본 연구는 우라늄-함유 석회침전물로부터 U을 제거(/회수) 하기위하여 탄산염 산화용해-산성화 침전과 질산용해-과산화수소 침전을 각각 고찰하였다. 석회침전물 내 우라늄을 용해하는 관점에서는 질산용해가 유리하나 (약 98% 이상 용해) 이 경우 U과 Al, Ca, Fe, Mg, Si 등의 공존 불순물이 다량 공용해되고, 또한 과산화수소 침전에서도 상당량의 불순물이 U과 함께 공침전 된다. 한편 탄산염 용해에 의한 산성화 침전은 우라늄의 용해가 90% 이하로 방사성 고체페기물의 부피감용 측면에서는 질산용해 보다 덜 효율적이지만, 우라늄과 불순물의 공용해나 산성화 침전에 의한 우라늄과 불순물의 공침전이 거의 일어나지 않아 보다 순수한 U을 회수하는 측면에서는 매우 효과적이다.
This study was carried out to remove (/recover) the uranium from the Uranium-bearing Lime Precipitate (ULP). An oxidative dissolution of ULP with carbonate-acidified precipitation and a dissolution of ULP with nitric acid-hydrogen peroxide precipitation were discussed, respectively. In point of view the dissolution of uranium in ULP, nitric acid dissolution which could dissolved more than 98% of uranium was more effective than carbonate dissolution. However, in this case, uranium was dissolved together with a large amount of impurities such as Al, Ca, Fe, Mg, Si, etc. and some impurities were also co-precipitated with uranium during a hydrogen peroxide precipitation. On the other hand, in the case of carbonate dissolution-acidified precipitation, U was dissolved less than 90%. Therefore, it was less effective than nitric acid dissolution for the volume reduction of radioactive solid waste. However, it was very effective to recover the pure uranium, because impurities were hardly dissolved and hardly co-precipitated with uranium.
