Abstract
The possibility of liquidating irradiated graphite by burning is examined by analyzing the computed and experimentally obtained information about the activity of 14 C produced over the period of operation of uranium-graphite reactors and appearing naturally in the Earth’s biosphere. In nature, 14 C activity fluctuates in the range ±1%. This work employs the criterion that the technogenic addition of 14 C activity as a result of burning irradiated graphite should not exceed the fluctuations of the natural activity. It is shown that under this criterion an amount ~3.5·104 tons/yr can be burned with 14 C activity in irradiated graphite ~1.8·1011 Bq/ton.
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