Nuclear Engineering and Technology

  • 제51권3호
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  • Pages.738-745
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  • 2019
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  • 1738-5733(pISSN)
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  • 2234-358X(eISSN)
한국원자력학회 (Korean Nuclear Society)
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Evaluation of dynamic behavior of coagulation-flocculation using hydrous ferric oxide for removal of radioactive nuclides in wastewater

  • Kim, Kwang-Wook (Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute) ;
  • Shon, Woo-Jung (Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute) ;
  • Oh, Maeng-Kyo (Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute) ;
  • Yang, Dasom (Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute) ;
  • Foster, Richard I. (Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute) ;
  • Lee, Keun-Young (Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute)
  • 투고 : 2018.07.25
  • 심사 : 2018.11.28
  • 발행 : 2019.04.25
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Coprecipitation using hydrous ferric oxide (HFO) has been effectively used for the removal of radionuclides from radioactive wastewater. This work studied the dynamic behavior of HFO floc formation during the neutralization of acidic ferric iron in the presence of several radionuclides by using a photometric dispersion analyzer (PDA). Then the coagulation-flocculation system using HFO-anionic poly acrylamide (PAM) composite floc system was evaluated and compared in seawater and distilled water to find the effective condition to remove the target nuclides (Co-60, Mn-54, Sb-125, and Ru-106) present in wastewater generated in the severe accident of nuclear power plant like Fukushima Daiichi case. A ferric iron dosage of 10 ppm for the formation of HFO was suitable in terms of fast formation of HFO flocs without induction time, and maximum total removal yield of radioactivity from the wastewater. The settling time of HFO flocs was reduced by changing them to HFO-PAM composite floc. The optimal dosage of anionic PAM for HFO-anionic PAM floc system was approximately 1-10 ppm. The total removal yield of Mn-54, Co-60, Sb-125, Ru-106 radionuclides by the HFO-anionic PAM coagulation-flocculation system was higher in distilled water than in seawater and was more than 99%.

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