Commercial-scale treatment of NPP heavy wastewater
Heavy water reactors such as the Wolseong NPP in South Korea generate wastewater as intermediate-level radioactive waste. Waste paper is an ion exchange resin used to remove radionuclides in the process of treating liquids such as heavy water, and it contains carbon-14 (14C), a radioactive isotope. Due to the high concentration and large amount of radioactivity, it is impossible to dispose of it at the Gyeongju Radioactive Waste Disposal Center in Korea. It has been stored separately in storage tanks at the power plant for a long time, but the KAERI(Korea Atomic Energy Reserch Institute) has found a solution. Process Unit( Photo: Herald Corporation) ...