Published December 1989
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Journal article
Destruction of genotoxic wastes mixed with radioactive products
Description
Before their disposal, genotoxic substances are destroyed by strong oxidizing agents. If there are molecules labelled with radionuclides in the medium which is oxidized, then this treatment may bring about the release of gaseous radioactive compounds. We have looked for evidence of such a release following the action of K permanganate and sodium hypochlorite on molecules labelled with 3H, 14C, 32P, and 125I. Among the compounds examined, only those labelled with 14C showed significant quantities of radioactive gas released, with values up to 60% of the total radioactivity. For the other products, less than 0.6% of the radioactivity appeared in a volatile form
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Health Physics
- Journal Volume
- 57
- Journal Issue
- 6
- Series
- Health Phys.
- Journal Page Range
- 885-890
- ISSN
- 0017-9078
- CODEN
- HLTPA
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 21035511
- Subject category
- S54: ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES;
- Descriptors DEI
- CARBON 14 COMPOUNDS; HYPOCHLOROUS ACID; IODINE 125; MUTAGENS; PHOSPHORUS 32; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOACTIVE AEROSOLS; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; RADIOECOLOGICAL CONCENTRATION; TRACER TECHNIQUES
- Descriptors DEC
- AEROSOLS; BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; CARBON COMPOUNDS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; COLLOIDS; DAYS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; DISPERSIONS; ECOLOGICAL CONCENTRATION; ELECTRON CAPTURE RADIOISOTOPES; HALOGEN COMPOUNDS; HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS; INORGANIC ACIDS; INORGANIC COMPOUNDS; INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI; INTERNAL CONVERSION RADIOISOTO; IODINE ISOTOPES; ISOTOPE APPLICATIONS; ISOTOPES; LIGHT NUCLEI; MATERIALS; MONITORING; NUCLEI; ODD-EVEN NUCLEI; ODD-ODD NUCLEI; OXYGEN COMPOUNDS; PHOSPHORUS ISOTOPES; RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS; RADIOISOTOPES; SOLS; WASTES