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Conceptual Design for Repackaging of PWR Spent Nuclear Fuel

경수로 사용후핵연료 재포장 개념(안) 수립

  • Sang-Hwan Lee (HLW Technology Development Institue, Korean Radioactive Waste Agency) ;
  • Chang-Min Shin (HLW Technology Development Institue, Korean Radioactive Waste Agency) ;
  • HyunGoo Kang (HLW Technology Development Institue, Korean Radioactive Waste Agency) ;
  • Chun-Hyung Cho (HLW Technology Development Institue, Korean Radioactive Waste Agency) ;
  • HaeRyong Jung (HLW Technology Development Institue, Korean Radioactive Waste Agency)
  • 이상환 (한국원자력환경공단 고준위기술개발원) ;
  • 신창민 (한국원자력환경공단 고준위기술개발원) ;
  • 강현구 (한국원자력환경공단 고준위기술개발원) ;
  • 조천형 (한국원자력환경공단 고준위기술개발원) ;
  • 정해룡 (한국원자력환경공단 고준위기술개발원)
  • Received : 2023.11.28
  • Accepted : 2023.12.08
  • Published : 2023.12.31
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Abstract

Spent nuclear fuel(SNF) is stored in nuclear power plants for a certain period of time and then transported to an interim storage facility. After that, SNF is finally repackaged in a disposal canister at an encapsulation plant for final disposal. Finland and Sweden, leading countries in SNF disposal technology, have already completed designing of spent fuel encapsulation plant. In particular, the encapsulation plant construction in Finland is near completion. When it comes to South Korea, as the amount of SNF production and disposal plan is different from those in Finland and Sweden, it is difficult to apply the concepts of these contries as is. Therefore, it is necessary to establish the spent fuel repackaging concept and to derive each operating and repackaging procedures by considering annual disposal plan of South Korea. The results of this study is expected to be used to establish the concept of optimized encapsulation plant through further research.

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본 연구는 산업통상자원부 에너지기술평가원 기술개발과제(No. 20211710200010A)의 연구비를 지원받아 수행되었습니다.

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