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http://dx.doi.org/10.7733/jkrws.2011.9.2.113

Determination of Design Basis for a Storage System for Spent Fuel in Korea  

Yoon, Jeong-Hyoun (Korea Radioactive Waste Management Corporation (KRMC) Radioactive Waste Technology Development Center)
Lee, Eun-Yong (Korea Radioactive Waste Management Corporation (KRMC) Radioactive Waste Technology Development Center)
Woo, Sang-In (Korea Radioactive Waste Management Corporation (KRMC) Radioactive Waste Technology Development Center)
Kim, Tae-Man (Korea Radioactive Waste Management Corporation (KRMC) Radioactive Waste Technology Development Center)
Publication Information
Journal of Nuclear Fuel Cycle and Waste Technology(JNFCWT) / v.9, no.2, 2011 , pp. 113-119 More about this Journal
Abstract
Safe operation and maintenance of engineered dry storage systems for spent fuel from nuclear power plants basically depends on adequately adopted design requirements. The most important design target of the system are those which provide the necessary assurances that spent fuel can be received, handled, stored and retrieved without undue risk to health and safety of workers and the public. To achieve these objectives, the design of the system incorporates features to remove spent fuel residual heat, to provide for radiation protection, and to maintain containment over the lifespan of the system as specified in the design specifications. The features also provide for all possible anticipated operational occurrences and design basis events in accordance with the design basis as guided by the designated regulations. The general performance requirements of a projected storage system are introduced in this paper. The storage system is designed to store fuel assemblies in associated with designated regulatory requirements. Small increases/decreases in maximum burnup can be adjusted with cooling time. These variations are compensated for by a corresponding small site-specific increase/decrease in the design basis-cooling period, as long as the maximum heat load and radioactivity of loaded fuel assemblies are met. Generic design basis events considered for the storage system are summarized. Shielding and radiological requirements along with mechanical and structural are derived in this study.
Keywords
Spent fuels; Storage; Design Basis;
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1 Enforcement Decree of the Atomic Energy Act), 2008.12.31, MEST
2 10CFR72 Licensing Requirements For the Independent Storage of Spent Nuclear Fuel and High-Level Radioactive Waste and Reactor Related Greater Than Class C Waste.