Liquid decontamination using acidic electrolyzed water for various uranium-contaminated steel surfaces in dismantled centrifuge

Sakasegawa, Hideo; Nomura, Mitsuo; Sawayama, Kengo; Nakayama, Takuya; Yaita, Yumi*; Yonekawa, Hitoshi*; Kobayashi, Noboru*; Arima, Tatsumi*; Hiyama, Toshiaki*; Murata, Eiichi*

Progress in Nuclear Energy, 153, p.104396_1 - 104396_9, 2022/11

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pnucene.2022.104396

When dismantling centrifuges in uranium-enrichment facilities, decontamination techniques must be developed to remove uranium-contaminated surfaces of dismantled parts selectively. Dismantled uranium-contaminated parts can be disposed of as nonradioactive wastes or recycled after decontamination appropriate for clearance. previously, we developed a liquid decontamination technique using acidic electrolyzed water to remove uranium-contaminated surfaces. However, further developments are still needed for its actual application. Dismantled parts have various uranium-contaminated surface features due to varied operational conditions, inhomogeneous decontamination using iodine heptafluoride gas, and changes in long-term storage conditions after dismantling. Here, we performed liquid decontamination on specimens with varying uranium-contaminated surfaces cut from a centrifuge made of low-carbon steel. From the results, the liquid decontamination can effectively remove the uranium-contaminated surfaces, and radioactive concentrations fell below the target value within twenty minutes. Although the required time should also depend on dismantled parts' sizes and shapes in their actual application, we demonstrated that it could be an effective decontamination technique for uranium-contaminated steels of dismantled centrifuges.

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Miura, Akihiko; *

JNC TN8200 2001-005, 54 Pages, 2001/08

JNC-TN8200-2001-005.pdf:5.85MB

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Tokizawa, Takayuki

JNC TN6450 99-001, 39 Pages, 1999/01

JNC-TN6450-99-001.pdf:1.85MB

Performance test using modified (6000rpm type) centrifugal clarifier (III); Vibration characteristic test (II)

; ; Kawata, Tomio

PNC TN8410 92-012, 47 Pages, 1991/12

PNC-TN8410-92-012.pdf:1.81MB

[Purpose] We confirmed that modified (6000rpm type) centrifugal clarifier arose the unstable vibration during the reduction of rotating speed under the condition of bearing undissolved residue after the clarification operation. This report describes the cause of unstable vibration that arise in the clarification body set on the rack which induced resonance vibration and the measurement results of vibration characteristic after taking countermeasure for vibration decrease. [Method] It was considered that the causes of the unstable vibration were following; (1)Unbalance between damping force of the lower bearing damper and the vibration force arisen by the rotational bowl (2)Effect of feed condition (3)Effect of self-excited vibration of the free liquid surface (4)Effect of frame strength The test has been conducted to make quantitative measure of vibration characteristic (amplitude of the rotational bowl and shaft) by changing the load in the rotational bowl. We also conducted the test to reconfirm the effect of the circumferential baffle plate which has shown the most effective effect to the vibration decrease in the preceding report. [Results] The effects of the circumferential baffle plate placed on the inside wall of the rotational bowl are shown as follows; (1)The unstable vibration during the reduction of rotating speed has been suppressed By this result, we verified that the vibration on the free liquid surface in the rotational bowl caused the vibration for the bowl without the circumferential baffle plate. (2)It was able to run the clarification operation in the standard condition(100/h 6h) for the rotational speed ranging from 4000 to 6000rpm. [Conclusion] By the results of this test and of the preceding report, the feed condition and the condition of setting the circumferential baffle plate are showed in the following, considering the aspects of rotational stability. (1)Condition of feed nozzle - feed 55㎜ in height from the lower ...