• Proceedings of the Korean Nuclear Society Conference
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• 2004.05a
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• pp.301.1-301.1
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• 2004

• Journal of Radiation Protection and Research
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• v.21 no.2
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• pp.117-124
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• 1996

Source intensities in terms of the exposure rates at 1m from the fresh and spent DUPIC fuels, made from standard and extended turnup PWR fuels, were analyzed. Two cases were studied based on the degree of elimination of removable elements. Homogeneous mixture model was applied to get the exposure rate. The exposure rate turned out to be very high and sensitive to Cs elimination during the dry process. About 90% of exposure can be reduced in the case of fresh DUPIC fuel made from 10-year cooled spent PWR fuels if Cs is fully removed during the dry process. The main radiation source in spent fuels is Cs-137. The dry storage of spent DUPIC fuel may need a longer wet storage period and require a further review.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Precision Engineering Conference
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• 2004.05a
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• pp.104-104
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• 2004

현재 우리나라는 원자력에 의한 전력량이 전체 용량의 40 ％에 이르고 있으며, 장기전력 수급계획에 의한 2015년까지 운전예정인 28기 원자력발전소로부터 발생하여 누적될 것으로 예상되는 사용후핵연료는 Fig. 1에서 보이는 바와 같이 총 36,000 tHM (PWR 20,000tHM ＋ CANDU 16,000tHM)에 이를 것으로 전망된다. 이러한 사용후핵연료는 고준위폐기물로 분류되며, 지하 수백미터에 위치한 암반에 처분하는 개념에 대한 연구가 활발하게 진행되고 있다.(중략)

• Journal of Nuclear Fuel Cycle and Waste Technology(JNFCWT)
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• v.6 no.2
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• pp.147-154
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• 2008

It is expected that the temporary storage facilities at the nuclear power plants will be full of the spent fuels within 10 years. Provided that a centralized interim storage facility is constructed along the coast of the Korean peninsula to solve this problem, a substantial amount of spent fuels should be transported by sea or by land every year. In this paper we developed a computer program for the analysis of transportation logistics of the spent fuels from 4 different nuclear power plant sites to the hypothetical centralized interim storage facility and the final repository. Mass balance equations were used to analyze the logistics between the nuclear power plants and the interim storage facility. To this end a computer program, CASK, was developed by using the VISUAL BASIC language. The annual transportation rates of spent fuels from the four nuclear power plant sites were determined by using the CASK program. The parameter study with the program illustrated the easiness of logistics analysis. The program could be used for the cost analysis of the spent fuel transportation as well.

• Journal of Nuclear Fuel Cycle and Waste Technology(JNFCWT)
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• v.8 no.1
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• pp.77-84
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• 2010

Reduction of oxides has been investigated for the volume reduction and recycling of the spent oxide fuel from commercial nuclear power plants. Various oxide reduction methods were proposed and KAERI (Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute) is currently developing an electrochemical reduction process using a LiCl-$Li_2O$ molten salt as a reaction medium. The electrochemical reduction process, the front end of the pyroprocessing, can connect the PWR (Pressurized Water Reactor) oxide fuel cycle to a metal fuel cycle of the sodium cooled fast reactor. This paper summarizes KAERI efforts on the development, improvement, and scale-up of the oxide reduction process.

• Proceedings of the Korean Nuclear Society Conference
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• 1998.05b
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• pp.482-487
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• 1998

누적되는 사용후핵연료의 안전하고 호율적인 관리는 원자력 발전의 지속적인 성장을 위한 중요한 과제중의 하나로 대두되고 있다. 사용 후 핵연료 차세대관리기술 실증시설은 이러한 사용후핵연료의 효율적인 관리·이용과 관련된 후행핵연료주기 기술을 종합적으로 시험 및 실증하기 위한 파일롯 규모의 핫셀 시험시설로서 2000년대 후반 준공을 목표로 현재 개념설계가 수행되고 있다. 본 시설은 국내 원전에서 방생된 PWR 몇 CANDU 원자로 사용후핵연료 집합체를 수납하여 사용후핵연료의 특성검사, 장기 건식저장 및 처분전처리 시험, 파일롯 규모 DUPIC 연료 제조시험을 포함한 사용후핵연료 차세대 관리기술 실증시험, 그리고 중.고준위 제기물의 고정화 시험 등을 수행할 수 있는 기능을 갖도록 하며, 향후 장기적인 연구개발 수요에 대비하여 다양한 중류의 실증시험이 가능하도록 시설의 유연성을 최대한 고려하여 설계될 예정이다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Radioactive Waste Society Conference
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• 2004.06a
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• pp.261-267
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• 2004

Inventories, projections, and characteristics of spent nuclear fuel(SNF) generated from domestic nuclear power plants were updated to support high-level waste disposal system design. The historical and projected inventory by the end 2055 is expected to be 20,500 and 14,800MTU for PWR and CANDU spent nuclear fuel, respectively The ratio of quantity for TEX>$17{\times}17$ SNF was shown to be 0.6 as of 2003. The amount of TEX>$17{\times}17$ SNF, however, will be less than that of TEX>$16{\times}16$ KSFA after 2012, while the quantity of TEX>$16{\times}16$ KSFA will reach to 70% of the total spent fuels in the 2055. Average turnup of SNF revealed ~36GWD/MTU and ~40GWD/MTU for the period of 1994-1999 and 2000-2003, respectively. It is expected that the average burnup of SNF will exceed 45GWD/MTU at the end of 2000's. Therefore, it seems reasonable to use the TEX>$17{\times}17$ 4.5w/o, 45GWD/MTU as the Reference SNF at present state. The TEX>$16{\times}16$ KSFA 4.5w/o, 55GWD/MTU, however, should be Reference SNF after ~2010.

• Journal of Nuclear Fuel Cycle and Waste Technology(JNFCWT)
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• v.7 no.4
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• pp.229-236
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• 2009

There are two types of spent fuels generated from nuclear power plants, CANDU type and PWR type. PWR spent fuels which include a lot of reusable material can be considered to be recycled. CANDU spent fuels are considered to directly disposed in deep geological formation, since they have little reusable material. In this study, based on the Korean Reference spent fuel disposal System(KRS) which is to dispose both PWR and CANDU spent fuels, the more effective CANDU spent fuel disposal systems have been developed. To do this, the disposal canister has been modified to hold the storage basket which can load 60 spent fuel bundles. From these modified disposal canisters, the disposal systems to meet the thermal requirement for which the temperature of the buffer materials should not be over $100^{\circ}C$ have been proposed. These new disposals have made it possible to introduce the concept of long tenn storage and retrievabililty and that of the two-layered disposal canister emplacement in one disposal hole. These disposal concepts have been compared and analyzed with the KRS CANDU spent fuel disposal system in terms of disposal effectiveness. New CANDU spent fuel disposal concepts obtained in this study seem to improve thermal effectiveness, U-density, disposal area, excavation volume, and closure material volume up to 30 - 40 %.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• v.15 no.4
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• pp.248-255
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• 1983

The thermal analysis on the spent fuel shipping cask for a PWR fuel assembly is performed. Under the normal and fire-accident conditions the temperature distribution through a multilayer cask calculated in compliance with 10 CFR Part 71. A KNU 5&6 spent fuel assembly is assumed to be the decay heat source, which has the maximum discharge turnup of 45, 000MWD/MTU and has been stored in the spent fuel storage pool for 300 days. As a result of thermal analysis, the maximum cladding temperature in case of dry cavity under fire-accident conditions is calculated to be 455$^{\circ}C$. This value is much less than the limiting value specified in 10 CFR Part 50.46. It indicates that no fuel rod cladding rupture could occur under fire-accident conditions. It was also found that no melting of lead would take place in the major shield region.

• Journal of Nuclear Fuel Cycle and Waste Technology(JNFCWT)
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• v.4 no.1
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• pp.51-58
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• 2006

Since 2002, more than 400 PWR spent nuclear fuel assemblies have been transported and stored on-site using transport casks in order to secure the storage capacity of PWR spent nuclear fuel of Kori nuclear power plant. The complete on-site transport system, which includes KN-12 transport casks, the related equipment and transport vehicles, had been developed and provided. KN-12 transport casks were designed, fabricated and licensed in accordance with Korean and IAEA's transport regulations, and the related equipment was also provided in accordance with the related regulations. The on-site transport and storage operation using two KN-12 casks and the related equipment has been conducted, and the strict Quality Control and Radiation Safety Management through the whole process has been carried out so as to achieve the required safety and reliability of the on-site transport of spent nuclear fuel.