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Professor

PROFILE

- Radioactive gas capture from spent nuclear fuel in pyroprocessing
- Off-gas treatment system development in molten salt reactor

Full-time Professor

Quantum Energy Chemical Engineering

Seok-Min Hong (홍석민)

- Radioactive gas capture from spent nuclear fuel in pyroprocessing
- Off-gas treatment system development in molten salt reactor

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Current Position

2016~ Present : Senior/Principal Researcher, Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute
2023 ~ 2025 : Adjunct Professor, Nuclear Science and Technology, Quantum Energy Chemical Engineering, UST
2025 ~ present : Full-time Professor, Nuclear Science and Technology, Quantum Energy Chemical Engineering, UST

Research Interest

Nuclear fuel cycle, Pyroprocessing, Molten salt reactor, off-gas capture, fission product , sorbent material, separation technology

Education

- B.S. Chemical and Biological Engineering, Korea University (2011)
- Ph.D. Chemical and Biological Engineering, Korea University (2016)

Work Experience

2015~2015 : Research Scholar, Chemical Engineering, Purdue University

Project

- Development of original gap-technology for pyroprocessing
- Development of nuclide management technology for disposal area reduction
- Development of molten salt reactor and material technology

Publication

Google Scholar : https://scholar.google.co.kr/citations?user=4yPGkWkAAAAJ&hl=ko

(Paper)
- Seok-Min Hong, Off-gas behavior and capture technologies in pyroprocessing of spent nuclear fuel, Korean Journal of Chemical Engineering (2026), accepted.
- Jae Won Lee, Byoungjin So, Seok-Min Hong, Namcheol Kim, Ju Ho Lee, Yung Zun Cho, Chang Hwa Lee, Preparation and characterization of metakaolin-based Ag0-containing sorbent beads for iodine capture, Nuclear Engineering and Technology 58 (2026).
- Byoungjin So, Seok-Min Hong, Chang Hwa Lee, Mechanically-milled YBaCo4O7+δ for oxygen sorbents: insights into oxygen contamination and surface structure, Nuclear Engineering and Technology 57 (2026).
- Yung Zun Cho, Do Kyu Kang, Seok Min Hong, Chang Hwa Lee, Flow regime transition and HCl capture in a bubble column-type molten salt scrubber, Korean Journal of Chemical Engineering 42 (2025).
- Byoungjin So, Seok-Min Hong, Jae Won Lee, Hee-Man Yang, Chang-Hwa Lee, Jae Soo Ryu, Recoating on kaolinite-based foam filters for gaseous cesium capture toward functional coating, Annals of Nuclear Energy 224 (2025).
- Seok-Min Hong, Chang Hwa Lee, Ki Bong Lee, Vacuum pressure swing adsorption for continuous xenon removal and helium recovery in molten salt reactor off-gas treatment, Chemical Engineering Journal 521 (2025)
- Seok-Min Hong, Chang Hwa Lee, Jae-Hwan Yang, Namcheol Kim, Effective capture of gaseous Se during spent nuclear fuel recycling using calcium oxide pellets: Optimization, performance, and practical implications, Nuclear Engineering and Technology 57 (2024).
- Seok-Min Hong, Jae-Hwan Yang, Chang Hwa Lee, Ki Rak Lee, Hwan-Seo Park, Development of a CaO-based pellet for capturing gaseous technetium-99 from spent nuclear fuel, Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering 10 (2022).
- Seok-Min Hong, Hong Jang, Siwan Noh, Hyun Woo Kang, Yung-Zun Cho, Management of carbon dioxide released from spent nuclear fuel through voloxidation, Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry 330 (2021).
- Jae Won Lee, Seok-Min Hong, Ju Ho Lee, Yung Zun Cho, Synthesis and characterization of Ag-containing hydrophobic aluminosilicate aerogels for I2 capture, Journal of Nuclear Materials 557 (2021).
- Seok-Min Hong, Hung Jin Yoon, Yeji Choi, Yung-Zun Cho, Sungyoung Mun, Vilas G. Pol, Ki Bong Lee, Solving two environmental problems simultaneously: Scalable production of carbon microsheets from structured packing peanuts with tailored microporosity for efficient CO2 capture, Chemical Engineering Journal 379 (2020).
- Jae Hwan Yang, Joo Young Yoon, Seok-Min Hong, Ju Ho Lee, Yung-Zun Cho, An efficient capture of cesium from cesium iodide(CsI) off-gas by aluminosilicate sorbents in the presence of oxygen, Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry 77 (2019).
- Eunji Jang, Seung Wan Choi, Seok-Min Hong, Sangcheol Shin, Ki Bong Lee, Development of a cost-effective CO2 adsorbent from petroleum coke via KOH activation, Applied Surface Science 429 (2018).
- Seok-Min Hong, Vinodkumar Etacheri, Chulgi Nathan Hong, Seung Wan Choi, Ki Bong Lee, Vilas G. Pol, Enhanced lithium-and sodium-ion storage in an interconnected carbon network comprising electronegative fluorine, ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces 9 (2017).
- Seok-Min Hong, Eunji Jang, Arthur D. Dysart, Vilas G. Pol, Ki Bong Lee, CO2 capture in the sustainable wheat-derived activated microporous carbon compartments. Scientific Reports 6 (2016).
- Seok-Min Hong, Seung Wan Choi, Sung Hyun Kim, Ki Bong Lee, Porous carbon based on polyvinylidene fluoride: Enhancement of CO2 adsorption by physical activation. Carbon 99 (2016).
- Seok-Min Hong, Geunsik Lim, Sung Hyun Kim, Jong Hak Kim, Ki Bong Lee, Hyung Chul Ham, Preparation of porous carbons based on polyvinylidene fluoride for CO2 adsorption: A combined experimental and computational study. Microporous and Mesoporous Materials 219 (2016).
- Seung Wan Choi, Seok-Min Hong, Jong-Ho Park, Hee Tae Beum, Ki Bong Lee, CF4 adsorption on microporous carbons prepared by carbonization of poly(vinylidene fluoride). Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research 54 (2015).
- Seok-Min Hong, Sung Hyun Kim, Bo Gyeong Jeong, Seong Mu Jo, Ki Bong Lee, Development of porous carbon nanofibers from electrospun polyvinylidene fluoride for CO2 capture. RSC Advances 4 (2014).
- Seok-Min Hong, Ki Bong Lee, Solvent-assisted amine modification of graphite oxide for CO2 adsorption. RSC Advances 4 (2014).
- Yoon Jae Min, Seok-Min Hong, Sung Hyun Kim, Ki Bong Lee, Sang Goo Jeon, High-temperature CO2 sorption on Na2CO3-impregnated layered double hydroxides. The Korean Journal of Chemical Engineering 31 (2014).
- Seok-Min Hong, Sung Hyun Kim, Ki Bong Lee, Adsorption of carbon dioxide on 3-aminopropyl-triethoxysilane modified graphite oxide. Energy & Fuels 27 (2013).
- Harim Jeon, Yoon Jae Min, Sung Hoon Ahn, Seok-Min Hong, Jong-Shik Shin, Jong Hak Kim, Ki Bong Lee, Graft copolymer templated synthesis of mesoporous MgO/TiO2 mixed oxide nanoparticles and their CO2 adsorption capacities. Colloids and Surface A; Physicochemical Engineering Aspects 414 (2012).

(Patent)
- 미세분말 집진 장치, 10-2173003
- 다공성 UO2 펠렛의 제조방법 및 이에 따라 제조되는 다공성 UO2 펠렛, 10-2334244
- 사용후핵연료집합체 해체 장치 및 이를 이용한 해체 방법, 10-2214327
- 사용후핵연료 내 요오드 처리 방법, 10-2404671
- 소수성의 은 함유 알루미노-실리케이트 에어로겔 및 이의 제조방법, 10-2445472
- 방사성 탄소의 재활용 방법 및 이를 이용한 방사성 탄소를 포함하는 탄산염의 제조방법, 10-2499168
- 방사성 탄소를 포함하는 탄산염 입자의 제조방법 및 이를 이용하여 제조된 탄산염 입자, 10-2539687
- 사용후핵연료의 처리를 통한 액체 핵연료의 제조방법, 10-2716723
- 금속핵연료 염소화 처리방법 및 장치, 10-2651133
- 염 분리장치 및 방법, 2024-01-17
- 용융염 원자로 누출 방지 시스템 및 액체핵연료 처리 방법, 10-2023-0004282
- 무기 흡착제 및 이를 이용한 휘발성 테크네튬 또는 레늄 산화물의 흡착방법, 10-2023-0074349
- 용융염 원자로 배기체 처리 방법 및 용융염 원자로 시스템, 10-2024-0098646
- 용융염원자로 발생 방사성배기체 처리를 위한 용융염 스크러버 및 용융염 스크러버를 이용한 입자 분리 방법, 10-2024-0125915
- 다공성 세라믹 성형체 제조 방법, 10-2025-0065805
- 용융염의 정제 장치 및 정제 방법, 10-2025-0114378
- 원자로의 오프가스 연속 정화 장치 및 원자로의 오프가스 연속 정화 방법, 10-2025-0199605

Professional Activities

Teaching Experiences

- Nuclear Decontamination and Radioactive Waste Treatment, UST (2024, 2026)
- Nuclear Chemcial Engineering, UST (2025)
- 고방사성폐기물 처리기술 교육, KAERI (2023, 2024, 2026)

Honors and Awards

- KAERI 우수성과상 (2025)
- UST 우수연구상 (2025)
- UST 우수강의상 (2024)
- Young Scientist Award at 2022 KSIEC Fall Meeting, Korean Society of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry (2022)
- Best Paper Award at 2015 KIChE Spring Meeting, The Korean Institute of Chemical Engineering (2015)
- Best Presented at 2012 KIChE Spring Meeting, The Korean Institute of Chemical Engineering (2012)

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