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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 12, 1993
Filed:
Aug. 15, 1991
Doryokuro Kakunenryo Kaihatsu Jigyodan, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The invention provides a method of recovering and storing radioactive iodine by a freeze vacuum drying process, in which off-gas generated when spent fuel is subjected to shearing and dissolving treatments is scrubbed and, when necessary, is subjected to a precipitation treatment by addition of additives, after which waste liquid containing radioactive iodine is freeze-dried by a freeze vacuum drying process to recover radioactive iodine as iodine compounds. As a result, since the radioactive iodine does not vaporize, release of the radioactive iodine into the environment can be eliminated. In addition, consumption of a collecting agent such as silver zeolite for collecting vaporized radioactive iodine can be reduced. The iodine compounds containing the recovered radioactive iodine is given the same composition as a stable, naturally occurring mineral and is solidified and mineralized as by a high-pressure press. This makes it possible to store long half-life .sup.129 I radioactive iodine safely for an extended period by sealing recovered radioactive iodine in stable minerals for a long period of time.