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Review of Spent Nuclear Fuel Dry Storage Demonstration Programs in US

미국의 사용후핵연료 건식저장 실증연구의 과거와 현재

  • Received : 2017.03.29
  • Accepted : 2017.06.02
  • Published : 2017.06.30
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Abstract

Demonstration programs for spent nuclear fuel dry storage have been carried out to produce important and confirmatory data to support safety of dry storage systems and integrity of spent nuclear fuel stored in dry condition. The US initiated the dry storage of spent nuclear fuel and has strict and explicit regulatory stipulations on the integrity of spent nuclear fuel in dry storage. The US has carried out several notable demonstration programs for the initiation and license extension of dry storage. At the very early stage of dry storage, the demonstration programs were focused on proof of the safety of dry storage systems and a demonstration project called the dry cask storage characterization project was performed for the license extension of low burn-up fuel dry storage. Currently, a demonstration program for the license extension of high burn-up fuel dry storage is under way and is expected to continue for at least 10 years. Korea has not yet begun the dry storage of PWR fuel and the US programs can be a good reference and can provide lessons to safely begin and operate dry storage in Korea. In this paper, past and current demonstration programs of the US are analyzed and several recommendations are provided for demonstration programs for the dry storage of spent nuclear fuel in Korea.

사용후핵연료 건식저장의 실증연구는 건식저장 시스템의 안전성과 사용후핵연료의 저장 건전성 평가를 위한 확증적인 데이터 생산을 위하여 수행되어 왔다. 사용후핵연료의 건식저장을 가장 먼저 시작하였고 핵연료 건전성에 대한 법적 요건이 엄격하게 제시되어 있는 미국에서는 건식저장의 개시, 인허가 갱신을 위하여 주목할만한 몇몇 실증연구 프로그램을 운영한 바 있다. 건식저장 초기 단계에 건식저장 시스템 성능 검증 목적으로 실증연구가 수행된 바 있으며 저연소도 사용후핵연료의 건식저장 인허가 갱신을 위하여 건식저장 특성평가 프로젝트를 진행한 바 있다. 현재는 고연소도 사용후핵연료 인허가 연장을 위한 실증연구가 진행 중이며 이 연구는 향후 최소 10년이상 진행될 것으로 예상된다. 건식저장을 본격적으로 시작하지 않은 우리나라에서는 미국에서 진행해온 이러한 건식저장 실증연구가 훌륭한 타산지석이 될 것으로 생각되며 이에 본 논문에서는 미국의 건식저장 실증연구 프로그램의 과거와 현재를 분석하고 우리나라에서 진행할 필요가 있다고 사료되는 실증연구에 대한 제언을 담았다.

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