• 방사성폐기물학회지
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• 제1권1호
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• pp.47-53
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• 2003

한국원자력연구소에서는 산화물 형태의 사용후핵연료를 용융염 매질에서 금속으로 전환함으로써 사용후핵연료의 발열량, 부피 및 방사능을 1/4로 감소시킬 수 있는 전기화학적 금속전환공정을 개발하고 g 규모(3-40g $U_{3}O_{8}$ batch)로 기초실험을 수행하고 있다. 본 연구에서는 전기화학적 금속전환 장치를 5kg $U_{3}O_{8}$ batch 규모로 설계 제작하고, 목표로 하고 있는 20kg $U_{3}O_{8}$ batch 규모 핫셀 실증을 위한 장치설계자료를 산출하기 위해 mock-up test를 수행하였다. 운전변수에 따른 $U_{3}O_{8}$의 전기화학적 환원거동을 규명하였으며, $U_{3}O_{8}$ 분말을 99% 이상 금속전환하여 전기화학적 금속전환공정의 타당성을 kg 규모로 검증할 수 있었다.

• 방사성폐기물학회지
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• 제3권2호
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• pp.95-104
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• 2005

TRIGA 연구로의 해체 시 발생하는 금속성 폐기물의 용융기술을 확립하기 위한 기초연구로 전기로 내에서 방사성 핵종(Co, Cs, Sr)을 포함한 알루미늄의 용융 시 용융온도, 용융시간 및 플럭스(flux)의 종류가 핵종의 분배 거동에 미치는 영향을 조사하였다. 플럭스의 종류에 따라 다소 차이는 있으나, 플럭스의 첨가로 알루미늄 용융체의 유동성이 증가됨을 확인할 수 있었다 용융 후주괴(ingot) 및 슬래그(slag) 시료의 XRD분석을 통해 핵종이 주괴에서 슬래그 상으로 이동하고 슬래그를 구성하고 있는 산화알루미늄과 결합하여 안정한 화합물을 형성함을 알 수 있었다. 슬래그의 발생량은 용융온도와 용융시간이 증가할수록 증가하는 경향을 보였으며, 증가속도는 플럭스의 종류에 따라 차이를 보였다. 핵종 중 Co는 용융온도가 증가함에 따라 주괴 내 에서는 감소하였으나 슬래그 상에서는 증가하는 경향을 보였으며, 실험조건에 따라 최대 90$\%$까지 주괴에서 슬래그로 이동하였다. 휘발성이 강한 Cs과 Sr은 대부분이 슬래그와 분진으로 이동하여 매우 높은 제염계수를 얻을 수 있었다.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제45권6호
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• pp.731-744
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• 2013

Energy security is a topic of high importance to many countries throughout the world. Countries with access to vast energy supplies enjoy all of the economic and political benefits that come with controlling a highly sought after commodity. Given the desire to diversify away from fossil fuels due to rising environmental and economic concerns, there are limited technology options available for baseload electricity generation. Further complicating this issue is the desire for energy sources to be sustainable and globally scalable in addition to being economic and environmentally benign. Nuclear energy in its current form meets many but not all of these attributes. In order to address these limitations, TerraPower, LLC has developed the Traveling Wave Reactor (TWR) which is a near-term deployable and truly sustainable energy solution that is globally scalable for the indefinite future. The fast neutron spectrum allows up to a ~30-fold gain in fuel utilization efficiency when compared to conventional light water reactors utilizing enriched fuel. When compared to other fast reactors, TWRs represent the lowest cost alternative to enjoy the energy security benefits of an advanced nuclear fuel cycle without the associated proliferation concerns of chemical reprocessing. On a country level, this represents a significant savings in the energy generation infrastructure for several reasons 1) no reprocessing plants need to be built, 2) a reduced number of enrichment plants need to be built, 3) reduced waste production results in a lower repository capacity requirement and reduced waste transportation costs and 4) less uranium ore needs to be mined or purchased since natural or depleted uranium can be used directly as fuel. With advanced technological development and added cost, TWRs are also capable of reusing both their own used fuel and used fuel from LWRs, thereby eliminating the need for enrichment in the longer term and reducing the overall societal waste burden. This paper describes the origins and current status of the TWR development program at TerraPower, LLC. Some of the areas covered include the key TWR design challenges and brief descriptions of TWR-Prototype (TWR-P) reactor. Selected information on the TWR-P core designs are also provided in the areas of neutronic, thermal hydraulic and fuel performance. The TWR-P plant design is also described in such areas as; system design descriptions, mechanical design, and safety performance.

• 대한전자공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전자공학회 2001년도 The 6th International Symposium of East Asian Resources Recycling Technology
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• pp.106-110
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• 2001

Formation of stoichiometric lithium-, nickel-, and zinc- ferrites by calcining organo-metallic precursors a temperature below 40$0^{\circ}C$ is examined using DTA/TG, and XRD techniques. It attempts to simulate th immobilization of metal ions in industrial liquid influents (waste) through the synthesis of stoichiometric spinel ferrites (SSF). Two steps of the SSF formation during thermal treatments are noted. The transformation of magnetite to ${\gamma}$ - Fe$_2$O$_3$and subsequent first formation of SSF were observed at temperatures ranging from 200 to 45$0^{\circ}C$. Th formation of cation-containing ${\gamma}$-Fe$_2$O$_3$and subsequent second formation of the ferrite occurred at temperature ranges of < 45$0^{\circ}C$ and 500 to $650^{\circ}C$, depending on the heating rate used. Then the temperature range of 200t 45$0^{\circ}C$ is critical to the performance of the technique, because a calcination at the range would lead to a complete formation of SSF, avoiding the occurrences of ${\gamma}$-Fe$_2$O$_3$and ion-containing ${\gamma}$-Fe$_2$O$_3$. If not, so $\alpha$-Fe$_2$O$_3$would occur. And annealing at temperature above $650^{\circ}C$ must be employed by which solid-state reactio of $\alpha$-Fe$_2$O$_3$with metal ions (possibly metal oxides) to form SSF can be conducted.

• 한국자원리싸이클링학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국자원리싸이클링학회 2006년도 춘계임시총회 및 제27회 학술발표대회
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• pp.78-85
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• 2006

In textile industries, waste effluent containing zinc is generated during the manufacture of rayon yarn from the wood pulp or cotton linters. Due to the strict environmental regulations and the presence of toxic metallic and other constituents, the discharge of industrial effluents in the sewage or disposal of solid sludge as landfill is restricted. Before recycling of zinc as zinc sulphate solution to the spinning-bath of the rayon manufacturing plant the zinc sulphate solution must be free from calcium, which is deleterious to the process as gypsum precipitates with the increase in concentration and forms scale in the bath. In the present work an attempt has been made to develop a process following solvent extraction technique using thiophosphinic extractants, Cyanex 272 and 302 modified with isodecanol and diluted in kerosene to recover zinc from rayon effluent. Various process parameters viz. extraction of zinc from different concentration of solution, distribution ratio, selective extraction, O/A ratio on extraction and stripping from the loaded organic, complex formation in the organic phase etc. have been studied to see the feasibility of the process. The extractant Cyanex 302 has been found selective for the recovery of 99.99% of zinc from the effluent above equilibrium pH 3.4 maintaining the O/A ratio of 1/30 leaving all the calcium in the raffinate. It selectively extracted zinc in the form of complex $[R_{2}Zn.3RH]_{org}$ and retained all the calcium in the aqueous raffinate. The zinc from the loaded Cyanex 302 can be stripped with 10% sulphuric acid at even O/A ratio of 10 without affecting the stripping efficiency. The stripped solution thus obtained could be recycled in the spinning bath of the rayon plant. The raffinate obtained after the recovery of zinc could be disposed safely without affacting environment.