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http://dx.doi.org/10.7733/jkrws.2013.11.1.1

Feasibility Study on Vitrification for Rare Earth Wastes of PyroGreen Process  

Kim, Cheon-Woo (Central Research Institute of KHNP)
Lee, Byeong Gwan (Central Research Institute of KHNP)
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Journal of Nuclear Fuel Cycle and Waste Technology(JNFCWT) / v.11, no.1, 2013 , pp. 1-9 More about this Journal
Abstract
The rare earth oxide wastes consisting of major 8 nuclides Y, La, Ce, Pr, Nd, Sm, Eu and Gd, are generated during the salt waste treatment of PyroGreen process. The final form of the rare earth is generated as the oxide state. In this study, six candidate glasses were developed to evaluate the feasibility for vitrifying the rare earth oxide wastes within the borosilicate glass system. The solubilities of the mixture of the rare earth oxide waste showed less than 25wt% at $1,200^{\circ}C$, less than 30wt% at $1,300^{\circ}C$, respectively. It means that solubility is increased with the temperature increment. The liquidus temperature of the homogeneous glass with 20wt% waste loading was determined as less than $950^{\circ}C$. In more than solubility of rare earth oxides glass, formation of rare earth-oxide-silicate crystal in glass-ceramic occurred as the secondary phase. As their viscosity at melting temperature $1,200{\sim}1,300^{\circ}C$ was less than 100 poise, electrical conductivity was higher than 1 S/cm, 20~25wt% waste loading glasses with good surface homogeneity are judged to have good operability in cold crucible induction melter. Other physicochemical properties of the developed glasses are going to be experimented in the future.
Keywords
PyroGreen; Vitrification; Rare earth oxide; Glass formulation; Waste solubility;
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