RE: Water Irradiation?

["Franta, Jaroslav" <frantaj@AECL.CA>]

Title: RE: Water Irradiation?

Here's an interesting idea from a colleague.....

 

Jaro 

 

Sent: Wednesday July 10, 2002 8:44 AM
To: Franta, Jaroslav;
Subject: RE: Water Irradiation?

I've pondered before on this question - could we use spent fuel as a gamma source for irradiating water?  Piping networks that pass in between spent bundles in the used fuel pool.  The water would be at normal pumping pressure (say 200 kPa) so any leaks would be out of the tubes and into the fuel bay.

-----Original Message-----
From: Kai Kaletsch [mailto:info@eic.nu]
Sent: Friday July 05, 2002 9:35 AM
To: Franta, Jaroslav; RadSafe
Subject: Re: Water Irradiation?

Both gamma and UV irradiators have to be on 100% of the time because, unlike chlorine, they do not kill downstream of your unit and any bugs that get by are home free. If UV irradiators need power to run, then they also need backup power and an operator 24/7 who knows how to run the system.

How do you deliver the UV? It doesn't go through a steel pipe. If the water needs to be open to the atmosphere, that brings some more challenges.

There are some advantages to passive systems.
 
Kai