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The Assessment and Reduction Plan of Radiation Exposure During Decommissioning of the Steam Generator in Kori Unit 1

고리1호기 증기발생기 제염해체 시 작업자 피폭선량 평가 및 저감화 방안

  • Received : 2018.03.20
  • Accepted : 2018.07.18
  • Published : 2018.09.30
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Abstract

Korea's first commercial nuclear power plant, Kori Unit 1, was permanently shut down on June 18, 2017, after 40 years of successful operation. Kori Unit 1 plans to construct a waste treatment facility in the turbine building prior to commencement of dismantling in earnest. Various radioactive wastes are decontaminated, disassembled, cut and melted in the waste treatment facility and sent to the radioactive waste repository. The proportion of metal radioactive waste in dismantled waste is about 70%, of which large metal radioactive waste is mainly generated in the primary circuit and has high radioactivity, so radiation exposure must be managed during disassembly. In this study, the steam generators are selected as large metal radioactive waste, the exposure doses of the dismantling workers are calculated using RESRAD-RECYCLE code and the methods for reducing the exposure doses are suggested.

대한민국 첫 상업원전인 고리1호기는 40년간의 성공적인 운전을 끝내고 2017년 6월 18일 영구정지 되었다. 고리1호기는 본격적인 해체에 앞서 터빈건물에 폐기물처리시설 건설을 계획하고 있다. 각종 방사성폐기물은 폐기물처리시설에서 제염, 해체, 절단, 용융되어 자체처분 되거나 방사성폐기물 처분장으로 보내 진다. 해체폐기물 중 대형금속방사성폐기물은 주로 1차 계통측 기기들로 높은 방사능을 띄고 있어 해체활동 중 작업자의 피폭관리가 필요하다. 본 논문에서는 대형금속방사성폐기물 중 크기가 가장 크고 형상이 복잡한 증기발생기를 선정하여 RESRAD-RECYCLE 코드를 이용하여 작업자 피폭선량을 평가하고 저감화 방안을 수립 하고자 한다.

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