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Study for Recycling of Norm Contaminated Steel Scraps from Steel Industry.

DE2005825862

Publication Date	2003
Personal Author	Tsai, K. F.; Lee, Y. S.
Page Count	10
Abstract	Since 1994, most of the major steel industries in Taiwan have installed portal monitor to detect the abnormal radiation in metal scrap feed. As a result, the discovery of NORM (Naturally Occurring Radioactive Material) has increased in recent years. In order to save the natural resources and promote radiation protection, an experimental melting process for the NORM contaminated steel scraps was carried out by the Institute of Nuclear Energy Research (INER) Taiwan, ROC. The experimental melting process has a pretreatment step that includes a series of cutting and removal of scales, sludge, as well as combustible and volatile materials on/in the steel scraps. After pretreatment the surface of the steel scraps are relatively clean. Then the scraps are melted by a pilot-type induction furnace. This experiment finally produced seven ingots with a total weight of 2,849 kg and 96.8% recovery. All of the surface dose rates are of the background values. The activity concentrations of these ingots are also below the regulatory criteria. Thus, these NORM-bearing steel scraps are ready for recycling. This study has been granted by the regulatory authority.
Keywords	Steels Scrap metals Radioactive waste processing Recycling Dose rates Induction furnaces Melting Contamination Metal industry Monitors Radiation protection Radiation Radioactive materials Removal Radioactive waste management Taiwan
Source Agency	Technical Information Center Oak Ridge Tennessee
Corporate Authors	Institute of Nuclear Energy Research, Lung-Tan (Taiwan).; Department of Energy, Washington, DC.
Supplemental Notes	Sponsored by Department of Energy, Washington, DC.
Document Type	Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number	200520

Study for Recycling of Norm Contaminated Steel Scraps from Steel Industry.

Study for Recycling of Norm Contaminated Steel Scraps from Steel Industry.
DE2005825862

Publication Date	2003
Personal Author	Tsai, K. F.; Lee, Y. S.
Page Count	10
Abstract	Since 1994, most of the major steel industries in Taiwan have installed portal monitor to detect the abnormal radiation in metal scrap feed. As a result, the discovery of NORM (Naturally Occurring Radioactive Material) has increased in recent years. In order to save the natural resources and promote radiation protection, an experimental melting process for the NORM contaminated steel scraps was carried out by the Institute of Nuclear Energy Research (INER) Taiwan, ROC. The experimental melting process has a pretreatment step that includes a series of cutting and removal of scales, sludge, as well as combustible and volatile materials on/in the steel scraps. After pretreatment the surface of the steel scraps are relatively clean. Then the scraps are melted by a pilot-type induction furnace. This experiment finally produced seven ingots with a total weight of 2,849 kg and 96.8% recovery. All of the surface dose rates are of the background values. The activity concentrations of these ingots are also below the regulatory criteria. Thus, these NORM-bearing steel scraps are ready for recycling. This study has been granted by the regulatory authority.
Keywords	Steels Scrap metals Radioactive waste processing Recycling Dose rates Induction furnaces Melting Contamination Metal industry Monitors Radiation protection Radiation Radioactive materials Removal Radioactive waste management Taiwan
Source Agency	Technical Information Center Oak Ridge Tennessee
Corporate Authors	Institute of Nuclear Energy Research, Lung-Tan (Taiwan).; Department of Energy, Washington, DC.
Supplemental Notes	Sponsored by Department of Energy, Washington, DC.
Document Type	Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number	200520