The new decontamination process using sulfuric acid-cerium (IV) solution (SC process) for reactor dismantling has been developed and demonstrated to evaluate its applicability at the recirculation system of the JPDR (A-loop). The decontamination test loop with the surface area of 42.7 m
2 (contaminated area of 9.2 m
2) and solution volume of
ca. 2.3 m
3 consisted of the main circulation, Ce
4+-regeneration and waste solution treatment lines. The decontaminationstep was operated with continuous electrolytic regeneration of Ce
4+ from Ce
3+ to maintain the Ce
4+ concentration in the range of 12×10
-3 M at Ce
4+/Ce
3+≤0.1.
The test results are summarized as followed: (1) The decontamination factors (
DF) for sampling specimens after the decontamination were ranged 3601, 800. (2) The corrosion rate of the test loop increased linearly with a flow rate (0.552.6 m/s) in the presence of Ce
4+. (3) Burst of scale (similar to cruds) in the early stage of the decontamination led to the decrease of Ce
4+ concentration. (4) The desired values to be a current efficiency η
e≥80% at 50A/m
2 was obtained in the electrolytic regenerating cell.
The results of demonstration test on the SC process indicate that a high decontamination factor can be obtained in a low Ce
4+ concentration by means of its electrolytic regeneration.
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