Investigation waste disposal procedure of spent ion exchange resin using overseas consignment

Kimura, Tadashi; Oto, Tsutomu; Izumo, Hironobu; Nagao, Yoshiharu; Kawamura, Hiroshi

The ion exchange resin is used for the purification system of the primary cooling water and the pool canal water in the JMTR. The spent ion exchange resin is stored in the liquid waste tank. The amount of the spent ion exchange resin in the liquid waste tank increases with reactor operation. The possibility of the spent ion exchange resin processing for oversea processing facilities was examined as a procedure for processing of the spent ion exchange resin. As the results, technical, regulations, and social issues were extracted from the procedure of spent ion exchange resin processing at oversea processing facilities. Furthermore, the conditions of oversea processing were indicated.