• Journal of Radiation Protection and Research
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• v.22 no.3
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• pp.183-193
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• 1997

The amount and kinds of radionuclide contained in waste volume should be known to prepare for occupational exposure management, perform safety assessment and finally to license a repository. Although the volume of filters and resins are small, activities of them comprise most of the radioactivity that made during power generation. This study aims at developing a method of estimating the radionuclide accumulation at the filters and resins of coolant systems. In this study, accumulated amount of radionuclides is estimated by a computer program which makes use of instantaneous decontamination factor, DF, instead of average DF. A FORTRAN program was developed for the estimation. Data from in-plant source-term measurements at Rancho-Seco nuclear power plant in the United States are employed for verification of the estimating method. And experimental data are employed, too. The instantaneous-DF-method showed smaller error than the average-DF-method. Accumulated amount of radionuclides can be calculated with only the DF and the radionuclide concentration, which are measured periodically according to the operating guide. However, especially, when the operating condition of nuclear power plant changes rapidly, the measuring term of DF and radionuclide should be shortened to ensure the accurate estimation.

• Proceedings of the Korean Nuclear Society Conference
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• 1996.11b
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• pp.590-595
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• 1996

원자력발전소 냉각수 정화장치내의 운전중 핵종누적량을 계산하기 위하여 계산 프로그램을 작성하여 그 적용성을 평가하였다. 발전소내 측정자료를 재구성한 모의자료를 통한 검증 및 실험을 통해 프로그램의 핵종누적량 계산을 검증하였다. 모의 발전소 측정자료를 통한 예측기법의 적용성 평가에서는 제염계수 측정시 마다 제염계수의 변화폭이 클수록 본방법의 정확성이 상대적으로 향상되었다. 실험을 통한 검증에서는 일련의 정화장치를 통과하여 저장조에 수집된 모의냉각수내 핵종농도를 분석하여 정화장치내에 누적된 핵종량을 계산, 그 결과를 본방법에서의 계산값과 비교를 하였다. 본방법의 계산값의 오차가 상대적으로 작았으며 앞서 수행한 부식생성물의 운전상황에 따른 제염효율 변화예측에 있어서도 본방법이 제염효율 변화를 추적할 수 있음을 알 수 있었다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Nuclear Society Conference
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• 1996.05c
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• pp.519-525
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• 1996

원자력발전소에서 발생하는 중·저준위 폐기물의 처분에 있어 안전성을 확보하기 위하여 폐기물내의 방사성물질의 이력 및 특성을 파악하여야 한다. 본 연구에서는 발전소에서 주기적으로 측정하는 냉각수내 핵종농도와 정화장치별 제염계수를 이용하여 방사성폐기물내의 핵종농도를 예측하였다. 본 방법은 순간제염계수 계산을 통하여 발전소 운전상황 변화를 반영하였으며, 최종정화장치 후단부 방출량을 통한 검증에 있어 평균제염계수를 사용한 경우보다 정확한 핵종누적량을 예측하였다.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• v.27 no.2
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• pp.260-268
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• 1995

국내 원자력발전소의 방사성폐기물 발생량은 초고압 압축, 농축폐액 건조, 페수지 건조 등의 폐기물감용을 위한 운영계획이 수립되고 또한 일부 원자력발전소에서는 1995년부터 운영이 시작될 예정이어서 감소가 예상되고 있다. 원자력발전소로부터 방사성폐기물의 누적량은 2035년까지 운영자의 폐기물 감용 계획을 고려한다면 141,920 드럼으로 예상할 수 있고, 이에 상응하는 방사능량은 반감기가 한달 이상인 30개 핵종에 대하여 방사성 붕괴를 무시할 때 49,390 Ci였다. 특히 원자력환경관리센터에서 수행한 개념설계에 따른 1차 건설예정의 지하 처분동굴의 적재량인 약 10만 드럼은 2014년까지 누적량으로 채울 수 있고 이때 처분장의 장기적 성능평가에 주요 고려 대상인 반감기가 5년 이상의 14개 핵종에 대한누적 방사능량은 약 13,577 Ci였다. 이 예측된 발생량과 재고량은 처분장 장기적 성능 및 안전성 평가에 중요한 기초자료가 될 것이다.

• Nuclear industry
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• v.17 no.11 s.177
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• pp.54-60
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• 1997

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• v.20 no.3
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• pp.165-169
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• 1988

As a part of tandem fuel cycle feasibility study, the residual U and Pu nuclide contents of PWR spent fuels are computed using ORICEN2 code for each Korea Nuclear Unit and batch to investigate the potential of utilizing them as CANDU fuels. The annual and accumulated discharged amounts of U and Pu nuclides are computed for the PWRs from KNU 1 through KNU 10. The results of computation show that the spent fuels having 0.7-0.8 w/o U-235 are dominant and considerable amounts of fissile Pu are produced. The enrichment of U-235 is less than the expected 0.8-0.9 w/o U-235 since the burnups offered by KEPCO are higher than those of other PWRs.

• Proceedings of the Korea Society for Energy Engineering kosee Conference
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• 2000.11a
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• pp.173-181
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• 2000

IAEA자료에 의하면 원자력 발전용 원자로는 1998년말 현재 세계 32개국에서 434기가 운전중이며, 총 출력은 3억 4889만kW인 것으로 나타났고, 이는 세계 총 발전량의 17%를 담당하는 것으로 확인되었다. 그러나 농축 우라늄 고체 핵연료를 사용하는 발전로 개념은 근본적으로 핵물질 SEU(Slightly Enriched Uranium)를 생산하기 위한 235U 농축과 노내에서 238U의 중성자 포획으로 전환.생성되는 Pu의 누적에 따른 핵확산 우려, 고준위 방사성 폐기물로 취급되는 사용후 핵연료 처리.처분에 관한 정책적.기술적 장기 전망의 불확실성, 그리고 설계기준사고인 LOCA로부터 중대사고로 이어지는 안전성 문제 등이 대두되고 있다. Th$^{233}$ /U용융염 핵연료주기를 이용하는 발전로 개념은 원자력 발전이 안고있는 고유문제들을 배제 또는 완화할 수 있는 방안으로 고려되고 있다.(중략)

• The Korean Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology
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• v.16 no.1
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• pp.38-43
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• 2012

Purpose: Patients injected with FDG use the bathroom that Measured surface contamination level and spatial dose rate. This study about the effect that result affects workers in same part. Materials and Methods: Group1 is St. Vincent' s hospital's 60case. Group 2 is Bucheon St. Mary's hospital's 50case. Last case is lower the average daily number of patients than group 2. Measured time is 8:00, 10:00, 13:00, 15:00 and 17:00. Measured part is 4 point of toilet, basin and wastepaper basket, also measured accumulation dose of toilet during 3 month. Hospitals is installed PET/CT ware surveyed on presence of bathroom that used only by patient and worker has been using the bathroom. Results: The highest average surface contamination level of toilet is group1($8.38{\pm}4.56$), but the highest spatial dose rate is group3. Cumulative exposure dose measured by TLD during 3months is St.Vincent's hospital 0.78 mSv and Bucheon St.Mary's hospital 0.37 mSv. And result of survey is 16.12% worker using the bathroom. Conclusions: The more daily number of patient, the higher surface contamination level of bathroom. Especially, wastepaper basket's surface contamination level is exceed the reference value $4Bq/cm^2$. Based on This survey, Bathroom require special attention and proper decontamination.

• Journal of Nuclear Fuel Cycle and Waste Technology(JNFCWT)
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• v.15 no.3
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• pp.265-279
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• 2017

The Gyeongju underground silo type disposal facility, approved for use in December 2014, is in operation for the disposal of low and very low-level radioactive wastes, excluding intermediate-level waste. That is why the existing low-level radioactive waste level has been subdivided and the concentration limit value for intermediate-level waste has been changed in accordance with Nuclear Safety Commission Notice 2014-003. For the safe disposal of intermediate-level wastes, new optimization methodology for calculating the concentration limit of intermediate radioactive level wastes at an underground silo type disposal facility was developed. According to the developed optimization methodology, concentration limits of intermediate-level wastes were derived and the inventory of radioactive nuclides was evaluated. The operation and post closure scenarios were evaluated for the derived radioactive nuclide inventory and the results of all scenarios were confirmed to meet the regulatory limit. However, in case of $^{14}C$, it was confirmed that additional radioactivity limitation through a well scenario was needed in addition to the limit of disposal concentration. It was confirmed that the derived intermediate concentration limit of radioactive waste can be used as the intermediate-level waste concentration limit for the underground disposal facility. For the safe disposal of intermediate-level wastes, KORAD plans to acquire additional data from the radioactive waste generator and manage the cumulative radioactivity of $^{14}C$.

• Tunnel and Underground Space
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• v.10 no.4
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• pp.553-558
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• 2000

Since 1977, KAERI has conducted the fundamental R&D on the permanent disposal of potential HLW repository in Korea. The first ten year project is divided into three short-term phase studies. The first phase study which shall be finished in March of 2000, has the prime target to develop the disposal concept of HLW. Throughout this study the preliminary and generic disposal repository system has been introduced. The potential repository is proposed to be emplaced into crystalline rocks which is the most common rock types in Korea. The proposed depth of the repository is between 300 to 700 meter. The numerical code, MASCOT-K was developed to asserts the long term safety of the proposed repository concept. Based on this conceptual design preliminary safely assessment was performed. Results show that for the given disposal system the potential radioactive release it well below the regulatory limit.