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Development of Low-activation Cement for Decreasing the Activated Waste in Nuclear Power Plant

원전 방사화 폐기물 저감을 위한 저방사화 시멘트의 개발

  • Lee, Binna (Structural Engineering Research Institute, Korea Institute of Civil engineering and Building technology) ;
  • Lee, Jong-Suk (Structural Engineering Research Institute, Korea Institute of Civil engineering and Building technology) ;
  • Min, Jiyoung (Structural Engineering Research Institute, Korea Institute of Civil engineering and Building technology) ;
  • Lee, Jang-Hwa (Structural Engineering Research Institute, Korea Institute of Civil engineering and Building technology)
  • 이빛나 (한국건설기술연구원 구조융합연구소) ;
  • 이종석 (한국건설기술연구원 구조융합연구소) ;
  • 민지영 (한국건설기술연구원 구조융합연구소) ;
  • 이장화 (한국건설기술연구원 구조융합연구소)
  • Received : 2017.06.06
  • Accepted : 2017.09.06
  • Published : 2017.09.30

Abstract

When concrete is exposed to neutron rays for a long time, the concrete tends to become activated. If activated, it is classified as middle or low level radioactive waste. However, the great amount of the activated concrete is hard to dispose. In this study, low-activation cement was developed for decreasing the activated waste from shielding concrete around nuclear reactor. Furthermore, the manufactured low-activation was analyzed with activation nuclide Eu, Co. The low-activation cement showed great advantage for low-activation with detecting none of Eu and 3.75ppm of Co while ordinary portland cement showed 0.4~0.9ppm of Eu, 5.5~19.8ppm of Co content. As the results of physical properties of the low-activation cement, it is similar to type 1 ordinary portland cement and accords with type 4 low heat portland cement. Meanwhile, as for the chemical properties of the cement, it accords wite type 1 and 4 at the same time.

원전 구조물에 주로 사용되는 중량 콘크리트의 경우 중성자에 오랜 시간 노출되면 콘크리트 자체가 방사선을 방출하는 방사화가 발생하게 된다. 이러한 경우 원전 구조물 해체시 많은 양의 방사성 폐기물이 발생되고 이를 처리하기 위한 비용이 큰 폭으로 증가하게 된다. 따라서, 본 연구에서는 원전 해체시 폐기물의 처리비용을 저감하기 위하여 방사화에 밀접한 관련이 있는 Eu 및 Co를 포함하고 있는 시멘트를 대상으로 저방사화 시멘트를 제작하였다. 또한, 저방사화 시멘트 개발을 위하여 원재료 수급부터 제조방법을 제안하였으며 이를 일반 시멘트 및 저발열 시멘트와 비교 분석하였다. 방사화 분석 결과 Eu는 검출되지 않았으며, Co는 3.75ppm으로 보통포틀랜드 시멘트보다 낮게 측정되었으며, 물리적 화학적 특성 역시 1종 보통포틀랜드 시멘트와 4종 저발열 포틀랜드 시멘트 기준에 부합하는 것으로 나타났다.

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