Abstract
방사성폐기물이 처분장에 인도 될 때 주요 방사성 핵종의 방사능 농도를 규명 하도록 방사성폐기물 인도 규정에 명시되어 있다. 저준위 방사성폐기물 시료의 경우 측정된 방사능 농도가 최소검출 방사능 농도(MDA: Minimum dectable activity) 이하의 값을 나타낼 경우가 많으며, MDA는 시료의 양, 바탕 값, 계측시간 및 계측효율 등에 따라서 달라지므로 MDA를 낮추기 위하여 가능한 많은 양의 시료를 취할 필요가 있다. 모의 잡고체 시료에 첨가된 요오드의 회수율을 결정하기 위한 방법으로서 모의 시료 중 비 방사성 요오드를 비휘발성 산으로 침출시킨 후 침출액을 직접 증발시키는 방법과 음이온 교환수지를 이용하I-를 흡착하여 분리하는 칼럼용리방법으로 측정하여 회수율을 비교한 결과, 증류법과 칼럼용리방법의 회수율은 각각 <TEX>$86.5{\pm}0.9%$</TEX>, <TEX>$87.3{\pm}2.7%$</TEX>로 나타났다. 증류법에 의한 모의 방사성 시료 중 <TEX>$^{129}I$</TEX> 요오드의 회수율 및 MDA는 <TEX>$84.6{\pm}1.6%$</TEX>, <TEX>$1.2{\times}10^{-4}Bq/g$</TEX>로 각각 나타났으며, 분리공정을 단순화하고 많은 양의 시료를 취함으로써, 칼럼용리 방법의 단점을 보완하고 10배 이상 MDA를 낮출 수 있는 결과를 얻을 수 있었다. It is clarified in the radioactive waste transfer regulation that the concentration of radioactive waste for the major radio nuclide has to be examined when radioactive waste is guided to the radioactive waste stores. In case of the low level radioactive waste sample, the analytical results of radioactive waste concentration frequently show a value lower than minimum detectable activity (MDA). Since the MDA value basically depends on the amount of a sample, background value, measurement time, counting efficiency, and etc, it would be necessary to increase a sample amount with a intention of minimizing MDA. In order to measure a concentration of <TEX>$^{129}I$</TEX> in low and medium level radioactive waste, <TEX>$^{129}I$</TEX> was collected by using a distillation technique after leaching the simulated radioactive waste sample with a non-volatile acid. The recovery of <TEX>$^{129}I$</TEX> measured was compared with that measured with column elution technique which is a conventional method using an anion-exchange resin. The recovery of inactive iodide by using the distillation method and column elution were found as <TEX>$86.5{\pm}0.9%$</TEX> and <TEX>$87.3{\pm}2.7%$</TEX>, respectively. The recovery and MDA value calculated for distillation technique when 100 g of extracted solution of <TEX>$^{129}I$</TEX> was taken, were found to be <TEX>$84.6{\pm}1.6%$</TEX> and <TEX>$1.2{\times}10^{-4}Bq/g$</TEX>, respectively. Consequently, the proposed technique with simplified process lowered the MDA value more than 10 times compared to the column elution technique that has a disadvantage of limited sampling amount.
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