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Development of Metal Recycling Process from Decommissioned Nuclear Power Plants

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 February 2011

T. Ishikura ,
S. Abe ,
H. Sakai  and
J. Takahashi
T. Ishikura
Affiliation:
Nuclear Power Engineering Corporation, Plant Engineering Dept, Tokyo, Japan
S. Abe
Affiliation:
Nuclear Power Engineering Corporation, Plant Engineering Dept, Tokyo, Japan
H. Sakai
Affiliation:
Toshiba Co, Nuclear Energy Div, Yokohama, Japan
J. Takahashi
Affiliation:
Sumitomo Metal Mining Co Ltd, Energy and Environment Business Div, Ibaraki, Japan;
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Abstract

Dismantling and demolition of a nuclear power plant generates a large amount of metal waste. Recycling of such waste for resource is important because of the limited capacity of the disposal site. Authors have developed metal recycling processes. It is found that pyrometallurgical separation techniques can effectively separate nickel and cobalt, which contain main contributors of radioactivity, from iron and chromium.

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Research Article
Information
MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 556: Symposium QQ – Scientific Basis for Nuclear Waste Management XXII , 1999 , 1307
Copyright
Copyright © Materials Research Society 1999

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