• Journal of Radiation Protection and Research
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• v.27 no.1
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• pp.27-35
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• 2002

Characteristics of Amberlite IRN 77, a cation exchange resin, and the mechanisms of its adsorption equilibria with Co(II), Ni(II), Cr(III) and Fe(III) ions were investigated for the application of the demineralizing process in the primary coolant system of a pressurized water reactor (PWR). The optimum dosage of the resin for removal of the dissolved metal ions at $200mgL^{-1}$ was 0.6 g for 100 mL solution. Most of each metal ion was adsorbed onto the resin in an hour from the start of the reaction. Each metal adsorption onto the resin could be well represented by Langmuir isotherms. However, in the case of Fe(III) adsorption, continuous formation of Fe-oxide or -hydroxide and its subsequent precipitation inhibited the completion of the equilibrium between the metal and the adsorbent Cobalt(II) and Ni(II), which have an equivalent electrovalence, were adsorbed to the resin with a similar adsorption amount when they coexisted in the solution. However, Cr(III) added to the solution competitively replaced Co(II) and Ni(II) which were already adsorbed onto the resin, resulting in desorption of these metals into the solution. The result was likely due to a higher adsorption affinity of Cr(III) than Co(II) and Ni(II). This implies that the interactively competitive adsorption of multi-cations onto the resin should be fully considered for an efficient operation of the demineralizing ion exchange process in the primary coolant system.

• Journal of Radiation Protection and Research
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• v.29 no.1
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• pp.1-8
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• 2004

Diphosil, a new version of the organic-inorganic composite resin developed by ANL has a structure of the chelating diphosphonic acid groups grafted to a silica support. To apply Diphosil for the treatment of liquid radioactive waste from nuclear power plants, the adsorption equilibrium and column experiments were carried out for the main radionuclides, $^{137}Cs\;and\;^{60}Co$, in the liquid radwaste stream. Through the adsorption equilibrium experiments, the removal efficiencies of $^{137}Cs\;and\;^{60}Co$, and the effects of non-radioactive ions on the removal efficiency have been measured in various conditions using radiotracers. The breakthrough curves for the tested tracers were obtained from the laboratory scale column tests using the simulated liquid radioactive waste. In addition, the removal capacity of Diphosil is compared with that of Amberlite IRN 77 resin, generally used in nuclear power plants.

• Applied Chemistry for Engineering
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• v.4 no.1
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• pp.171-177
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• 1993

In decontamination process to remove radioactive materials of reactor cooling system, the metal ions dissolved by organic acids in decontamination solution are separated by use of ion exchange resin in the column. However, organic acids in decontamination solution decrease the apparent affinity of the resin to metal ions. In light of this, some experiments were carried out on the Amberlite IRN-77 cation resin with cobalt and iron to gain a better understanding of the complexation effects on the ion exchange process. Experimental results showed that EDTA among organic acids used as chemical decontaminants predominantly caused reduction of ion exchange capacity of cobaltous ion to resin since this reagent formed the complex with the cobaltous ion stronger than that with the ferrous ion. In contrast, the effects of oxalic acid and citric acid were found to be negligible. And, single and two-component nonlinear equilibrium relationships of the metal ions were established using experimental data.

• Proceedings of the Korean Nuclear Society Conference
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• 1998.05b
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• pp.415-420
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• 1998

시판중인 대표적 유·무기이온교환수지를 이용하여 방사성폐액의 주 방사성핵종인 코발트와 세슘에 대하여 방사성패액에 함유되어 있는 대표적 일반이온인 나트륨이온이 이들의 이온교환에 미치는 영향을 분석하였다. 나트륨 존재 하에서 세슘이온에 대한 선택도와 수지단위 부피당 폐액 처리 부피는 무기이온교환수지인 DT 30과 Durasil 230이 가장 높으며 반면에 유기이온교환수지는 두 수치 모두 낮아서 유기이온교환수지는 저농도의 나트륨 이온을 갖는 증발기 응축수의 처리에는 적합하나 나트륨이온의 농도가 비교적 높은 폐액처리에는 적합하지 않으며, 또한 코발트 제거 면에서는 무기이온교환수지인 DT 10 보다 유기이온교환수지인 Amberlite IRN 77이 바람직하다는 결론을 얻었다.