• Journal of Nuclear Fuel Cycle and Waste Technology(JNFCWT)
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• v.14 no.2
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• pp.149-156
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• 2016

The spent fuel stored in the pool is vulnerable to external impacts, since the severe reactor conditions degrade the structural integrity of the fuel. Therefore an accident during shipping and handling should be considered. In an extreme case, the fuel assembly drop can be happened accidentally during handling the nuclear fuel in the spent fuel pool. The rod failure during such drop accident can be evaluated by calculating the impact force acting on the fuel assembly at the bottom of the spent fuel pool. The impact force can be evaluated with the impact velocity at the bottom of the spent fuel pool. Since fuel rods occupies most of weight and volume of a nuclear fuel assembly, the information of the rods are important to estimate the hydraulic resistance force. In this study, the hydraulic force acting on the $3{\times}3$ short rod bundle model during the drop accident is calculated, and the result is verified by comparing the numerical simulations. The methodology suggested by this study is expected to be useful for evaluating the integrity of the spent fuel.

• Proceedings of the Korean Nuclear Society Conference
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• 1996.05b
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• pp.356-361
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• 1996

물질전달과 열전달의 유사성을 이용하는 나프탈렌 승화법을 핵연료집합체 모델에 적용하여 봉다발에서의 국소 열전달 계수의 분포를 측정하였다. 실험 모델은 가압경수형 원자로에서 나타나는 부수로 즉, 벽면 부수로와 모서리 부수로 및 내부 부수로로 구성되는 3$\times$3 봉다발이다. 봉다발에서의 국소 열전달 계수 값은 부수로의 형상과 인접한 봉 및 벽면의 영향이 크게 작용하는 것으로 측정되었다. 내부 부수로에 둘러져 있는 봉에서의 국소 열전달계수값은 봉과 봉 사이에서는 부수로 중심 방향보다 낮았고, 평균열전달계수는 Dittus-Boelter의 상관식보다 약간 낮은 값을 보였다. 벽면 부수로에 인접한 봉에서의 열전달계수는 벽면의 영향으로 내부 부수로에 있는 봉보다 상대적으로 낮았으며, 모서리 부수로의 봉에서는 벽면의 영향이 증대되어 더욱 낮게 나타났다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Nuclear Society Conference
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• 1997.05a
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• pp.51-56
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• 1997

기존 가압형 경수로에서 전체 반응도가의 상당부분을 제어하고 있는 붕산수를 사용하지 않고 노심 잉여반 응도를 보상하기 위해 1300MWe급 차세대원자로(KNGR)를 대상으로 무붕산노심 반응도 제어기법 연구를 수행하였다. 다양한 종류의 가연성독봉에 대한 무봉산노심 적용가능성을 분석하고 새로운 개념의 Enriched WABA를 도입하였다. Enriched WABA는 전 주기동안 무붕산노심에 적합한 반응도 제어능력을 나타내었고, 18개월 주기의 무붕산 차세대원자로 개념설계에 효과적으로 사용되었다. 핵연료집합체 군정수 생산 및 노심해석에는 Westinghouse사의 APA(ALPHA/PHOENIX-P/ANC) 전산코드체계를 사용하였고, 본 연구로부터 한단계 높은 안전성을 제공하는 무붕산운전은 충분한 가능성이 있다고 판단된다.

• Proceedings of the KSME Conference
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• 2003.04a
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• pp.431-437
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• 2003

KAERI has contrived 14 kinds of spacer grid shapes of its own since 1997 and applied for Korean and US patents. To date. KAERI has obtained US and Korean patents for 6 kinds of spacer grid shapes among them. Tn this study. performance test on two spacer grid shapes that are assumed to be the most effective candidates for the spacer grid of the next generation nuclear fuel in Korea was carried Qui through the mechanical/structural test and analysis. The test result has shown thai the performances of the candidates are better or not worse than that of the current spacer grid.

• Proceedings of the KSME Conference
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• 2002.08a
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• pp.47-50
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• 2002

The numerical simulation of a 271-rod fuel assembly of nuclear Liquid-Metal Fast Reactor (LMFR) with an infernal blockage has been carried out. Internal blockage within a subassembly is addressed in the safety assessment because it potentially has very serious consequences for the reactor as a whole. Three dimensional calculations were performed using the SABRE4 computer code for the range of blockage positions and sizes to investigate the seriousness and detectability of the internal blockage. The magnitude and location of the peak temperatures together with the temperature distribution at the subassembly exit were calculated in order to look at the potential for damage within the subassembly, and the possibility of blockage detection. The analysis result shows that the 6-subchannel blockage causes large temperature rise within a assembly with practically no change in mixed mean temperature at the assembly exit.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society for Noise and Vibration Engineering Conference
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• 2006.05a
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• pp.246-249
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• 2006

Finite element vibration analysis of the trial 5x5 partial fuel assembly in the still water was performed using the substructure method. ANSYS software was used as a finite element modeling and modal analysis tool. The calculated natural frequencies of the partial fuel assembly were more consistent with the experimental results for the identical test model compared to the much larger solid model. This modeling technique can be utilized for the fuel assembly dynamic behavior analysis under normal operation, seismic and loss-of-coolant-accident analysis.

• Proceedings of the Korean Nuclear Society Conference
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• 1997.10a
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• pp.115-120
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• 1997

영광3호기 방사선관리구역에 대한 중성자선량률을 정확히 평가하기 위하여 MCNP4A 전산코드를 이용, 방사선관리구역에서의 중성자 스펙트럼 계산을 수행하였다. 영광3호기에 대한 보다 정확하고 정밀한 3차원 몬테칼로 모델을 구축하기 위하여 핵연료집합체 구성요소 및 원자로심을 둘러싸고 있는 baffle, barrel,압력용기 등을 정확하게 묘사하였으며, 특히 방사선관리구역 주위의 구조물에 대해서도 3자원 MCNP 모델을 구축함으로써 원자로심부터 방사선관리구역까지 완전한 몬테칼로 모사(full-scope Monte Carlo simulation)를 이용한 계산을 수행하였다. 계산결과는 에너지 구간에 따른 중성자속 스펙트럼으로 나타내었으며 이 결과를 바탕으로 중성자속에 대한 선량률 환산인자를 고려하여 중성자선량률을 계산할 수 있다.

• The KSFM Journal of Fluid Machinery
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• v.15 no.4
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• pp.5-11
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• 2012

To identify the flow characteristics of the SMART reactor, a flow distribution model test and a numerical simulation are performed in KAERI. Among several part of the SMART reactor, the fuel assemblies are simulated using simulators because of the complexity. The geometries of the core in the SMART reactor and simulator are different, but some similarities are maintained such as the ratio of pressure drop in the vertical and cross directions. There are cross flow holes in each core simulator to reproduce the cross flow of SMART fuel assemblies. To know the flow characteristics of the cross flow, numerical analysis is performed. As the cross flow area is decreased, the pressure drop between inlet and outlet is decreased. Also, when the flow imbalance between two core simulators is constant, the cross flow area does not significantly affect the cross flow.

• Proceedings of the Korea Society for Energy Engineering kosee Conference
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• 2002.05a
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• pp.135-141
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• 2002

An optimization of KTF thorium fuel assembly design was performed on the basis of the design parameter studies. Optimization goals ware to make the core have both proliferation resistance and fuel cycle economics. Four kinds of proliferation resistance indexes were used; SNS, TG, BCM, Toxicity. A new index, FEI was regarded as a limiting index for the maximization of fuel cycle economics. Optimized thorium fuel design was applied for APR-1400 reactor core. Nuclear core design procedures were examined to solve the thorium fuel reactor problems. It was shown that heterogeneous thorium fuel core option is acceptable in safety and economics aspects.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• v.20 no.4
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• pp.233-240
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• 1988

The hafnium shroud is used to control the excess reactivity and power distribution in KMRR. The core analysis is performed by the diffusion code VENTURE using the 5 group macroscopic cross sections homogenized for an assembly. Investigated are the applicability of the diffusion calculation by homogenized cross sections to the analysis of control assembly which features unusual geometry such that hafnium shroud surrounds a multiplying medium inside. Comparative calculation is performed for the excess reactivity and power levels by the transport code TWOTRAN. The results show the acceptability of the diffusion calculation by the homogenized cross sections without significant error.