• Journal of computational fluids engineering
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• v.18 no.4
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• pp.53-60
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• 2013

The boron transport model has been implemented into the CUPID code to simulate the boron transport phenomena of the PWR. The boron concentration conservation was confirmed through a simulation of a conceptual boron transport problem in which water with a constant inlet boron concentration injected into an inlet of the 2-dimensional vertical flow tube. The step wise boron transport problem showed that the numerical diffusion of the boron concentration can be reduced by the second order convection scheme. In order to assess the adaptability of the developed boron transport model to the realistic situation, the ROCOM test was simulated by using the CUPID implemented with the boron transportation.

• Proceedings of the Korean Nuclear Society Conference
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• 1996.05d
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• pp.289-294
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• 1996

핵연료를 고밀도로 저장하고 수송하기 위한 핵연료저장대 및 수송용기등에 중성자흡수재로 사용되는 Borated Stainless Steel (BSS)의 기계적 특성에 대해 검토하였다. BSS는 사용후연료의 저장 및 수송시 중성자흡수재로서 뿐만 아니라 구조재로 사용되기 때문에 구조물의 건전성측면에서 기계적 특성은 중요하다. 본 논문에서는 BSS의 기계적 특성 중에서 붕소농도 증가 및 중성자 조사전후 재료의 인장강도 및 항복강도, 충격에너지 및 경도 등에 대해 검토하였다. BSS는 원자력 부품용 지지구조물의 구조재로서 ASME 코드화되는 경우 핵연료 저장 및 수송용기등에 널리 활용될 것으로 판단된다. 검토된 자료는 BSS를 사용하는 핵연료 저장대의 구조설계에 활용될 것이다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Nuclear Society Conference
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• 1998.05b
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• pp.571-576
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• 1998

방사성물질의 수송용기 등에 사용되는 에폭시수지계 중성자 차폐재를 제조하였다 기본물질은 재질(KNS-102) 및 수소 첨가된 비스페놀 A힘(KNS-106) 그리고 패놀-노블락형 에폭시수지 (KNS-611)이며, 첨가제로는 수산화알루미늄 및 탄화붕소이다. 이들 중성자 차폐재들은 유동성이 좋아 수송용기와 같은 복잡한 구조에 사용할 수 있다. 제조된 중성자 차폐재들을 방사선 조사선 량에 대한 영향과 가압경수로 사용후핵연료_ 28다발을 수송할 수 있는 수송용기에 적용하여 차폐능 평가를 수행하였다 0.7 MGy 까지 중성자 차폐재들은 방사선 조사선량의 증가에 따라 중성자 차폐재의 거시적 제거 단면적($\Sigma$$_{R}$)은 약간 증가하는 경향을 나타내었으며, 수송용기에 적용하여 ANISN 전산코드로 차폐능 평가를 수행한 결과 정상수송시 중성자 차폐재의 두께가 12 cm 이상일 때 수송용기 반경방향표면에서 최대 방사선량율은 168 ~ 214 $\mu$Sv/h로 나타났으며, 수송용기 표면에서 100 cm 지점에서의 최대 방사선량율은 74 ~ 93 $\mu$Sv/h로 나타났다. 이들은 모두 관련된 법규들에서 규정된 최대 허용방사선량율을 만족하는 것으로 나타났다.

• Journal of Radiation Protection and Research
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• v.22 no.2
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• pp.77-83
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• 1997

Epoxy resin-type neutron shielding materials, KNS(Kaeri Neutron Shield)-101, KNS-102, and KNS-103 have been fabricated to be used in spent fuel shipping cask. The base material is epoxy resin, and polypropylene, aluminium hydroxide, and boron carbide are added. These shielding materials offer good fluidity at processing, which makes it possible to apply this resin shield to complicated geometric shapes such as shipping cask. The shielding property of these shielding materials for shipping cask for loading 28 PWR spent fuel assemblies has been evaluated. ANISN code is used to evaluate the shielding property of the shipping cask with the thickness of the three neutron shielding materials greater than 10 cm. As a result of analysis, the maximum calculated dose rate at the radial surface of the cask is determined to be $300{\mu}Sv/h$ and the maximum calculated dose rate at 100 cm from the cask is $97{\mu}Sv/h$. These dose rates remain within allowable values specified in related regulations.

• Proceedings of the Korean Nuclear Society Conference
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• 1997.10a
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• pp.50-57
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• 1997

영광 2호기 9주기 노심을 대상으로 다양한 운전조건에서 노외계측기 weighting function을 계산하고 영향 인자들에 대한 민감도 분석을 수행하였다. Weighting function 계산은 2차원 각분할 수송코드인 DORT 2.8.14를 사용하였고 핵단면적 라이브러리는 ENDF/B-VI에 근거한 BUGLE93 라이브러리를 사용하였다. Weighting function은 축방향 weighting function(R-Z 모델)과 집합체별 weighting function(R- 모델)을 계산하였고, 민감도 분석에 사용한 인자는 출력준위, 연소도, 제어봉 삽입, 붕소농도이다. 민감도 분석결과 노외계측기 weighting function은 출력 준위에 민감하고 그외 모든 인자의 영향은 무시할 수 있을 만큼 작았다. 또한 출력분포와 weighting function으로부터 계산되는 단순노외계측기 교정법의 계측기반응상수는 출력준위와 연소도를 고려하여 생산해야함을 확인하였다.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Radiology
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• v.16 no.5
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• pp.527-536
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• 2022

The radiation shielding characteristic of neutron shielding material has been studied as the preliminary study in order to design cosmic-ray shielding material. Specially, Soft Magnetic Material, known to be effective in EMP and radiation shielding, has been investigated to check if the material would be applicable to cosmic-ray shielding. In this work, thermal neutron shielding experiment was conducted and the Monte Carlo N-Particle(MCNP) was applied to employ skymap.dat, which is cosmic-ray data embedded in MCNP. As a result, polyethylene, borated polyethylene, and carbon nano tube, containing carbon or hydrogen, have been found to be effective in reduction of neutron flux below 20 MeV (including thermal, epithermal, evaporation). In contrast, the materials composed of iron such as SS316 and Soft Magnetic Material show a good shielding performance in the cascade energy range (above 20 MeV). Since Soft Magnetic Material is consisting of 13% of boron, it can also decrease thermal neutron flux, so it is expected that it would show a significant reduction on the entire range of neutron energy if the Soft Magnetic Material is used with hydrogen and carbon, so called low Z material.

• Applied Chemistry for Engineering
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• v.7 no.3
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• pp.597-604
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• 1996

Resin-type neutron shielding materials, KNS-115A, 115B and 115C have been fabricated to be used for spent fuel shipping cask. The base material is epoxy resin, and polypropylene, aluminium hydroxide and boron carbide are added. These shielding materials offer good fluidity at processing, which makes it possible to apply this resin shield to complicated geometric shapes such as shipping cask. Several measurements were made for the shielding materials to evaluate the shielding property, combustion characteristics, fire resistance, thermal and mechanical properties. The neutron shielding ability of the shielding materials is estimated to be better than that of foreign's shielding material, NS-4-FR, due to higher hydrogen atomic density. Other properties of the shielding materials are as follows: Onset temperatures; $267{\sim}270^{\circ}C$, thermal conductivities; $0.62{\sim}0.72W/m{\cdot}K$, combustion characteristics; <$800^{\circ}C$, ATB(average time of burning); <5sec, AEB(average extent of burning) ; <5mm, tensile strengths; $2.3{\sim}3.0kg/mm^2$, compressive strengths; $5.3{\sim}13.3kg/mm^2$, flexural strengths; $4.4{\sim}5.4kg/mm^2$.

• Radiation Oncology Journal
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• v.19 no.1
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• pp.66-73
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• 2001

Purpose : For the research of Boron Neutron Capture Therapy (BNCT), fast neutrons generated from the MC-50 cyclotron with maximum energy of 34.4 MeV in Korea Cancer Center Hospital were moderated by 70 cm paraffin and then the dose characteristics were investigated. Using these results, we hope to establish the protocol about dose measurement of epi-thermal neutron, to make a basis of dose characteristic of epi-thermal neutron emitted from nuclear reactor, and to find feasibility about accelerator-based BNCT. Method and Materials : For measuring the absorbed dose and dose distribution of fast neutron beams, we used Unidos 10005 (PTW, Germany) electrometer and IC-17 (Far West, USA), IC-18, ElC-1 ion chambers manufactured by A-150 plastic and used IC-l7M ion chamber manufactured by magnesium for gamma dose. There chambers were flushed with tissue equivalent gas and argon gas and then the flow rate was S co per minute. Using Monte Carlo N-Particle (MCNP) code, transport program in mixed field with neutron, photon, electron, two dimensional dose and energy fluence distribution was calculated and there results were compared with measured results. Results : The absorbed dose of fast neutron beams was $6.47\times10^{-3}$ cGy per 1 MU at the 4 cm depth of the water phantom, which is assumed to be effective depth for BNCT. The magnitude of gamma contamination intermingled with fast neutron beams was $65.2{\pm}0.9\%$ at the same depth. In the dose distribution according to the depth of water, the neutron dose decreased linearly and the gamma dose decreased exponentially as the depth was deepened. The factor expressed energy level, $D_{20}/D_{10}$, of the total dose was 0.718. Conclusion : Through the direct measurement using the two ion chambers, which is made different wall materials, and computer calculation of isodose distribution using MCNP simulation method, we have found the dose characteristics of low fluence fast neutron beams. If the power supply and the target material, which generate high voltage and current, will be developed and gamma contamination was reduced by lead or bismuth, we think, it may be possible to accelerator-based BNCT.

• Korean Journal of Materials Research
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• v.8 no.5
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• pp.457-463
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• 1998

New neutron shielding materials, KNS-201, KNS-301 and KNS-601 have been fabricated to be used for radioactive material shipping and storage cask. The base materials are a modified and a hydrogenated bisphenol- A type and novolac type epoxy resin, and aluminium hydroxide and boron carbide are added. These shielding materials offer good fluidity at processing, which makes it possible to form this resin shield into complicated geometric shapes such as radioactive material shipping and storage cask. Several measurements were made for the shielding materials to evaluate the thermal and mechanical properties and radiation resistance. The properties of the shielding materials are as follows: onset temperatures 2S7~28$0^{\circ}C$, thermal conductivities 0.9S~1.14W/m. K, thermal expansion coefficients 0.77~1.26x$10_{-6}{\circ}C_{-1}$, combustion characteristics < 80$0^{\circ}C$, ATB(average time of burning) < 5sec, AEB(average extent of burning) < 5mm, tensile strengths 2.5~3.2kg/$\textrm{mm}^2$, compressive strengths 13.2~1S.2kg/$\textrm{mm}^2$, flexural strengths 5.2 -6.4kg/$\textrm{mm}^2$. In general, the concerned properties of KNS-201, KNS-301 and KNS-601 were revealed to be better than those of NS-4- FR. foreign neutron shielding material. It is also observed that the radiation resistance of KNS- 601 was better than those of KNS-201 and KNS-301.