Evaluation report for sludge measurement by nondestructive assay (Plutonium Scrap Multiplicity Counter)(Joint research)

Tanigawa, Masafumi; Seya, Kazuhito*; Asakawa, Naoya*; Hayashi, Hiroyuki*; Horigome, Kazushi; Mukai, Yasunobu; Kitao, Takahiko; Nakamura, Hironobu; Henzlova, D.*; Swinhoe, M. T.*; et al.

JAEA-Technology 2024-014, 63 Pages, 2025/02

JAEA-Technology-2024-014.pdf:3.02MB

The liquid waste treatment process generated sludge items at the plutonium conversion development facility. They are highly heterogeneous and contain large amounts of impurities (Na, Fe, Ni etc.). Therefore, the sludge items have very large sampling uncertainty and so the total measurement uncertainty is very large (approximately 24%). The plutonium scrap multiplicity counter (PSMC) measurement technique for sludge items was developed by joint research between the Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA) and Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL). The technical validity for sludge items using the PSMC was evaluated using various types of sample measurements and Monte Carlo N-Particle transport code calculations. The PSMC measurement parameters were found to be valid for use with sludge items and the validity of multiplicity analysis was confirmed and demonstrated through comparisons with standard MOX powder and a standard sludge. As a result, the PSMC measurement values were shown to be consistent and reasonable and the large amount of impurity (Fe, Ni etc.) did not impact the results. Therefore, the measurement uncertainty of the improved nuclear material accountancy (NMA) procedure by combined PSMC and high-resolution gamma spectrometry was shown to be 6.5%. In addition, an acceptance test was conducted using PSMC/HRGS and IAEA benchmark equipment. Measured Pu mass by both equipment agrees within the measurement uncertainty of each method, and so the validity for Pu mass measurement by PSMC/HRGS was confirmed. The above results confirm the applicability of PSMC/HRGS as an additional NMA method for sludge and a newly designed NDA procedure based on this study is applied to sludge for NMA in PCDF.

Safe, efficient cementation of challenging radioactive wastes using alkali activated materials with high-flowability and high-anion retention capacity (Contract research); FY2020 Nuclear Energy Science & Technology and Human Resource Development Project

Collaborative Laboratories for Advanced Decommissioning Science; Hokkaido University*

JAEA-Review 2021-036, 95 Pages, 2021/12

JAEA-Review-2021-036.pdf:5.13MB

The Collaborative Laboratories for Advanced Decommissioning Science (CLADS), Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA), had been conducting the Nuclear Energy Science & Technology and Human Resource Development Project (hereafter referred to "the Project") in FY2020. The Project aims to contribute to solving problems in the nuclear energy field represented by the decommissioning of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station, Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, Inc. (TEPCO). For this purpose, intelligence was collected from all over the world, and basic research and human resource development were promoted by closely integrating/collaborating knowledge and experiences in various fields beyond the barrier of conventional organizations and research fields. The sponsor of the Project was moved from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology to JAEA since the newly adopted proposals in FY2018. On this occasion, JAEA constructed a new research system where JAEA-academia collaboration is reinforced and medium-to-long term research/development and human resource development contributing to the decommissioning are stably and consecutively implemented. Among the adopted proposals in FY2019, this report summarizes the research results of the "Safe, efficient cementation of challenging radioactive wastes using alkali activated materials with high-flowability and high-anion retention capacity" conducted in FY2020. For safe storage and disposal of iron sludge generated from contaminated water treatment, the present study aims to 1) explore alkali activated materials (AAM) with high-flowability and high-anion retention capacity and its recipe, 2) try mock-up manufacture and evaluation for one-tenth the size of real waste and propose the concept of the manufacturing equipment for a real plant, 3) show potential of AAM as the material for the solidification of waste with various physicochemical properties and radioactive nuclide compositions from the result ...

Characterization of the insoluble sludge from the dissolution of irradiated fast breeder reactor fuel

Aihara, Haruka; Arai, Yoichi; Shibata, Atsuhiro; Nomura, Kazunori; Takeuchi, Masayuki

Procedia Chemistry, 21, p.279 - 284, 2016/12

BB2015-3214.pdf:0.31MB

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.proche.2016.10.039

Treatment of supernatant from sludge by combination of electron beam irradiation and biological treatment, I; Changes of water properties by irradiation

Arai, Hidehiko; Arai, Michimasa; Sakumoto, Akihisa; Hosono, Masakazu; Yamamoto, Ichiro*; Shimizu, Ken*; Sugiyama, Masahi*

Mizu Shori Gijutsu, 31(10), p.541 - 547, 1990/10

http://ci.nii.ac.jp/naid/40003572097

no abstracts in English

Technology development for environmental preservation by electron irradiation

Sato, Shoichi; Tokunaga, Okihiro; Arai, Hidehiko; Hashimoto, Shoji

Transactions of the American Nuclear Society, SUPPL.61, p.425 - 430, 1990/00

no abstracts in English

Disinfection of sewage sludge cake by gamma-irradiation

; Takehisa, Masaaki

Radiation Physics and Chemistry, 24(1), p.41 - 54, 1984/00

no abstracts in English

Radiochemical analysis of strontium-90 and gross alpha activity in radioactive eiquid waste

Fujisaki, Setsuo

Kyoto Daigaku Genshiro Jikkenjo Hoshasei Haikibutsu Kanri Semmon Kenkyukai Hokokusho, p.20 - 25, 1981/00

no abstracts in English

Radiation treatment of sludges and their utilization

Machi, Sueo

Genshiryoku Kogyo, 24(4), p.19 - 23, 1978/04

http://ci.nii.ac.jp/naid/40001071582

no abstracts in English

Characterization of sludge generated from decontamination device in Fukushima Daiichi NPS

Hinai, Hiroshi; Sato, Daisuke; Shibata, Atsuhiro; Myodo, Masato; Koma, Yoshikazu; Nomura, Kazunori

no journal, , 

We have been analyzing and characterizing the contaminated water generated in Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station (NPS) and secondary waste of the contaminated water treatment system for investigation of their waste management. As one of the contaminated water treatment system, Decontamination Device was operated from June until September 2011. The operation of this device generated secondary waste of sludge that have a high dose rate. In this device, the contaminated water was mixed with several reagents to remove some radioactive nuclides. As the result, the sludge was generated as a complex of chemically stable substances. This sludge has been stored in a concrete pit and is required to transport to another place of the site and treat for further storage. For the purposes and upcoming disposal, a small amount of the sludge was analyzed for its radioactivity, particle size distribution and others. For radiochemical analysis, the sludge was successfully dissolved into solutions and was measured for its radioactivity composition; the main nuclides were Sr-90 and Cs-137. The concentration of Sr-90 (6.6E7 [Bq/cm]) was about 10 times higher than that of Cs-137 in the sludge. And small amount of Pu-238 as alpha-ray emitting nuclide was determined. The sludge mainly contained small particles of 10 micro meter or less in diameter. The rate of sedimentation and behavior of mixing also investigated.

Time-dependent behaviour analysis and identification of factors affecting radiocaesium transfer to separate sewers in Fukushima Prefecture

Pratama, M. A.; Takahara, Shogo; Munakata, Masahiro; Yoneda, Minoru*

no journal, ,