• Tunnel and Underground Space
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• v.14 no.6 s.53
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• pp.429-439
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• 2004

The deep underground High Level Waste (HLW) repository to dispose of 36,000tons of spent fuel from the reactors in Korea needs about $4km^2$ repository area. In this study, the deep undergrond repository layout was optimized to minimize the excavation rock volume as well as underground repository area. In the optimization, the results from thermal analysis were used to define the influence of tunnel and deposition hole spacings on repository layout. The repository area and excavation rock volume could be reduced with longer disposal tunnel length. When it is necessary to reduce the repository area with satisfying thermal criteria, it is better to reduce tunnel spacing and increase deposition hole spacing. In contrast, the excavation rock volume can be reduced by increasing the tunnel spacing and decreasing the hole spacing.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• v.26 no.4
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• pp.578-599
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• 1994

방사성 폐기물 처분장의 건설에 가장 중요한 부분중의 하나는 처분안전성의 확보일 것이다. 처분장 안전성평가는 처분장이 입지하는 환경에 대한 실험실적 자료 또는 현장 자료의 충분한 데이타베이스와 처분시스템에서 일어날 수 있는 주요한 프로세스를 기술하는 수학적 모델을 통하여 이루어지게 된다. 처분시스템의 기본적인 기능은 처분된 폐기물고화체를 인간환경으로 부터 완벽하게 고립시켜 처분장내에 영구적으로 격리시키는 것이다. 그렇지만 정상적이든 비정상적이든 핵종은 항상 유출될 가능성이 있고 설사 이러한 경우라도 충분히 안전한 것을 입증하는 것이 처분장 성능 평가와 안전성평가의 주요한 목적이 된다. 한편 장기간에 걸친 처분 안전성 평가는 전산 프로그램을 통한 이론적 예측에 의해서만 가능하므로, 처분안전성 평가도구의 개발 및 확보의 중요성은 매우 크다고 할 수 있다. 이 연구에서는 처분장이 입지하는 암반 매질에서의 핵종의 이동을 기술할 수 있는 여러 모델을 검토하고, 특정 처분부지에 대한 종합적 안전성 평가를 수행할 수 있는 방법론을 제시할 목적으로 임의의 1개 부지의 지형도및 추정가능한 지질관련 자료를 이용하여 해당 부지에 대한 가상의 핵종 유출 시나리오를 설정하여 부지특성적인 예비 종합 안전성 평가를 수행하여 보았다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Radioactive Waste Society Conference
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• 2010.05a
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• pp.171-172
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• 2010

본 논문에서는 하나로폐기물을 처분 원가대상으로 설정하고 처분 단위모듈당 주요 원가를 추정하였다. 추정결과, 처분용기 직접재료비가 제일 많이 소요되며, 그 다음은 처분공 굴착비인 것으로 나타났다. 이러한 이유는 처분공 굴착은 발파공법이 아닌 그라인더로 굴착하는 정밀공법이기 때문에 굴착단가가 1,143,963원/$m^3$으로 매우 비싸기 때문이다. 따라서 주요 원가동인의 비용 점유율은 처분용기 재료비가 44.7%, 처분공 굴착비가 27%로 나타났다. 그리고 처분터널 굴착비는 비교적 비용 점유율이 적은 2.3%로 계산되었다. 이러한 이유는 처분터널은 처분공과 달리 발파기법으로 굴착하기 때문에 굴착단가가 처분공 굴착단가에 비해 저렴하기 때문이다.

• Journal of Nuclear Fuel Cycle and Waste Technology(JNFCWT)
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• v.12 no.4
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• pp.287-297
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• 2014

For several decades, many countries operating nuclear power plants have been studying the various disposal alternatives to dispose of the spent nuclear fuel or high-level radioactive waste safely. In this paper, as a direct disposal of spent nuclear fuels for deep geological disposal concept, the rod consolidation from spent fuel assembly for the disposal efficiency was considered and analyzed. To do this, a concept of spent fuel rod consolidation was described and the related concepts of disposal canister and disposal system were reviewed. With these concepts, several thermal analyses were carried out to determine whether the most important requirement of the temperature limit for a buffer material was satisfiedin designing an engineered barrier of a deep geological disposal system. Based on the results of thermal analyses, the deposition hole distance, disposal tunnel spacing and heat release area of a disposal canister were reviewed. And the unit disposal areas for each case were calculated and the disposal efficiencies were evaluated. This evaluation showed that the rod consolidation of spent nuclear fuel had no advantages in terms of disposal efficiency. In addition, the cooling time of spent nuclear fuels from nuclear power plant were reviewed. It showed that the disposal efficiency for the consolidated spent fuel rods could be improved in the case that cooling time was 70 years or more. But, the integrity of fuels and other conditions due to the longer term storage before disposal should be analyzed.

• Journal of Nuclear Fuel Cycle and Waste Technology(JNFCWT)
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• v.11 no.4
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• pp.293-301
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• 2013

Borehole Disposal Concept (BDC) was initiated by the South African Nuclear Energy Corporation (NECSA) with the view to improve the radioactive waste management practices in Africa. At a time when geological disposal of radioactive waste is being considered, the need to protect ground water from possible radioactive contamination and the investigation of radionuclides migration through soil and rocks of zone of aeration into ground water has becomes very imperative. This is why the Borehole Disposal Concept (BDC) is being suggested to address the problem. The concept involves the conditioning and emplacement of disused sealed radioactive sources in an engineered facility of a relatively narrow diameter borehole (260 mm). Tanzania is operating a Radioactive Waste Management Facility where a number of spent sealed radioactive sources with long and short half lives are stored. The activity of spent sealed radioactive sources range from (1E-6 to 8.8E+3 Ci). However, the long term disposal solution is still a problem. This study therefore proposing the country to adopt the BDC, since the repository requires limited land area and has a low probability of human intrusion due to the small footprint of the borehole.

• Journal of Nuclear Fuel Cycle and Waste Technology(JNFCWT)
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• v.17 no.4
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• pp.405-418
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• 2019

Based on spent fuels characteristics from domestic nuclear power plants and a disposal scenario from the current basic plan for high-level radioactive waste management, an improved disposal system has been proposed that enhances disposal efficiency and economic effectiveness compared to the existing disposal system. For this purpose, two disposal canisters concepts were derived from the length of the spent fuel generated from the nuclear power plants. In the disposal scenario, the acceptable amount of decay heat for each disposal container was determined, taking into account the discharge and disposal times of spent fuels in accordance with the current basic plan. Based on the determined decay heat of the two types of disposal canisters and the associated disposal system, thermal stability analyses were performed to confirm their suitability to the proposed disposal system design requirement and disposal efficiency assessment. The results of this study confirm 20% reduction in the disposal area and 20% increase in disposal density for the proposed disposal system compared to the existing system. These results can be used to establish a spent fuel management policy and to design a viable commercial disposal system.

• Proceedings of the Korean Radioactive Waste Society Conference
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• 2003.11a
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• pp.270-275
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• 2003

The heat transfer analysis was conducted for the conceptual design of high level waste canisters. The temperature distribution due to the heat generation from four PWR spent fuel bundles which were contained in a canister located in a borehole 500 m below the surface was obtained. NISA computer program based upon FEM was used for the numerical solution. The temperature distribution in the composite system of $\ulcorner$canister ＋ buffer ＋ tunnel ＋ rock$\lrcorner$ due to heat generation from the spent fuel was obtained. In the case of 40m tunnel spacing and 6m borehole spacing the temperature showed the maximum value of $87.5^{\circ}C$around 15-16 years after disposal and decreased.

• Journal of Nuclear Fuel Cycle and Waste Technology(JNFCWT)
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• v.3 no.2
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• pp.135-148
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• 2005

In the stage of conceptual design for the construction and operation of the geologic repository for radioactive wastes, it is important to consider a repository ventilation system which serves the repository working environment, hygiene & safety of the public at large, and will allow safe maintenance like moisture content elimination in repository for the duration of the repositories life, construction/operation/closure, also allowing safe waste transportation and emplacement. This paper describes the possible ventilation system design criteria and requirements for the prospective Korean radioactive waste repositories with emphasis on the underground rock cavity disposal method in the both cases of low & medium-level and high-level wastes. It was found that the most important concept is separate ventilation systems for the construction (development) and waste emplacement (storage) activities. In addition, ventilation network system modeling, natural ventilation, ventilation monitoring systems & real time ventilation simulation, and fire simulation & emergency system in the repository are briefly discussed.

• Journal of the Computational Structural Engineering Institute of Korea
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• v.20 no.2
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• pp.157-164
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• 2007

The prediction of the temperature distribution change of the spent nuclear fuel disposal canister and its surrounding structures (bentonite buffer, granitic rock etc.) due to the spent fuel heat is very important for the design of the 500m deep granitic repository for the spent nuclear fuel disposal canister (about 10,000 years long) deposition. In this study, the temperature distribution change of the composite structure which comprises the canister, the bentonite buffer, the deposition tunnel due to the spent fuel heat is computed using the numerical analysis method. Specially, the temperature distribution change of the composite structure is analysed as the deposition time elapses up to m years. The analysis result shows that the temperature of each part of the repository increases slowly in different way but the latest part temperature increases slowly up to 150 years and thereafter decreases slowly.

• Journal of Nuclear Fuel Cycle and Waste Technology(JNFCWT)
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• v.3 no.4
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• pp.349-358
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• 2005

In this study, analysis of the disposal tunnel spacing and disposal pit pitch was carried out, as a factor of the design to estimate the scale and layout of the repository. To do this, based on the reference repository concept and the engineered barrier concept, several cross sections of the disposal tunnel and disposal pit were established. After then, the mechanical and thermal stabilities of the established tunnels were analyzed. Also, an optimized disposal tunnel spacing and the disposal pit pitch reducing the excavation volume was proposed. The results of these analyses can be used in the deep geological repository design. The detailed analyses by the exact site characteristics data to reduce the uncertainty of the site and the modification for the optimization are required.