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http://dx.doi.org/10.7733/jkrws.2013.11.1.55

Demonstration of Zr Recovery from 50 g Scale Zircaloy-4 Cladding Hulls using a Chlorination Method  

Jeon, Min Ku (Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute)
Lee, Chang Hwa (Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute)
Lee, You Lee (Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute)
Choi, Yong Taek (Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute)
Kang, Kweon Ho (Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute)
Park, Geun Il (Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute)
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Journal of Nuclear Fuel Cycle and Waste Technology(JNFCWT) / v.11, no.1, 2013 , pp. 55-61 More about this Journal
Abstract
The recovery of Zr from Zircaloy-4 (Zry-4) cladding hulls using a chlorination method was demonstrated for complete conversion of Zr into $ZrCl_4$. A chlorination reaction was performed by reacting Zry-4 hulls for 8 h under a 70 cc/min $Cl_2$ + 70 cc/min Ar flow at $380^{\circ}C$. The initial weight of the reactant (51.7 g) decreased to 0.49 g after 8 h of operation, which is only 0.95wt% of the initial weight. The weight of the total reaction products was 121.7 g with a high Zr purity of 99.80wt%. Fe and Sn were identified as major (0.18wt%) and minor (0.02wt%) impurities of the reaction products, respectively. It was also shown that Zr exhibited a high recovery ratio of 96.95wt% with a relatively small experimental loss of 2.34wt%. Observation of the reaction residues revealed that the chlorination reaction was dominant along the longitudinal direction, and surface oxide layers remained as reaction residues. The high purity and recovery ratio of Zr proposed the feasibility of the chlorination technique as an effective hull waste treatment method.
Keywords
Chlorination reaction; Hull waste; Zr recovery; Spent nuclear fuel; Pyro-processing;
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