• Proceedings of the Korean Radioactive Waste Society Conference
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• 2003.11a
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• pp.621-626
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• 2003

A DUPIC nuclear fuel is a newly developed fuel for CANDU reactors based on the concept of refabrication of spent PWR fuel by a dry process. Because a spent PWR fuel, a highly radioactive material, is used as a starting material, the experimental verification of DUPIC nuclear fuel fabrication requires an appropriate facility which should satisfy engineering requirements and guarantees safe operation. DUPIC nuclear fuel development team modified M6 hot-cell in IMEF to construct the dedicated facility(DFDF) for tile experiment. The experiment with spent PWR fuel have been conducted since January of 2000. Environmental effects of DFDF normal operation have been investigated when DUPIC nuclear fuel is fabricated with the maximum capacity of 50kg U/yr. The analysis results of the radiological safety of DFDF facility have shown that both national regulation limit and IMEF design criteria are satisfied.

• Proceedings of the Korean Radioactive Waste Society Conference
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• 2007.11a
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• pp.210-211
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• 2007

• Proceedings of the Korean Radioactive Waste Society Conference
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• 2011.05a
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• pp.293-294
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• 2011

• Proceedings of the Korean Nuclear Society Conference
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• 1996.05a
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• pp.112-116
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• 1996

신형경수로의 대안으로서 가압경수로의 단점을 보완하고, 가압중수로의 장점을 채택한 중수감속 경수로의 핵적 개념설계를 제안하였다. 냉각재와 감속재가 서로 다른 채넬을 통해 흐르는 기존 가압중수로의 Pressure-Tube 설계의 장점을 채택하여, 냉각재는 경수를 감속재는 중수를 사용하는 중수감속 가압경수로(DPWR, Deuterium-moderated PWR)의 설계 타당성을 검토하였다. 기본적으로 CANDU의 system설계를 Proven Technology로서 가능한 많이 채택하고, CANFLEX 핵연료 설계도 기존 연구 결과로서 최대한 활용하였다. 월성 2,3,4호기 FSAR의 사양을 그대로 사용하여 기존 중수로의 37봉 핵연료 다발을 6$\times$6 직각 배열 등가 핵연료집합체로 재구성한 후, SEU $UO_2$ 핵연료에 대해 HELIOS코드를 사용하여 핵적 특성을 검토하였다. 냉각재 온도계수가 음의 안전성을 갖고 있으며, 기존 중수로보다 연소도가 훨씬 큰 원자로가 설계될 수 있음을 확인하였다. 또한 발전소 이용률의 증대, 사용후 핵연료 발생량의 감소를 기대할 수 있었다.

• Journal of Nuclear Fuel Cycle and Waste Technology(JNFCWT)
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• v.13 no.4
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• pp.243-251
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• 2015

Nuclear power is currently the second largest power supply method in Korea and the number of nuclear power plants are planned to be increased as well. However, clear management policy for spent fuels generated from nuclear power plants has not yet been established. The back-end fuel cycle, associated with nuclear material flow after nuclear reactors is a collection of technologies designed for the spent fuel management and the spent fuel management policy is closely related with the selection of a nuclear fuel cycle. Cost is an important consideration in selection of a nuclear fuel cycle and should be determined by adding external cost to private cost. Unlike the private cost, which is a direct cost, studies on the external cost are focused on nuclear reactors and not at the nuclear fuel cycle. In this research, external cost indicators applicable to nuclear fuel cycle were derived and quantified. OT (once through), DUPIC (Direct Use of PWR SF in CANDU), PWR-MOX (PWR PUREX reprocessing), and Pyro-SFR (SFR recycling with pyroprocessing) were selected as nuclear fuel cycles which could be considered for estimating external cost in Korea. Energy supply security cost, accident risk cost, and acceptance cost were defined as external cost according to precedent and estimated after analyzing approaches which have been adopted for estimating external costs on nuclear power generation.

• Proceedings of the Korean Nuclear Society Conference
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• 2002.05a
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• pp.363.1-363
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• 2002

• Proceedings of the Korean Nuclear Society Conference
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• 2002.05a
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• pp.435.1-435
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• 2002

• 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.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Nondestructive Testing
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• v.19 no.2
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• pp.93-99
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• 1999

SCAI(spent CANDU fuel bundle serial number identifier) was developed to read serial numbers of spent fuel bundles in the spent fuel storage. For the purpose of effectively identifying the serial number of fuel bundle. SCAI was composed of underwater camera & light part. guiding & supporting part and control & monitor part. So it is easy to assemble and disassemble, and operate. It was tested to read serial numbers of spent fuel bundles loaded in basket during the recent spent fuel transfer campaign at Wolsong Unit 1. And it was also applied to read serial numbers of spent fuel bundles discharging from the initial core at Wolsong Unit 3 by slight change of camera and light. Inspectors could easily operate SCAI after several practices in the storage pond, which was a user friendly. And SCAI provided clear and immediate picture for identification of serial numbers of spent fuel bundles. It was interally evaluated that SCAI greatly contributed to cut inspection efforts for national and international safeguards at Wolsong power plant.

• Journal of Radiation Protection and Research
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• v.21 no.1
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• pp.27-39
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• 1996

The change in spent fuel characteristics by DUPIC fuel cycle(burnup of spent PWR fuel again in CANDU) is examined with time elapse since discharge. Major characteristics examined include isotopic concentration, radioactivity, decay heat radiotoxicity and radiation source-term of spent fuel material, which is existing in a type of spent PWR and DUPIC fuel. Behaviors of major nuclides contributing to such changes are also analyzed in terms of radionuclide concentration. From the analysis, the change in radionuclide concentration by DUPIC shows approximately 2% decrease in actinides concentration and 20% increase in fission products concentration. Radioactivity and decay heat of spent DUPIC fuel does not depend upon radionuclides concentrations, which is a unique in sence of general characteristics of spent fuel. In terms of gamma spectrum, spent DUPIC fuel shows lower values than that of spent PWR fuel by 40 to 50% in the range of $0.01{\sim}0.575$ MeV but much higher over 3.5MeV. Neutron Intensities of both spent fuels are mainly determined by $({\alpha},\;n)$ reaction and spontaneous fission reaction of actinides. Of them, especially, the spontaneous fission reaction Is a major neutron source-term, which causes that neutron intensities of spent DUPIC fuel $having{\sim}3.3$ times higher Cm-244 concentration are ${\sim}4$ times higher than that of spent PWR fuel.