Formation of organic iodides from containment paint ingredients caused by gamma irradiation
Artikel i vetenskaplig tidskrift, 2013

The formation of volatile alkyl iodides other than methyl iodide during a serious nuclear reactor accident may have radiological significance. The hypothesis that radioactive alkyl iodides, other than methyl iodide, could form from paint solvents under the conditions of a serious nuclear accident in light water reactors (under boiling water reactor (BWR) and pressurised water reactor (PWR) conditions) was tested using stable elemental iodine, a gamma irradiator and gas chromatography equipment. It was found that methyl and isopropyl iodides were formed from the texanol ester, which is used in many modern water-based paints. Methyl, ethyl, propyl and butyl iodides were formed from a hydrocarbon solvent (white spirit) commonly used in paint products used in the past. These results suggest that further work on the formation and behaviour of the higher alkyl iodides (containing more than one carbon atom) under the conditions of a serious nuclear accident is justified.

severe nuclear accidents

texanol ester

accident conditions

nuclear

radiolysis

white spirit

efficiency

paint solvents

containment

iodine

Författare

Sabrina Tietze

Chalmers, Kemi- och bioteknik, Kärnkemi

Mark Foreman

Chalmers, Kemi- och bioteknik, Kärnkemi

Christian Ekberg

Chalmers, Kemi- och bioteknik, Kärnkemi

Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology

0022-3131 (ISSN)

Vol. 50 7 689-694

Ämneskategorier

Oorganisk kemi

Subatomär fysik

DOI

10.1080/00223131.2013.799400

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