A Study on the Bituminization Process of Radiative Liquid Waste (II)

  • Published : 1976.12.01

Abstract

The effects of temperature and pressure of leaching water on the leaching of radionuclides from bitumen-waste products were studied. The principal results are as follows: The fraction of $^{90}$ Sr and $^{137}$ Cs leached for periods of up to 120 days at 8atm was 2.1$\times$10$^{-6}$ ($\textrm{cm}^2$/g)$^{-1}$ , day$^{-1}$ and 6.02$\times$10$^{-5}$ ($\textrm{cm}^2$/g)$^{-1}$ day$^{-1}$ respectively and at 5$^{\circ}C$, 1.7$\times$10$^{-5}$ ($\textrm{cm}^2$/g)$^{-1}$ day$^{-1}$ and 4.01$\times$10$^{-5}$ ($\textrm{cm}^2$/g)$^{-1}$ day$^{-1}$ respectively. These values were lower than those in atmospheric pressure and room temperature. No diffence in the leaching rate with sea and distilled water was observed for the bitumen-waste products containing 40wt% salts. It appears that these results could be saved by improving safety in the dumping of sea. The effect of the softening point of pure asphalt or bitumen-waste product by $^{60}$ Co irradiation was increased with increasing total dose. Irradiation of asphalts at a total dose of 5.8$\times$10$^{8}$ rad showed no evidence of volume and caused no swelling. The functional groups of blown asphalt by infrared spectra are also identified.

중 준위 방사성 폐액의 증발 농축물을 불용성 물질로 고형화하기 위해 blown asp-halt와 straight asphalt를 혼합사용하여 제조된 bitumen-waste 고화체로부터 방사성핵종의 용출에 대한 고화체의 호학적 특성 및 용출 조건의 영향에 대해서 조사하였다. 고압 및 저온하에서 120일동안 $^{90}$ Sr 및 $^{137}$Cs의 용출율은 상압 및 상온때 보다 낮은 용출율을 보였으며, 40wt%염을 함유한 고화체에 대한 인공 해수 및 증류수에 대한 용출율의 영향은 별로 차이점이 관찰되지 않았다. 순수 asphalt 및 고화체의 연화점은 $^{60}$Co 조사에 의해 총선량 증가와 함께 증가 됐으나, 5.8$\times$$10^{8}$ rad, 까지 조사된 asphalt는 부피 증가나 팽윤 현상이 나타나지 않았다. 또한 Infrared spectra에 의해 blown asphalt의 functional group을 확인하였고, 계속 방사선에 의한 영향등을 조사중이다.

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