• Proceedings of the Korean Radioactive Waste Society Conference
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• 2004.06a
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• pp.351-351
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• 2004

원자력연구소에서는 PWR 사용후핵연료를 건식 개질함으로써 관리 부피를 줄이고 안전상에 문제를 일으키는 고방사성 핵종인 세슘과 스트론튬 등을 선택적으로 제거하여 방사능 및 냉각부하를 줄일 수 있는 사용후핵연료 차세대관리 공정개발에 대한 연구를 수행하고 있다. 이는 세라믹 형태의 PWR 핵연료를 금속으로 전환시켜 관리하는 방법으로 금속전환체는 PWR 사용후핵연료와 비교하여 체적, 방사능 및 발열량을 약 1/4로 줄일 수 있는 이점이 있다.(중략)

• Proceedings of the Korean Nuclear Society Conference
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• 1998.05b
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• pp.497-502
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• 1998

후행핵연료주기 정책 미결정국형 사용후핵연료 관리기술 개발을 위하여 자원으로서 가치가 있는 PWR 사용후핵연료를 대상으로 새로운 관리개념을 설정하였으며 본 개념을 뒷받침하는 요소기술들에 대한 비방사성 검증시험을 수행하였다. 본 논문에서는 이와 관련한 사용후핵연료 차세대관리 공정개념을 소개하고 모의 PWR 사용후핵연료의 금속전환 시험결과와 금속전환체의 관리상에 필수적으로 검토되어야할 핵임계안전성과 열안전성에 대한 예비해석 결과를 소개코자 한다.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• v.17 no.3
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• pp.185-192
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• 1985

The fissile content of PWR spent fuel is higher than that of natural uranium which is normal fuel for CANDU type reactor. Investigated are the concepts of PWR spent fuel utilization in CANDU type reactor to diversify uranium resource and partially to solve storage problems of PWR spent fuel being gradually accumulated. Nuclear characteristics of uranium-plutonium mixed oxide fuel loaded in CANDU type reactor are analysed using the WIMS/D computer code. In this study, analyses are solely carried out upon the current CANDU type reactor design without changingany reactivity control devices.

• Proceedings of the Korean Nuclear Society Conference
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• 1997.05b
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• pp.256-261
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• 1997

국내 원전의 사용후핵연료를 경제적으로 수송할 수 있는 대형 수송용기의 국내개발을 위하여 10년의 냉각기간을 갖는 28다발의 PWR 사용후핵연료를 수송할 수 있도록 기본 설계기준을 설정하였다. 이 대형 수송용기에 대하여 개념설계로부터 결정된 차폐두께와 칫수를 기준으로 기본구조를 결정하고 정상수송조건 및 가상사고 조건에 대한 구조해석을 수행하였다. 대형 수송용기는 내부에 많은 양의 PWR 사용후핵연료를 담고 있으므로 이들 핵연료의 중량은 구조설계에 큰 영향을 미치게 된다. 본 연구의 목적은 28다발의 PWR 핵연료를 담은 대형 수송용기가 9m 높이에서 자유낙하하여 충돌사고를 일으켰을 때의 안전성을 파악하기 위한 것이다. 수송용기가 충돌시 충격면에 발생하는 충격력으로 인한 충격완충체의 변형과 충격흡수, 수송용기에 발생하는 응력, 가속도, 충돌력 등의 동적거동을 파악하여 안전성을 입증하였다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Nuclear Society Conference
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• 1996.05c
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• pp.207-212
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• 1996

DUPIC 핵연료 제조를 위해서 PWR 사용후핵연료의 피복관과 소결체를 분리하는 방법이 검토되었다. 약 50 cm의 PWR 사용후핵연료의 길이방향에 일정한 간격으로 구멍을 뚫어 산화하는 방법, 10∼20 m의 길이로 핵연료봉을 절단하여 산화하는 방법, 그리고, 핵연료봉의 길이 방향에서 피복관을 slitting하여 산화하는 방법에 대해 실험을 수행하였다. 실험 결과들로 보아 DUPTC 핵연료 제조 공정에 가장 적합한 방법으로는 핵연료봉 길이방향으로 slitting하여 산화하는 것이 가장 타당한 것으로 판명되었다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Nuclear Society Conference
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• 2001.05a
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• pp.371.1-371
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• 2001

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• v.23 no.2
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• pp.165-173
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• 1991

The recycle of PWR spent fuels in a CANDU reactor, so called the tandem fuel cycle is Investigated in this study. This scheme of utilizing Pm spent fuels will ease the shortage of spent fuel storage capacity as well as will improve the use of uranium resources. The minimum modification to the design of present CANDU reactor is seeked in the recycle. Nine different fuel types are considered in this work and are classified into two categories： refabrication and reconfiguration For refabrication, PWR spent fuels are processed and refabricated into the present 37 rod lattice structure of fuel bundle, and for reconfiguration, meanwhile, spent fuels are simply disassembled and rods are cut to fit into the present grid configuration of fuel bundle without refabrication. For each fuel option, the neutronics calculation of lattice was conducted to evaluate the allowable burnup and power distribution. The fuel cycle cost of each option was also computed to assess the economic justification. The result show that most tandem fuel cycle options considered in this study are technically feasible as well as economically viable.

• Proceedings of the Korean Radioactive Waste Society Conference
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• 2003.11a
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• pp.621-626
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• 2003

A DUPIC nuclear fuel is a newly developed fuel for CANDU reactors based on the concept of refabrication of spent PWR fuel by a dry process. Because a spent PWR fuel, a highly radioactive material, is used as a starting material, the experimental verification of DUPIC nuclear fuel fabrication requires an appropriate facility which should satisfy engineering requirements and guarantees safe operation. DUPIC nuclear fuel development team modified M6 hot-cell in IMEF to construct the dedicated facility(DFDF) for tile experiment. The experiment with spent PWR fuel have been conducted since January of 2000. Environmental effects of DFDF normal operation have been investigated when DUPIC nuclear fuel is fabricated with the maximum capacity of 50kg U/yr. The analysis results of the radiological safety of DFDF facility have shown that both national regulation limit and IMEF design criteria are satisfied.

• Journal of Nuclear Fuel Cycle and Waste Technology(JNFCWT)
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• v.9 no.3
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• pp.169-179
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• 2011

There are two types of nuclear reactors in Korea and they are PWR type and CANDU type. The safe management of the spent fuels from these reactors is very important factor to maintain the sustainable energy supply with nuclear power plant. In Korea, a reference disposal system for the spent fuels has been developed through a study on the direct disposal of the PWR and CANDU spent fuel. Recently, the research on the demonstration and the efficiency analyses of the disposal system has been performed to make the disposal system safer and more economic. PWR spent fuels which include a lot of reusable material can be considered being recycled and a study on the disposal of HLW from this recycling process is being performed. CANDU spent fuels are considered being disposed of directly in deep geological formation, since they have little reusable material. In this study, based on the Korean Reference spent fuel disposal System (KRS) which was to dispose of both PWR type and CANDU type, the more effective CANDU spent fuel disposal systems were developed. To do this, the disposal canister for CANDU spent fuels was modified to hold the storage basket for 60 bundles which is used in nuclear power plant. With these modified disposal canister concepts, the disposal concepts to meet the thermal requirement that the temperature of the buffer materials should not be over $100^{\circ}C$ were developed. These disposal concepts were reviewed and analyzed in terms of disposal effective factors which were thermal effectiveness, U-density, disposal area, excavation volume, material volume etc. and the most effective concept was proposed. The results of this study will be used in the development of various wastes disposal system together with the HLW wastes from the PWR spent fuel recycling process.

• Journal of Radiation Protection and Research
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• v.21 no.1
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• pp.27-39
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• 1996

The change in spent fuel characteristics by DUPIC fuel cycle(burnup of spent PWR fuel again in CANDU) is examined with time elapse since discharge. Major characteristics examined include isotopic concentration, radioactivity, decay heat radiotoxicity and radiation source-term of spent fuel material, which is existing in a type of spent PWR and DUPIC fuel. Behaviors of major nuclides contributing to such changes are also analyzed in terms of radionuclide concentration. From the analysis, the change in radionuclide concentration by DUPIC shows approximately 2% decrease in actinides concentration and 20% increase in fission products concentration. Radioactivity and decay heat of spent DUPIC fuel does not depend upon radionuclides concentrations, which is a unique in sence of general characteristics of spent fuel. In terms of gamma spectrum, spent DUPIC fuel shows lower values than that of spent PWR fuel by 40 to 50% in the range of $0.01{\sim}0.575$ MeV but much higher over 3.5MeV. Neutron Intensities of both spent fuels are mainly determined by $({\alpha},\;n)$ reaction and spontaneous fission reaction of actinides. Of them, especially, the spontaneous fission reaction Is a major neutron source-term, which causes that neutron intensities of spent DUPIC fuel $having{\sim}3.3$ times higher Cm-244 concentration are ${\sim}4$ times higher than that of spent PWR fuel.