ML19208A352
| ML19208A352 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Crane  |
| Issue date: | 04/02/1979 |
| From: | Singh S AFFILIATION NOT ASSIGNED |
| To: | Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
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| NUDOCS 7909130453 | |
| Download: ML19208A352 (1) | |
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State University College at Buffalo um am-a A-Butfalo, New York 14222 Department of Chemistry Phone: (716) 878-6513 April 2, 1979 The Director Fcderal Emergency Task Force Three Miles Island Power Plant Middletown, Penn.
Dear Sir:
This is a follow-up letter to my suggestion, which was made on the telephone around noon on Sunday, April 1,1979, for the removal of hydrogen bubble from the reactor.
I gave two suggestions. One of which was the injection of Iodine I.,
into the water system.
Iodine will react with H ace rding to the reac '
2 tion H2+I2(
' 2HI The equilibrium constant for the reaction under reactor conditions is approximately 5.
The reaction rate is slow enough to permit orderly removal of H2 gas yet fast enough to accomplish this in a short time.
The HI formed is soluble in water and bubble will disappear and HI could be allowed to circulate in the water until it can be removed at some con-venient time.
I am afraid this particular suggestion either got lost in the shuffle or was not taken seriously even tho2gh a real enthusiasm was displayed by the person who answered the phone.
The proposed use of 0 is very dangerous because of the explosive 2
nature of the reaction and the reaction with F, C1 r Br is uncon-2 2
2 trollable because of the chain-nature.
The other suggestion was the use of Pd metal powder to adsorb the hydrogen and other gases.
Of course you are aware of the engineering problems and actual nature of the emergency. All my information is from the media and what I can speculate.
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Yours truly, o'td& A, cE!P SRC, Washington, D.C.
Surjit ingh, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
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