Safety Assessment on Disposal of HLW from P&T Cycle

핵변환 잔류 고준위 방사성 폐기물 처분 성능 평가

  • 이연명 (한국원자력연구소 책임연구원) ;
  • 황용수 (한국원자력연구소 책임연구원) ;
  • 강철형 (한국원자력연구소 책임연구원)
  • Published : 2001.06.01

Abstract

The purpose and need of the study is to quantify the advantage or disadvantage of the environmental friendliness of the partitioning of nuclear fuel cycle. To this end, a preliminary study on the quantitative effect of the partition on the permanent disposal of spent PWR and CANDU fuel (HLW) was carried out. Before any analysis, the so-called reference radionuclide release scenario from a potential repository embedded into a crystalline rock was developed. Firstly, the feature, event and processes (FEPs) which lead to the release of nuclides from waste disposed of in a repository and the transport to and through the biosphere were identified. Based on the selected FEPs, the ‘Well Scenario’which might be the worst case scenario was set up. For the given scenario, annual individual doses to a local resident exposed to radioactive hazard were estimated and compared to that from direct disposal. Even though partitioning and transmutation could be an ideal solution to reduce the inventory which eventually decreases the release time as well as the peaks in the annual dose and also minimize the repository area through the proper handling of nuclides, it should overcome major disadvantages such as echnical issues on the partitioning and transmutation system, cost, and public acceptance, and environment friendly issues. In this regard, some relevant issues are also discussed to show the direction for further studies.

핵변환 후 영구 처분될 가압경수로 및 중수로용 사용후 핵연료에 대한 인간 생태계에 대한 영향을, 직접 처분하는 경우와 비교해 보았다. 심지층 처분된 용기에 저장된 사용후 핵연료로부터 유출된 방사성 핵종들이 공학적 방벽을거쳐 결정질 기반암 내 균열대를 통해 지하수의 흐름을 따라 이동하면서, 다양한 지질 및 암종을 거쳐 생태 환경으로 도달한다는 핵종 유출 시나리오 중 가장 보수적인 시나리오인 우물 시나리오에 대한 위해도를 평가하여 상대인 환경친화성을 정량적으로 제시하였다. 현재 국내에 가속기와 미임계형 원자로를 함께 사용하는 핵변환 시스템과 임계형 원자로와 같은 핵변환시스템이 개념적인 수준에서 개발되고 있어, 이 연구를 통해 향후 핵변환시스템 연구에서 요구되는 항목들도 기술적 개선, 경제성 제고, 환경 친화성, 그리고 수용성 측면에서 제시해 보았다.

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