WO1997022975A2 - Process for using contaminated metal parts - Google Patents
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- WO1997022975A2 WO1997022975A2 PCT/DE1996/002309 DE9602309W WO9722975A2 WO 1997022975 A2 WO1997022975 A2 WO 1997022975A2 DE 9602309 W DE9602309 W DE 9602309W WO 9722975 A2 WO9722975 A2 WO 9722975A2
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- G—PHYSICS
- G21—NUCLEAR PHYSICS; NUCLEAR ENGINEERING
- G21F—PROTECTION AGAINST X-RADIATION, GAMMA RADIATION, CORPUSCULAR RADIATION OR PARTICLE BOMBARDMENT; TREATING RADIOACTIVELY CONTAMINATED MATERIAL; DECONTAMINATION ARRANGEMENTS THEREFOR
- G21F9/00—Treating radioactively contaminated material; Decontamination arrangements therefor
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- C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
- C21—METALLURGY OF IRON
- C21C—PROCESSING OF PIG-IRON, e.g. REFINING, MANUFACTURE OF WROUGHT-IRON OR STEEL; TREATMENT IN MOLTEN STATE OF FERROUS ALLOYS
- C21C5/00—Manufacture of carbon-steel, e.g. plain mild steel, medium carbon steel or cast steel or stainless steel
- C21C5/28—Manufacture of steel in the converter
- C21C5/36—Processes yielding slags of special composition
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- C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
- C22—METALLURGY; FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS; TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FERROUS METALS
- C22B—PRODUCTION AND REFINING OF METALS; PRETREATMENT OF RAW MATERIALS
- C22B7/00—Working up raw materials other than ores, e.g. scrap, to produce non-ferrous metals and compounds thereof; Methods of a general interest or applied to the winning of more than two metals
- C22B7/001—Dry processes
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- C22—METALLURGY; FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS; TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FERROUS METALS
- C22B—PRODUCTION AND REFINING OF METALS; PRETREATMENT OF RAW MATERIALS
- C22B7/00—Working up raw materials other than ores, e.g. scrap, to produce non-ferrous metals and compounds thereof; Methods of a general interest or applied to the winning of more than two metals
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- Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
- Y02P—CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES IN THE PRODUCTION OR PROCESSING OF GOODS
- Y02P10/00—Technologies related to metal processing
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- the invention relates to a method for recycling metal parts which are radioactively contaminated, the metal parts being melted and a slag former being added, thereby forming a liquid melt and a slag which is then separated from the melt.
- scrap contaminated, metallic, in particular iron-containing, scrap which must be recycled or disposed of. It is common to subject this scrap to melt decontamination.
- the scrap is e.g. radioactively contaminated by ⁇ -emitters such as uranium, thorium, transurans and / or alkaline earth metals.
- a method comprising melt decontamination is known from DE 33 18 377 AI. This process provides that the contaminated metal is melted. A slag former or slagging agent is then added to the melt. Then a slag forms that floats on the melt. Since the solubility of the substances which caused the radioactive contamination of the metal parts in the slag is greater than in the melt, the majority of the substances get into the slag. This results in a melt with a significantly reduced admixture of these substances. After it can no longer absorb any substances, the slag can be drawn off from the surface of the melt, and the melt which has been decontaminated as far as possible remains. The volume of the slag is only a small part of the total volume of the melt and slag.
- the invention is based on the object of specifying a method for recycling radioactive contaminated metal parts which frees the metal parts even more than before from the substances which have caused their radioactive contamination.
- the object is achieved according to the invention in that after the slag has been separated off, as long as the melt is still liquid, slag formers are again added to the liquid melt, and then the slag which is formed again is separated from the melt.
- the process according to the invention is thus characterized in that a second addition of slag former and a second separation of slag follow a first addition of slag former and a first separation of slag in two stages.
- the process according to the invention achieves the advantage that the melt remaining after the process has been carried out and thus also the shaped bodies formed from the melt contain significantly fewer residues of radioactive substances than was previously customary after melt decontamination.
- the remaining melt and thus the shaped pieces formed from it can advantageously be used largely without restrictions.
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Verfahren zur Verwertung kontaminierter MetallteileProcess for recycling contaminated metal parts
Die Erfindung betrifft ein Verfahren zur Verwertung von Me¬ tallteilen, die radioaktiv kontaminiert sind, wobei die Me¬ tallteile aufgeschmolzen werden und ein Schlackebildner zuge¬ geben wird, wodurch sich eine flüssige Schmelze und eine Schlacke bilden, die dann von der Schmelze abgetrennt wird.The invention relates to a method for recycling metal parts which are radioactively contaminated, the metal parts being melted and a slag former being added, thereby forming a liquid melt and a slag which is then separated from the melt.
Beim Abbau und auch beim Betrieb kerntechnischer Anlagen fällt in großem Umfang kontaminierter, metallischer, insbe¬ sondere eisenhaltiger, Schrott an, der verwertet oder besei¬ tigt werden muß. Eε ist üblich, diesen Schrott einer Schmelz- dekontamination zu unterziehen. Der Schrott ist z.B. durch α- Strahler, wie Uran, Thorium, Transurane und/oder Erdalkalime¬ talle radioaktiv kontaminiert.During the dismantling and also in the operation of nuclear plants, there is a large amount of contaminated, metallic, in particular iron-containing, scrap which must be recycled or disposed of. It is common to subject this scrap to melt decontamination. The scrap is e.g. radioactively contaminated by α-emitters such as uranium, thorium, transurans and / or alkaline earth metals.
Ein Verfahren, das eine Schmelzdekontamination umfaßt, ist aus der DE 33 18 377 AI bekannt. Dieses Verfahren sieht vor, daß das kontaminierte Metall aufgeschmolzen wird. Der Schmelze wird dann ein Schlackebildner oder Verschlackungs- mittel zugesetzt. Danach bildet sich eine Schlacke, die auf der Schmelze schwimmt. Da die Löslichkeit der Stoffe , die die radioaktive Kontamination der Metallteile verursacht ha¬ ben, in der Schlacke größer ist als in der Schmelze, gelangt der größte Teil der Stoffe in die Schlacke. Dadurch bedingt erhält man eine Schmelze mit einer deutlich verringerten Bei¬ mengung dieser Stoffe. Die Schlacke kann, nachdem sie keine Stoffe mehr aufnehmen kann, von der Oberfläche der Schmelze abgezogen werden, und es verbleibt die soweit wie möglich de¬ kontaminierte Schmelze. Das Volumen der Schlacke ist nur ein kleiner Teil des Gesamtvolumens aus Schmelze und Schlacke. Nur dieseε kleine Volumen muß einem Endlager zugeführt wer- den. Man benötigt also nur eine relativ kleine Endlagerkapa¬ zität . Bisher war es bereits üblich, die nach dem Abzug der Schlacke verbleibende Metallschmelze weiter zu verwenden. Es wurden beispielsweise Metallformstücke hergestellt. Solche Metallformstücke durften wegen der nach Durchführung der Schmelzdekontamination verbleibenden restlichen Radioak- tiviät aber nicht in allen Bereichen eingesetzt werden. In der Regel wurden solche Formstücke nur in kerntechnischen An¬ lagen verwendet.A method comprising melt decontamination is known from DE 33 18 377 AI. This process provides that the contaminated metal is melted. A slag former or slagging agent is then added to the melt. Then a slag forms that floats on the melt. Since the solubility of the substances which caused the radioactive contamination of the metal parts in the slag is greater than in the melt, the majority of the substances get into the slag. This results in a melt with a significantly reduced admixture of these substances. After it can no longer absorb any substances, the slag can be drawn off from the surface of the melt, and the melt which has been decontaminated as far as possible remains. The volume of the slag is only a small part of the total volume of the melt and slag. Only this small volume has to be sent to a repository. So you only need a relatively small repository capacity. So far it has been common to continue to use the molten metal remaining after the slag has been removed. For example, metal fittings were made. However, such metal fittings were not allowed to be used in all areas because of the remaining radioactivity remaining after the melt decontamination had been carried out. As a rule, such fittings were only used in nuclear facilities.
Der Erfindung liegt die Aufgabe zugrunde, ein Verfahren zur Verwertung von radioaktiv kontaminierten Metallteilen anzuge¬ ben, das die Metallteile noch weitgehender als bisher von den Stoffen befreit, die ihre radioaktive Kontamination verur- sacht haben.The invention is based on the object of specifying a method for recycling radioactive contaminated metal parts which frees the metal parts even more than before from the substances which have caused their radioactive contamination.
Die Aufgabe wird nach der Erfindung dadurch gelöst, daß nach dem Abtrennen der Schlacke, solange die Schmelze noch flüssig ist, zur flüsεigen Schmelze erneut Schlackebildner zugegeben wird, und daß dann erneut gebildete Schlacke von der Schmelze abgetrennt wird.The object is achieved according to the invention in that after the slag has been separated off, as long as the melt is still liquid, slag formers are again added to the liquid melt, and then the slag which is formed again is separated from the melt.
Das Verfahren nach der Erfindung zeichnet sich also dadurch aus, daß in zwei Stufen auf eine erste Zugabe von Schlacke- bildner und ein erstes Abtrennen von Schlacke eine zweite Zu¬ gabe von Schlackebildner und ein zweites Abtrennen von Schlacke folgt.The process according to the invention is thus characterized in that a second addition of slag former and a second separation of slag follow a first addition of slag former and a first separation of slag in two stages.
Es wird dabei darauf geachtet, daß die Schmelze zwischen dem ersten Abtrennen von Schlacke und der zweiten Zugabe vonCare is taken to ensure that the melt between the first removal of slag and the second addition of
Schlackebildner flüssig bleibt. Das ist energetisch vorteil¬ haft. Würde nämlich die Schmelze, nachdem zum erεten Mal eine Schlacke entfernt worden ist, ganz oder nur teilweise erstar¬ ren, müßte zum erneuten Zugeben von Schlackebildner die er- starrte Schmelze wieder aufgeschmolzen werden. Überraschenderweise hat sich herausgeεtellt, daß nach der Durchführung eineε Schmelzdekontaminationsprozesεeε, bedingt durch die dann erfolgende erneute Zugabe von Schlackebildner in die verbleibende Schmelze, auch derjenige Anteil derSlag generator remains liquid. This is energetically advantageous. If the melt solidified completely or only partially after a slag had been removed for the first time, the solidified melt would have to be melted again to add slag formers again. Surprisingly, it has been found that after carrying out a melt decontamination process, due to the subsequent addition of slag formers into the remaining melt, that portion of the
Stoffe, die die Kontamination verurεacht haben, bei der er¬ neuten Schlackebildung in die Schlacke gelangt, welcher bei der früheren Schlackebildung in der Schmelze verblieben war.Substances that caused the contamination get into the slag during the new slag formation which remained in the melt during the previous slag formation.
Mit dem Verfahren in zwei Stufen wird eine größere MengeUsing the two-step process will result in a larger amount
(Masse oder Volumen) der radioaktiven Stoffe von der Schmelze abgetrennt als mit dem bekannten Einstufenverfahren bei glei¬ chem Einsatz von Schlackebildner.(Mass or volume) of the radioactive substances separated from the melt than with the known one-step process with the same use of slag formers.
Mit dem Verfahren nach der Erfindung wird der Vorteil er¬ zielt, daß die nach Durchführung des Verfahrens verbleibende Schmelze und damit auch aus der Schmelze gebildete Formkörper deutlich weniger Reste radioaktiver Stoffe enthalten als es bisher nach einer Schmelzdekontamination üblich war. Die verbleibende Schmelze und damit die aus ihr gebildeten Formstücke können vorteilhafterweise weitgehend ohne Ein¬ schränkungen verwendet werden. The process according to the invention achieves the advantage that the melt remaining after the process has been carried out and thus also the shaped bodies formed from the melt contain significantly fewer residues of radioactive substances than was previously customary after melt decontamination. The remaining melt and thus the shaped pieces formed from it can advantageously be used largely without restrictions.
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| DE3318377C2 (en) * | 1983-05-20 | 1986-05-15 | Deutsche Gesellschaft für Wiederaufarbeitung von Kernbrennstoffen mbH, 3000 Hannover | Process for the decontamination of radioactively contaminated iron and / or steel scrap |
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