A study on artificial rare earth (RE2O3) based neutron absorber
- Title
- A study on artificial rare earth (RE2O3) based neutron absorber
- Author
- 김종경
- Keywords
- Artificial rare earth compound; Neutron absorber; Spent fuel storage system; Criticality control; Pyroprocessing technology
- Issue Date
- 2015-11
- Publisher
- PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
- Citation
- APPLIED RADIATION AND ISOTOPES, v. 105, Page. 52-59
- Abstract
- A new concept of a neutron absorption material (i.e., an artificial rare earth compound) was introduced for criticality control in a spent fuel storage system. In particular, spent nuclear fuels were considered as a potential source of rare earth elements because the nuclear fission of uranium produces a full range of nuclides. It was also found that an artificial rare earth compound (RE2O3) as a High-Level Waste (HLW) was naturally extracted from pyroprocessing technology developed for recovering uranium and transuranic elements (TRU) from spent fuels. In this study, various characteristics (e.g., activity, neutron absorption cross-section) were analyzed for validating the application possibility of this waste compound as a neutron absorption material. As a result, the artificial rare earth compound had a higher neutron absorption probability in the entire energy range, and it can be used for maintaining sub-criticality for more than 40 years on the basis of the neutron absorption capability of Boral (TM). Therefore, this approach is expected to vastly improve the efficiency of radioactive waste management by simultaneously keeping HLW and spent nuclear fuel in a restricted space. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
- URI
- http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0969804315300890?via%3Dihubhttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11754/29024
- ISSN
- 0969-8043
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.apradiso.2015.07.008
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- COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING[S](공과대학) > NUCLEAR ENGINEERING(원자력공학과) > Articles
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