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A Review on the Recycling of the Concrete Waste Generate from the Decommissioning of Nuclear Power Plants

원전 해체 콘크리트 폐기물의 재활용에 대한 고찰

  • Jeon, Ji-Hun (Department of Geology and Research Institute of Natural Science (RINS), Gyeongsang National University (GNU)) ;
  • Lee, Woo-Chun (Department of Geology and Research Institute of Natural Science (RINS), Gyeongsang National University (GNU)) ;
  • Lee, Sang-Woo (Department of Geology and Research Institute of Natural Science (RINS), Gyeongsang National University (GNU)) ;
  • Kim, Soon-Oh (Department of Geology and Research Institute of Natural Science (RINS), Gyeongsang National University (GNU))
  • 전지훈 (경상국립대학교 지질과학과 및 기초과학연구소(RINS)) ;
  • 이우춘 (경상국립대학교 지질과학과 및 기초과학연구소(RINS)) ;
  • 이상우 (경상국립대학교 지질과학과 및 기초과학연구소(RINS)) ;
  • 김순오 (경상국립대학교 지질과학과 및 기초과학연구소(RINS))
  • Received : 2021.04.21
  • Accepted : 2021.04.22
  • Published : 2021.04.28
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Abstract

Globally, nuclear-decommissioning facilities have been increased in number, and thereby hundreds of thousands of wastes, such as concrete, soil, and metal, have been generated. For this reason, there have been numerous efforts and researches on the development of technology for volume reduction and recycling of solid radioactive wastes, and this study reviewed and examined thoroughly such previous studies. The waste concrete powder is rehydrated by other processes such as grinding and sintering, and the processes rendered aluminate (C3A), C4AF, C3S, and ��-C2S, which are the significant compounds controlling the hydration reaction of concrete and the compressive strength of the solidified matrix. The review of the previous studies confirmed that waste concretes could be used as recycling cement, but there remain problems with the decreasing strength of solidified matrix due to mingling with aggregates. There have been further efforts to improve the performance of recycling concrete via mixing with reactive agents using industrial by-products, such as blast furnace slag and fly ash. As a result, the compressive strength of the solidified matrix was proved to be enhanced. On the contrary, there have been few kinds of researches on manufacturing recycled concretes using soil wastes. Illite and zeolite in soil waste show the high adsorption capacity on radioactive nuclides, and they can be recycled as solidification agents. If the soil wastes are recycled as much as possible, the volume of wastes generated from the decommissioning of nuclear power plants (NPPs) is not only significantly reduced, but collateral benefits also are received because radioactive wastes are safely disposed of by solidification agents made from such soil wastes. Thus, it is required to study the production of non-sintered cement using clay minerals in soil wastes. This paper reviewed related domestic and foreign researches to consider the sustainable recycling of concrete waste from NPPs as recycling cement and utilizing clay minerals in soil waste to produce unsintered cement.

전세계적으로 해체 대상 원자력 시설이 증가하고 있으며, 이러한 원자력 시설을 해체하게 되면 수십만 톤의 콘크리트, 토양, 금속 등의 폐기물이 발생한다. 따라서 고상 방사성 폐기물 감용 및 재활용 기술에 대한 기존 연구를 면밀히 검토할 필요가 있다. 폐콘크리트 미분말은 소성 및 분쇄와 같은 추가적인 공정을 통하여 재수화 반응이 일어나며, 시멘트 수화 반응 및 고화체 압축강도에 영향을 미치는 주요 화합물인 aluminate (C3A), C4AF, C3S, ��-C2S가 생성된다. 기존 연구를 통하여 폐콘크리트 미분말을 재생 시멘트로 재활용할 수 있음을 확인하였으나, 골재의 혼입으로 인한 고화체의 강도 저하와 같은 문제점에 대한 해결방안은 현재까지 연구되지 않았다. 이러한 문제점을 보완하기 위하여 산업부산물인 고로슬래그, 비산회를 성분 조정재로 혼합하여 재생 시멘트의 성능을 증진시키는 연구가 수행되었으며, 고화체의 압축강도가 증진되는 것을 확인하였다. 그러나, 폐토양을 재활용한 비소성 시멘트의 제조에 대한 연구는 많이 수행되지 않았다. 폐토양 내 함유된 일라이트와 제올라이트는 방사성 핵종에 대한 흡착능이 우수하며, 이를 고화재로 재활용하면 원전 해체 폐기물의 부피를 저감함과 동시에 방사성 폐기물을 안전하게 담지할 수 있는 효과를 도출할 수 있다. 이러한 이유에서 폐토양 내 점토 광물을 이용한 비소성 시멘트의 제조에 대한 연구가 필요하다. 본 연구에서는 기존에 수행된 국내외 연구를 통하여 원전 해체 폐기물인 콘크리트의 재생 시멘트로서 재활용 가능성 및 개선 방안과 더불어 폐토양 내 점토 광물을 이용한 비소성 시멘트 제조에 대한 연구 필요성에 대하여 고찰하였다.

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