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Spent Nuclear Fuel Management in South Korea: Current Status and the Way Forward

사용후핵연료 관리 현안 및 정책 제언

  • Hwang, Yongsoo (Center for Nuclear Strategy and Policy, Korea Institute of Nuclear Nonproliferation and Control) ;
  • Chang, Sunyoung (Center for Nuclear Strategy and Policy, Korea Institute of Nuclear Nonproliferation and Control) ;
  • Han, Jae-Jun (Center for Nuclear Strategy and Policy, Korea Institute of Nuclear Nonproliferation and Control)
  • 황용수 (한국원자력통제기술원 정책연구센터) ;
  • 장선영 (한국원자력통제기술원 정책연구센터) ;
  • 한재준 (한국원자력통제기술원 정책연구센터)
  • Received : 2015.04.14
  • Accepted : 2015.05.29
  • Published : 2015.05.31
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Abstract

This paper presents future directions for spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste management. The successes and failures of siting nuclear waste repository experienced by the United States and other countries are reviewed with the current policy stance. Further, the needs for establishing management policy, considering the high-level radioactive waste produced by the dismantlement, nuclear security concerns, and cost-effectiveness analysis for the total nuclear fuel cycle, are emphasised. Technical discussions are organised into three main topics: interim storage, permanent disposal, and reprocessing. Licensing regimes are also investigated to suggest strategic plans for research and development programmes in the Republic of Korea.

본 논문은 국내 외 사용후핵연료 및 방사성폐기물 관리 현안 분석을 바탕으로 향후 나아갈 방향을 제시한다. 원자력 발전을 앞서 이용해 온 미국 사례를 중심으로 다양한 국가들의 처분장 확보 및 실패 사례와 최근의 관리 정책 기조를 정리하였다. 아울러, 원전 해체에 따른 고선량 방사성폐기물, 핵안보 사안 그리고 핵연료 전주기 관점에서 평가한 경제성 기반 정책 수립의 필요성을 논하였다. 사용후핵연료 및 방사성폐기물 관리의 핵심 사안을 세부적으로 중간저장, 영구처분 그리고 재처리로 분류하고 기술 검토와 인허가 체제 구축 및 연구 추진 방향성에 대한 정책 제언을 담았다.

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