• Journal of Nuclear Fuel Cycle and Waste Technology(JNFCWT)
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• v.5 no.3
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• pp.229-238
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• 2007

In this paper, structural design requirements and safety evaluation criteria of the spent nuclear fuel disposal canister are studied for deep geological deposition. Since the spent nuclear fuel disposal canister emits high temperature heats and much radiation, its careful treatment is required. For that, a long term(usually 10,000 years) safe repository for the spent nuclear fuel disposal canister should be secured. Usually this repository is expected to locate at a depth of 500m underground. The canister which is designed for the spent nuclear fuel disposal in a deep repository in the crystalline bedrock is a solid structure with cast iron insert, corrosion resistant overpack and lid and bottom, and entails an evenly distributed load of hydrostatic pressure from underground water and high pressure from swelling of bentonite buffer. Hence, the canister must be designed to withstand these high pressure loads. If the canister is not designed for all possible external loads combinations, structural defects such as plastic deformations, cracks, and buckling etc. may occur in the canister during depositing it in the deep repository. Therefore, various structural analyses must be performed to predict these structural problems like plastic deformations, cracks, and buckling. Structural safety evaluation criteria of the canister are studied and defined for the validity of the canister design prior to the structural analysis of the canister. And structural design requirements(variables) which affect the structural safety evaluation criteria should be discussed and defined clearly. Hence this paper presents the structural design requirements(variables) and safety evaluation criteria of the spent nuclear fuel disposal canister.

• Tunnel and Underground Space
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• v.14 no.3
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• pp.175-187
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• 2004

고준위방사성폐기물 처분의 경우 심부 암반에 만들어진 처분장에 영구 처분하는 것이 최선의 방안으로 여겨지고 있다. 하지만 지하 심부의 암반에 대한 물리적, 화학적, 역학적, 열적, 수리적 물성과 이들과 핵종 이동의 관계, 처분환경에서의 공학적 방벽 및 암반의 거동이 처분장 안정성 및 안전성에 미치는 영향 등을 파악해야하는 어려움이 따른다. 특히 고준위폐기물 처분의 경우 장기간의 안전성을 고려해야하기 때문에 자연방벽과 공학적 방벽의 시간에 따른 거동변화도 고려하여야 할 필요가 있다. (중략)

• Economic and Environmental Geology
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• v.51 no.2
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• pp.131-147
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• 2018

In the present study, the safety of the near surface disposal facility for low- and intermediate-level radioactive waste (LILW) is examined based on the fluid-flow simulation model. The effects of the structural design and hydrological properties of the disposal system are quantitatively evaluated by estimating the flux of infiltrated water at the boundary of the structure. Additionally, the safety margins of the disposal system, especially for the cover layer and vault, are determined by applying the various scenarios with consideration of possible facility designs and precipitation conditions. The overall results suggest that the disposal system used in this study is sufficiently suitable for the safe operation of the facility. In addition, it is confirmed that the soundness of both the cover layer and the vault have great impact on the safety of the facility. Especially, as shown in the vault degradation scenario, capability of the concrete barrier of the vault make more positive contribution on the safe operation of the facility compared to that of the cover layer.

• Journal of the Computational Structural Engineering Institute of Korea
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• v.30 no.5
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• pp.415-425
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• 2017

Stresses occur in the spent nuclear fuel disposal canister due to the impulsive forces incurred in the accidental drop and impact event from the transportation vehicle onto the ground during deposition in the repository. In this paper, the comparative study of finite element analysis for stresses occurring in various models of the spent nuclear fuel disposal canister due to these impulsive forces is presented as one of design processes for the structural integrity of the canister. The main content of the study is about the design of the structurally safe canister through this comparative study. The impulsive forces applied to the canister subjected to the accidental drop and impact event from the transportation vehicle onto the ground in the repository are obtained using the commercial rigid body dynamic analysis computer code, RecurDyn. Stresses and deformations occurring due to these impulsive forces are obtained using the commercial finite element analysis computer code, NISA. The study for the structurally safe canister is carried out thru comparing and reviewing these values. The study results show that stresses become larger as the wall encompassing the spent nuclear fuel bundles inside the canister becomes thicker or as the diameter of the canister becomes larger. However, the impulsive force applied to the canister also becomes larger as the canister diameter becomes larger. Nonetheless, the deformation value per unit impulsive force decreases as the canister diameter increases. Therefore, conclusively the canister is structurally safe as the diameter increases.

• Journal of the Computational Structural Engineering Institute of Korea
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• v.23 no.3
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• pp.289-301
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• 2010

A structural model of the SNF(spent nuclear fuel) disposal canister for the PWR(pressurized water reactor) for about 10,000 years long term deposition at a 500m deep granitic bedrock repository has been developed through various structural safety evaluations. The SNF disposal baskets of this canister model have the array type of which four square cross section baskets stand parallel to each other and symmetrically with respect to the center of the canister section. However whether this developed structural model of the SNF disposal canister is best is not determinable yet, because the SNF disposal canister with this parallel array has a limitation in shortening the diameter for the weight reduction due to the shortest distance between the outer corner of the square section and the outer shell. Therefore, the structural safety evaluation of the SNF disposal canister with the rotated basket array which is also symmetric with respect to the canister center planes is very necessary. Even though such a canister model has not been found as yet in the literature, the structural analysis of the canister with the rotated basket array for the PWR is required for the comparative study of the structural safety of canister models. Hence, the structural analysis of the canister with the rotated basket array in which each basket is rotated with a certain amount of degrees around the center of the basket itself and arrayed symmetrically with respect to the center planes is carried out in this paper. The structural analysis result shows that the SNF disposal canister with the rotated basket array in which the SNF disposal basket is rotated as 30~35 degrees around the center of the basket itself is structurally more stable than the previously developed SNF disposal canister with the parallel basket array.

• Nuclear industry
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• v.37 no.3
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• pp.73-76
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• 2017

고준위 방사성폐기물의 영구 처분 문제는 전 세계 원자력계의 공통된 관심사이자 대단히 어려운 과제이기도 하다. 이와 관련하여 영국원자력공사(UKAEA)에서 핵연료주기 분야 책임자로 근무했던 Bob Burton 박사와 퀸메리대학(Queen Mary College)에서 재무회계학을 강의하고 있는 Colin Haslam 교수가 공동으로 제안한 고준위 방사성폐기물의 새로운 처분 개념에 대해 알아본다.

• Nuclear industry
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• no.5_6 s.7
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• pp.45-47
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• 1982

원자력평화이용의 마지막 큰 과제라 할 수 있는 고레벨방사성폐기물의 처리${\cdot}$처분에 관해 고레벨폐기물 glass 고화체의 화학적내구성(침출율, 고온수화반응 등), 조사효과, 장기저장시설의 냉각특성, 지층처분에서의 포장성(암석특성이나 투수성) 등 많은 연구가 행해지고 있는데, 여기서는 장기저장시설과 처분시설의 시스템개념에 관한 것을 알아 보기로 한다.

• Journal of Nuclear Fuel Cycle and Waste Technology(JNFCWT)
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• v.10 no.1
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• pp.55-62
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• 2012

As an alternative of the high-level radioactive waste disposal in the subsurface repository, a deep borehole disposal is reviewed by several nuclear advanced countries. In this study, the state of the art on the borehole disposal researches was reviewed, and the possibility of borehole disposal in Korean peninsula was discussed. In the deep borehole disposal concept radioactive waste is disposed at the section of 3 - 5km depth in a deep borehole, and it has known that it has advantages in performance and cost due to the layered structure of deep groundwater and small surface disposal facility. The results show that it is necessary to acquisite data on deep geologic conditions of Korean peninsula, and to research the engineering barrier system, numerical modeling tools and disposal techniques for deep borehole disposal.

• Proceedings of the Korea Society for Energy Engineering kosee Conference
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• 2001.11a
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• pp.331-336
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• 2001

한국원자력연구소에서는 고준위 방사성폐기물 처분 시스템의 안전성을 투명하게평가하기 위한 방안의 하나로 처분 안전성 관련 시나리오와 구성 요소들인 FEP, 그리고 각 시나리오 별 안전성 평가 방안들을 종합한 프로그램인 FEAS를 개발하고 있다. 고준위 방사성 폐기물 처분 연구는 관련 전문가 뿐 아니라 일반 국민들도 안전성에 관해 많은 관심을 표명하고 있는 바 현재 국내에서 고려하고 있는 처분 개념은 무엇이며 처분장 안전성 평가를 위해서 고려하고 있는 제 사건들은 무엇이며 이들 시나리오를 구성하는 세부 사건들은 무엇인가에 관한 합의를 도출하고 이와 관련된 기록들을 보존하고 각각 세부 사건들에 관해 현재의 평가 방안과 데이터 수집 현황 그리고 해외 사례 등을 체계적으로 정리하는 일은 중요하다. 현재 개발되고 있는 FEAS는 이와 같은 역할을 수행할 뿐 아니라 이 프로그램과 동시에 개발되고 있는 입력 자료 데이터 시스템, 웹을 기반으로 한 품질 보증 체제 및 안전성 평가 방안 등과 향후 연계되어 모든 국민들이 방사성 폐기물 처분장의 안전성을 쉽게 이해할 수 있는 수단으로 확장될 예정이다.

• Journal of the Computational Structural Engineering Institute of Korea
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• v.22 no.5
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• pp.381-390
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• 2009

In this paper, a complementary analysis for the structural safety evaluation of the spent nuclear fuel disposal canister developed for the Canadian Deuterium and Uranium(CANDU) reactor for about 10,000 years long term deposition at a 500m deep granitic bedrock repository has been performed. However this developed structural model of the spent nuclear fuel disposal canister which has 33 spent nuclear fuel baskets and whose diameter is 122cm is too heavy to handle without any structural safety problem. Hence a lighter structural model of the spent nuclear fuel disposal canister which is easy to handle has been required to develop very much. There are two methods to reduce the weight of the CANDU canister model. The one is to alleviate severe design conditions such as external loads and safety factor. The other is to optimize the cross section shape of the canister by reducing the spent nuclear fuel basket number. Hence, in this paper a complementary analysis to alleviate such severe design conditions is carried out and simultaneously structural analyses to optimize the cross section shape of the canister by reducing the spent nuclear fuel basket number below 33 are carried out by varying the external load and the canister diameter for the reduction of the canister weight. The complementary analysis results show that the diameter of canister can be shortened below 122cm to reduce the weight of the spent nuclear fuel disposal canister.