POWER REACTORS; REACTORS; SEPARATION PROCESSES; STABLE ISOTOPES; THERMAL REACTORS; WATER; WATER COOLED REACTORS; WATER MODERATED REACTORS
Optional Information
- Notes
- 22 refs; 5 tabs; 4 figs