An Experimental Study on Treatment of Typical Low and Intermediate Level Radioactive Wastes with Thermal Plasma Melting Technology

Wenzhang Xie; Peng Lin; Jie Lu; Xiajie Liu; Mingzhou Chen; Yonghong Lv

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An Experimental Study on Treatment of Typical Low and Intermediate Level Radioactive Wastes with Thermal Plasma Melting Technology

Wenzhang Xie, Peng Lin, Jie Lu, Xiajie Liu, Mingzhou Chen, Yonghong Lv

Published in International Journal of Materials Science and Applications (Volume 7, Issue 4)

Received: 3 June 2018 Accepted: 19 July 2018 Published: 21 August 2018

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With the active development of the nuclear industry in China, it is extremely urgent to study and develop advanced technologies for the radioactive waste treatment and disposal. With features of high temperature, high energy density and broad applicability, the thermal plasma melting technology has been considered as one of the key subjects in the radioactive waste treatment research field. A pilot scale experimental study was carried out on the treatment of typical low and intermediate level radioactive wastes (LILWs) from the nuclear power plant in China with thermal plasma melting technology. Two representative wastes, thermal insulation waste and cotton, were selected and melted in the plasma melting furnance at 1250°C for ~ 100 minutes until they were completely vitrified. Meanwhile, tracers of Co₂O₃, CsCl and SrCO₃ were added to the original wastes to simulate the containment effect of ⁵⁸Co and ⁶⁰Co, ¹³⁴Cs and ¹³⁷Cs as well as ⁹⁰Sr in the vitrification during the treatment process. The XRD patterns of both vitrification samples displayed as the typical amorphous state. Performances of resultant glass waste-forms, including the physical property, the leachability and the mechanical capacity, were in accordance with the standard requirements of the hign level radioactive waste glass vitrificaton, and were better than those of the cement solidified waste. Further experimental work is in need to better understand the radioactive nuclide migration regularity and to improve the performance of the plasma melting system.

Published in	International Journal of Materials Science and Applications (Volume 7, Issue 4)
DOI	10.11648/j.ijmsa.20180704.15
Page(s)	147-152
Creative Commons	This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, provided the original work is properly cited.
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LILW, Thermal Plasma, Glass Vitrification

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Wenzhang Xie

Environment Engineering Center, China Nuclear Power Technology Research Institute, Shenzhen, China
Peng Lin

Environment Engineering Center, China Nuclear Power Technology Research Institute, Shenzhen, China
Jie Lu

Environment Engineering Center, China Nuclear Power Technology Research Institute, Shenzhen, China
Xiajie Liu

Environment Engineering Center, China Nuclear Power Technology Research Institute, Shenzhen, China
Mingzhou Chen

Environment Engineering Center, China Nuclear Power Technology Research Institute, Shenzhen, China
Yonghong Lv

Environment Engineering Center, China Nuclear Power Technology Research Institute, Shenzhen, China

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AU  - Peng Lin
AU  - Jie Lu
AU  - Xiajie Liu
AU  - Mingzhou Chen
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