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Development and commercialization feasibility investigation of a technology lowering radioactive waste hierarchy of the intermediate-level radioactive metallic waste (Researcher: Jungho Hur, Yeonghwan Jeon)
(Funded by Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co., Ltd)
June. 2019 ~ May. 2021
Main research subjects
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Construction of Engineering-scale decontamination system for metallic waste through molten salt
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Electrochemical experiment and computational modeling to understand fundamental behaviors
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Development of salt purification process to recycle electrolyte medium
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Evaluation of reduction of radioactivity and volume of decontaminated radioactive waste
Strategically-valuable element recycling via molten salt technique
Process development to recover high purity Nd from NdFeB based on molten chloride and liquid metal system (Researcher: Yeonghwan Jeon)
(Funded by National Research Foundation)
Sep. 2018 ~ Aug. 2021
Main research subjects
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Selective oxidation of Nd from the NdFeB magnet in LiCl-KCl-CdCl2
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Reduction of NdCl3 into Nd by using a liquid Cd cathode
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Distillation of Cd to separate Nd from Nd-Cd alloy
Strategically-valuable element recycling via molten salt technique
Decontamination and Waste Minimization Strategies for and Using Advanced Molten Salt Nuclear Technologies (Researcher: Yeonghwan Jeon)
(Funded by National Research Foundation)
Apr. 2019 ~ Mar. 2022
Main research subjects
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Fabrication of the Ni alloy specimens simulating contamination by α, γ emitting radionuclide contaminants
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Decontamination process of Ni alloy based on molten salt
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Recycling process of the used molten salt to minimize the secondary waste
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Nuclide concentration monitoring techniques for decontamination process (LASER and electrochemical technique)
Strategically-valuable element recycling via molten salt technique
Development of LILW solidified waste assessment methods and criteria by considering Korean radioactive waste repository environment (Researcher: Hyeongjin Byeon)
(Funded by Korea Foundation of Nuclear Safety)
Apr. 2019 ~ Dec. 2021
Main research subjects
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Computational modeling of static/dynamic loading on solidified wastes in normal operation and earthquake situation of the geological repository for drained/undrained cases
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Production of a compacted model of solidifies waste, failure experiments and benchmark with computational modeling
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Evaluation on compressive strength experiment methodologies of solidified wastes