• 제목/요약/키워드: Uranium(Ⅵ)

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MEASUREMENT OF $^{235}U$ ENRICHMENT USING THE SEMI-PEAK-RATIO TECHNIQUE WITH CdZnTe GAMMA-RAY DETECTOR

  • Ha, J.H.;Ko, W.I.;Lee, S.Y.;Song, D.Y.;Kim, H.D.;Yang, M.S.
    • Journal of Radiation Protection and Research
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    • 제26권3호
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    • pp.275-279
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    • 2001
  • In uranium enrichment plants and nuclear fuel fabrication facilities, exact measurement of fissile isotope enrichment of uranium is required for material accounting in international safeguards inspection as well as process quality control. The purpose of this study was to develop a simple measurement system which can portably be used at nuclear fuel fabrication plants especially dealing with low enriched uranium. For this purpose, a small size CZT (CdZnTe) detector was used, and the detector performance in low uranium gamma/X -rays energy range was investigated by use of various enriched uranium oxide samples. New enrichment measurement technique and analysis method for low enriched uranium oxide, so-called, 'semi-peak ratio technique' was developed. The newly developed method was considered as an alternative technique for the low enrichment and would be useful to account nuclear material in safeguarding activity at nuclear fuel fabrication facility.

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A Correction Method for the Peak Tailing Backgrounds for Accurate Isotope Ratio Measurements of Uranium in Ultra Trace Levels using Thermal Ionization Mass Spectrometry

  • Park, Jong-Ho;Choi, In-Hee;Park, Su-Jin;Lee, Myung-Ho;Song, Kyu-Seok
    • Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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    • 제32권12호
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    • pp.4327-4331
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    • 2011
  • A new method in thermal ionization mass spectrometry (TIMS) was developed to correct peak tailing backgrounds in the isotope ratio measurements of uranium in ultra trace levels for higher accuracy. Two different uranium standard reference materials (U005 and U030) were used to construct databases of signal intensities at mass 234 u and mass 236 u, which correspond to the two uranium minor isotopes, and signal intensity of $^{238}U$. Correlations between peak tailing backgrounds and $^{238}U$ were obtained by least-squares regression on calculated backgrounds at mass 234 u and mass 236 u with respect to the signal intensity of $^{238}U$ followed by separation of the peak tails of the two major isotopes of uranium ($^{235}U$ and $^{238}U$), which enables us to obtain a master equation for peak tailing background correction on all kinds of samples. Verification of the correction method was carried out using U010 and IRMM-040a.

Uranium Enrichment Determination Using a New Analysis Code for the U XKα Region: HyperGam-U

  • Kim, Junhyuck;Choi, Hee-Dong;Park, Jongho
    • Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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    • 제48권3호
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    • pp.778-784
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    • 2016
  • HyperGam-U was recently developed to determine uranium enrichment based on ${\gamma}$- and X-ray spectroscopy analysis. The $XK_{\alpha}$ region of the uranium spectrum contains 13 peaks for $^{235}U$ and $^{238}U$ and is used mainly for analysis. To describe the X-ray peaks, a Lorentzian broadened shape function was used, and methods were developed to reduce the number of fitting parameters for decomposing the strongly overlapping peaks using channel-energy, energy-width, and energy-efficiency calibration functions. For validation, eight certified reference material uranium samples covering uranium enrichments from 1% to 99% were measured using a high-resolution planar high-purity germanium detector and analyzed using the HyperGam-U code. When corrections for the attenuation and true coincidence summing were performed for the detection geometry in this experiment, the goodness of fit was improved by a few percent. The enrichment bias in this study did not exceed 2% compared with the certified values for all measured samples.

고순도 반도체(HPGe) 감마분광시스템을 이용한 토양 중 우라늄 방사능 분석 (Uranium Activity Analysis of Soil Sample Using HPGe Gamma Spectrometer)

  • 이완로;김희령;정근호;조영현;강문자;이창우;최근식
    • Journal of Radiation Protection and Research
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    • 제35권3호
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    • pp.105-110
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    • 2010
  • 고순도 반도체 감마분광시스템을 이용하여 토양 시료를 파괴하지 않고 화학 전처리 단계가 필요없는 우라늄 방사능 분석 기술을 개발하였다. 본 논문에서 제시한 방법을 이용한 분석결과와 기존에 일반적으로 사용하는 알파분광분석법(Alpha Spectrometry)의 결과를 비교하였다. 비교결과 불확도 범위 내에서 비슷한 측정값을 보였다. 따라서 본 논문에서 제시한 방법은 토양시료의 우라늄 분석에 이용될 수 있을 것이다.

A Technique to Minimize Impurity Signal from Blank Rhenium Filaments for Highly Accurate TIMS Measurements of Uranium in Ultra-Trace Levels

  • Park, Jong-Ho;Choi, In-Hee;Song, Kyu-Seok
    • Mass Spectrometry Letters
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    • 제1권1호
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    • pp.17-20
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    • 2010
  • As background significantly affects measurement accuracy and a detection limit in determination of the trace amounts of uranium, it is necessary to minimize the impurities in the filaments used for thermal ionization mass spectrometry (TIMS). We have varied the degassing condition such as the heating currents and duration times to reduce the backgrounds from the filaments prepared with zone-refined rhenium tape. The most efficient degassing condition of the heating current and the duration time was determined as 3.5 A and 60 min, respectively. The TIMS measurement combined with the isotope dilution mass spectrometry (IDMS) technique showed that the uranium backgrounds were determined to be in a few fg level from blank rhenium filaments. The background minimized filaments were utilized to measure the uranium isotope ratios of a U030 (NIST) standard sample. The excellent agreement of the measurement with the certified isotope ratios showed that the degassing procedure optimized in this study efficiently reduced the impurity signals of uranium from blank rhenium filaments to a negligible level.

Basic characterization of uranium by high-resolution gamma spectroscopy

  • Choi, Hee-Dong;Kim, Junhyuck
    • Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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    • 제50권6호
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    • pp.929-936
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    • 2018
  • A basic characterization of uranium samples was performed using gamma- and X-ray spectroscopy. The studied uranium samples were eight types of certified reference materials with $^{235}U$ enrichments in the range of 1-97%, and the measurements were performed over 24 h using a high-resolution and high-purity planar germanium detector. A general peak analysis of the spectrum and the $XK_{\alpha}$ region of the uranium spectra was carried out by using HyperGam and HyperGam-U, respectively. The standard reference sources were used to calibrate the spectroscopy system. To obtain the absolute detection efficiency, an effective solid angle code, EXVol, was run for each sample. Hence, the peak activities and isotopic activities were determined, and then, the total U content and $^{234}U$, $^{235}U$, and $^{238}U$ isotopic contents were determined and compared with those of the certified reference values. A new method to determine the model age based on the ratio of the activities of $^{223}Ra$ and $^{235}U$ in the sample was studied, and the model age was compared with the known true age. In summary, the present study developed a method for basic characterization of uranium samples by nondestructive gamma-ray spectrometry in 24 h and to obtain information on the sample age.

Investigation on Dissolution and Removal of Adhered LiCl-KCl-UCl3 Salt From Electrodeposited Uranium Dendrites using Deionized Water, Methanol, and Ethanol

  • Killinger, Dimitris Payton;Phongikaroon, Supathorn
    • 방사성폐기물학회지
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    • 제18권4호
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    • pp.549-562
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    • 2020
  • Deionized water, methanol, and ethanol were investigated for their effectiveness at dissolving LiCl-KCl-UCl3 at 25, 35, and 50℃ using inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) to study the concentration evolution of uranium and mass ratio evolutions of lithium and potassium in these solvents. A visualization experiment of the dissolution of the ternary salt in solvents was performed at 25℃ for 2 min to gain further understanding of the reactions. Aforementioned solvents were evaluated for their performance on removing the adhered ternary salt from uranium dendrites that were electrochemically separated in a molten LiCl-KCl-UCl3 electrolyte (500℃) using scanning electron microscopy with energy dispersive spectroscopy (SEM-EDS). Findings indicate that deionized water is best suited for dissolving the ternary salt and removing adhered salt from electrodeposits. The maximum uranium concentrations detected in deionized water, methanol, and ethanol for the different temperature conditions were 8.33, 5.67, 2.79 μg·L-1 for 25℃, 10.62, 5.73, 2.50 μg·L-1 for 35℃, and 11.55, 6.75, and 4.73 μg·L-1 for 50℃. ICP-MS analysis indicates that ethanol did not take up any KCl during dissolutions investigated. SEM-EDS analysis of ethanol washed uranium dendrites confirmed that KCl was still adhered to the surface. Saturation criteria is also proposed and utilized to approximate the state of saturation of the solvents used in the dissolution trials.

우라늄 제거를 위한 실험실 규모 동전기 장치의 개선 방안 (Improvement of Pilot-scale Electrokinetic Remediation Technology for Uranium Removal)

  • 박혜민;김계남;김승수;김완석;박욱량;문제권
    • 방사성폐기물학회지
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    • 제11권2호
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    • pp.77-83
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    • 2013
  • 방사능 오염 토양 복원을 위해 실험실 규모의 동전기 복원장치를 제작하여 가동 하던 중 토양 내 존재하던 금속이온의 용출로 금속 산화물이 발생하여 음극의 전류 흐름을 차단하는 문제가 발생하였다. 전류의 차단으로 토양 내 우라늄 제거 능력이 상실되어 이러한 문제를 해결하는 해결 방안을 모색하여 개선된 동전기 복원 장치를 제작하였다. 개선된 실험실 규모 동전기 복원 장치를 이용하여 토양복원 실험을 25 일간 수행 하였을 때 우라늄 잔류 농도는 0.81 Bq/g으로 약 96.8%의 제거 효율을 보였으며, 초기 우라늄 농도 50 Bq/g 일 때 우라늄 규제 해제 농도인 1 Bq/g 이하로 제거 되기 까지는 34 일의 복원 기간이 필요하고, 초기 우라늄 농도 75 Bq/g, 100 Bq/g 일 때 각 42 일, 49 일이 필요한 것으로 나타났다.

다이포실 분말수지의 비드화에 의한 우라늄 제거특성 개선 (Improvement of Removal Characteristics of Uranium by the Immobilization of Diphosil Powder onto Alginate Bed)

  • 김길정;손종식;홍권표
    • 방사성폐기물학회지
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    • 제4권2호
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    • pp.133-138
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    • 2006
  • 최근 미국 ANL연구소가 개발한 다이포실 수지는 우라늄의 선택특성이 우수하나 수지의 형태가 분말형이므로 입상의 비드형으로 제조하기 위하여 다이포실 분말을 알기네이트상에 고정화하는 방법을 적용하였다. 생성된 비드의 우라늄에 대한 흡착특성을 측정한 결과, 소디움 알기네이트 자체도 우라늄 흡착특성을 최대 68%까지 나타낸 후 30% 수준으로 감소하였으며, 이는 흡착후 탈착하는 과정을 거쳐 평형에 이르는 것으로 사료된다. 또한 비드내 다이포실의 양이 증가할수록 우라늄의 흡착이 증가하며 최대 85 %정도의 흡착율을 나타내고 있다. 다이포실 수지만의 경우 반응초기에 급격한 흡착을 보이고 있으나 3일정도 이후에는 비드의 흡착율과 유사한 결과를 나타내고 있으며 비드내 함유된 순 다이포실량을 고려할 경우 알기네이트 자체의 흡착효과로 인해 비드의 흡착효율이 크게 상승되는 것으로 해석된다. 우라늄 농도의 영향은 농도의 증가에 따라 우라늄의 제거효율이 감소하였으며, 비드의 양을 2배로 증가시킨 결과 최대 90%이상의 제거효율을 얻었다. 결론적으로 다이포실 수지를 소디움 알기네이트상에 고정화하여 입자형의 비드로 제조하므로서 적은 양의 수지로 우라늄 제거특성이 우수한 비드를 얻을 수 있었으며 나아가서 연속공정에의 적용도 가능한 것으로 사료된다.

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우라늄 정광의 용해/정제 및 핵연료 분말 가공공정에서 발생된 폐액의 처리에 관한 연구 (A Study on Treatment of Wastes from the Uranium Ore Dissolution/purification and Nuclear Fuel Powder Fabrication)

  • 정경채;황성태
    • 공업화학
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    • 제8권1호
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    • pp.99-107
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    • 1997
  • 핵연료분말 변환공정 중 우라늄 정광의 용해/정제 및 가공공정에서 발생하는 폐액의 처리에 대한 연구가 수행되었다. 우라늄 정광의 용해/정제공정에서 발생된 폐액은 pH 1 이하의 강산성으로 AUC 분말 제조공정에서 발생된 폐액 중의 우라늄을 ADU 형태로 회수한 후 발생된 2차 여액 속의 미세 ADU 입자 용해를 위해 사용된다. 2차 여액 속의 미세 ADU 입자들의 용해를 위해 용해/정제 공정의 폐액을 사용해서 pH 4로 전처리한 후, lime을 이용하여 pH 9.2로 30분 정도 반응시킬 경우 여액 중의 우라늄 농도를 3ppm 이하로 처리할 수 있었다. 가공 폐액은 미세 oil droplet들이 emulsion 형태로 발생하며, 약 300ppm의 우라늄 농도를 나타내었다. 먼저, emulsion을 파괴시키는 방법은 질산을 가하여 급속가열시키는 것이 효과적이었다. Emulsion 파괴 후 1mole NaOH를 가하여 $Na_2U_2O_7$형태로 우라늄을 회수하였으며, pH11.5에서 최적 처리조건을 나타내었으나 최종 여액 중의 우라늄 농도는 5ppm을 나타냈다. 여액 중의 우라늄 농도를 최소화하기 위해 lime으로 처리하는 방법이 연구되었으며, 가공폐액을 직접 lime 처리하기 위해 4N 질산으로 emulsion을 파괴 시킨 후, pH 1.6에서 lime을 1.5g/100ml로 반응시킬 경우 여액 중의 우라늄 농도를 1ppm까지 낮출 수 있었다. 한편, 경수로형 분말 제조공정 중 우라늄 회수공정에서 발생된 폐액 중의 미량 우라늄은 NaOH를 가하여 우라늄을 침전시킨 결과, $Na{\cdot}U{\cdot}F{\cdot}NH_4$등이 혼합된 침전물이 얻어졌으며, 여과후 상등액에서는 우라늄은 감지할 수 없었다.

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