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http://dx.doi.org/10.7733/jnfcwt.2019.17.2.227

Development of User-friendly Modeling Interface for Process-based Total System Performance Assessment Framework (APro) for Geological Disposal System of High-level Radioactive Waste  

Kim, Jung-Woo (Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute)
Lee, Jaewon (Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute)
Cho, Dong-Keun (Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute)
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Journal of Nuclear Fuel Cycle and Waste Technology(JNFCWT) / v.17, no.2, 2019 , pp. 227-234 More about this Journal
Abstract
A user-friendly modeling interface is developed for a process-based total system performance assessment framework (APro) specialized for a generic geological disposal system for high-level radioactive waste. The APro modeling interface is constructed using MATLAB, and the operator splitting scheme is used to combine COMSOL for simulation of multiphysics and PHREEQC for the calculation of geochemical reactions. As APro limits the modeling domain to the generic disposal system, the degree of freedom of the model is low. In contrast, the user-friendliness of the model is improved. Thermal, hydraulic, mechanical and chemical processes considered in the disposal system are modularized, and users can select one of multiple modules: "Default process" and multi "Alternative process". APro mainly consists of an input data part and calculation execution part. The input data are prepared in a single EXCEL file with a given format, and the calculation part is coded using MATLAB. The final results of the calculation are created as an independent COMSOL file for further analysis.
Keywords
Radioactive waste; Geological disposal; Total system performance assessment (TSPA); Process-based; Modeling interface;
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