• Journal of Radiation Protection and Research
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• 제33권3호
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• pp.113-120
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• 2008

이 연구에서는 국내 개발중인 초고온가스로 (VHTR: Very High Temperature Reactor)를 대상으로, 발생되는 삼중수소 양, 계통간 이송, 제거, 분포 그리고 최종적으로 생산된 수소에 대한 삼중수소에 의한 오염 준위를 예측할 수 있는 해석 모델인 TRITGO 코드를 소개하였고, 수소를 생산하는 IS (Iodine Sulfide) 계통으로의 삼중수소 투과양을 모의할 수 있도록 코드를 개선하였다. 또한 GT-MHR 600MW 열출력을 가정, 최종 수소 생산물의 삼중수소에 의한 오염치를 예측하였다. 예상 오염치는 약 0.055 Bq/$H_2-g$으로 일본 규제치 56 Bq/$H_2-g$에 약 1/1000 수준으로 낮게 예측되었다. 모의 결과 삼중수소 방출을 억제하기 위해서는 피복관의 건전성 유지 및 헬륨 냉각재와 흑연으로 구성된 반사체내 불순물인 $^3He$ 및 Li을 가능한한 낮은 준위로 유지하는 것이 필요함을 보여 주었다. 또한 냉각재내 불순물을 직접 제거할 수 있는 정화계통의 성능이 중요한 설계인자로 판단되었다.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제42권6호
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• pp.662-669
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• 2010

To develop the manufacturing methods for the blanket first wall (FW) of the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) and to verify the integrity of the joint, Be/Cu mockups were fabricated and tested at the KoHLT-1 (Korea Heat Load Test facility), a graphite heater facility located at the Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute (KAERI). Since Be and Cu joining is the focus of the present study, the fabricated mockups had a CuCrZr heat sink joined with three Be tiles as an armor material, unlike the original ITER blanket FW, which has a stainless steel structure and coolant tubes. Hot isostatic pressing (HIP) was carried out at $580^{\circ}C$ and 100 MPa for 2 hours as the method for Be/Cu joining. Three interlayers, namely, $1{\mu}mCr/10{\mu}mCu$, $1{\mu}mTi/0.5{\mu}mCr/10{\mu}mCu$, and $5{\mu}mTi/10{\mu}mCu$ were applied as a coating to the Be tiles by a physical vapor deposition (PVD) method. A shear test was performed with the specimens, which were fabricated by the same methods as those used to fabricate the mockups. The average values were 125 MPa to 180 MPa, and the samples with the $1{\mu}mCr/10{\mu}mCu$ interlayer showed the lowest value. No defect or delamination was found in the joints of the mockups by the developed ultrasonic test using a flat-type probe with a 10 MHz frequency and a 0.25 inch diameter. High heat flux (HHF) tests were performed at $1.0\;MW/m^2$ heat flux for each mockup using the given conditions, and the results were analyzed by ANSYS-CFX code. For the test criteria, an expected fatigue lifetime about 1,000 cycles was obtained by analysis with ANSYS-mechanical code. Mockups using the interlayers of $1{\mu}mTi/0.5{\mu}mCr/10{\mu}mCu$ and $5{\mu}mTi/10{\mu}mCu$ survived up to 1,100 cycles over the required number of cycles. However, one of the Be tiles in the other two mockups using the $1{\mu}mCr/10{\mu}mCu$ interlayer was detached during the screening test, and others were detached by discharge after 862 cycles. The integrity of the joints using the proposed interlayers was proven by the HHF test, but the other interlayer requires more study before it can be used for the joining of Be to Cu. Moreover, it was confirmed that the measured temperatures agreed well with the analysis temperatures, which were used to estimate the lifetime and that the developed facility showed its capability of the long time operation.