원자력 시설 해체 폐기물 내 55Fe 와 63Ni 방사능 분석을 위한 전처리 방법 비교 연구

국문 초록 (Abstract)

원자로의 해체 과정에서 발생되는 방사성 폐기물 내 존재하는 55Fe, 63Ni은 폐기물의 처리방법을 결정하는 데 있어 기초적인 지표로 활용되는 중요한 핵종이다. 하지만 두 핵종은 낮은 방사선량으로 인해 다른 핵종들과의 분리가 필수적이며 또한 시 료 매질에서 완전히 추출할 수 있는 전처리가 선행되어야 한다. 따라서 본 연구는 다양한 매질의 원자로 해체 폐기물에 대한 전처리방법의 적용성을 평가하기 위해 NIST SRM 5종 (1646a, 1944, 8704, 2709a, 1633c)에 대하여 왕수, 불산, 과염소산을 각각 이용하는 습식산화법과 alkali-fusion 전처리법에 따른 Iron와 Nickel의 회수율을 비교하였다. 실험 결과 alkali-fusion 방법은 다양한 매질의 인증표준물질에 대해 Iron 95.3~98.3%, Nickle 86.6~88.1%의 분석 정확도와 2% 이하의 정밀도를 나타냄으로서 해체폐기물 중 55Fe, 63Ni 분석에 가장 최적화된 전처리법으로 판단된다.

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

55Fe and 63Ni are key factors in deciding the proper handling of the decommissioning of radioactive waste from nuclear facilities. For determining beta emitting radionuclides, the dismantled waste samples should be completely decomposed and separated from the sample matrix. This study reports the comparison results of the recovering efficiencies of Iron and Nickel with wet digestion methods that use various acids and alkali-fusion methods. Various matrices of NIST SRMs (1646a, 1944, 8704, 2709a, and 1633c), the recovering efficiencies of using alkali-fusion methods ranged from 95.3 to 98.3% for Iron, and from 86.6 to 88.1% for Nickel within about 2% of relative standard deviation. On the other hand, those using one of the three wet digestion methods ranged from 77.9 to 105.3% for Iron and from 40.1 to 78.5% for Nickel with over 10% of relative standard deviation. Therefore, one may draw the conclusion that the analytical results derived from Iron and Nickel using alkali-fusion methods are fairly reliable due to the recovering efficiencies observed

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