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Potential repository domain for A-KRS at KURT facility site

KURT 부지 조건에서 A-KRS 입지 영역 도출

  • Received : 2012.08.20
  • Accepted : 2012.09.12
  • Published : 2012.09.30
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Abstract

The potential repository domains for A-KRS (Advanced Korean Reference Disposal System for High Level Wastes) in geological characteristics of KURT (KAERI Underground Research Tunnel) facility site were proposed to develop a repository system design and to perform the safety assessment. The host rock of KURT facility site is one of major Mesozoic plutonic rocks in Korean peninsula, two-mica granite, which was influenced by hydrothermal alteration. The topographical features control the flow lines of surface and groundwater toward south-easterly and all waters discharge to Geum River. Fracture zones distributed in study site are classified into order 2 magnitude and their dominant orientations are N-S and E-W strike. From the geological features and fracture zones, the potential repository domains for A-KRS were determined spatially based on the following conditions: (1) fracture zone must not cross the repository; and (2) the repository must stay away from the fracture zones greater than 50 m. The western region of the fracture zones in the N-S direction with a depth below 200 m from the surface was sufficient for A-KRS repository. Because most of the fracture zones in N-S direction were inclined toward the east, we expected to find a homogeneous rock mass in the western region rather than in the eastern region. The lower left domain of potential domains has more suitable geological and hydrogeological conditions for A-KRS repository.

선진핵주기 고준위폐기물 처분시스템의 개념설계를 위하여 가상의 처분장 부지인 KURT 시설 부지의 지질조건에서 A-KRS의 입지 후보영역을 선정하였다. 부지의 모암은 한반도에 폭넓게 분포하는 중생대 화강암을 대표하는 것으로 열수변질작용을 받은 흔적이 있으며, 지표수와 지하수계는 일차적으로 지형의 영향을 받아 부지에서 남동진하여 금강으로 배출된다. 부지 내에서 확인된 단열대는 2 등급 규모로서 N-S와 E-W 주향으로 우세하게 분포한다. A-KRS 입지 후보영역을 제안하기 위하여 부지 내에서 공간적으로 -500 m 심도까지 발달되는 것으로 예상되는 단열대를 교차하지 않고 동시에 단열대로부터 50 m 이상의 충분한 이격거리를 갖는 조건에서 처분장 규모의 영역을 확보할 수 있는지를 분석하였다. 분석 결과, 본 부지의 중앙부에 우세하게 분포하는 남북 방향의 주향을 갖는 단열대의 서쪽 영역의 -200 m 이하 심도에서 충분한 영역을 확보할 수 있는 것으로 확인되었다. 단열대의 분포 특성을 감안할 때 부지의 좌하단 영역이 지질학적, 수리지질학적 측면에서 A-KRS 입지 영역으로 가장 양호한 것으로 판단된다.

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