Development of long-lived radionuclide transmutation technology -Development of long-lived radionuclide handling technology

The final goals of this research are completion of design for construction of wet hot cell and auxiliary facilities, and development of main equipment and technologies for remote operation and near real time monitoring system of radioactivity in solution. This wet hot cell and technology will be used for active test of the radionuclide partitioning process and for fission Mo separation and purification process. And high level radioactive and toxic materials will be treated as the form of solution in this wet hot cell. It requires much investment and manpower to construct newly hot cell facilities. But all hot cells in KAERI were constructed as dry type hot cell. And the dry hot cell (γ cell) should be modified to wet hot cell (α-γ cell), in which operating characteristics, active materials treated, conservative safety grade are more complicated than dry hot cell. And then the study to modify of the existing dry hot cell to wet hot cell. 28 tabs., 81 figs., 48 refs. (Author)