HANARO, a multi-purpose research reactor, uses a reflector as heavy water to obtain high neutron flux. Therefore, two ion exchangers were installed to manage the heavy water quality of the reflector system. The operator of HANARO manages it according to the limit value (Conductivity: less than 0.5 mS/m, pH: 5.5~6.5), and if the limit value is not satisfied, the resin must be replaced. The reflector system is in the enclosed structure and it is designed to delay the release of tritium to the outside. Tritium is produced by a nuclear reaction between neutrons and deuterium. Tritium is inhaled into the body in the form of water or vapor, which is likely to cause internal exposure problem. In addition, since tritium spreads to other regions, thorough management is required. Therefore, HANARO measures and manages tritium in Rx and RCI using the bubbler collection method. In this paper, the change in the behavior of tritium due to the replacement of the reflector ion exchanger resin was analyzed. Due to the increase in conductivity of the reflector, the ion exchanger resin was replaced on March 3, 2022. Therefore, the concentration of tritium was measured to be about 5 times higher than usual. It did not exceed the emission limit, and the concentration values of tritium is stably managed by constant monitoring and analysis.

Waste paper cup was sulfonated to be used as ion exchanger. Removal characteristic of copper and lead ion by prepared ion exchanger was investigated. The sulfonation was conformed by the high intensity band of SO3H group around 1100～1160cm-1. The synthesized ion exchanger had greater removal ability for copper and lead ion than the original waste paper cup. Ion exchange system reached the final equilibrium plateau within 30min. The maximum removal capacities (qmax) were calculated as 9.79mg/g for copper and 15.95mg/g for lead, respectively. The affinity of lead based on a weight was higher than that of copper. The ion exchange phenomena appeared to follow a typical Freundlich isotherm.