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Effect of burn-up on the radioactivation behavior of cladding hull materials studied using the ORIGEN-S code

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The effect of fuel burn-up on the radioactivation behavior of cladding hull materials was investigated using the ORIGEN-S code for various materials of Zircaloy-4, Zirlo, HANA-4, and HANA-6 and for various fuel burn-ups of 30, 45, 60, and 75 GWD/MTU. The Zircaloy-4 material is the only one that does not contain Nb as an alloy constituent, and it was revealed that 125Sb, 125mTe, and 55Fe are the major sources of radioactivity. On the other hand, 93mNb was identified as the most radioactive nuclide for the other materials although minor radioactive nuclides varied owing to their different initial constituents. The radioactivity of 94Nb was of particular focus owing to its acceptance limit against a Korean intermediate-/low-level waste repository. The radioactivation calculation results revealed that only Zircaloy-4 is acceptable for the Korean repository, while the other materials required at least 4,900 of Nb decontamination factor owing to the high radioactivity of 94Nb regardless of the fuel burn-up. A discussion was also made on the feasibility of Zr recovery methods (chlorination and electrorefining) for selective recovery of Zr so that it can be disposed of in the Korean repository.

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This work was sponsored by the Nuclear R&D Program of the Korean Ministry of Education, Science and Technology.

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  1. Nuclear Fuel Cycle Waste Treatment Research Division, Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute, 989-111 Daedeok-daero, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, 305-353, Republic of Korea

    Min Ku Jeon, Chang Hwa Lee, Jung Hoon Choi, In Hak Cho, Kweon Ho Kang, Hwan-Seo Park & Geun Il Park

  2. Reactor Core Design Division, Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute, 989-111 Daedeok-daero, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, 305-353, Republic of Korea

    Chang Je Park

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Jeon, M.K., Lee, C.H., Park, C.J. et al. Effect of burn-up on the radioactivation behavior of cladding hull materials studied using the ORIGEN-S code. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 298, 1629–1633 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-013-2543-6

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