• 제목/요약/키워드: Nuclear Fuels

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A CLASSIFICATION OF UNIQUELY DIFFERENT TYPES OF NUCLEAR FISSION GAS BEHAVIOR

  • HOFMAN GERARD L.;KIM YEON SOO
    • Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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    • 제37권4호
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    • pp.299-308
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    • 2005

  • The behavior of fission gas in all major types of nuclear fuel has been reviewed with an emphasis on more recently discovered aspects. It is proposed that the behavior of fission gas can be classified in a number of characteristic types that occur at a high or low operating temperature, and/or at high or low fissile burnup. The crystal structure and microstructure of the various fuels are the determinant factors in the proposed classification scheme. Three types of behavior, characterized by anisotropic $\alpha$-U, high temperature metallic $\gamma$-U, and cubic ceramics, are well-known and have been extensively studied in the literature. Less widely known are two equally typical low temperature kinds: one associated with fission induced grain refinement and the other with fission induced amorphization. Grain refinement is seen in crystalline fuel irradiated to high burnup at low temperatures, whereas breakaway swelling is observed in amorphous fuel containing sufficient excess free-volume. Amorphous fuel, however, shows stable swelling if insufficient excess free-volume is available during irradiation.

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Loading pattern design and economic evaluation for 24-month cycle operation of OPR-1000 in Korea

  • Jeongmin Lee;Hyun Chul Lee
    • Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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    • 제55권3호
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    • pp.1167-1180
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    • 2023

  • Due to the tightened regulatory environment since the Fukushima accident, the capacity factor of Korean nuclear power plants has been declining since 2011. To overcome this circumstance, a shift from 18-month to 24-month cycle operation is being considered in Korea. Therefore, in this study, loading patterns(LPs) for 24-month cycle operation of the Korean standard nuclear power plant(OPR-1000) are suggested and economic evaluations are performed. A single-zone LP with 89 fresh fuels was evaluated to be optimal for 24-month operation of OPR-1000 in terms of economic gain. The 24-month operation of OPR-1000 with this LP gives a profit of 7.073 million dollars per year compared to 18-month operation.

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가압 경수로 사용후핵연료 중 삼중수소 분석 (Determination of Tritium in Spent Pressurized Water Reactor (PWR) Fuels)

  • 이창헌;서무열;최광순;지광용;김원호
    • 분석과학
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    • 제17권5호
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    • pp.381-387
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    • 2004

  • 가압 경수로 사용후핵연료의 화학특성을 규명하기 위하여 극미량 함유되어 있는 삼중수소 ($^3H$)의 정량기술을 확립하였다. 분석과정에서 발생하는 방사성 폐액의 양을 줄이고 분석자의 방사선 피폭을 줄이기 위하여 하나의 시료로부터 $^{14}C$과 $^3H$를 순차적으로 회수할 수 있도록 분리조건을 최적화하였다. 사용후핵연료를 질산으로 용해하는 과정에서 $^{14}CO_2$와 함께 휘발하는 $^{129}I_2$는 $AgNO_3$가 침윤되어 있는 흡착제로 제거하였다. $^{14}CO_2$는 1.5 M NaOH에 포집시키고 $^3H_2O$는 증류시켜 회수하였다. $^3H$의 평균 회수율은 97.9%, 상대표준편차는 0.9% (n = 3) 이었으며, 37,000 MWd/MtU 연소도의 사용후핵연료를 대상으로 $^3H$를 분석하고 표준물첨가법으로 분석신뢰도를 평가하였다.

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