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A STUDY ON ADSORPTION AND DESORPTION BEHAVIORS OF 14C FROM A MIXED BED RESIN

  • Park, Seung-Chul (Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co., LTD, Central Research Institute) ;
  • Cho, Hang-Rae (Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co., LTD, Central Research Institute) ;
  • Lee, Ji-Hoon (Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co., LTD, Central Research Institute) ;
  • Yang, Ho-Yeon (Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co., LTD, Central Research Institute) ;
  • Yang, O-Bong (Chonbuk National University, School of Semiconductor and Chemical Engineering & Solar Energy Research Center)
  • Received : 2014.07.18
  • Accepted : 2014.11.03
  • Published : 2014.12.25
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Abstract

Spent resin waste containing a high concentration of $^{14}C$ radionuclide cannot be disposed of directly. A fundamental study on selective $^{14}C$ stripping, especially from the IRN-150 mixed bed resin, was carried out. In single ion-exchange equilibrium isotherm experiments, the ion adsorption capacity of the fresh resin for non-radioactive $HCO_3{^-}$ ion, as the chemical form of $^{14}C$, was evaluated as 11mg-C/g-resin. Adsorption affinity of anions to the resin was derived in order of $NO_3{^-}$ > $HCO_3{^-}{\geq}H_2PO_4{^-}$. Thus the competitive adsorption affinity of $NO_3{^-}$ ion in binary systems appeared far higher than that of $HCO_3{^-}$ or $H_2PO_4{^-}$, and the selective desorption of $HCO_3{^-}$ from the resin was very effective. On one hand, the affinity of $Co^{2+}$ and $Cs^+$ for the resin remained relatively higher than that of other cations in the same stripping solution. Desorption of $Cs^+$ was minimized when the summation of the metal ions in the spent resin and the other cations in solution was near saturation and the pH value was maintained above 4.5. Among the various solutions tested, from the view-point of the simple second waste process, $NH_4H_2PO_4$ solution was preferable for the stripping of $^{14}C$ from the spent resin.

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