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Kawata, Tomio
- Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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- v.39 no.6
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- pp.683-690
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- 2007
Because of increasing concerns regarding global warming and the longevity of oil and gas reserves, the importance of nuclear energy as a major source of sustainable energy is gaining recognition worldwide. To make nuclear energy truly sustainable, it is necessary to ensure not only the sustainability of the fuel supply but also the sustained availability of waste repositories, especially those for high-level radioactive waste (HLW). From this perspective, the effort to maximize the waste loading density in a given repository is important for easing repository capacity problems. In most cases, the loading of a repository is controlled by the decay heat of the emplaced waste. In this paper, a comparison of the decay heat characteristics of HLW is made among the various fuel cycle options. It is suggested that, for a future fast breeder reactor (FBR) cycle, the removal and burning of minor actinides (MA) would significantly reduce the heat load in waste and would allow for a reduction of repository size by half.
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Kim, Chunsoo;Daeseok Bae;Kim, Kyungsu;Yongkwon Koh;Kim, Geonyoung
- Proceedings of the Korean Radioactive Waste Society Conference
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- 2004.02a
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- pp.51-59
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- 2004
The geological research as a part of HLW disposal program in Korea is carried out to provide necessary data for the establishment of the reference repository system in term of design and safety assessment in the crystalline rock terrains. Six deep boreholes were drilled to obtain hydrogeological and hydrochemical data from Jurassic granites in the Yuseong area, Korea. The core observation, televiewer logging and hydraulic testing were carried out during and after drilling and multi-packer system were installed in the boreholes of 500m depth for hydraulic and hydrochemical monitoring including environmental isotopes. The integration of hydrogeochemical and hydrodynamic data would be built greater confidence for the understanding of groundwater system in fractured rock mass. This geoscientific program could be possible to suggest a general guideline to develop the reference disposal concept of high-level radioactive waste in Korea.
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Zhao Yulong;Ii Baojun;xu Jianhua;Zhang Chuanzhi
- Proceedings of the Korean Radioactive Waste Society Conference
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- 2005.11b
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- pp.329-337
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- 2005
Synroc which comprises hollandite-rich ($Ba_{1-x}Cs_{2x}\;(Al_yTi_{2-y})\;Ti_{6}O_{16},\;75wt\%$), perovskite ($Ca_{1-x}Sr_xTiO_3,\;15wt\%$) and rutile ($TiO_2,\;10wt\%$) is devised for the immobilization of Sr/Cs (1:3, wt$\%$) separated from HLW liquid. Especially, hollandite-rich Synroc with different contents of Al element is fabricated, and its mineral phase assemblage and microstructure are determined by using XRD and SEM/EDS. The durability test is carried out by using MCC-1 method, leachate is analyzed by using ICP/MS and ICP/ AES. The results indicate that hollandite-rich Synroc variants is a suitable host for Immobilization of Sr/Cs separated from HLW liquid.
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