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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 13, 2021
Filed:
Jan. 18, 2019
Savannah River Nuclear Solutions, Llc, Aiken, SC (US);
Xin Xiao, Augusta, GA (US);
Lucas M. Angelette, Augusta, GA (US);
Paul R. Beaumont, Aiken, SC (US);
Henry T. Sessions, Aiken, SC (US);
Heather Mentzer, Graniteville, SC (US);
Jared L. Clark, Aiken, SC (US);
Savannah River National Solutions, LLC, Aiken, SC (US);
Abstract
Work area cleanup systems and methods are described for removing tritium from the atmosphere of a work area such as inert gas gloveboxes. Systems utilize a multi-column approach with parallel processing. Tritium of a tritium-contaminated stream is converted into tritiated water and adsorbed onto the separation phase of a first column as a second, parallel column can be simultaneously regenerated. The gaseous stream that exits the column during the regeneration phase can carry a high tritium concentration. The system can also include and a separation stage during which the tritium of the gaseous regeneration stream can be separated from the remainder of the regeneration product.