Packaging, transport, and storage of high-, intermediate-, and low-level radioactive wastes

Author(s):  
B. Droste
2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (2A) ◽  
Author(s):  
Roberto Pellacani Monteiro ◽  
Aluísio Souza Reis Junior ◽  
Geraldo Frederico Kastner ◽  
Eliane Silvia Codo Temba ◽  
Thiago César De Oliveira ◽  
...  

The aim of this work is to present radiochemical methodologies developed at CDTN/CNEN in order to answer a program for isotopic inventory of radioactive wastes from Brazilian Nuclear Power Plants.  In this program  some radionuclides, 3H, 14C, 55Fe, 59Ni, 63Ni, 90Sr, 93Zr, 94Nb, 99Tc, 129I, 235U, 238U, 238Pu, 239+240Pu, 241Pu, 242Pu, 241Am, 242Cm e 243+244Cm, were determined  in Low Level Wastes (LLW) and Intermediate Level Wastes (ILW) and a protocol of analytical methodologies based on radiochemical separation steps and spectrometric and nuclear techniques was stablished.


AIHAJ ◽  
1971 ◽  
Vol 32 (9) ◽  
pp. 625-632
Author(s):  
RALPH O. WOLLAN ◽  
JEROME W. STAIGER ◽  
RAYMOND J. BOGE
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2005 ◽  
Vol 35 (3) ◽  
pp. 240-246 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wataru Sugiyama ◽  
Tomoo Yamamura ◽  
Ki Chul Park ◽  
Hiroshi Tomiyasu ◽  
Isamu Satoh ◽  
...  

Author(s):  
Boo Ho Yoon ◽  
Jae Hak Cho ◽  
Sang Chul Lee ◽  
Dong Woo Kang ◽  
Yong Joon Choi ◽  
...  

For the research on the vitrification of the low-level radioactive wastes (LLRW) produced in nuclear power plants, one pilot plant with plasma arc melter system was built and several tests were done on it. Some surrogate wastes, which were spiked with several materials and were made very similar to the real LLRW, were used for these tests. For the vitrification of the surrogate wastes, the surrogate wastes were classified into the combustible, the non-combustible and the resin. Then each waste was spiked with special materials and was melted in separate. Off-gases produced in each test were picked up and analyzed. Real radioactive materials cesium (Cs) and cobalt (Co) were spiked in each wastes. Data gained from the final glass formulation were follows. Glass density is 2.42 ∼ 2.95(g/cm3), the compressive strength is 30 ∼ 175 Mpa, micro hardness is 5.5 ∼ 5.8 Gpa. The leaching ratio for Co is 1.27×10−4 ∼ 1.08×10−3 (10mL/g) and that for Cs is 2.46×10−3 ∼ 3.23×10−2 (10mL/g). The leaching speed for Co is 4.14×10−7 ∼ 5.53×10−6 (g/m2) and that for Cs is 4.58×10−5 ∼ 3.87×10−4 (g/m2). In off-gas, dioxin & furan is 0.016 mano gram on the average, CO is about 20 ppm, NO2 is about 15 ppm and SO2 is about 15 ppm.


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