The operation of nuclear power plants, nuclear waste depositories, and the decontamination and decommissioning of nuclear power plants all have the possibility of generating various kinds of radionuclides that can be formed as gaseous or liquid phases. Among the radionuclides, strontium is considered as most harmful substance due to its abundance in nuclear accident effluent, long half-life, high fission yield, high water solubility, and high mobility in aquatic environment. To remove strontium from aquatic environment, adsorption technique is mainly used with high economic feasibility, efficiency, and selectivity. Previously, we synthesized sodium titanates with mid-temperature hydrothermal method as selective strontium adsorbent in aqueous solution. Moreover, it was demonstrated that synthesized sodium titanates show high strontium adsorption rate with high selectivity with high surface area, pore diameter and volume. Herein, we investigated the surface structure of synthesized sodium titanates before and after strontium adsorption in aqueous solution using scanning electron microscopy (SEM), energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS), and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) analysis. According to SEM and EDS experimental results, aquatic strontium can be adsorbed as surface precipitation with formation of cube-shaped structure, which is quite similar strontium titanate structure crystals onto the surface of sodium titanates. In addition, XPS experimental results revealed that the titanium ions on the surface of sodium titanates were oxidized during strontium surface precipitation process, and the sodium ion on the surface of sodium titanates were exchanged with aquatic strontium ions via ion exchange process during strontium adsorption process.

본 연구에서는 메타카올린을 혼입한 초속경 폴리머 시멘트 콘크리트의 압축, 휨, 부착강도, 수밀성, 염화물 이온 침투 저항성,탄산화 깊이 및 동결융해 저항성에 미치는 폴리머-결합재비 및 메타카올린 첨가량의 영향에 대하여 검토하였다. 그 결과, 초속경 폴리머 시멘트 콘크리트의 휨, 압축 및 부착강도는 폴리머-결합재비의 증가에 따라 증가하는 경향을 보였다. 폴리머-결합재비에 관계없이, 초속경 폴리머 시멘트 콘크리트의 강도는 메타카올린 첨가량의 증가에 따라 증가하였으며, 메타카올린 첨가량 5%에서 최고 값을 나타내었다. 초속경 폴리머 시멘트 콘크리트의 흡수율, 탄산화 깊이 및 염화물이온 침투저항성은 폴리머-결합재비의 증가에 따라 감소하는 경향을 보였다. 초속경 폴리머 시멘트 콘크리트의 동결융해 저항성의 개선은 폴리머 에멀젼의 혼입에 의해 시멘트 수화물과 골재간의 접착성이 개선되기 때문이라 판단된다.