• 한국방사성폐기물학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국방사성폐기물학회 2005년도 Proceedings of The 6th korea-china joint workshop on nuclear waste management
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• pp.176-181
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• 2005

The electrolytic reduction process and the electrorefining process, which are being developed at the Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute (KAERI), are to generate molten waste salts such as LiCI salt and LiCI-KCI eutectic salt, respectively. Our goal in waste salt management is to minimize a total waste generation and fabricate a very low­leaching waste form such as a ceramic waste form. Zeolite has been known to one of the most desirable media to immobilize waste salt, which is water soluble and easily radiolyzed. Zeolite can be also used to the removal of fission products from the spent waste salt. Molten LiCI salt is mixed with zeolite A at $650^{\circ}C$ to form a salt-loaded zeolite, and then thermally treated in above $900^{\circ}C$ to become an immobilized product with crystal phase of $Li_{8}Cl_{2}$-Sodalite. In this work, a crystal phase changes of immobilization medium, zeolite, during immobilization of molten LiCI salt using zeolite A is introduced.

• 한국방사성폐기물학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국방사성폐기물학회 2003년도 가을 학술논문집
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• pp.215-219
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• 2003

현재 국내에서 개발 중인 사용후 핵연료의 금속전환공정에서 발생이 예상되는 LiCl 염폐기물을 제올라이트로 고정화한 후 최종 고화체를 만드는 기술을 개발 중에 있다. 여러 혼합조건에 대해 고정화 생성물의 결정을 분석한 결과 모든 혼합조건에서 제올라이트 A형이 제올라이트 Li-A으로 전이되었으며, 일부 혼합조건에서는 Minor phase로 소달라이트 형도 발견되었다. 자유염 발생이 최소가 되는 혼합조건은 Cs, Sr 핵종이 포함된 LiCl 제올라이트 비가 1.0인 조건이었다.

• 방사성폐기물학회지
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• 제18권3호
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• pp.337-346
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• 2020

Two commonly used ceramics in molten salt research are alumina and mullite. The two ceramics were exposed to a combination of rare earth chlorides (YCl₃, SmCl₃, NdCl₃, PrCl₃, and CeCl₃; each rare earth chloride of 1.8 weight percent) in LiCl-KCl at 773 K for approximately 13 days. Scanning electron microscopy with wave dispersion spectra was utilized to investigate a formation layer or deposition of rare earths onto the ceramic. Only the major constituents of the ceramics (Al, Si, and O₂) were observed during the wave dispersion spectra. X-ray fluorescence was used as well to determine concentration changes in the molten salt as a function of ceramic exposure time. This study shows no evidence of ionic exchange or layer formation between the ceramics and molten chloride salt mixture. There are signs of surface tension effects of molten salt moving out of the tantalum crucible into secondary containment.

• 한국방사성폐기물학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국방사성폐기물학회 2003년도 가을 학술논문집
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• pp.426-430
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• 2003

장수명핵종 소멸처리를 위한 건식분리공정에서 핵분열성물질인 우라늄을 장수명핵종과 분리할 필요가 있다. 본 실험은 $LiF-BeF_2$ 용융염에서 전해제련에 의한 우라늄 금속을 분리하기 위하여 분해전압 측정하였고, 인가전압에 따른 전해특성 파악 및 반응속도를 측정하였다. 측정결과 $500^{\circ}C$에서 $UF_4$와 $LiF-BeF_2$의 분해전압은 각각 -1.4volt와 -1.55volt이었다 우라늄의 전착속도는 우라늄 농도가 높을수록 증가하였다.

• 한국방사성폐기물학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국방사성폐기물학회 2004년도 학술논문집
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• pp.278-284
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• 2004

전해환원공정에서 발생하는 금속전환체와 용융염을 각각 smelting하고 고화시키는 공정을 개발하였다. 진공조건에서 다단계 가열에 의하여 마그네시아 용기에 담긴 금속전환체를 잔류 용융염과 분리하고 용융시켜 금속 잉곳을 제조하는 운전방법을 제시하는 한편, 금속전환체의 분석을 수행하였다. 전해환원 공정에서 감압이송된 용융염의 경우에는 이송과 계량에 적합하게 이중 용기와 염밸브를 사용하여 일정 형상과 크기로 고화하는 신개념을 도출하였다. 본 연구의 결과는 한국원자력연구소 Advanced Spent Fuel Conditioning Process의 hot cell 실증시스템 설계에 적용되었다.

• 방사성폐기물학회지
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• 제15권2호
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• pp.117-124
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• 2017

Densities of molten salt mixtures of eutectic LiCl-KCl with $UCl_3$, $CeCl_3$, or $LaCl_3$ at various concentrations (up to 13 wt%) were measured using a liquid surface displacement probe. Linear relationships between the mixture density and the concentration of the added salt were observed. For $LaCl_3$ and $CeCl_3$, the measured densities were significantly higher than those previously reported from Archimedes' method. In the case of $LiCl-KCl-UCl_3$, the data fit the ideal mixture density model very well. For the other salts, the measured densities exceeded the ideal model prediction by about 2%.

• 방사성폐기물학회지
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• 제18권2호
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• pp.143-155
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• 2020

A reference electrode is important for controlling electrochemical reactions. Evaluating properties such as the reduction potential of the elements is necessary to optimize the electrochemical processes in pyroprocessing, especially in a multicomponent environment. In molten chloride systems, which are widely used in pyroprocessing, a reference electrode is made by enclosing the silver wire and molten salt solution containing silver chloride into the membranes. However, owing to the high temperature of the molten salt, the choice of the membrane for the reference electrode is limited. In this study, three types of electroceramic, mullite, Pyrex, and quartz, were compared as reference electrode membranes. They are widely used in molten salt electrochemical processes. The potential measurements between the two reference electrode systems showed that the mullite membrane has potential deviations of approximately 50 mV or less at temperatures higher than 650℃, Pyrex at temperatures lower than 500℃, and quartz at temperatures higher than 800℃. Cyclic voltammograms with different membranes showed a significant potential shift when different membranes were utilized. This research demonstrated the uncertainties of potential measurement by a single membrane and the potential shift that occurs because of the use of different membranes.

• 방사성폐기물학회지
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• 제20권2호
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• pp.209-229
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• 2022

This work provided a review of three techniques-(1) spectrochemical, (2) electrochemical, and (3) spectroelectrochemical-for molten salt medias. A spectroelectrochemical system was designed by utilizing this information. Here, we designed a spectroelectrochemical cell (SEC) and calibrated temperature controllers, and performed initial tests to explore the system's capability limit. There were several issues and a redesign of the cell was accomplished. The modification of the design allowed us to assemble, align the system with the light sources, and successfully transferred the setup inside a controlled environment. A preliminary run was executed to obtain transmission and absorption background of NaCl-CaCl₂ salt at 600℃. It shows that the quartz cuvette has high transmittance effects across all wavelengths and there were lower transmittance effects at the lower wavelength in the molten salt media. Despite a successful initial run, the quartz vessel was mated to the inner cavity of the SEC body. Moreover, there was shearing in the patch cord which resulted in damage to the fiber optic cable, deterioration of the SEC, corrosion in the connection of the cell body, and fiber optic damage. The next generation of the SEC should attach a high temperature fiber optic patch cords without introducing internal mechanical stress to the patch cord body. In addition, MACOR should be used as the cell body materials to prevent corrosion of the surface and avoid the mating issue and a use of an adapter from a manufacturer that combines the free beam to a fiber optic cable should be incorporated in the future design.

• 방사성폐기물학회지
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• 제20권1호
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• pp.43-63
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• 2022

The aim of this review is to communicate some essential knowledge of the underlying mechanism of the corrosion of structural containment alloys during molten salt reactor operation in the context of prospective online monitoring in future MSR installations. The formation of metal halide species and the progression of their concentration in the molten salt do reflect containment corrosion, tracing the depletion of alloying metals at the alloy salt interface will assure safe conditions during reactor operation. Even though the progress of alloying metal halides concentrations in the molten salt do strongly understate actual corrosion rates, their prospective 1^st order kinetics followed by near-linearly increase is attributed to homogeneous matrix corrosion. The service life of the structural containment alloy is derived from homogeneous matrix corrosion and near-surface void formation but less so from intergranular cracking (IGC) and pitting corrosion. Online monitoring of corrosion species is of particular interest for molten chloride systems since besides the expected formation of chromium chloride species CrCl₂ and CrCl₃, other metal chloride species such as FeCl₂, FeCl₃, MoCl₂, MnCl₂ and NiCl₂ will form, depending on the selected structural alloy. The metal chloride concentrations should follow, after an incubation period of about 10,000 hours, a linear projection with a positive slope and a steady increase of < 1 ppm per day. During the incubation period, metal concentration show 1^st order kinetics and increasing linearly with time^1/2. Ideally, a linear increase reflects homogeneous matrix corrosion, while a sharp increase in the metal chloride concentration could set a warning flag for potential material failure within the projected service life, e.g. as result of intergranular cracking or pitting corrosion. Continuous monitoring of metal chloride concentrations can therefore provide direct information about the mechanism of the ongoing corrosion scenario and offer valuable information for a timely warning of prospective material failure.

• 방사성폐기물학회지
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• 제2권3호
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• pp.211-217
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• 2004

한국원자력 연구소에서 추진하고 있는 사용후핵연료 관리 이용 기술개발의 경제성과 환경친화성을 증진시키기 위해서 리튬회수 기술을 개발하고 관련 검증실험을 수행하였다. 본 기술은 1) 환원전극과 결합된 비전도성 다공성 마그네시아 용기를 이용한 용융염상에서의 산화리튬 전해, 2) 마그네시아 용기를 용융염 액위 이상으로 상승시켜, 용기 내에 회수된 리튬의 용융염으로부터의 분리, 3) 회수된 리튬의 진공 사이펀을 사용한 별도 저장조로의 이송이라는 3단계의 결합으로 특징지어 진다. 개발된 기술에 의하여 염화리튬-산화리튬 용융염으로부터 95% 이상의 수율로 리튬을 반연속적으로 회수할 수 있었다.