Published December 1996 | Version v1
Journal article

Radioactive contamination in concrete/mortar, metal-pipe and area-soil of JPDR

  • 1. Research Association for Nuclear Facility Decommissioning, Tokai, Ibaraki (Japan)

Description

Radioactive contamination was measured to study on separation between contaminated and non-contaminated parts in structural materials of JPDR. The materials are the building concrete/mortar, the metal-pipe and the area-soil. In addition to the measurement, diffusion behavior in the concrete/mortar was also studied on two kinds of radioactive elements, 60Co and 134Cs. It was known that the contamination in the concrete and the soil have penetration depths over which the radioactivity can not be detected any more. The metal-pipe was easily decontaminated by the electrical decomposition in phosphoric or sulfuric acid solution. The results obtained from the study indicate that the contaminated part in the decommissioning wastes of the reactor can be safely separate from the non-contaminated. (author)

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Dekomisshoningu Giho
Journal Issue
no.15
Journal Page Range
p. 59-69.
CODEN
DGIHE6