JP2993903B2 - Radioactive waste treatment method - Google Patents

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DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a solidifying material used for solidifying radioactive waste such as concentrated waste liquid and spent ion exchange resin, and a method for treating such radioactive waste. The present invention relates to a radioactive waste solidifying material and a radioactive waste treatment method which are optimal for improving the retention of nuclides, especially C-14.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Low-level radioactive waste generated from facilities handling radioactive materials such as nuclear power plants is disclosed in
As shown in Japanese Patent No. 9500, etc., it is safely solidified with ordinary Portland cement or plastic.
Further, as the cement-based solidifying material, those generally containing 30% or more of Portland cement and the remainder being slag or fly ash, or cement glass containing sodium silicate as a main component are widely used. When radioactive waste is solidified using such a solidifying material, Co-6 in the waste is solidified.
Radioactive nuclides such as 0, Sr-90, Cs-137, and C-14 are held in the solid in a sufficiently stable state.

[0003] Further, as disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 3-105298, a radionuclide adsorbent such as zeolite may be added to a solidified material such as cement in order to improve the performance of holding the solidified body against radionuclides. Is being done.

[0004]

Since such an adsorbent has a property of adsorbing cations, Co-60, Sr-
The holding performance of the solidified body against 90, Cs-137, etc. is dramatically improved. However, since C-14 is not a cation, the performance of holding the solidified body with respect to C-14 is not improved by the above-described conventional technology.

[0005] C-1 contained in so-called low-level waste
Although the amount of 4 is small, it can be solidified sufficiently with the conventional technology, but considering that the half-life of C-14 is as long as about 5700 years, it is necessary to further enhance the C-14 retention performance of the solidified product. Is more desirable.

An object of the present invention is to provide a radioactive waste solidified C
-14 and the processing equipment
It is to provide a method of processing radioactive waste that can be a compact.

[0007]

A feature of the present invention to achieve the above object is to include, together with radioactive waste, a substance which reacts with carbonate ions to form an insoluble precipitate and a substance which is an insoluble carbonate compound. a state in which the coexistence of solidifying material to solidify within the container, radioactive waste and solidifying said radioactive waste
A method of treating a substance, wherein the substance reacts with the carbonate ion to become insoluble.
Soluble transition metal compounds
Substances, organic silane compounds, and water
Alkaline earth gold not less than 1 gram per liter
At least one of the genus compounds is used .

[0008] The present invention relates to C-1 contained in radioactive waste.
4 , a soluble transition metal compound which is a substance which reacts with carbonate ions to form an insoluble precipitate , and organosilanization.
Compound and solubility in water is 1 to 1 liter of water
G of the alkaline earth metal compound is at least
One bets will react or at isotope reaction with carbonate ions in the carbonate compounds of carbonate ions and insoluble containing C-14,,
An insoluble material containing C-14 is produced. For this reason,
The holding performance of the solidified radioactive waste for C-14 is improved. A soluble transition metal compound , wherein the solidifying material is a substance that reacts with carbonate ions to form an insoluble precipitate ;
And organic silane compounds, and the solubility in water
Alkaline earth metallization not less than 1 gram per title
At least one of compounds, because it contains one of the substances of the carbonate compound of the insoluble radioactive waste disposal facility, Do the reservoir is not required to store any of the above substances <br/> As a result, the radioactive waste treatment facility becomes compact.

Hereinafter, a specific study example of the present invention will be described. First, it is necessary to clarify the term C-14 retention performance of the solidified body. It is well known that radioactive substances such as C-14 do not leak into the air even when the solidified body is left in the air at room temperature. However, if the solidified body is immersed in water, for example, assuming land-based disposal, the radioactive substance, although in a trace amount, may gradually leak into the water. An index for evaluating the retention performance of radionuclides during immersion in such solidified water includes a distribution coefficient. That is, after the solidified material in the form of fine powder is stirred in water to be in a steady state,
It is general to determine the distribution coefficient by equation (1) and determine that the larger this value is, the higher the C-14 retention performance of the solidified body is.

Partition coefficient = C-14 concentration in solidified matter / C-14 concentration in water (1) Also in a specific study example of the present invention, C of solidified matter is calculated using the distribution coefficient defined by equation (1). -14 The holding performance is to be evaluated.

As a first step for increasing the partition coefficient of the solidified product to C-14, the present inventors first investigated various chemical forms of C-14 contained in radioactive waste. As a result, in many cases, most of the radioactive waste, especially from nuclear power plants, contains C-14 as carbonate ions (CO ₃ ² ~).
It turned out that it was a form of. Therefore, in order to increase the partition coefficient to C-14, it was considered that carbonate ions should be fixed in the solidified body, and the present invention described below was achieved.

That is, even if the solidified body comes into contact with water, C
In order to prevent -14 from being eluted in water, it was considered that carbonate ions should be in the form of an insoluble compound. Examples of carbonate-insoluble compounds include alkaline earth metal compounds (such as CaCO ₃ ) and transition metal compounds (such as FeCO ₃ ). For example, after solidifying radioactive waste using a solidifying material in which soluble CaCl ₂ is present, when this solidified body comes into contact with water, carbonate ions including C-14 tend to elute into water, but at the same time CaCl ₂ also tries to elute. For this reason, a chemical reaction represented by the formula (2) occurs in water, and carbonate ions precipitate as calcium carbonate on the solidified body side.

CaCl ₂ + CO ₃ ² ~ → CaCO ₃ ↓ + 2Cl ~ (2) As a result, C-14 is substantially equivalent to that held in the solidified material, and the distribution coefficient defined by the equation (1) becomes Get higher. The reaction as in the formula (2) is not limited to CaCl ₂ , but rather a soluble alkaline earth metal compound (Ca (N
O ₃ ) ₂ , SrCl ₂ , MgSO ₄ , BaCl _{2 and the} like, and transition metal compounds (FeCl ₂ , FeI ₂ , CoCl ₂ , Mn (NO ₃ ))
₂ )) easily occurs.

As described above, when radioactive waste is solidified by using a solidifying material in which a soluble alkaline earth metal compound or a transition metal compound is present, the partition coefficient of the solidified product to C-14 is greatly increased. However, to achieve this, the following points must be considered. That is, for example, when cement is used as a solidifying agent, even if a soluble alkaline earth metal compound such as CaCl ₂ or a transition metal compound (hereinafter, CaCl ₂ is described as an example) is added to the cement in advance. However, if kneading water is added to harden the cement, CaCl ₂ will be dissolved. For this reason, most of the CaCl ₂ added at the stage when the cement hardens reacts with the cement and is consumed. As a result, the amount of soluble CaCl ₂ remaining in the solidified product becomes small, and the ability of the solidified product to precipitate carbonate ions when immersed in water is greatly reduced. As a result of conducting various studies to solve such a problem, the soluble alkaline earth metal compound or the transition metal compound may be added to the solidified material after the state of granules or the water repellent treatment. I understand.
That is, if the granules have a small specific surface area, CaCl ₂ hardly reacts with the cement and is consumed during the hardening process of the cement. In addition, if CaCl ₂ is previously subjected to a water-repellent treatment, C
aCl ₂ is greatly reduced. As a result, CaCl ₂ is present in the solid after the hardening reaction of the cement is completed, and the distribution coefficient of the solidified body to C-14 increases. Although CaCl ₂ has been described as an example here, Ca (N
O ₃ ) ₂ , SrCl ₂ , FeCl _2, etc. are common to all the above additives.

As described above, a case in which a substance which reacts with carbonate ions to form an insoluble compound is contained in the solidified material.
However, the same effect can be obtained by pretreatment of waste. That is, in liquid waste or waste immersed in water, part or all of carbonate ions including C-14 exist in water. When a soluble alkaline earth metal compound or transition metal compound is added in this state,
(2) Reaction of the formula or a similar reaction occurs, and carbonate ions precipitate as insoluble compounds. When the waste is solidified after performing such a pretreatment, carbonate ions are already insoluble. Therefore, even if the solidified product is immersed in water, carbonate ions including C-14 do not elute into water. , A high distribution coefficient is obtained.

In addition to the above examples, waste is solidified with a solidifying material in which an organic silane compound is present, or liquid waste or waste immersed in water is pretreated with the organic silane compound and then treated. Even if the material is solidified, the solidified C-14
Increase in the distribution coefficient. Also in this case, it is considered that the organic silane reacted with the carbonate ion to generate an insoluble compound.

Although the above describes fixing carbonate ions in the form of an insoluble compound in a solidified product, a method utilizing isotope exchange is also effective. For example, when an insoluble carbonate compound (CaCO ₃ or the like) is put in the solidified material, carbonate ions containing C-14 and non-radioactive CaCO ₃ cause isotope exchange, and C-14 is contained in the insoluble carbonate compound. Move to For this reason, C-14 is easily held in the solidified body, and the distribution coefficient increases. Insoluble carbonate compounds include carbonates of alkaline earth metals and transition metals, and specifically,
MgCO ₃ , CaCO ₃ , SrCO ₃ , BaCO ₃ , F
eCO ₃ , CoCO ₃ , MnCO ₃ , NiCO _{3 and the} like are effective.

[0018]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Embodiment 1 In this embodiment, pellets of incinerated ash are solidified with a cement-based solidifying material. Portland cement, slag cement, fly ash cement, alumina cement, cement-based solidifying materials (hydraulic inorganic solidifying materials)
Although there is cement glass and the like, the same result can be obtained by using any of the solidifying materials. Therefore, the case where alumina cement is used will be described here.

As the simulated waste, general industrial waste mainly composed of combustibles such as paper is incinerated.
A sodium carbonate solution containing 1 mCi of C-14 in kg was uniformly dispersed. This incinerated ash was formed into a pellet having a diameter of 1 cm, and then filled into a container having an internal volume of 1 liter. afterwards,
At a water / solidification material ratio of 0.3, a solidification material paste containing alumina cement as a main component was prepared and injected into a container. As a result, the voids between the pellets could be almost completely filled with the solidifying material paste, and the solidified simulated waste was completed after curing for one month. Thereafter, 10 g of the powder prepared by crushing the solidified simulated waste was immersed in 100 ml of water, and (1)
The partition coefficient for C-14 was measured by the equation.

There are more than 20 types of solidified bodies, each of which has a different solidifying material. An example of the solidifying material used is shown below. Alumina cement only Alumina cement 97% by weight + Ca having a particle size of 0.1 mm
(NO ₃ ) ₂ 3 wt% Alumina cement 97 wt% + Ca of particle size 0.5 mm
(NO ₃ ) ₂ 3 wt% Alumina cement 97 wt% + Ca (N
O ₃ ) ₂ 3 wt% Alumina cement 90 wt% + 2 mm particle size Ca (N
O ₃ ) ₂ 10 wt% Alumina cement 97 wt% + water-repellent treated particle diameter 0.1 mm Ca (NO ₃ ) ₂ 3 wt% Of these, C added as a C-14 adsorbent
The effect of the particle size of a (NO ₃ ) ₂ (calcium nitrate) on the distribution coefficient, the effect of the amount of Ca (NO ₃ ) ₂ added on the distribution coefficient, and the effect of Ca (NO ₃ ) ₂ repellency The purpose of this study is to examine the effect of water treatment on the partition coefficient.

As an example of the experimental results, FIG. 1 shows the effect of the particle size and the amount of the adsorbent on the distribution coefficient. From this figure, it can be seen that the effect of the adsorbent (Ca (NO ₃ ) ₂ ) depends on the particle size and the amount added. It can be seen that the distribution coefficient increases with the addition amount, and the C-14 retention performance of the solidified body is improved by more than one order of magnitude (partition coefficient of the solidified body when alumina cement not containing the adsorbent is used as the solidifying material). Is 1 × 10 ⁴ m
1 / g). Further, it can be seen that when the particle size is 0.1 mm or more, desirably 1 mm or more, the performance as an adsorbent is exhibited. The cause is considered as follows. That is, even if Ca (NO ₃ ) ₂ in the form of fine powder is added to cement in advance, if kneading water is added to harden the cement, Ca (NO ₃ ) ₂ will be dissolved. Therefore, most of the Ca (NO ₃ ) ₂ reacts with the cement at the stage where the cement hardens and is consumed, and the amount of soluble Ca (NO ₃ ) ₂ remaining in the solidified product becomes small and the performance as an adsorbent is reduced. Is greatly reduced. However, if the particle size of the adsorbent is large, it hardly dissolves because the specific surface area is small,
Ca (NO ₃ ) ₂ is hardly consumed by reacting with cement. Therefore, it is considered that the performance of the adsorbent was dependent on the particle size.

If the above estimation is correct, even if an adsorbent in the form of fine powder is used, the performance of the adsorbent should not be impaired if measures are taken so that the adsorbent does not dissolve during the hardening reaction of cement. is there. Therefore, fine powder of Ca (NO ₃ ) ₂
Was subjected to a water-repellent treatment. Specifically, the particle size is 0.1 mm
To remove water by drying after immersion in butadiene polymer - of Ca (NO _{3) 2} styrene emulsion state. This Ca (NO ₃ ) ₂ 3 wt% and alumina cement 97
The distribution coefficient was measured again using the solidified material consisting of wt%, and as a result, the value was 2 × 10 ⁵ ml / g, which was about 20 times that in the case where no adsorbent was added.

Next, the effect of the adsorbent when the pellets of the incinerated ash are solidified with cement glass will be described. The cement glass was an inorganic solidifying material containing sodium silicate, sodium silicate fluoride and cement as main components, and the kneading paste had a pH of about 8. FIG. 2 shows the distribution coefficient of the solidified body when 5% iron sulfate is added to cement glass as an adsorbent. Also in this case, a remarkable effect was observed in the region where the particle size of the adsorbent was 0.1 mm or more. Further, when the iron sulfate subjected to the water-repellent treatment as described above was used, a high distribution coefficient of 3 × 10 ⁵ ml / g was obtained even if the particle size was 0.1 mm or less.

As described above, if a granular adsorbent, specifically, an adsorbent having a particle size of 0.1 mm or more, desirably 1 mm or more, is added to the cement-based solidifying material, the solidified C-14 can be retained. Performance is significantly improved. Furthermore, even if the particle diameter is small, the use of the water-repellent adsorbent significantly improves the C-14 retention performance of the solidified product.

In the above experimental results, the effect when calcium nitrate and iron sulfate were used as the adsorbent was shown. However, as described in the section of (action), the adsorbent was soluble and reacted with carbonate ions. Any compound may be used as long as it is a compound which produces a precipitate. Specifically, an alkaline earth metal compound (CaC
l ₂ , Ca (NO ₃ ) ₂ , SrCl ₂ , MgSO ₄ , BaCl ₂
Etc.) and transition metal compounds (FeCl ₂ , FeI ₂ , CoC)
l ₂ , Mn (NO ₃ ) ₂ etc.).

As other substances, it was also found that organosilane was effective. FIG. 3 shows the molecular structure of the organic silane used as the adsorbent, which originally has water repellency. Therefore, a solidified material composed of 98 wt% of slag cement and 2 wt% of organic silane was prepared, and the above incinerated ash pellets were solidified. Then, when the distribution coefficient of C-14 was measured, it was 8 × 10 at 100 wt% of slag cement.
It was ⁴ ml / g, but it was improved to 3 × 10 ⁵ ml / g by adding organosilane. C of this organosilane
Although the -14 adsorption mechanism is not always clear, it is presumed that carbonate ion precipitates like calcium nitrate and iron sulfate. It is not necessary to use the above-mentioned adsorbent alone, and a plurality of adsorbents may be mixed and used.

As described above, the findings of this example are summarized as follows. As the C-14 adsorbent to be preliminarily mixed with the solidifying material, a compound which is soluble and which precipitates by reacting with carbonate ions is effective. Compound is granular (particle size 1mm or more)
Alternatively, it is desirable to add the solidified material in a state where the water repellent treatment has been performed. The use of a solidifying material containing C-14 adsorbent is illustrated in FIG.
Adsorbent hopper 15 shown, adsorbent tank 19 shown in FIG.
Installation is no longer necessary, and radioactive waste treatment facilities are compact.
Become

Embodiment 2 In this embodiment, a concentrated waste liquid generated from a boiling water nuclear power plant (BWR plant) is dried and formed into pellets, which are then solidified. FIG. 4 shows a flow of the processing system of the present embodiment.

The concentrated waste liquid mainly composed of sodium sulfate generated from the BWR plant is made into a powder by a dryer, and further made into almond-shaped pellets having a length of about 3 cm by a granulator, and stored in a pellet storage tank 1. I have. After the pellets are extracted by the pellet extracting device 2, the belt conveyor 3
And transferred to the solidification container 4 for filling. Thus, the solidification container 4 is filled with 220 kg of pellets. On the other hand, 150 kg of cement-based solidifying material from the solidifying material hopper 5 and 45 kg of water from the kneading water tank 6 are sent to the kneading machine 7, and a solidifying material paste is prepared by the stirrer 8. This solidified material paste is injected into the solidified container 4 filled with pellets, and the pellets as waste are solidified. In this example, eight types shown in Table 1 were used as cement-based solidification materials. The cement glass is the same as in Example 1,
A solidifying material mainly containing sodium silicate, sodium fluorosilicate and cement was used.

[0030]

[Table 1]

After the obtained eight kinds of solidified bodies were cured for three months, samples were collected by core boring.
The partition coefficient for C-14 was measured. Table 1 also shows the results. First, there is a case where an alkaline earth metal salt is used as an adsorbent (in Table 1,), but the distribution coefficient is increased as compared with the comparative example, but the increase is as small as about three times at the maximum. Examination of the cause revealed the following. First, in this embodiment (action)
As described in the section, we expect that the following reaction will precipitate carbonate ions.

MCl ₂ + CO ₃ ² ~ → MCO ₃ ↓ + 2Cl ~ (3) Here, M represents an alkaline earth metal. However, if the waste contains sodium sulfate as in this example,
The reaction of the formula (4) also occurs at the same time, and part of the alkaline earth metal added with the reaction reacts with sulfate ions and is consumed.

MCl ₂ + SO ₄ ² ~ MSO ₄ ↓ + 2Cl ~ (4) As a result, it is considered that the reaction of the formula (3) did not occur sufficiently and the increase in the distribution coefficient was small.

On the other hand, when the transition metal salt was used as the adsorbent (in Table 1), the distribution coefficient was increased by one digit or more compared with the comparative example, and high adsorption performance was obtained. It is considered that the reason for this is that the transition metal salt does not proceed with the reaction consuming the transition metal as shown in the formula (4).

Table 1 shows the results when iron carbonate (insoluble carbonate compound) having an average particle size of 50 μm was added. In this way, the insoluble carbonate compound was added to the solidified material. It can be seen that this is also effective. The reason for this is
It is considered that carbonate ions were fixed by the isotope exchange as described in the section of (action). In this case, since the rate of isotope exchange depends on the crystallinity and specific surface area of the carbonate compound, it is necessary to select them according to the purpose at the design stage. As the carbonate compound, in addition to the transition metal carbonate, an insoluble alkaline earth metal carbonate is also effective.

Although not shown in Table 1, the partition coefficient was measured by solidifying sodium sulfate pellets with cement glass containing 4 wt% of an organic silane compound, and the value was 5.3 × 10 ² ml / g. And the same effect as in the case of adding FeCO ₃ was obtained.

As described above, the findings of the present embodiment are summarized as follows. As the C-14 adsorbent to be preliminarily mixed with the solidifying material, a compound which is soluble and precipitates by reacting with carbonate ions or an insoluble carbonate compound is effective. It is. However, when these compounds are consumed by reacting with the specific substances contained in the waste, the performance as an adsorbent may be reduced, and caution is required. Specifically, soluble waste metal compounds, transition metal or alkaline earth metal carbonates, and organic silane compounds are particularly effective for waste containing sodium sulfate. This example also shows a solidified material containing a C-14 adsorbent.
As in the case of the first embodiment, the suction shown in FIG.
Installation of the adhesive hopper 15 and the adsorbent tank 19 shown in FIG.
Is unnecessary, and the radioactive waste treatment equipment is compact.
You.

Further, based on the findings of Examples 1 and 2, the adsorbent is a hydroxide of an alkaline earth metal or a transition metal, for example, Ca (OH) ₂ , Ba (OH) ₂ , Fe (OH). )
₂ , Fe (OH) _{3 and the} like should be effective, but it was found that even if these were added to the solidified material as an adsorbent, the distribution coefficient of C-14 hardly increased. The reason is considered as follows. The first reason is that the solubility of hydroxides of these alkaline earth metals and transition metals is two orders of magnitude or less lower than that of CaCl ₂ or the like. Therefore, the precipitation reaction corresponding to the formulas (3) and (4) does not occur. Due to what rarely happens.
The second reason is that since Ca (OH) ₂ is already contained in the cement-based solidification material itself, even if an additional hydroxide-type adsorbent is added, there is almost no effect. Conceivable. Such a phenomenon is not peculiar to this embodiment, but also applies to other embodiments. For reference, the solubility of representative adsorbents of the present invention in water is shown in Table 2 in comparison with hydroxides.

[0039]

[Table 2]

Embodiment 3 In Embodiments 1 and 2, the C-14 adsorbent is contained in the solidifying material. However, a part of the waste pellets can be replaced with the adsorbent. That is, a conventional cement glass or the like is used as a solidifying material, and an adsorbent obtained by pelletizing calcium chloride or the like is simultaneously added when the solidification container is filled with waste pellets. Even in this case, when the carbonate ions containing C-14 dissolve into water, the adsorbent such as calcium chloride also dissolves and reacts with the dissolved adsorbent to form a precipitate. The distribution coefficient is obtained.

In this embodiment, 1 part by weight of pelletized calcium chloride having substantially the same shape is uniformly mixed with 20 parts by weight of the waste pellets used in Example 2, and then the mixture is placed in a solidifying container. Filled and solidified with cement glass. The partition coefficient of the obtained solid was 7.5 × 10 ¹ ml / g when no adsorbent was used, whereas 2.5 × 10 ² ml in the present example containing the adsorbent pellets. / G, which is an order of magnitude improvement. In this example, calcium chloride was used as the adsorbent, but all the adsorbents described above can be used. Also, such a method can be naturally applied to a so-called non-uniform solidified material which solidifies metal waste material and the like.

Embodiment 4 This embodiment is for solidifying a used ion exchange resin (hereinafter abbreviated as waste resin) generated from a pressurized water nuclear power plant (PWR plant). FIG. 5 shows the flow of the processing system.

First, 120 kg of the cement-based solidification material in the solidification material hopper 5 and 50 kg of water in the kneading water tank 6 are transferred to the solidification container 4. A stirrer 8 is inserted in the solidification container 4 in advance, and a solidification material paste is prepared using this. On the other hand, the waste resin stored in the waste resin tank 9 is sent to the dehydrator 11 in a slurry state by the transfer pump 10, and the waste resin having a water content of about 50% is obtained by centrifugal dewatering. Next, 120 kg of the waste resin is transferred to the solidification container 4 containing the solidified material paste, and then the stirrer 8 is operated again to uniformly knead the solidified material paste and the waste resin. After the kneading is completely completed, the stirrer 8 is withdrawn from the solidification container 4 to complete the solidified body preparation operation. Thereafter, the solidification container was covered and cured at room temperature for one month, and the distribution coefficient of the solidified body to C-14 was measured.

Table 3 shows the specifications of the five types of solidified materials used in this example, together with the values of the obtained distribution coefficients. here,
In the case shown in Table 3, silicon oil dissolved in an organic solvent was sprayed on strontium chloride having an average particle size of 0.1 mm in order to treat the adsorbent with water repellency, and then dried to remove the solvent. . The main component of the organic silane shown in Table 3 is vinyltriethoxyquinsilane (CH ₂ · CH
Si (OC ₂ H ₄ OCH ₃ ) ₃ ). In this case, a solidified material was prepared by directly spraying an organic silane dissolved in a solvent onto the cement. The carbon fibers are added to improve the strength of the solidified body.

[0045]

[Table 3]

From the results regarding the distribution coefficient shown in Table 3,
It can be seen that SrCl ₂ having a particle size of 1 mm has almost no effect as an adsorbent in this embodiment. The reason is that it is relatively difficult to uniformly knead the waste resin and the cement, and the time required for the kneading becomes as long as about 1 hour, during which the SrCl
_It is considered that ₂ melted (the kneading time was as short as 5 minutes in Examples 1 and 2). On the other hand, all the adsorbents from Karaoke have obtained remarkable effects, and it has been found that the present invention is effective not only for pelletized waste but also for so-called homogeneous solids.

Further, using SrCl ₂ subjected to a water repellent treatment,
Small-scale relationship between adsorbent addition and distribution coefficient (100ml)
Was measured for the solidified waste resin. The results are shown in FIG.
The effect of the adsorbent appears from the addition amount of about 1 wt%.
If it exceeds 20% by weight, a tendency of saturation is observed. Although the quantitative value differs depending on the type of the solidifying material and the adsorbent used, the appearance of such a saturation tendency is the same in the first and second embodiments.

As shown in the comparative example of Table 3, when a cement-based solidifying material is used, a relatively high distribution coefficient can be obtained even without an adsorbent. It is considered that the reason is that a large amount of calcium was contained in the cement, which reacted with carbonate ions including C-14 to form a precipitate. However, the solubility of calcium in cement is as low as about 1 g per liter of water. On the other hand, SrC
Since the l ₂ solubility is greater than two orders of magnitude, it is considered to exhibit high performance as an adsorbent. Therefore, it is desirable that the solubility of the soluble adsorbent used in the present invention in Examples 1 to 3 is 1 g or more per liter of water.

Example 5 This example relates to a solidified plastic having excellent C-14 holding performance. It is widely practiced that a liquid radioactive waste is powdered by a dryer and then uniformly kneaded with a plastic such as unsaturated polyester to obtain a solidified body.

In this embodiment, 0.1% by weight of sodium carbonate containing C-14, 9% by weight of sodium sulfate, and 0.9% by weight of iron oxide
, A simulated concentrated waste liquid having a concentration of 10% was used. First, the concentrated waste liquid is made into powder having an average particle size of about 50 μm by a centrifugal thin film dryer, and then 5 parts by weight of iron sulfate having a particle size of about 100 μm is used as an adsorbent with respect to 100 parts by weight of the waste powder using a powder mixer. Add. Thereafter, 20 kg of the powder and 30 kg of the unsaturated polyester to which the polymerization initiator has been added are uniformly mixed by a kneader to produce a solidified plastic. The obtained solid was measured for a partition coefficient with respect to C-14, and was found to be 1.4 × 10 ⁰ ml / g without an adsorbent, but increased to 7.8 × 10 ² ml / g by addition of an adsorbent. did.

In this embodiment, since the plastic and the adsorbent hardly react with each other when the solidified body is produced, there is no problem even if the adsorbent is added in the form of powder instead of granules. The adsorbent may be added to the waste powder as in this embodiment, but may be added to plastic in advance. Next, such an embodiment will be described.

In this case, too, sodium carbonate containing C-14 was used in an amount of 0.1%.
1 wt%, sodium sulfate 9 wt%, iron oxide 0.9 wt%
First, the concentrated waste liquid is converted into powder having an average particle size of about 50 μm by a centrifugal thin film dryer. On the other hand, as a solidifying material, 20 wt% of cobalt carbonate was used.
An unsaturated polyester containing was prepared. Then, after 20 kg of the waste powder and 30 kg of the solidified material were uniformly kneaded, 100 g of a polymerization initiator was added to allow the polymerization and curing reaction of the plastic to proceed, thereby producing a solidified plastic. The obtained solid was measured for a partition coefficient with respect to C-14, and was found to be 1.4 × 10 ⁰ ml / g without an adsorbent.
It increased to 5.1 × 10 ² ml / g by the addition of the adsorbent.

As described above, for solidification of plastic, an adsorbent can be added to the solidification material, or can be mixed into waste powder. In addition, since the adsorbent is less likely to dissolve and react with the plastic, the adsorbent can be added in powder form instead of granular form. In this example, iron sulfate and cobalt carbonate were used as adsorbents. However, as described in (Action), substances that are soluble and react with carbonate ions to form insoluble precipitates (such as the alkaline earth metal compounds, transition metal compounds, and organosilanes described above), or insoluble Of course, carbonates (alkaline earth metal or transition metal carbonates already described) are effective as adsorbents.

Embodiment 6 In this embodiment, the solidified C-
14 to improve the holding performance. FIG. 7 shows an overall flow of a system for treating a waste liquid mainly containing sodium sulfate generated from a BWR plant.

The radioactive waste liquid containing sodium sulfate as a main component, which is generated by the regenerating operation of the condensate desalter of the BWR plant, is temporarily stored in the waste liquid receiving tank 12. After adjusting the pH of the waste liquid to be in the range of 7 to 9, the waste liquid concentration is adjusted to 2%.
It is sent to the concentrator 13 to increase it to about 0 wt%. The conventional concentrator simply concentrates the waste liquid here, but the concentrator 13 used in the present embodiment is provided with a pipe 14 for adding an adsorbent. Powdered iron sulfate (Fe) stored in the hopper 15
SO ₄ .7H ₂ O) is supplied in a predetermined amount. Here, regarding the amount of iron sulfate added as an adsorbent, the solid content concentration of the waste liquid is 10%.
The amount of the adsorbent was changed in the range of 0 to 5 parts by weight with respect to 0 parts by weight, and the effect of the amount of the adsorbent on the C-14 retention performance of the solidified product was examined. About 90 ° C inside the concentrator 13
The adsorbent dissolved in the waste liquid is involved here, and the following reaction proceeds efficiently.

FeSO ₄ + CO ₃ ² ~ → FeCO ₃ ↓ + SO ₄ ² ~ (5) As a result, in the concentrator 13, the waste liquid is concentrated,
The carbonate ions including C-14 were changed to insoluble iron carbonate. The above reaction is not limited to iron sulfate, but may be any soluble transition metal salt as described above. A soluble alkaline earth metal salt can also be used as the adsorbent, but in this case, as shown in equation (6), the adsorbent reacts with sodium sulphate, a waste liquid component, and a part of the adsorbent is consumed. Therefore, the efficiency is lower than when a transition metal salt is used.

Na ₂ SO ₄ + CaCl ₂ → CaSO ₄ ↓ + 2NaCl (6) The concentrated waste liquid containing C-14 containing carbonate ions as insoluble as described above is once transferred to the concentrated waste liquid receiving tank 16 and then dried. The powder is pulverized at 17 and further formed into almond-shaped pellets at a granulator 18. This pellet 220
The kg is filled in a drum having an internal volume of 200 liters, that is, a solidification container 4. On the other hand, from the solidifying material hopper 5, a cement glass 15 containing sodium silicate and silicon phosphate as main components.
0 kg and 45 kg of water from the kneading water tank 6 are sent to the kneading machine 7 and the solidified material paste is prepared by the agitator 8. This solidified material paste is poured into the solidified container 4 filled with pellets, and the concentrated waste liquid pellets as waste become solidified. After the obtained solid was cured for 3 months, a sample was collected by core boring and C-1
The partition coefficient for 4 was measured.

FIG. 8 shows the obtained results. Here, the vertical axis indicates the C-14 partition coefficient, and the horizontal axis indicates the amount of the adsorbent (in terms of FeSO ₄ ) added to the solid content of the waste liquid. According to this figure, the distribution coefficient increases with the addition amount of the adsorbent, and the addition amount is 1 wt%.
As described above, the saturation tendency is exhibited, but the distribution coefficient at this time is improved by almost two orders of magnitude as compared with the case where no adsorbent is added. The reason why the effect of the adsorbent shows a tendency to be saturated at an addition amount of 1 wt% or more is that only a small amount of carbonate ion is contained in the waste liquid, and the addition amount of 1 w
It is considered that the precipitation reaction of the formula (5) completely progressed at t%.

Further, the addition amount of the adsorbent at which the increase of the partition coefficient is saturated was examined for other than the above-mentioned FeSO ₄ .
Table 4 shows the results.

[0060]

[Table 4]

As described above, the reason that the optimum value of the adsorbent is larger in CaCl ₂ and SrSO ₄ than in FeSO ₄ and CoCl _{2 is} that the adsorbent represented by the formula (6) is used for the alkaline earth metal as described above. This is because the consumed reactions proceed in parallel. Therefore, the upper limit of the addition amount of the adsorbent is about twice the value at which the distribution coefficient is saturated (for example, 2 wt% for FeSO ₄ , SrSO ₄
In this case, 4 wt%) is desirable. Of course, even if more adsorbent is added, the effect does not change, but if the amount is increased, the amount of waste increases, and the volume reduction is adversely affected. As the lower limit of the amount of the adsorbent, the stoichiometric ratio in the formula (5) is 1
The value should be However, C-14 is contained in the waste liquid.
It should be taken into consideration that a large amount of non-radioactive carbonate ions in which carbon dioxide in the air is dissolved in addition to carbonate ions containing. For example, if about 200 ppm of carbonate ion is present in a waste liquid containing sodium sulfate as a main component having a solid content of 20 wt%, 1000 ppm of carbonate ion is present with respect to the solid content. If these are to be precipitated in the total amount as shown in equation (5), the stoichiometric amount of the adsorbent is about 0.25 wt% based on the solid content of the waste, which lowers the lower limit of the adsorbent addition amount. give. To summarize the above, in order to convert carbonate ions contained in liquid or slurry radioactive waste into insoluble precipitates, the amount of adsorbent added must be such that the carbonate ions are all stoichiometrically insoluble. It is desirable that the amount is sufficient and is twice or less the amount at which the increase in the distribution coefficient of the solidified body is saturated. In practice, the amount of carbonate ions may be measured in advance in the waste liquid receiving tank 12 or the like, and the amount of adsorbent may be determined based on the above-described concept.

The above is an example in which the adsorbent is added in the concentrator 13 to pretreat the waste. However, a device dedicated to pretreatment is provided before the concentrator or after the concentrator, or the waste liquid is received. It is of course possible to add the adsorbent using the tank 12 or the concentrated waste liquid receiving tank 16. Further, in this embodiment, an example in which radioactive waste is solidified by pellets is shown, but homogenous solidification in which concentrated waste liquid and solidified material are directly kneaded and solidified with a cement-based solidifying material, or powdered waste is plasticized. It is also applicable to the case of solidification, in which case the system after the concentrated waste liquid receiving tank 16 may be changed according to the solidification method.

Embodiment 7 In this embodiment, waste resin is pretreated and then solidified with cement. FIG. 9 shows a flow of the processing system.

First, the waste resin stored in the waste resin tank 9 is converted into a slurry state using the transfer pump 10 in the dehydrator 1.
The waste resin having a water content of about 50% is obtained by centrifugal dewatering. After 120 kg of the waste resin is transferred to the solidification container 4, 50 kg of water in the kneading water tank 6 is also supplied to the solidification container 4. Thereafter, 2 kg of liquid adsorbent is supplied from the adsorbent tank 19 while operating the stirrer 8 and uniformly mixing the kneading water and the waste resin. The adsorbent used in this embodiment is an organic silane compound in an emulsion state having a water content of about 50%, and its main component is γ-mercaptopropyltrimethoxysilane (HSC ₃ H ₆ Si (OCH ₃ ) ₃ ). After stirring is continued for about 1 hour after the addition of the adsorbent, 120 kg of the solidified material (class C blast furnace cement) of the solidified material hopper 5 is additionally supplied to the solidification container 4 to prepare a final solidified body. Thereafter, the stirrer 8 was taken out of the solidification container 4 and then the solidification container was covered with the lid and cured for one month at room temperature, and the distribution coefficient of the solidified body to C-14 was measured. As a result, the distribution coefficient is 5.5 ×
It was as high as 10 ⁴ ml / g, and almost coincided with the result obtained when the adsorbent was added to the solidified material shown in Example 4. In this example, organosilane was used as the adsorbent, but soluble alkaline earth metal salts and transition metal salts had little effect. The reason is that if a soluble alkaline earth metal salt or transition metal salt is mixed with an ion exchange resin for a long time, the alkaline earth metal ion or transition metal ion, which is an effective component of the adsorbent, is ion-adsorbed to the resin. Was found to be the cause.

[0065]

According to the present invention, radioactive for waste C-14 contained can be converted to a substance insoluble, radioactive waste <br/> C-14 of the holding performance increase Mr. wastes solidified body The safety of the solidified body is improved more than before. In addition, the present invention relates to C-14 adsorption.
Radioactive waste treatment because of the use of solidified material
Equipment can be made compact.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating the effect of a calcium nitrate adsorbent used in an example of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating the effect of another adsorbent used in an example of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a molecular structure of an adsorbent used in another example of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a treatment system for solidifying waste pellets used in another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating a treatment system for uniformly solidifying waste resin with cement used in another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating the effect of a strontium chloride adsorbent used in another example of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating a treatment system for pretreating a concentrated waste liquid and solidifying pellets used in another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating the effect of the iron sulfate adsorbent used in another example of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating a processing system for pre-treating waste resin used in another embodiment of the present invention and homogenously solidifying with cement.

[Explanation of symbols]

4 ... solidification container, 5 ... solidification material hopper, 7 ... kneader, 9 ...
Waste resin tank, 12: Waste liquid receiving tank, 13: Concentrator,
15 ... Adsorbent hopper.

──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continuing on the front page (72) Inventor Jun Kikuchi 1168 Moriyama-cho, Hitachi City, Ibaraki Prefecture Energy Research Laboratory, Hitachi, Ltd. Hitachi, Ltd. Hitachi Plant (72) Inventor Shin Tamada 3-1-1, Sachimachi, Hitachi City, Ibaraki Prefecture Hitachi, Ltd. Hitachi Plant (72) Inventor Yoshimasa Kiuchi 3-2-2, Sachimachi, Hitachi City, Ibaraki Prefecture No. Hitachi Engineering Services Co., Ltd. (56) References JP-A-61-91600 (JP, A) JP-A-4-115198 (JP, A) JP-A-4-93798 (JP, A) (58) Field (Int.Cl. ⁶ , DB name) G21F 9/16 G21F 9/30

Claims (7)

(57) [Claims] 1. A solidification vessel containing a radioactive waste together with a substance that reacts with carbonate ions to form an insoluble precipitate and a substance that is insoluble in a carbonate compound. a method of processing waste that solidified radioactive waste, insoluble reacts with the carbonate ions
Soluble transition metal compounds
Substances, organic silane compounds, and water
Alkaline earth gold not less than 1 gram per liter
Treatment of radioactive waste with at least one of the genus compounds
Method. 2. A paste of a solidified material containing a substance which reacts with carbonate ions to form an insoluble precipitate and an insoluble carbonate compound is produced, and the paste is put into a solidification container together with radioactive waste. A method for treating radioactive waste in a coexisting state, wherein the substance which reacts with the carbonate ion to form an insoluble precipitate is a soluble transition metal compound, an organic silane compound, and water having a solubility in water of 1 A method for treating radioactive waste, comprising using at least one alkaline earth metal compound that is at least 1 gram per liter. 3. The radioactive waste treatment method according to claim 1, wherein the insoluble carbonate compound is an alkaline earth metal or transition metal carbonate compound. 4. The radioactive waste treatment method according to claim 1, wherein a transition metal compound having a solubility in water of 1 g or more per liter of water is used as said soluble transition metal compound. Wherein said radioactive waste is radioactive waste liquid or slurry, a radioactive waste liquid or slurry state, wherein the reaction between the substance which reacts with the carbonate ions to produce a precipitate of insoluble The method for treating radioactive waste according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the method is performed in the solidification container. 6. A method of processing radioactive waste according to claim 2, wherein the radioactive waste is injecting the solidifying material paste into the solidification vessel is filled. 7. A method for solidifying radioactive waste, comprising reacting a radioactive waste in a liquid or slurry state with an organosilane compound which reacts with carbonate ions to form an insoluble precipitate, and then reacts the liquid or slurry with the liquid or slurry. A method for treating radioactive waste, comprising solidifying radioactive waste in a slurry state.