Separation of 131I from Uranium Fission Products by Dry Distillation

131I is an important radioisotope in nuclear medicine, but due to the inherent defects of wet separation technology，the separation of 131I from uranium fission products (UFPs) has serious environmental pollution and low extraction efficiency. Considering the high yield of 131I in UFPs, it is necessary to develop a new method for separating 131I from UFPs, because it can not only expand the ways to obtain 131I, but also improve the utilization efficiency of UFPs. Unlike the traditional wet chemical separation technique, 131I was separated from UFPs by dry distillation in present work. Three stages worked under different temperatures, such as powdered the target, dry distillation and heat preservation, were involved in the separation process, so as to acquire as much as 131I from the target. The effect of dry distillation temperature on 131I separation efficiency was systematically investigated, it was found that the separation efficiency of 131I was higher than 98% when the distillation temperature was over 95