• 대한기계학회논문집A
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• 제28권2호
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• pp.189-195
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• 2004

The pressure tubes, which contain high temperature heavy water and fuel, are within the core of a CANDU nuclear reactor, and are thus subjected to high stresses, temperature gradient, and neutron flux. Further, it is well known that pressure tubes of cold-worked Zr-2.5Nb materials result in hydrogen diffusion, which create fully-hydrided regions (frequently called Blister). Thus a proper investigation of hydrogen diffusion within zirconium-alloy nuclear components, such as CANDU pressure tube and fuel channels is essential to predict the structural integrity of these components. In this respect, this paper presents numerical investigation of hydrogen diffusion to quantify the hydrogen concentration fur blister growth of CANDU pressure tube. For this purpose, coupled temperature-hydrogen diffusion analyses are performed by means of two-dimensional finite element analysis. Comparison of predicted temperature field and blister with published test data shows good agreement.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제51권2호
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• pp.377-383
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• 2019

Targeting at simulating the application of thorium-uranium (TU) fuel in the CANDU-6 reactor, this paper analyzes the process using the code DRAGON/DONJON where the discrete TU fuel pins are applied in the CANDU-6 reactor under the time-average equilibrium refueling. The results show that the coolant void reactivity of the assembly analyzed in this paper is lower than that of 37-element bundle cell with natural uranium and 37-element bundle cell with mixed TU fuel pins; that the max time-average channel/bundle power of the core meets the limits - less than 6700kW/860 kW; that the fuel conversion ratio is higher than that of the CANDU-6 reactor with natural uranium; and that the exit burnup increases to 13400 MWd/tU. Thus, the simulation in this paper with the fuel in the 37-element bundle cell using discrete TU fuel pins can be considered to be applied in CANDU-6 reactor with adequate modifications of the core structure and operating modes.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제53권3호
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• pp.901-910
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• 2021

KHNP recently has obtained the approval for the commercialization of the modified 37-element (or 37 M) fuel bundle and now is loading the 37 M fuel bundles in CANDU-6 reactors in KOREA. One of the main issues for approval was the burnup limit. Due to CANDU design and neutronic characteristics, there was no specific burnup restriction of a fuel bundle. The absence of a burnup limit does not mean that a fuel bundle can stay in the CANDU reactor without a time limit. However, the regulator requested traditional design values as well as the burnup limit reflecting the computer code uncertainty. The method for the PWR burnup limit was not applied to the CANDU fuel bundle. Since there was no approved methodology to build the burnup limit with uncertainties, KHNP introduced a Monte-Carlo method coupled with a 95/95 approach to determine the conservative burnup limit from the viewpoint of the centerline temperature, internal pressure, strain measurement deviation. Moreover, to consider the uncertainties of various computing models, a converted power uncertainty was introduced. This paper presents the methodology and puts forward the limits on burnup, evaluated for each of the existing and modified fuel bundles, in consideration of the pressure tube aging condition.

• 방사성폐기물학회지
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• 제6권2호
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• pp.119-128
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• 2008

본 연구에서는 사용후핵연료 회수성과 처분밀도를 향상시킨 새로운 CANDU 사용후핵 연료처분시스템의 열해석을 수행하였다. 제안된 CANDU 사용후핵연료 처분방식 에서는 사용후핵연료의 회수성을 향상시키기 위해 일정 기간 동안 터널에 자연대류를 이용하여 저장하며, 처분밀도 향상을 위해 개선된 CAHDU 사용후핵연료 처분용기를 이용하고 있다. 제안된 CANDU 사용후핵연료 처분방식의 열적 안전성을 검토하고자 ANSYS 10.0 CFX 코드를 사용하여 시스템 전체의 정상상태 열 해석을 2단계로 나누어 수행하였다. 1단계에서는 터널간격이 처분터널 내부 온도에 미치는 영향을 분석하기 위해 터널 간격에 따른 처분터널 내벽온도 변화를 계산하였다. 계산 결과 99%의 붕괴열이 대류에 의해 냉각되는 것을 확인하였고, 이로 인해 터널 간격은 처분터널 내부 온도에 거의 영향을 주지 않았다. 2단계 계산에서는 터널간격 60 m에서 환기 설비를 고려한 처분터널의 내벽온도를 계산하였고, 이 결과는 처분터널 내부 처분용기의 표면온도를 구하기 위해 사용되었다. 계산결과, 처분용기의 표면온도는 최대 $119^{\circ}C$, 평균 $79.9^{\circ}C$로 계산되었다. 처분용기 최대온도에 따른 처분용기 내부 바스켓 피복재 최대온도는 $140.9^{\circ}C$로 계산하였으며, 이는 피복재 열적 특성을 고려하였을 때 충분한 열적 안전성을 가지고 있다고 판단되었다.

• 비파괴검사학회지
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• 제6권1호
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• pp.31-38
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• 1986

• 한국원자력학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국원자력학회 2001년도 춘계학술발표회요약집
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• pp.66-66
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• 2001

• 한국원자력학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국원자력학회 2003년도 춘계학술발표대회 요약집
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• pp.79.1-79.1
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• 2003

• 한국원자력학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국원자력학회 2003년도 춘계학술발표대회 요약집
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• pp.150.2-150.2
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• 2003

• 한국원자력학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국원자력학회 2001년도 추계학술발표회요약집
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• pp.266.1-266
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• 2001

• 한국원자력학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국원자력학회 2001년도 추계학술발표회요약집
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• pp.206-206
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• 2001