Tunnel and Underground Space (터널과지하공간)

Korean Society for Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering (한국암반공학회)
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Analysis of the Pathways and Travel Times for Groundwater in Volcanic Rock Using 3D Fracture Network

화산암질 암반에서 3차원 균열망 모델을 이용한 지하수 유동경로 및 유동시간 해석

  • Published : 2001.03.01
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Abstract

In order to protect the environment from waste disposal activities, the prediction of the flux and flow paths of the contaminants from underground facilities should be assessed as accurately as possible. Especially, the prediction of the pathways and travel times of the nuclides from high level radioactive wastes in a deep repository to biosphere is one of the primary tasks for assessing the ultimate safety and performance of the repository. Since the contaminants are mainly transported with groundwater along the discontinuities developed within rock mass, the characteristics of groundwater flow through discontinuities is important for the prediction of contaminant fates as well as safety assessment of a repository. In this study, the actual fracture network could be effectively generated based on in situ data by separating geometric parameter and hydraulic parameter. The calculated anisotropic hydraulic conductivity was applied to a 3D porous medium model to calculate the path flow and travel time of the large studied area with the consideration of the complex topology in the area. Using the model, the pathways and travel times for groundwater were analyzed. From this study, it was concluded that the suggested techniques and procedures for predicting the pathways and travel times of groundwater from underground facilities to biosphere is acceptable and those can be applied to the safety assessment of a repository for radioactive wastes.

지하 공간시설로부터 나오는 오염물질의 유출량이나 유출경로를 예측하려는 일은 인간이 건설한 각종 시설로부터 환경을 보호하려는 노력의 일환이다. 특히 방사성폐기물의 핵종이 심부처분장으로부터 생태계로 도달하기까지의 이동경로 및 소요시간을 예측하는 것은 처분장의 안전성을 평가하는데 기본적인 요소가 된다. 오염물질은 암반 불연속면 내의 지하수를 통하여 이동하게 되므로 지하 암반에서의 불연속면을 통한 지하수의 흐름을 파악하는 것은 처분장의 부지선정이나 안전성을 평가하는데 중요한 요소 중의 하나이다. 본 연구에서는 유류비축기지가 건설될 부지를 연구대상으로 선정하고 풍부한 현장 조사자료를 근거로 기하학적 및 수리학적으로 일치하는 3차원 균열망 모델을 구축하고 이를 근거로 계산된 이방성 수리전도도를 복잡한 산악지형을 반영한 3타원 다공성 연속체모델에 입력하여 지하수의 유동경로 및 유동시간을 계산하였다. 본 연구를 통한 여러 가지 결과로부터 여기서 제시한 지하시설물로부터 유출된 지하수의 유동경로 및 생태계 도달 소요시간을 예측하는 방법이 보다 합리적이면서 타당하다는 결론을 내릴 수 있었으며, 방사성폐기물 처분장의 안전성을 평가하는데 본 연구에서 제시한 방법과 절차를 적용할 필요가 있다고 판단된다.

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