자원환경지질 (Economic and Environmental Geology)

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  • Pages.737-760
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대한자원환경지질학회 (The Korean Society of Economic and Environmental Geology)
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고준위 방사성 폐기물 지질처분을 위한 해외 선진국의 심부 지하수 환경 연구동향 분석 및 시사점 도출

Status and Implications of Hydrogeochemical Characterization of Deep Groundwater for Deep Geological Disposal of High-Level Radioactive Wastes in Developed Countries

  • 투고 : 2022.12.07
  • 심사 : 2022.12.28
  • 발행 : 2022.12.28
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고준위 방사성 폐기물(High-level radioactive waste; HLW)의 지질처분을 위해서는 심부 지하 환경에 대한 이해가 선행되어야 하며, 이는 지질학적, 수리지질학적, 지구화학적, 지질공학적 조사를 통해 가능하다. 우리나라는 HLW의 지질처분을 계획하고 있으나, 심부 지하 환경의 지구화학적 특성에 관한 연구가 부족한 편이다. 이에 본 논문에서는 지질처분 부지 선정을 위한 지구화학적 조사를 중심으로 선진국의 심부 지하수 연구 동향을 살펴봄으로써 앞으로 국내 수리지구화학 분야의 연구 과제를 도출하는데 참고하고자 하였다. 해외 8개 국가(미국, 캐나다, 핀란드, 스웨덴, 프랑스, 독일, 일본, 스위스)의 심부 지하 환경 조사 방법 및 결과와 함께 지질처분 부지 결정 과정과 향후 연구 계획을 살펴본 결과, 해외 선진국에서는 심부 지하 환경의 지구화학적 특성화를 위해 지하수 및 난대수층 내 간극수의 수화학과 동위원소(예: SO42-의 34S, 18O, DIC의 13C, 14C, H2O의 2H, 18O), 균열 충전광물(fracture-filling minerals), 유기물, 콜로이드, 산화-환원 지시자(예: Eh, Fe2+/Fe3+, H2S/SO42-, NH4+/NO3-) 등을 조사하고 있으며, 이들 지구화학 자료의 통합 해석을 통해 해당 심부 환경이 지질처분에 적합한지를 평가하였다. 국내의 경우, 인공신경망을 이용한 Self-Organizing Map(자기조직화 지도), 다변량 통계 기반 M3 모델링(지하수 혼합 모델), 반응-경로 모델(reaction path model) 등을 이용하여 심부 지하수의 수화학적 유형 분류 및 진화 패턴 규명, 천부 지하수 혼합 영향, 균열 충전광물과 지하수화학 사이의 관계를 규명한 바 있다. 그러나 지질처분 부지를 선정하는데 있어 과학적 근거를 확보하기 위해 중요한 기타 지구화학 자료(예: 동위원소, 산화-환원 지시자, 용존유기물)가 매우 부족한 현실이며, 따라서 최적의 지질 처분지를 찾기 위해서는 지역별/유형별 심부 지하수에 대한 지구화학적 자료 구축이 요구된다.

For the geological disposal of high-level radioactive wastes (HLW), an understanding of deep subsurface environment is essential through geological, hydrogeological, geochemical, and geotechnical investigations. Although South Korea plans the geological disposal of HLW, only a few studies have been conducted for characterizing the geochemistry of deep subsurface environment. To guide the hydrogeochemical research for selecting suitable repository sites, this study overviewed the status and trends in hydrogeochemical characterization of deep groundwater for the deep geological disposal of HLW in developed countries. As a result of examining the selection process of geological disposal sites in 8 countries including USA, Canada, Finland, Sweden, France, Japan, Germany, and Switzerland, the following geochemical parameters were needed for the geochemical characterization of deep subsurface environment: major and minor elements and isotopes (e.g., 34S and 18O of SO42-, 13C and 14C of DIC, 2H and 18O of water) of both groundwater and pore water (in aquitard), fracture-filling minerals, organic materials, colloids, and oxidation-reduction indicators (e.g., Eh, Fe2+/Fe3+, H2S/SO42-, NH4+/NO3-). A suitable repository was selected based on the integrated interpretation of these geochemical data from deep subsurface. In South Korea, hydrochemical types and evolutionary patterns of deep groundwater were identified using artificial neural networks (e.g., Self-Organizing Map), and the impact of shallow groundwater mixing was evaluated based on multivariate statistics (e.g., M3 modeling). The relationship between fracture-filling minerals and groundwater chemistry also has been investigated through a reaction-path modeling. However, these previous studies in South Korea had been conducted without some important geochemical data including isotopes, oxidationreduction indicators and DOC, mainly due to the lack of available data. Therefore, a detailed geochemical investigation is required over the country to collect these hydrochemical data to select a geological disposal site based on scientific evidence.

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과제정보

본 논문의 작성은 한국사용후핵연료광리핵심기술개발사업단(iKSNF)의 연구비 지원에 의해 이루어졌다. 또한 부분적으로 한국연구재단(과제번호 2021M2E1A1085202)과 한국지질자원연구원 주요사업(22-3411)의 지원을 받았다.

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