• 지질공학
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• 제25권1호
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• pp.1-8
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• 2015

Deep geological disposal is the preferred storage method for high-level radioactive waste, because it ensures stable long-term storage with minimal potential for human disruption. Because of the risk of groundwater contamination, a buffer of steel and bentonite layers has been proposed to prevent the leaching of radionuclides into groundwater. Quartz is one of the most common minerals in earth's crust. To understand how deformation and dissolution phenomena affect waste disposal, here we study quartz samples at pressure, temperature, and pH conditions typical of deep geological disposal sites. We perform a dissolution experiment for single quartz crystals under different pressure and temperature conditions. Solution samples are collected and the dissolution rate is calculated by analyzing Si concentrations in a solution excited by inductively coupled plasma-atomic emission spectroscopy (ICP-AES). After completing the dissolution experiment, deformation of the quartz sample surfaces is investigated with a confocal laser scanning microscope (CLSM). An empirical formula is introduced that describes the relationship between dissolution rate, pressure, and temperature. These results suggest that bentonite layers in engineering barrier systems may be vulnerable to thermal deformation, even when exposed to higher temperatures on relatively short timescales.

• 지구물리
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• 제8권4호
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• pp.207-209
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• 2005

한반도 남부의 지진으로부터 Richter의 원래 정의에 따라 유도된 지역규모식들을 검토하였다. 이들 지역규모식들의 비교를 위하여 2000년부터 2004년 사이에 발생한 126개 지진의 광대역 속도기록 자료를 이용하여 지역규모식의 거리수정항을 다음과 같이 새롭게 결정하였다. - log A 0 = 1.017 log ( r/17) + 0.00028 ( r - 17)2 +2 .0 이 결과는 한반도 남부의 변위 감쇠율이 미국 서부 지역보다는 낮고 동부지역보다는 높은 값이다. 이 결과는 김성균, 박민아(2002)가 제안한 지역규모식과 거의 일치한다. 이전에 연구된 지역규모식들의 차이는 주로 사용된 자료의 제한성에 기인하는 것으로 추정된다.

• 방사성폐기물학회지
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• 제20권1호
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• pp.1-12
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• 2022

Bentonite is the most probable candidate to be used as a buffer in a deep geological repository with high swelling properties, hydraulic conductivity, thermal conductivity, and radionuclide sorption ability. Among them, the radionuclide sorption ability prevents or delays the transport of radionuclides into the nearby environment when an accident occurs and the radionuclide leaks from the canister, so it needs to be strengthened in terms of long-term disposal safety. Here, we proposed a surface modification method in which some inorganic additives were added to form NaP zeolite on the surface of the bentonite yielded at Yeonil, South Korea. We confirmed that the NaP zeolite was well-formed on the bentonite surface, which also increased the sorption efficiency of Cs and Sr from groundwater conditions. Both NaP and NaX zeolite can be produced and we have demonstrated that the generation mechanism of NaX and NaP is due to the number of homogeneous/heterogeneous nucleation sites and the number of nutrients supplied from an aluminosilicate gel during the surface modification process. This study showed the potential of surface modification on bentonite to enhance the safety of deep geological radioactive waste repository by improving the radionuclide sorption ability of bentonite.

• 방사성폐기물학회지
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• 제21권1호
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• pp.23-41
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• 2023

Coupled thermo-hydraulic-mechanical (THM) processes are essential for the long-term performance of deep geological disposal of high-level radioactive waste. In this study, a numerical sensitivity analysis was performed to analyze the effect of rock properties on THM responses after the execution of the heater test at the Kamaishi mine in Japan. The TOUGH-FLAC simulator was applied for the numerical simulation assuming a continuum model for coupled THM analysis. The rock properties included in the sensitivity study were the Young's modulus, permeability, thermal conductivity, and thermal expansion coefficients of crystalline rock, rock salt, and clay. The responses, i.e., temperature, water content, displacement, and stress, were measured at monitoring points in the buffer and near-field rock mass during the simulations. The thermal conductivity had an overarching impact on THM responses. The influence of Young's modulus was evident in the mechanical behavior, whereas that of permeability was noticed through the change in the temperature and water content. The difference in the THM responses of the three rock type models implies the importance of the appropriate characterization of rock mass properties with regard to the performance assessment of the deep geological disposal of high-level radioactive waste.

• 한국지리정보학회지
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• 제10권2호
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• pp.23-35
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• 2007

최근 정보 검색 분야에서 시맨틱 웹 기술에 따른 인터넷 용어사전과 더불어 시소러스의 필요성이 더욱 중요시되고 있다. 시소러스는 분류와 사전의 결합으로 상위 및 하위개념 사이의 전후관계를 명확히 하기 위해서 공식적으로 조직, 통제된 색인어의 어휘로 인간의 학습, 탐구활동 등 제반 지식활동의 대상이 되는 개념(용어)간의 관계를 표현한 지식구조의 토픽 맵이다. 하지만 시소러스가 용어의 통제 및 표준화와 더불어 정보를 능률적으로 처리하고 검색하는데 필수적인 수단으로 평가되고 있음에도 불구하고 아직까지 지질분야에서 우리말 시소러스가 없는 실정이다. 시소러스를 구축하기 위해서는 표준화되고 잘 정의된 지침이 필요하다. 이러한 표준화된 지침은 보다 효율적인 정보 관리를 가능하게 할 것이며, 정보 이용자 또한 보다 정확한 정보를 쉽고 편리하게 이용할 수 있게 될 것이다. 본 연구는 지질정보 중 가장 기본이 되는 용어 시소러스 시스템 구축 연구이다. 이를 위해서 첫째, 국내외 지질용어 표준화 동향을 살펴보았다. 둘째, 15개 분야에 대한 지질학적 주제를 정하고 각 주제에 대한 분류체계(안)를 마련하였다. 셋째, 지질용어 시소러스 분류체계를 바탕으로 지질용어 시소러스 명세서를 작성하였다. 마지막으로 이 명세서를 이용하여 인터넷기반 지질용어 시소러스 시스템을 설계하고 구축하였다.

• 한국지반공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국지반공학회 1999년도 가을 학술발표회 논문집
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• pp.201-208
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• 1999

The NATM(New Austrian Tunnelling Method) has been used for tunnelling since 1980's. But Collapses of tunnel under construction take place frequently, especially at urban areas because of adjacent buildings, underground conduits and traffic loads. This paper is a case study on the reinforcement method of subway tunnel at urban areas. In this study, ground inspection, geological investigation, laboratory test and numerical analysis by means of FDM program were carried out. The tunnel excavation was stopped because of over excessive brake of tunnel crown and shotcrete was installed to prevent deformation of adjacent ground as the temporary method. From the result of field survey and geological investigation, it is found that the soft weathered soil was distributed to the ground of tunnel invert unlike original investigation. The results of the analysis and the study show that the SGR(Space Grouting Rocket) method and Umbrella method can be applied for the stability of tunnel excavation and in addition the reinforcement of concrete lining is required for long-term stability of tunnel.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제31권6호
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• pp.23-38
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• 1999

This study addresses the reference spent fuel and its characteristics for developing a geological repository concept. As a disposal capacity of the reference repository system to be developed, spent fuel inventories were projected based on the basis of the Nuclear Energy Plan of the Long-term National Power Program. The reference spent fuel encompassing a variability in characteristics of all existing and future spent fuels of interest was defined. Key parameters in the reference fuel screening processes were the nuclear and mechanical design parameters and the burnup histories for existing spent fuels as of 1996 and for future spent fuels with the more extended burnup the initial enrichment and its expected turnup. The selected reference fuel was characterized in terms of initial enrichment, bumup, dimension, gross weight and age. Also the isotopic composition and the radiological properties are quantitatively identified. This information provided in this study could be used as input for repository system development and performance assessment and applied in fuel material balance evaluation for the various types of back-end fuel cycle studies.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제39권6호
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• pp.697-702
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• 2007

Radioactive waste has been produced in the UK for many decades. Since the 1950' s much of this has been associated with civil nuclear power production and the nuclear weapons programme. There have been a number of unsuccessful attempts in the UK since the 1980s to deal with the waste and find suitable sites for its disposal. However, the UK Government has addressed this and in 2001 introduced the "Managing Radioactive Waste Safely" programme. The aim of this was to make decisions on the long-term radioactive waste management policy through stakeholder engagement. In 2006, it adopted a policy of geological disposal for higher activity wastes and following further consultations, is now at the stage of choosing how that policy should be implemented.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제38권6호
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• pp.459-482
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• 2006

A geochemical approach to the long-term safety of waste disposal is discussed in connection with the significance of actinides, which shall deliver the major radioactivity inventory subsequent to the relatively short-term decay of fission products. Every power reactor generates transuranic (TRU) elements: plutonium and minor actinides (Np, Am, Cm), which consist chiefly of long-lived nuclides emitting alpha radiation. The amount of TRU actinides generated in a fuel life period is found to be relatively small (about 1 wt% or less in spent fuel) but their radioactivity persists many hundred thousands years. Geological confinement of waste containing TRU actinides demands, as a result, fundamental knowledge on the geochemical behavior of actinides in the repository environment for a long period of time. Appraisal of the scientific progress in this subject area is the main objective of the present paper. Following the introductory discussion on natural radioactivities, the nuclear fuel cycle is briefly brought up with reference to actinide generation and waste disposal. As the long-term disposal safety concerns inevitably with actinides, the significance of the aquatic actinide chemistry is summarized in two parts: the fundamental properties relevant to their aquatic behavior and the geochemical reactions in nanoscopic scale. The constrained space of writing allows discussion on some examples only, for which topics of the primary concern are selected, e.g. apparent solubility and colloid generation, colloid-facilitated migration, notable speciation of such processes, etc. Discussion is summed up to end with how to make a geochemical approach available for the long-term disposal safety of nuclear waste or for the performance assessment (PA) as known generally.

• 문화기술의 융합
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• 제6권3호
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• pp.393-399
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• 2020

본 연구에서는 터널 굴진 시 조우한 석회공동의 지하수 유출에 따른 지반침하 거동을 수치해석을 바탕으로 정량화하고 영향정도를 분석하였다. 현장에서 조사된 지하수위 및 지표면 침하량 등을 토대로 수치해석 기법을 적용하여 지질취약대 터널통과에 따른 지반침하거동의 특성을 분석하였다. 지하수 침투-응력연계해석결과, 수치해석결과는 실제 지반침하거동을 잘 반영하는 것으로 분석되었다. 연구결과, 지질취약대인 석회암 공동구간의 터널 굴착에 따른 지반 침하는 급격한 지하수위 하강이 주요 원인인 것으로 분석되었다. 수치해석결과, 지하수위 강하에 의한 토사층 체적감소로 인해 지하수 유출된 이후의 장기적인 아스팔트 지표면 장기 누적침하량은 76~118mm인 것으로 분석되었으며 침하량은 토사층 깊이가 깊을수록 증가하는 양상을 나타냈다.