방사성폐기물학회지 (Journal of Nuclear Fuel Cycle and Waste Technology(JNFCWT))

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  • Pages.49-58
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  • 2018
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  • 1738-1894(pISSN)
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  • 2288-5471(eISSN)
한국방사성폐기물학회 (Korean Radioactive Waste Society)
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Cs-흡착 CHA-Cs 및 CHA-PCFC-Cs 제올라이트계와 Sr-흡착 4A-Sr 및 BaA-Sr 제올라이트계의 고온 열분해

High-temperature Thermal Decomposition of Cs-adsorbed CHA-Cs and CHA-PCFC-Cs Zeolite System, and Sr-adsorbed 4A-Sr and BaA-Sr Zeolite System

  • 투고 : 2017.08.17
  • 심사 : 2017.09.18
  • 발행 : 2018.03.30
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초록

본 연구는 고온 열분해를 통한 Cs, Sr 등 고방사성핵종의 고정화를 위하여 각각 Cs이 흡착된 CHA (K형 Chabazite zeolite)-Cs, CHA-PCFC (potassium cobalt ferrocyanide)-Cs 및 Sr이 흡착된 4A-Sr, BaA-Sr 등의 제올라이트 계에서 TGA 및 XRD에 의한 배소 온도 변화에 따른 상변환을 고찰하였다. CHA-Cs 제올라이트 계의 경우 $900^{\circ}C$ 까지는 CHA-Cs의 형태를 유지하고 있으며, $1,000^{\circ}C$에서 무정형 단계를 거친 후 $1,100^{\circ}C$에서 pollucite ($CsAlSi_2O_6$)로 재결정 되었다. 반면에 CHA-CFC-Cs 제올라이트 계는 $700^{\circ}C$ 까지는 CHA-PCFC-Cs 형태를 유지하고 있으나, $900{\sim}1,000^{\circ}C$ 사이에서 구조가 파괴되어 무정형으로 상변환된 후 $1,100^{\circ}C$에서 pollucite로 재결정 되었다. 한편 4A-Sr 제올라이트 계의 경우 $700^{\circ}C$ 까지는 4A-Sr의 구조를 유지하고 있으며, $800^{\circ}C$에서 무정형으로 상변환 된 다음 $900^{\circ}C$에서는 Sr-feldspar ($SrAl_2Si_2O_8$, hexagonal)으로, $1,100^{\circ}C$에서 $SrAl_2Si_2O_8$ (triclinic)로 재결정 되었다. 그러나 BaA-Sr 제올라이트 계의 경우는 $500^{\circ}C$ 이하부터 구조가 파괴되기 시작하여 $500{\sim}900^{\circ}C$에서 무정형 단계를 거친 후, $1,100^{\circ}C$에서 Ba/Sr-feldspar ($Ba_{0.9}Sr_{0.1}Al_2Si_2O_8$ 및 $Ba_{0.5}Sr_{0.5}Al_2Si_2O_8$ 공존)로 재결정 되었다. 상기 제올라이트 계 모두 온도 증가에 따라 탈수/(분해)${\rightarrow}$ 무정형${\rightarrow}$ 재결정의 단계를 거쳐 광물상으로 재결정 되었으며, 고온 열분해 과정에서의 Cs 및 Sr의 휘발성, 침출성 등의 추가 연구가 요구되지만 각 제올라이트 계에 흡착된 Cs 및 Sr은 pollucite나 Sr-feldspar, Ba/Sr-feldspar 등으로 광물화 하여 Cs과 Sr을 배소체/(고화체) 내에 완전히 고정화 시킬 수 있을 것으로 보인다.

For the immobilization of high-radioactive nuclides such as Cs and Sr by high-temperature thermal decomposition, this study was carried out to investigate the phase transformation with calcined temperature by using TGA (thermogravimetric analysis) and XRD (X-ray diffraction) in the Cs-adsorbed CHA (chabazite zeolite of K type)-Cs and CHA-PCFC (potassium cobalt ferrocyanide)-Cs zeolite system, and Sr-adsorbed 4A-Sr and BaA-Sr zeolite system, respectively. In the case of CHA-Cs zeolite system, the structure of CHA-Cs remained at up to $900^{\circ}C$ and recrystallized to pollucite ($CsAlSi_2O_6$) at $1,100^{\circ}C$ after undergoing amorphous phase at $1,000^{\circ}C$. However, the CHA-CFC-Cs zeolite system retained the CHA-PCFC-Cs structure up to $700^{\circ}C$, but its structure collapsed in $900{\sim}1,000^{\circ}C$, and then transformed to amorphous phase, and recrystallized to pollucite at $1,100^{\circ}C$. In the case of 4A-Sr zeolite system, on the other hand, the structure of 4A-Sr maintained up to $700^{\circ}C$ and its phase transformed to amorphous at $800^{\circ}C$, and recrystallized to Sr-feldspar ($SrAl_2Si_2O_8$, hexagonal) at $900^{\circ}C$ and to $SrAl_2Si_2O_8$ (triclinic) at $1,100^{\circ}C$. However, the BaA-Sr zeolite system structure began to break down at below $500^{\circ}C$, and then transformed to amorphous phase in $500{\sim}900^{\circ}C$ and recrystallized to Ba/Sr-feldspar (coexistence of $Ba_{0.9}Sr_{0.1}Al_2Si_2O_8$ and $Ba_{0.5}Sr_{0.5}Al_2Si_2O_8$) at $1,100^{\circ}C$. All of the above zeolite systems recrystallized to mineral phase through the dehydration/(decomposition) ${\rightarrow}$ amorphous ${\rightarrow}$ recrystallization with increasing temperature. Although further study of the volatility and leachability of Cs and Sr in the high-temperature thermal decomposition process is required, Cs and Sr adsorbed in each zeolite system are mineralized as pollucite, Sr-feldspar and Ba/Sr-feldspar. Therefore, Cs and Sr seen to be able to completely immobilize in the calcining wasteform/(solidified wasteform).

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