• Proceedings of the Korean Nuclear Society Conference
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• 1996.05a
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• pp.275-281
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• 1996

ENDF/B-VI 핵단면적자료를 기초로 생성된 BUGLE93$^{[1]}$ 라이브러리를 이용하여 울진 3.4호기 원자로 주변의 콘크리트 일차차폐벽에 대한 방사선차폐해석을 수행하였다. 중성자 및 감마선 수송계산은 일차원 각분할 해석코드인 ANISN-ORNL$^{[2]}$ 을 이용하였다. 또한, 기존의 영광 3.4호기 설계에 이용하였던 CASK$^{[3]}$ 라이브러리를 대체할 경우 예상되는 차폐효과의 변화를 평가하기 위하여 노심으로부터 일차차폐벽 사이의 모든 매질에 대한 중성자 및 감마선속을 계산하고. 계산결과를 비교.분석하여 제시하였다. 중성자선속에 대한 분석결과, BUGLE93을 이용한 계산결과는 원자로용기 내부에서는 CASK를 이용한 결과보다 적은, 보다 현실적인 결과를 제공하지만 일차차폐벽내에서는 CASK를 이용한 결과보다 오히려 큰 선속을 보였다. 그러나 이차감마선에 의한 분석결과는 원자로용기 내부에서의 큰 차이에도 불구하고 일차차폐벽을 통과하면서 두결과가 거의 일치하였다. 이것은 BUGLE93 라이브러리가 노심 및 철성분에 대해서는 증가된 핵단면적을 제공하지만 콘크리트 성분에 대한 핵단면적은 오히려 감소하였기 때문이다. 결론적으로. 최소 7피트 두께의 일차차폐벽 외부에서 중성자선속은 감마선속에 비하여 무시할 수 있을 정도이므로. 원자로 내부영역에서 CASK 라이브러리와는 다른 결과를 보이는 BUGLE93 라이브러리를 원자로 일차차폐벽의 방사선차폐해석에 사용할 경우 기존의 CASK 라이브러리를 이용한 해석결과와 동일한 결과를 보이는 것으로 평가되었다.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• v.53 no.6
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• pp.1869-1877
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• 2021

This paper presents the neutron dose rate analysis of the new CONSTOR® RBMK-1500/M2 storage cask intended for the spent nuclear fuel storage at Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant in Lithuania. These casks are designed to be stored in a new "closed" type interim storage facility, with the capacity to store up to 202 CONSTOR® RBMK-1500/M2 casks. In 2016 y, the "hot trials" of this new facility were conducted and 10 CONSTOR® RBMK-1500/M2 casks loaded with the spent nuclear fuel were transported to the dedicated storage places in this facility. During "hot trials", the dose rate measurements of the CONSTOR® RBMK-1500/M2 casks were performed as the dose rate is one of the critical parameter to control and it must be below design (and safety) criteria. Therefore, having the actual data of the spent nuclear fuel characteristics, the neutron dose rate modeling of the CONSTOR® RBMK-1500/M2 cask loaded with this particular fuel was also performed. Neutron dose rate modeling was performed using MCNP 5 computer code with very detailed geometrical representation of the cask and the fuel. The obtained modeling results were compared with the measurement results and it was revealed, that modeling results are generally in good agreement with the measurements.

• Journal of Nuclear Fuel Cycle and Waste Technology(JNFCWT)
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• v.20 no.4
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• pp.411-428
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• 2022

Given the domestic situation, all nuclear power plants are located at the seaside, where interim storage sites are also likely to be located and maritime transportation is considered inevitable. Currently, Korea does not have an independently developed maritime transportation risk assessment code, and no research has been conducted to evaluate the release rate of radioactive waste from a submerged transportation cask in the sea. Therefore, secure technology is necessary to assess the impact of immersion accidents and establish a regulatory framework to assess, mitigate, and prevent maritime transportation accidents causing serious radiological consequences. The flow rate through a gap in a containment boundary should be calculated to determine the accurate release rate of radionuclides. The fluid flow through the micro-scale gap can be evaluated by combining the flow inside and outside the transportation cask. In this study, detailed computational fluid dynamic and simplified models are constructed to evaluate the internal flow in a transportation cask and to capture the flow and heat transfer around the transportation cask in the sea, respectively. In the future, fluid flow through the gap will be evaluated by coupling the models developed in this study.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• v.55 no.9
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• pp.3506-3513
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• 2023

In this paper, we demonstrate the neutron attenuation of dry cask shielding materials using the S670e helium-4 detector manufactured by Arktis Radiation Ltd. In particular, two materials expected to be applied to the TN-32 dry cask manufactured by ORANO Korea and KORAD-21 by the Korea Radioactive Waste Agency (KORAD) were utilized. The measured neutron attenuation was compared with our Monte Carlo N-Particle Transport simulation results, and the difference is given as the root mean square (RMS). For the fast neutron case, a rapid decline in neutron counts was observed as a function of increasing material thickness, exhibiting an exponential relationship. The discrepancy between the experimentally acquired data and simulation results for the fast neutron was maintained within a 2.3% RMS. In contrast, the observed thermal neutron count demonstrated an initial rise, attained a maximum value, and exhibited an exponential decline as a function of increasing thickness. In particular, the discrepancy between the measured and simulated peak locations for thermal neutrons displayed an RMS deviation of approximately 17.3-22.4%. Finally, the results suggest that a minimum thickness of 5 cm for Li-6 is necessary to achieve a sufficiently significant cross-section, effectively capturing incoming thermal neutrons within the dry cask.

• Proceedings of the Korean Radioactive Waste Society Conference
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• 2018.11a
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• pp.157-158
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• 2018

In this work, we developed a customized shielded cask transport system which is equipped with a railguided travelling unit and a position adjustment unit for the cask without any crane service. The designed solid model was verified to have sufficient safety margin by using structural analysis. The developed system was introduced to a hot-cell and successfully tested and verified to have required target performance.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society for Technology of Plasticity Conference
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• 2006.05a
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• pp.369-372
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• 2006

Monolithic forging of cask is required continuously. Body-base monolithic forging of cask has advantage of an economical manufacturing process and better reliability for nuclear applications. Through the finite element analysis and parametric study of design variables, those are die angle, groove length and flange thickness, the optimal dimensions of preform and die sets are determined in order to develop a suitable forging process for body-base monolithic forging. To verify the result of finite element analysis, the physical model of 1/30 scale of actual product using plasticine was carried out. The result of this experiment, deformed shapes were very similar to the finite element analysis. As a result of this work, the special piercing method was developed using blank material consisting of a flange, groove and squared part.

• Transactions of the Korean Society for Noise and Vibration Engineering
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• v.19 no.4
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• pp.370-377
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• 2009

A simple preliminary analysis is often useful to check a validity of design alternatives before the detailed analysis phase in the viewpoint of efficiency. This paper describes a preliminary analysis procedure for the selection among basket design candidates for the spent fuel shipping cask of Korean standard nuclear power plant. As the cask should maintain the structural integrity in hypothetical accident condition, the case of 9 m drop is significantly considered as the worst scenario among the accident conditions in structural design viewpoint in this paper. As basket design options, totally four different types are considered and analyzed in the point of structural integrity at drop impact and weldability for fabrication. As a result, an insertion round plate type with densely spaced supports turns out to be the best in both of the viewpoints, though the weld plate type shows a bit more design margin.

• Proceedings of the Korean Nuclear Society Conference
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• 1996.11a
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• pp.177-182
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• 1996

Remote nuclear cask handling device (RNCHD)는 사용후 핵연료cask의 원격 조작에 있어서 안전성과 성능을 향상을 목적으로 한다. RNCHD의 한부분인 grapple은 사용후 핵연료cask의 이동 및 수송 또는 용기뚜껑의 개폐를 위하여 cask의 벽에 대각선으로 돌출되어있는 두 개의 trunnion에 삽입되어야한다. 그러나 trunnion으로의 grapple 삽입은 용기중심과 grapple 장치 중심사이의 위치와 방향편차 때문에 어렵게된다. 인공신경망은 grapple에 설치된 광전센서를 사용하여 용기의 중심으로 부터 grapple 장치의 상대적 위치를 계측하기위해 사용된다. 인공신경망 학습은 광전센서값과 grapple의 상대적 위치와 방향사이의 함수적 관계를 추론하기 위해 수행된다. 이렇게 측정된 RNCHD의 중심위치는 grapple의 자세를 맞추기 위한 제어입력값으로 제공된다. 인공신경망 학습을 위한 데이터는 grapple 장치와 trunnion을 모사한 1/2 스케일의 실험장치를 사용함으로써 얻어진다. 학습된 인공신경망은 학습에 사용 안된 센서입력값, 즉 새로운 grapple의 위치에 대해서도 정확성을 가지고 grapple 장치의 위치와 방위를 측정할 수 있었다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Nuclear Society Conference
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• 1995.05a
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• pp.847-852
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• 1995

A shielding analysis for KSC-7, the shipping cask for transporting the 7 PWR spent fuel assemblies, has been carried out. Radiation source term has been calculated on spent fuel with burnup of 50,000 MWD/MTU and 1.5 years cooling time by ORIGEN2 code. The shielding calculation for the cask has been made by using MCNP4A code with continuous cross section data library from ENDF/B-V. As a result of neutron dose rate analysis, another shielding calculational model on spent fuel shipping cask was provided which is using the Monte Carlo method.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• v.32 no.2
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• pp.191-203
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• 2000

This paper describes the beneficial effect of weldment imperfection of the cask impact limiter, by applying intermittent-weld, for impact energy absorbing behavior. From the point of view of energy absorbing efficiency of an energy absorber, it is desirable to reduce the crush load resistance and increase the deformation of the energy absorber within certain limit. This paper presents the test results of intermittent-weldment and the analysis results of cask impacts and the discussions of the improvement of impact mitigating effect by the imperfect-weldment. The rupture of imperfect weldment of an impact limiter improves the energy-absorbing efficiency by reducing the crush load amplitude without loss of total energy absorption. The beneficial effect of weldment imperfection should be considered to the cask impact limiter design.