WO1996004663A1 - Verfahren zur verwertung von metallteilen, die durch uran radioaktiv kontaminiert sind - Google Patents
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- WO1996004663A1 WO1996004663A1 PCT/DE1995/000964 DE9500964W WO9604663A1 WO 1996004663 A1 WO1996004663 A1 WO 1996004663A1 DE 9500964 W DE9500964 W DE 9500964W WO 9604663 A1 WO9604663 A1 WO 9604663A1
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- uranium
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- G—PHYSICS
- G21—NUCLEAR PHYSICS; NUCLEAR ENGINEERING
- G21F—PROTECTION AGAINST X-RADIATION, GAMMA RADIATION, CORPUSCULAR RADIATION OR PARTICLE BOMBARDMENT; TREATING RADIOACTIVELY CONTAMINATED MATERIAL; DECONTAMINATION ARRANGEMENTS THEREFOR
- G21F9/00—Treating radioactively contaminated material; Decontamination arrangements therefor
- G21F9/28—Treating solids
- G21F9/30—Processing
- G21F9/301—Processing by fixation in stable solid media
- G21F9/302—Processing by fixation in stable solid media in an inorganic matrix
- G21F9/305—Glass or glass like matrix
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- G—PHYSICS
- G21—NUCLEAR PHYSICS; NUCLEAR ENGINEERING
- G21F—PROTECTION AGAINST X-RADIATION, GAMMA RADIATION, CORPUSCULAR RADIATION OR PARTICLE BOMBARDMENT; TREATING RADIOACTIVELY CONTAMINATED MATERIAL; DECONTAMINATION ARRANGEMENTS THEREFOR
- G21F9/00—Treating radioactively contaminated material; Decontamination arrangements therefor
- G21F9/28—Treating solids
- G21F9/30—Processing
- G21F9/308—Processing by melting the waste
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- the invention relates to a method for recycling metal parts which are radioactively contaminated by uranium, whereby the metal parts are melted so that a melt and a slag form, and wherein the metal parts and / or the melt and / or the not yet solidified slag is mixed with U 235 depleted uranium.
- the slag has to be classified as radioactive waste containing nuclear fuel, which requires special safety precautions in handling and disposal. If the contamination has been caused by uranium nuclear fuel, which contains 3.1% U 235, for example, melt decontamination can only be used to a limited extent if more than approximately 3 grams of U 235 are to be expected in 100 kg of slag. Because the uranium passes into the slag during the smelting process and is concentrated there, this limit value is usually exceeded unless additional measures are taken. Exceeding the limit could be avoided by adding another non-uranium slag to the slag containing uranium. The uranium concentration could be reduced to the necessary extent with a sufficiently large amount of uranium-free slag. However, the amount of slag required would be so large that the total amount of slag would be increased uneconomically. Significantly more slag would have to be used than before.
- a method has also been proposed which provides for renaturation of the uranium which causes the contamination. It is important that the isotope composition of the uranium that is to be incorporated into the slag or is already incorporated is changed such that it corresponds to the isotope composition of natural uranium. This means that the proportion of U 235 in uranium must not exceed approximately 0.7%. Uranium, which is equivalent to natural uranium in its isotope composition, need not be subjected to the safety regulations that apply to uranium nuclear fuel.
- the invention had for its object to provide a method for recycling metal parts which are radioactively contaminated by uranium, with which a reliable and complete renaturation of the uranium is possible, so that the slag formed can then be handled and disposed of in a simple manner .
- the object is achieved according to the invention in that the uranium depleted of U 235 is admixed in the form of uranium glass.
- Uranium can be mixed homogeneously with the uranium that caused the contamination during the melt decontamination process.
- the same advantage is achieved if the uranium glass, which contains the uranium depleted of U 235, the still untreated, metallic scrap, and / or the melt and / or the still liquid slag, if this has already been separated from the rest of the melt, admixed.
- the homogeneous mixing and incorporation of the uranium from the uranium glass has the advantage that the isotope composition of the uranium in the slag is also homogeneous. There cannot be any individual zones in the slag that have an excessively high U 235 concentration. Consequently, since its uranium content corresponds to the natural uranium with regard to the isotope composition, the entire slag need not be treated as waste containing nuclear fuel. The slag can advantageously be handled and disposed of in a simple manner.
- the uranium depleted on U 235 is mixed in, for example, in the form of uranium glass powder, uranium glass beads, uranium glass rods and / or pieces of uranium glass. Such parts made of uranium glass can be produced using known methods and can be prepared.
- uranium glass is a glass which is thin at the melting temperature of the metal of the metal parts. This has the advantage that an improved slag liquefaction is achieved solely through the glass, regardless of its uranium content. This then leads to an even better homogeneous distribution of the uranium added.
- uranium glass of the type alkali oxide / SiO 2 / U O 2 is added.
- Such a glass can contain 50% uranium.
- the alkali oxide can e.g. Be Na2 ⁇ .
- uranium glass whose uranium has a U 235 isotope content of less than 0.7%, e.g. approx. 0.2%, has been added. A sufficient amount of U 235 isotope is then obtained in the slag, which is advantageously so small that the slag can be disposed of without problems. If e.g. the U 235 isotope content of the uranium that caused the contamination should be 3.1%. With uranium glass, the U 235 isotope content of which is 0.2%, a U 235 isotope content of less than 0 is achieved in the slag Is 7%.
- uranium glass which contains less than 50% uranium
- the uranium glass contains less than 40%, for example between 5% and 15%, of uranium.
- the density of a uranium glass is lower if the uranium content in the glass is smaller. If the uranium content in the uranium glass is significantly less than 50%, a uranium-containing slag is formed, the density of which is significantly lower than the density of the iron-containing melt. As a result, the slag floats on the melt and can then be separated from the melt particularly easily, for example skimmed off.
- the density of uranium glass with one For example, uranium content of 10% is 3.5 g / cm. With a uranium content of 50%, the density of the uranium glass is 7.7 g / cm- - The density of iron is approx. 7.8 g / ⁇ rtv- *.
- the depleted uranium is admixed in the form of uranium glass.
- This uranium glass contains, for example, 10% uranium, the U 235 isotope content of which is 0.2%. Then advantageously only 6.2 kg of glass are required to reduce the U 235 isotope content of 55.4 kg of slag to such an extent that the slag is easy to handle and can be stored and disposed of with simple means.
- the advantage is achieved in particular that the slag which arises during melt decontamination and contains uranium is easy to dispose of. The burden on staff and dust filters with uranium dust is largely avoided.
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Priority Applications (6)
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DE59508743T DE59508743D1 (de) | 1994-08-01 | 1995-07-21 | Verfahren zur verwertung von metallteilen, die durch uran radioaktiv kontaminiert sind |
EP95925717A EP0774155B1 (de) | 1994-08-01 | 1995-07-21 | Verfahren zur verwertung von metallteilen, die durch uran radioaktiv kontaminiert sind |
UA97010294A UA39139C2 (uk) | 1994-08-01 | 1995-07-21 | Спосіб утилізації металевих деталей, які радіоактивно заражені ураном |
AU29754/95A AU2975495A (en) | 1994-08-01 | 1995-07-21 | Method of reprocessing metal parts contaminated with uranium |
JP50608496A JP3471023B2 (ja) | 1994-08-01 | 1995-07-21 | ウランにより放射能汚染された金属部分の再処理方法 |
CA002196438A CA2196438C (en) | 1994-08-01 | 1995-07-21 | Method of reprocessing metal parts contaminated with uranium |
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DE4427179A DE4427179A1 (de) | 1994-08-01 | 1994-08-01 | Verfahren zur Verwertung von Metallteilen, die durch Uran radioaktiv kontaminiert sind |
DEP4427179.4 | 1994-08-01 |
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PCT/DE1995/000964 WO1996004663A1 (de) | 1994-08-01 | 1995-07-21 | Verfahren zur verwertung von metallteilen, die durch uran radioaktiv kontaminiert sind |
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US (1) | US5732366A (de) |
EP (1) | EP0774155B1 (de) |
JP (1) | JP3471023B2 (de) |
AU (1) | AU2975495A (de) |
CA (1) | CA2196438C (de) |
CZ (1) | CZ291275B6 (de) |
DE (2) | DE4427179A1 (de) |
ES (1) | ES2151074T3 (de) |
RU (1) | RU2153719C2 (de) |
UA (1) | UA39139C2 (de) |
WO (1) | WO1996004663A1 (de) |
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WO1997022124A2 (de) * | 1995-12-14 | 1997-06-19 | Siemens Aktiengesellschaft | Verfahren zur verwertung kontaminierter metallteile |
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US5885326A (en) * | 1997-06-27 | 1999-03-23 | The United States Of America As Represented By The United States Department Of Energy | Process for removing technetium from iron and other metals |
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FR2484126A2 (fr) * | 1980-03-27 | 1981-12-11 | Gagneraud Pere Fils Ent | Procede de traitement d'elements en magnesium, rendus radioactifs |
JPS6145999A (ja) * | 1984-08-10 | 1986-03-06 | 株式会社日立製作所 | 放射能汚染アルミニウム材の溶融除染方法 |
FR2652193A1 (fr) * | 1989-08-11 | 1991-03-22 | Grace Co Conn W R | Procede pour l'immobilisation et la reduction en volume de dechets radioactifs de niveau faible dans le traitement du thorium et de l'uranium. |
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- 1994-08-01 DE DE4427179A patent/DE4427179A1/de not_active Withdrawn
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- 1995-07-21 CZ CZ199774A patent/CZ291275B6/cs not_active IP Right Cessation
- 1995-07-21 EP EP95925717A patent/EP0774155B1/de not_active Expired - Lifetime
- 1995-07-21 DE DE59508743T patent/DE59508743D1/de not_active Expired - Lifetime
- 1995-07-21 AU AU29754/95A patent/AU2975495A/en not_active Abandoned
- 1995-07-21 UA UA97010294A patent/UA39139C2/uk unknown
- 1995-07-21 JP JP50608496A patent/JP3471023B2/ja not_active Expired - Fee Related
- 1995-07-21 ES ES95925717T patent/ES2151074T3/es not_active Expired - Lifetime
- 1995-07-21 WO PCT/DE1995/000964 patent/WO1996004663A1/de active IP Right Grant
- 1995-07-21 RU RU97103135/06A patent/RU2153719C2/ru not_active IP Right Cessation
- 1995-07-21 CA CA002196438A patent/CA2196438C/en not_active Expired - Fee Related
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JPS6145999A (ja) * | 1984-08-10 | 1986-03-06 | 株式会社日立製作所 | 放射能汚染アルミニウム材の溶融除染方法 |
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Cited By (2)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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WO1997022124A2 (de) * | 1995-12-14 | 1997-06-19 | Siemens Aktiengesellschaft | Verfahren zur verwertung kontaminierter metallteile |
WO1997022124A3 (de) * | 1995-12-14 | 1997-09-12 | Ernst Haas | Verfahren zur verwertung kontaminierter metallteile |
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EP0774155A1 (de) | 1997-05-21 |
EP0774155B1 (de) | 2000-09-20 |
UA39139C2 (uk) | 2001-06-15 |
JPH10503591A (ja) | 1998-03-31 |
CA2196438A1 (en) | 1996-02-15 |
ES2151074T3 (es) | 2000-12-16 |
CA2196438C (en) | 2001-12-18 |
US5732366A (en) | 1998-03-24 |
JP3471023B2 (ja) | 2003-11-25 |
DE4427179A1 (de) | 1996-02-08 |
DE59508743D1 (de) | 2000-10-26 |
CZ7497A3 (en) | 1997-05-14 |
CZ291275B6 (cs) | 2003-01-15 |
RU2153719C2 (ru) | 2000-07-27 |
AU2975495A (en) | 1996-03-04 |
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