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http://dx.doi.org/10.7733/jnfcwt.2019.17.3.313

Heat Transfer Modeling by the Contact Condition and the Hole Distance for A-KRS Vertical Disposal  

Kim, Dae-Young (Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute)
Kim, Seung-Hyun (Korea Radioactive Waste Agency)
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Journal of Nuclear Fuel Cycle and Waste Technology(JNFCWT) / v.17, no.3, 2019 , pp. 313-319 More about this Journal
Abstract
The A-KRS (Advanced Korean Reference Disposal System) is the disposal concept for pyroprocessed waste, which has been developed by the Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute. In this disposal concept, the amount of high-level radioactive waste is minimized using pyrochemical process, called pyroprocessing. The produced pyroprocessed waste is then solidified in the form of monazite ceramic. The final product of ceramic wastes will be disposed of in a deep geological repository. By the way, the decay heat is generated due to the radioactive decay of fission products and raises the temperature of buffer materials in the near field of radioactive waste repository. However, the buffer temperature must be kept below $100^{\circ}C$ according to the safety regulation. Usually, the temperature can be controlled by variation of the canister interdistance. However, KAERI has modelled thermal analysis under the boundary condition, where the waste canisters are in direct contact with each other. Therefore, a reliable temperature analysis in the disposal system may fail because of unknown thermal resistence values caused by the spatial gap between waste canisters. In the present work, we have performed thermal analyses considering the gap between heating elements and canisters at the beginning of canister loading into the radioactive waste repository. All thermal analyses were performed using the COMSOL software package.
Keywords
A-KRS; Heat transfer modeling; Vertical disposal hole; Contact condition; Clearance;
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