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Argonne to investigate Pu chemistry to aid Hanford cleanup
Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory are investigating the details of plutonium chemistry with the goal of aiding the cleanup of the Hanford Site in Washington state. For more than 40 years, reactors located at Hanford produced plutonium for America’s defense program, resulting in millions of gallons of liquid radioactive and chemical waste.
Kazuki Kobayashi, Shigeki Ohtsu, Satoru Tanaka
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 34 | Number 3 | November 1998 | Pages 914-918
Plasma Facing Components Technology (Poster Session) | doi.org/10.13182/FST98-A11963729
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Low energy hydrogen plasma was applied to a graphite target by the linear steady plasma facility MAP(Materials And Plasma). The Hα (656.285 nm) spectrum emitted from reflected hydrogen atoms were measured to investigate hydrogen release processes from a graphite target. Broadening, peak shift and intensity of the Hα spectrum were compared with those in the previous experiments of tungsten target. The results indicated that a large fraction of hydrogen particles is released as molecules from the graphite surface.