동전기적방법을 이용한 TRIGA 연구로 주변 토양내의 세습과 코발트 제거

Removal of Cesium and Cobalt within Soil around TRIGA Reactor by Electrokinetic method

동전기적방법을 사용하여 TRIGA 연구용 원자로 주변 세슘 및 코발트제거 특성을 분석하고 토양컬럼 내의 pH 상승을 제거할 수 있는 방안을 제시했다. 전기장을 높이기 위해 NaCl 용액이 전해질로 사용되었을 때, 토양컬럼 음극주변에 침전물이 형성되어 낮은 제거효율을 나타냈다. 그래서, pH의 상승을 억제하기 위해 초산완충액을 토양컬럼에 주입하고, 초산을 주기적으로 음극저수조에 주입했다. 초기제염기간 동안 전기삼투보다는 전기이동에 의해 많은 세슘과 코발트가 제거되었다. 토양컬럼 내의 총 세슘 중 96%가 5.9 일 동안 제거되었고, 총 코발트 중 94%가 제거되었다. 또한, 개발된 모델에 의한 시뮬레이션 결과는 실험결과와 거의 일치했다.

The characteristics of cesium and cobalt removal from soil around the TRIGA reactor using the electrokinetic method were analyzed and a device to restrain the pH increase in the soil column was suggested. When a NaCl solution was used as the electrolyte to raise the electric field strength, a precipitate was formed in the cathode in the soil column, resulting in a low removal efficiency. Thus, an acetate buffer solution (compound solution of $CH_3COONa$ and $CH_3COOH$) was injected into the soil column and acetic acid was periodically infected into the cathode reservoir to restrain any pH increase. Many $Cs^{2+}$ and $Co^{2+}$ ions were transferred by electromigration rather than electroosmosis during the initial remediation period, and no precipitate was formed in the soil column. 96% of the total amount of cesium in the soil column was removed after 5.9 days, while 94% of the total amount of cobalt was removed. Furthermore, the residual concentrations predicted by the developed model were similar to those obtained by experiment.