• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제49권7호
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• pp.1563-1570
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• 2017

In order to perform dry interim storage and transportation of the spent-fuel assemblies of the Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant, dual-purpose casks can be utilized. The effectiveness of different neutron-shield materials for the dual-purpose cask was analyzed through a set of calculations carried out using the Monte Carlo N-Particle (MCNP) code. The dose rate for the dual-purpose cask utilizing the recently developed materials of $epoxy/clay/B_4C$ and $epoxy/clay/B_4C/carbon$ fiber was less than the allowable radiation level of 2 mSv/h at any point and 0.1 mSv/h at 2 m from the external surface of the cask. By utilization of $epoxy/clay/B_4C$ instead of an ethylene glycol/water mixture, the dose rates on the side surface of the cask due to neutron sources and consequent secondary gamma rays will be reduced by 17.5% and 10%, respectively. The overall dose rate in this case will be reduced by 11%.

• Journal of Radiation Protection and Research
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• 제10권2호
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• pp.148-154
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• 1985

KSC-1 핵연료 수송용기에 대한 방사선차폐해석을 QAD-CG, ANISN-KA, DOT 3.5등의 전산코드와 DLC-23/CASK의 핵단면적 자료를 사용하여 수행하였다. 운반물인 사용후 핵연료집합체로 부터 방출되는 중성자 및 감마선의 방사선원항은 ORIGEN-79 전산코드를 이용하여 평가하였다. 방사선차폐해석 결과, 1개의 가압경수로 사용후 핵연료집합체를 운반할 수 있는 KSC-1 핵연료수송용기는 정상적인 수송조건에서 뿐만 아니라 가상적인 사고수송조건하에서도 관련 법령에서 정하는 기준을 만족하고 있어 방사선차폐해석의 관점에서 볼 때, 그 안전성이 입증된다.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제40권4호
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• pp.319-326
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• 2008

To transport process wastes efficiently from the Advanced Spent Fuel Conditioning Pyro-process Facility (ACPF) at the Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute (KAERI), a new hot cell cask has been designed based on an existing hot cell padirac transport cask, with not only a neutron absorber for improved shielding capability, but also a docking facility for an easy docking system. In the new hot cell cask, two kinds of materials have been considered as shielding materials, polyethylene and resin. To verify the transport compatibility of the waste and spent fuel for the ACPF, neutron and photon shielding calculations were performed using the MCNPX code. The source term was evaluated by the ORIGEN-ARP code system based on spent PWR fuel. From the calculation, it was found that the maximum surface dose rates of the hot cell cask with the two candidates were estimated within the limit (2 mSv/hr).

• 방사성폐기물학회지
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• 제14권4호
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• pp.411-422
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• 2016

최근 국내 원전의 경수로 사용후핵연료 습식 저장시설의 포화시점이 다가옴에 따라 운반 및 저장용기를 이용한 건식저장시스템 개발이 활발하게 수행되고 있다. 일반적으로 사용후핵연료 운반 및 저장용기 설계를 위한 차폐해석 시 장전 가능 연료 중 가장 보수적인 연료를 설계기준연료로 선정하여 해석을 수행한다. 그러나 실제 금속 운반용기에 장전되는 사용후핵연료는 해석평가에 적용된 설계기준연료에 한정되지 않고 다양하기 때문에 초기농축도, 연소도, 최소냉각기간의 특성을 고려한 차폐평가를 통하여 장전가능 여부가 결정된다. 이에 본 연구에서는 금속 겸용용기에 장전 가능한 연료를 대상으로 국내 운반기준을 만족하는 최소냉각기간의 결정을 위한 차폐해석 방법을 기술하였다. 특히 발생량이 많은 초기농축도 3.0~4.5wt%의 사용후핵연료는 차폐해석 구간을 세분화하여 평가하여 연구결과의 활용에 효율성을 높이고자 하였다. 차폐평가를 통해 2008년까지 국내 원전에서 발생한 장전대상연료 중 약 81%의 사용후 핵연료를 금속겸용용기로 운반할 수 있는것으로 평가되었다. 본 연구결과를 통해 금속 겸용용기의 운반조건에 장전 가능한 연료의 특성을 제시함으로써 운반 시 운영절차의 개발을 위한 기술적 근거 수립에 도움이 되고자 한다.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제39권2호
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• pp.143-148
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• 2007

Spent nuclear fuel generated at nuclear power plants must be safely stored during interim storage periods. A dry storage cask to safely store the spent nuclear fuel should be able to adequately emit the decay heat from the spent nuclear fuel. Therefore, heat removal tests using a half scale dry storage cask have been performed to estimate the heat transfer characteristics of a dry storage cask under normal, off-normal, and accident conditions. In the normal condition, the heat transfer rate to an ambient atmosphere by convective air through a passive heat removal system reached 83%. Accordingly, the passive heat removal system is designed well and works adequately. In the off-normal condition, the influence of a half blockage in the inlet on the temperature appears minimal. In the accident condition, the temperature rose for 12 hours after the accident, but the temperature rise steadied after 36 hours.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제20권1호
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• pp.65-70
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• 1988

PWR사용 후 핵연료 집합체 4개를 장전한 수 있는 납/Resin차폐체형 수송용기에 대한 방사선 차폐해석을 수행하였다. 이때 차폐효과를 유지하면서도 전체중량이 최소화되도록 차폐재를 선택하였다. 방사선윈은 ORIGEN 전산코드로 계산하여 얻었으며, 사용후 핵연료의 연소도를 38,000 MWD/MTU 그리고 냉각기간을 3년으로 가정하였다. 수송용기의 외부 표면에서 1m거리에서 나타나는 감마선 그리고 중성자의 선량율은 ANISN전산코드로 계산하여 얻었다. 계산된 총방사선 선량율은 정상 및 가상 사고조건하에서도 국내 법규에 규정된 기준치 이내에서 만족하는 것으로 나타났다.

• 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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• 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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• 제18권3호
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• pp.395-405
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• 2020

Compartment fire tests were performed using kerosene and Jet A-1 as fire sources to evaluate the relationship between flame temperature and opening size. The tests were performed for a fire caused by the release of kerosene owing to vehicle impact, and for a fire caused by the release of Jet-A-1 owing to airplane collision. The compartment fire tests were performed using a 1/3-scale model of a metal storage cask when the flame temperature was deemed to be the highest. We found the combustion time of Jet-A-1 to be shorter than that of kerosene, and consequently, the flame temperature of Jet-A-1 was measured to be higher than that of kerosene. When the opening was installed on the compartment roof, even though the area of the opening was small, the ventilation factor was large, resulting in a high flame temperature and long combustion. Therefore, the position of the opening is a crucial factor that affects the flame temperature. When the metal storage cask was stored in the compartment, the flame temperature decreased proportionally with the energy that the metal storage cask received from the flame.

• 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.