• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제56권10호
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• pp.4446-4454
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• 2024

This paper presents a seismic analysis method that can evaluate a very large number of cases for the free standing dry storage cask by proposing a methodology that has short analysis time as well as accuracy. This study also performed a seismic analysis of a dry storage facility with multiple casks to show a tip-over phenomenon from earthquake accident conditions. The earthquake accident condition is long-term event that occur during about 20 s long, and lots of seismic analysis cases should be performed to consider various real conditions because the free-standing spent-fuel dry storage cask has many nonlinear responses. The soil-concrete pad-cask interaction was considered in the seismic analysis and finite element model was made using concrete pad, soil and cask models. In the reinforced concrete pad, the rebar was excluded to reduce the analysis time, but the thickness was corrected to maintain the bending rigidity. Additionally, the analysis time reduced by modeling the cask as a rigid body rather than a flexible body. 35-cases of seismic analysis were performed to determine a tip-over phenomenon from each earthquake. The analysis revealed that no tip-over phenomenon of the cask was observed in all analyses from 0.2 g to 0.6 g, however the tip-over of the cask were observed from 0.8 g with friction coefficients of 0.8 and 1.0.

• 방사성폐기물학회지
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• 제14권1호
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• pp.35-44
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• 2016

Leading national R&D project to design a PWR spent nuclear fuel interim dry storage system that has been under development since mid-2009, which consists of a dual purpose metal cask and concrete storage cask. To ensure the safe operation of dry storage systems in foreign countries, major confinement monitoring techniques currently consist of pressure and temperature measurement. In the case of a dual purpose metal cask, a pressure sensor is installed in the interspace of bolted double lid(primary and secondary lid) in order to measure pressure. A concrete storage cask is a canister based system made of double/redundant welded lid to ensure confinement integrity. For this reason, confinement monitoring method is real time temperature measurement by thermocouple placed in the air flow(air intake and exit) of the concrete structure(over pack and module). The use of various monitoring technologies and operating experiences for the interim dry storage system over the last decades in foreign countries were analyzed. On the basis of the analysis above, development of the confinement monitoring technology that can be used optimally in our system will be available in the near future.

• 방사성폐기물학회지
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• 제15권4호
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• pp.391-402
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• 2017

한국원자력환경공단에서는 국내 경수로 원전에서 발생된 사용후핵연료를 건식으로 저장할 수 있는 콘크리트 용기를 개발하였다. 본 저장용기는 사용후핵연료가 건식환경에서 장기간 저장되는 동안 용기 및 사용후핵연료의 건전성이 유지되며, 방사선량률이 저장시설의 설계기준을 초과하지 않도록 설계되어야 한다. 특히, 저장시설은 정상 및 사고조건에서 적절한 방사선 방호를 위한 차폐설계가 이루어져야 한다. 이를 위해 본 연구에서는 미국 10CFR72 및 10CFR20의 기술기준과 NRC의 표준 심사지침 NUREG-1536에서 제시한 평가방법에 따라 건식저장조건하에서 단일 콘크리트용기 및 $2{\times}10$ 용기배열조건의 선량율을 평가하였다. 평가결과, 일반인에 대한 연간선량 한도인 0.25 mSv를 만족하는 통제구역 경계까지의 거리는 약 230 m로 도출되었다. 콘크리트 저장용기의 설계사고는 $2{\times}10$ 배열의 저장시설에서 한 개의 저장용기가 이송 중 전도사고가 발생하여 용기의 바닥면이 통제구역 경계로 향하는 상황으로 가정하였다. 전도된 저장용기의 바닥면으로 부터 100 m 및 230 m 지점에서 각각 12.81 mSv 및 1.28 mSv로 평가되었다. 본 연구를 통해 건식저장조건에서 콘크리트 저장용기 및 저장시설은 적절하게 평가된 통제구역경계까지의 거리가 확보된다면 방사선적 안전성이 유지됨을 확인할 수 있었다. 본 평가결과만으로 건식환경의 저장용기(시설) 설계에 직접 적용하기는 어렵겠으나, 향후 '국가 고준위폐기물 관리 전략'에 근거한 원전내 저장시설 또는 중간저장 시설의 설계 및 운영에 유용한 자료가 될 것으로 사료된다.

• 방사선산업학회지
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• 제18권2호
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• pp.133-140
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• 2024

The Korean 2^nd basic plan for management of high-level radioactive waste presented a plan to manage spent nuclear fuel through dry storage facilities in NPP on-site. For the construction and operation of the facility, it is necessary to develop the monitoring system of the integrity of spent nuclear fuel before operation. NUREG-1536 recommends that the theoretical cask array, typically in the 2×10 array, should account for shadowing effect among the dry storage casks. The objective of this study was to evaluate neutron flux accounting for shadowing effect among dry storage casks. The neutron release rate was evaluated using ORIGEN based on the design basis fuel condition. And the simulation of dry storage casks and evaluation of the shadowing effect were performed using MCNP. Shadowing effect of other dry storage casks was the highest at the center of the dry storage facility of the 2×10 array compared with the outside of the cask. The shadowing effect of neutron flux on the surface among the metal casks was approximately 18% at point 1, 23% at point 2, and 43% at point 3. For the concrete casks, the shadowing effect of neutron flux on the surface was approximately 46% at point 1, 51% at point 2, and 52% at point 3. This means that correction is necessary to monitor the integrity of spent nuclear fuel in each dry storage cask through evaluation of shadowing effect. The results of this study will be used for comparative analysis of neutron measurement data from spent nuclear fuels in dry storage cask. Additionally, the neutron flux evaluation procedure used in this study could be used as the basic data of safety assessment of dry storage cask and development of safety guide.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제42권3호
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• pp.237-248
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• 2010

The safety of metal cask and concrete cask storage technology has been verified by CRIEPI through several research programs on demonstrative testing for the interim storage of spent fuel. The results have been reflected in the safety requirements for dry casks issued by NISA/METI (Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry) of the Japanese government. On top of that, spent fuel integrity has been studied by the Japan Nuclear Energy Safety Organization (JNES). This paper reviews these research programs. Future issues include the long-term integrity of cask components and high burn-up spent fuel.

• 한국지진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국지진공학회 2005년도 학술발표회 논문집
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• pp.55-61
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• 2005

The seismic response tests of a spent fuel dry storage cask model of 1/8 scale are performed for an typical 1940 Elcentro earthquake. This paper focuses on the seismic response test data generation to check the overturing possibility of a storage cask and the slipping displacement on concrete slab bed. A simplified cask model is used to take into account the variations in seismic load magnitude and cask/bed interface friction. The test results show that the model gives an overturning response for an extreme condition.

• 방사성폐기물학회지
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• 제16권2호
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• pp.271-279
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• 2018

국내 경수로형 원전의 사용후핵연료 소내 습식저장 용량의 포화에 대비하기 위해 정부 주도로 2009년부터 2016년까지 7년에 걸쳐 국내 여건에 적합한 수송/저장시스템을 개발하였다. 시스템은 운반과 저장을 겸할 수 있는 금속겸용용기와 저장전용인 콘크리트 저장용기로 효율적인 기술개발을 위해 관련 산학연의 특성과 경험을 적극 활용하여 국내고유 모델을 개발하였고 특허 등록을 추진하여 기술의 독립성도 확보하였다. 현재까지 확보한 다수의 특허 및 기술을 산업계에 개방하여 국내 수요에 대처하고자 2016년과 2017년 두 차례에 걸쳐 기술이전도 추진하였다.

• 방사성폐기물학회지
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• 제2권1호
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• pp.13-22
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• 2004

This study presents the thermal analyses of a spent fuel dry storage cask under normal and off-normal conditions. The environmental temperature is assumed to be 15 $^{\circ}C$ under the normal condition. The off-normal condition has an environmental temperature of 38 $^{\circ}C$. An additional off-normal condition is considered as a partial blockage of the air inlet ducts. Two of the four air inlet ducts are assumed to be completely blocked. The significant thermal design feature of the storage cask is the air flow path used to remove the decay heat from the spent fuel. Natural circulation of the air inside the cask allows the concrete and fuel cladding temperatures to be maintained below the allowable values. The finite volume computational fluid dynamics code FLUENT was used for the thermal analysis. The maximum temperatures of the fuel rod and concrete overpack were lower than the allowable values under the normal and off-normal conditions.

• 방사성폐기물학회지
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• 제22권2호
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• pp.201-210
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• 2024

Because most spent nuclear fuel storage casks have been designed for low burnup fuel, a safety-significant high burnup dry storage cask must be developed for nuclear facilities in Korea to store the increasing high burnup and damaged fuels. More than 20% of fuels generated by PWRs comprise high burnup fuels. This study conducted a structural safety evaluation of the preliminary designs for a high burnup storage cask with 21 spent nuclear fuels and evaluated feasible loading conditions under normal, off-normal, and accident conditions. Two types of metal and concrete storage casks were used in the evaluation. Structural integrity was assessed by comparing load combinations and stress intensity limits under each condition. Evaluation results showed that the storage cask had secured structural integrity as it satisfied the stress intensity limit under normal, off-normal, and accident conditions. These results can be used as baseline data for the detailed design of high burnup storage casks.

• 방사성폐기물학회지
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• 제4권3호
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• pp.245-253
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• 2006

사용후연료 건식저장용기의 전복사고조건에 대한 1/3 축소모델의 시험을 실시하여 전복해석에 대한 검증을 하였다. 전복해석은 전복각도에 따른 위치에너지와 동일한 운동에너지를 가지는 초기각속도를 이용하여 결정된 각 점에서의 속도를 충돌직전 모델에 대한 초기경계값으로 입력하여 해석하였다. 전복시험에 따른 캐니스터의 구조적 건전성을 확인하기 위하여 육안검사와 함께 액체침투법과 초음파 탐상법와 같은 비파괴검사를 실시하였다. 전복충격에 의하여 저장용기의 뚜껑 에 변형 이 발생되었지만 캐니스터의 구조적 건전성이 유지되었다. 시험에서 취득한 변형률과 가속도를 해석결과와 비교하여 해석 에 대한 검증을 실시하였다. 해석결과는 시험결과보다 대체로 두 배 정도의 큰 값을 주는 것으로 나타났다.