June 1-2, 2023
Members of Seoul National University Nuclear Fuel Cycle & Nonproliferation Lab (SNUNFC) recently travelled to Busan, South Korea to attend the Korean Radioactive Waste Society (KRS) spring conference, which also marked the 20th anniversary of the KRS society.
Korea Radioactive Waste Society 2023 Spring Conference
The Korean Radioactive Waste Society was founded on June 20, 2003, and this year marks the 20th anniversary of its founding. Over the past 20 years the society has grown remarkably. The number of members exceeds 3,300, with about 890 members attending the last fall conference to present about 360 papers.
The 2023 Spring Conference brought about celebration of the 20th anniversary of the Society. In addition to EPRI international workshops, KETEP & iKSNF nuclear power plant lagging cycle R&D performance presentations, and capacity building workshops for young researchers, 8 technical workshops were held. In addition, to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the founding, 'KRS 20 Years at a Glance' was introduced and memories of the past 20 years were displayed in a e-photo gallery displayed at the conference. The conference concluded with a morning of oral and poster presentations. The spring conference offered a chance to look back at the 20-year history of the society as well as looking forward to the future of the society.
SNUNFC’s newest member, Dr Aberdeen made his first contribution to the KRS with an oral presentation “Radionuclide and Heavy Metal Extraction Using Functionalised Magnetic Nanoparticles for Environmental Remediation”, in which he introduced his former PhD work. Student W. Yang followed up introducing his develops with machine learning for molten salts monitoring with an oral presentation titled “Development of a Machine Learning Model for Determination of Electrode Surface Area with Voltammetry of Two Rod Electrode in Molten Salts”.
SNUNFC also contributed to the poster session held during the KRS conference:
N. Chae: “Suggesting Simplified Reactions for Pyrite and Copper(I) Oxidation to Predict Corrosion Environments in Deep Geological Repository”
P. Ju: “Model Concept for Simulating Mechanical Behavior of Deep Geological Repository”
S. Park: “A Quantitative Analysis of the Applicability of Richards' Flow Approach for High-Temperature Repository Concept”
D. Shin: “Electrodeposition of Aluminium Coatings on Copper Substrates Using Deep Eutectic Solvents (DES) in the Air”
J. Kim: “The Dehydration Process and Evaluation of NaCl-MgCl2 Using Elemental Mg”
T. Jang: “Measuring the Performance of a Microelectrode Over Time in LiCl-KCl Eutectic at Different Temperatures”
H. Kim: “Development of an Automatic Sampling Device for High-Temperature Molten Salt and Optimization of Sampling Conditions”
W. Lee: “Uniformity of Droplet of Eutectic NaCl-MgCl2 System for Corrosion Test of Coating Layer”
R. Foster: “Development of a Spatial Resolution Target for X-ray Computed Tomography Metrology: Towards Quantitative Non-Destructive Evaluation of Wasteforms”
This year’s spring conference was also cause for celebration for the SNUNFC team. Congratulations to W. Lee for winning a best paper award for his poster presentation titled “Thermal NaCl-MgCl2 salt purification for reducing reactor vessel corrosion”.
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