To provide a storage method of radioactive materials in concrete containing absorbent capable of solving the problems at the Fukushima Daiichi
Nuclear Power Plant of the Tokyo
Electric Power Company that an international agreement is now required for releasing
treated water containing
tritium and low concentrations of radionuclides into the ocean, as ALPS cannot treat the
contaminated water, and further, uncollected
contaminated water is being released directly into the ocean from the
seawall, posing a potential
threat.SOLUTION: After the radioactive materials are adsorbed onto coarse aggregate sintered with radioactive material adsorbent, and the coarse aggregate,
tritium-containing water, fine aggregate, and
cement are mixed, and the concrete is stored underground,
underwater, or in the sea within a
seawall. In order to isolate the soil on the sea side and land side of a
seawall in the bay that has been contaminated by the leakage of
contaminated water or contaminated water from under the seawall into the ocean, a
caisson revetment is built around the bay. In the
caisson, contaminated water or soil on the sea side and land side of the
revetment is allowed to be absorbed into the coarse aggregate made of sintered radioactive material absorbent. The coarse aggregate is mixed with water containing
tritium, fine aggregate, and
cement to form concrete, and similarly, the concrete is poured between the bay and the
caisson embankment.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1