Journal of Institute of Convergence Technology (융복합기술연구소 논문집)

Institute of Convergence Technology (한국교통대학교 융복합기술연구소)
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Spent Fuel Processing Technologies for Waste Recycling

폐기물 재활용을 위한 사용후핵연료 처리기술

  • Park, Byung Heung (Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Korea National University of Transportation) ;
  • Kim, Ki-Sub (Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Korea National University of Transportation)
  • 박병흥 (한국교통대학교 화공생물공학과) ;
  • 김기섭 (한국교통대학교 화공생물공학과)
  • Received : 2012.03.30
  • Accepted : 2012.05.07
  • Published : 2012.05.31
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Abstract

Spent fuels are discharged from nuclear reactors as a result of power generations. The spent fuels would be considered as a useful resources because the main constituent is uranium and some other actinides are included in them. In order to utilize the resources chemical processes should be developed to treat the spent fuels and obtain uranium and other actinides to be fueled in a fast reactor. The technologies are categorized into wet and dry processes. In this study, the current status of such technologies is summarized to give a insight and a deep understanding on nuclear fuel cycles.

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