Author(s)

Leyi Li ^1,2

Affiliation(s)

¹ Beijing 101 High School, 11# Yiheyuan Road, Beijing, China
² Pioneer Research Course, Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio, USA

Corresponding Author

ABSTRACT

The existing tritium management is marked by high energy and financial costs. It is dangerous to directly release such a radioactive element into the environment. To deal with this dilemma, this paper proposes a model of a bioreactor that can detritiate the wastewater depending on plants’ tritium incorporation ability. Tritiated water (HTO) can be converted into organically bounded tritium (OBT) through photosynthesis and various metabolism processes and the stored in plants. Seaweeds and bryophytes can be candidates for the tritium absorber. The incorporated tritium can be processed through a combination of freeze-drying and oven-drying methods and then stored separately, decaying into the stable helium-3.

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CITE THIS PAPER

Leyi Li, Process Tritiated Water through a Bioreactor: An Ideal Model for Dealing the Fukushima Wastewater. Analytical Chemistry: A Journal (2023) Vol. 2: 108-114. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.23977/analc.2023.020114.

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