After the Fukushima accident in 2011, a huge amount of radioactively contaminated water is being generated by cooling the melted fuel of units 1, 2 and 3. Most of contaminated water is seawater and underwater containing not only salt elements but also nuclear fission products with radioactivity. To treat the contaminated water, Cs/Sr removal facilities such as KURION and SARRY are being operated by TEPCO. Additionally, three ALPS facilities are on operation to meet the regularity standards for discharge to the sea. However, massive secondary wastes such as Zeolite, sludge and adsorbent is being generated by these facilities for liquid water treatment. The secondary wastes containing various radionuclide with Cs and Sr is difficult to store due to highly radioactive concentration and corrosive properties. In Japan, a variety of technologies such as GeoMelt vitrification, In-Can vitrification and CCIM vitrification is considered as a promising solution. In this study, they were reviewed, and the advantage and disadvantage of each technology were evaluated as the candidate technologies for thermal treatment of sludge radwaste.

• Sunghoon Hong(Central Research Institute, Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Company Limited, 70, Yuseong-daero 1312beon-gil, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon) Corresponding author
• Mi-Hyun Lee(Central Research Institute, Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Company Limited, 70, Yuseong-daero 1312beon-gil, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon)
• Seok-Ju Hwang(Central Research Institute, Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Company Limited, 70, Yuseong-daero 1312beon-gil, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon)
• Cheon-Woo Kim(Central Research Institute, Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Company Limited, 70, Yuseong-daero 1312beon-gil, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon)