• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제26권3호
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• pp.337-344
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• 1994

가압경수형 원자로의 노심장전모형 선정시 제약이 되는 집합체첨두 $F_{{\Delta}H}$$^{N}$ 을 감소시키기 위하여 다중농축도 개념을 적용하여 핵연료봉의 집합체내 출력분포를 평탄화함으로써 첨두봉출력을 감소시키는 방안에 대하여 연구하였다. 다중농축도 핵연료집합체란 기존 집합체의 단일 농축도핵연료봉을 이중농축도 핵연료봉으로 대체한 집합체를 말한다. 농축도의 차이를 변화시켜가며 적절한 배치에 의하여 핵연료봉의 집합체내 배치모형을 최적화 하였고, 이러한 다중농축도 핵연료 집합체에서 첨두봉출력의 감소를 가장 크게하는 농축도의 차이는 약 0.3~0.4w/o 일때가 가장 적절한 것으로 밝혀졌다. 다중농축도 핵연료 집합체의 노심에서의 효과를 알아보기 위하여 고리 4호기를 대상으로 8주기에서 평형주기까지 계산을 수행하였으며 그 결과 약 1.5%의 $F_{{\Delta}H}$$^{N}$ 감소효과를 얻을 수 있었다.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제56권7호
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• pp.2756-2766
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• 2024

Small rod-controlled pressurized water reactors (PWR) are the ideal energy source for vessel propulsion, benefiting from their high reactivity control efficiency. Since the control rods (CRs) increase the complexity of reactivity control, this paper seeks to study the performance of CRs in small rod-controlled PWRs to extend the lifetime and reduce power offset due to CRs. This study investigates CR grouping, move-in/out strategies, and axially non-uniform design effects on core neutron physics metrics. These metrics include axial offset (AO), core lifetime (CL), fuel utilization (FU), and radial power peaking factor (R-PPF). To simulate the movement of the CRs, a "Critical-CR-burnup" function was developed in OpenMC. In CR designs, the CRs are grouped into three banks to study the simultaneous and prioritized move-in/out strategies. The results show CL extension from 590 effective full power days (EFPDs) to 638-698 EFPDs. A lower-worth prioritized strategy minimizes AO and the extremum values decrease from -0.69 and + 0.81 to -0.28 and + 0.51. Although an axially non-uniform CR design can improve AO at the beginning of cycle (BOC), considering the overall CR worth change is crucial, as a significant decrease can adversely impact axial power distribution during the middle of cycle (MOC).

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제50권2호
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• pp.268-279
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• 2018

The ALCYONE multidimensional fuel performance code codeveloped by the CEA, EDF, and AREVA NP within the PLEIADES software environment models the behavior of fuel rods during irradiation in commercial pressurized water reactors (PWRs), power ramps in experimental reactors, or accidental conditions such as loss of coolant accidents or reactivity-initiated accidents (RIAs). As regards the latter case of transient in particular, ALCYONE is intended to predictively simulate the response of a fuel rod by taking account of mechanisms in a way that models the physics as closely as possible, encompassing all possible stages of the transient as well as various fuel/cladding material types and irradiation conditions of interest. On the way to complying with these objectives, ALCYONE development and validation shall include tests on $PWR-UO_2$ fuel rods with advanced claddings such as M5(R) under "low pressure-low temperature" or "high pressure-high temperature" water coolant conditions. This article first presents ALCYONE V1.4 RIA-related features and modeling. It especially focuses on recent developments dedicated on the one hand to nonsteady water heat and mass transport and on the other hand to the modeling of grain boundary cracking-induced fission gas release and swelling. This article then compares some simulations of RIA transients performed on $UO_2$-M5(R) fuel rods in flowing sodium or stagnant water coolant conditions to the relevant experimental results gained from tests performed in either the French CABRI or the Japanese NSRR nuclear transient reactor facilities. It shows in particular to what extent ALCYONE-starting from base irradiation conditions it itself computes-is currently able to handle both the first stage of the transient, namely the pellet-cladding mechanical interaction phase, and the second stage of the transient, should a boiling crisis occur. Areas of improvement are finally discussed with a view to simulating and analyzing further tests to be performed under prototypical PWR conditions within the CABRI International Program. M5(R) is a trademark or a registered trademark of AREVA NP in the USA or other countries.

• 방사성폐기물학회지
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• 제6권3호
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• pp.225-232
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• 2008

제3차 전력수급기본계획에 근거하여 현재 운영중이거나 계획중인 원자력발전소에서 발생할 사용후핵연료의 양과 특성을 추정하였다. 본 연구에서 고려된 대상 특성은 핵연료집합체에 대한 제원, 핵연료봉 배열, 무게, $^{235}U$ 초기 농축도 및 방출연소도이다. 이들은 파이로공정 시설을 설계하는데 필수적인 것이다. 2077년말까지 가압경수로 사용후핵연료의 예상발생량은 약 23,000 tU이 될 것으로 보인다. $^{235}U$ 초기 농축도 4.5 wt.% 이하를 갖는 사용후핵연료의 비율은 전체 발생량의 약 95%를 차지할 것이며, 16$\times$16 배열을 갖는 핵연료집합체는 74%를 차지할 것 같다. 현재 사용후핵연료의 평균연소도는 45 GWd/tU인데 반해, 2010년대 중 후반 이후 발생할 사용후 핵연료의 평균연소도는 55 GWd/tU이 될 것 같다. 이상의 결과에 따라 파이로공정 시설의 설계를 위한 기준 사용후핵연료를 도출하였다. 예상 사용후핵연료는 21.4 cm $\times$ 21.4 cm의 단면적, 453 cm의 길이, 672 kg의 질량, 4.5 wt.%의 $^{235}U$ 초기 농축도 및 55 GWd/tU의 방출연소도를 갖는 16$\times$16 한국표준형연료가 타당할 것으로 판단된다.

• 방사성폐기물학회지
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• 제4권1호
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• pp.87-93
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• 2006

제2차 전력수급기본계획에 의거 2017년까지 계획된 원자로만을 대상으로 심지층 처분시스템 설계 시 필요한 국내 사용후핵연료의 발생량, 제원적 특징, 초기농축도 및 방출연소도 등에 대하여 현재 및 미래 현황을 파악하고 예측하였다. 2057년까지 PWR 및 CANDU 사용후핵연료 발생량은 각각 20,500 및 14,800 MTU로 나타났다. 초기 농축도에 대해서는 4.5 wt.% 이하를 갖는 사용후핵연료가 96.5%를 차지하는 것으로 나타났다. 사용후핵연료의 평균 방출연소도는 90년대 후반에는 36 GWD/MUT 전도, 2000년대 초반에는 40 GWD/MTU를 나타냈으며, 2000년대 중 후반부터는 45 GWD/MTU가 될 것으로 나타났다. 광범위한 분석 및 예측 결과, 총 처분물량을 대표할 수 있는 가상적인 기준 사용후핵 연료는 16 6 한국표준형연료, 단면적 $21.4cm\times21.4cm$, 길이 453cm, 무게 672 kg, 초기 농축도 4.5 wt.%, 방출연소도 55 GWD/MTU로 나타났다.

• 한국윤활학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국윤활학회 1999년도 제29회 춘계학술대회
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• pp.303-309
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• 1999

The fretting wear behaviour of Zircaloy-4 tube used as the fuel rod cladding in PWR nuclear power plants has been investigated at the different test environment, in light water and in air as a function of slip amplitude, normal load, test duration and frequency. Zircaloy-4 tubes were used for both of oscillating and stationary specimens. A fretting wear tester was designed to be suitable for this fretting test. The wear volume and specific wear rate of Zircaloy-4 tube in water were greater than those in air under various slip amplitude. It was found that delaminate debris and surface cracks were observed at low slip amplitude and high load in water Experimental results showed that the light water accelerated the wear of Zircaloy-4 tube at low slip amplitude in fretting.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제41권2호
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• pp.143-148
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• 2009

The increasing power and other demands on PWR fuel is leading to a demand for cladding that has low corrosion but that should also be robust with regard to mechanical behavior, impact of the irradiation environment and the coolant chemistry. The Optimized $ZIRLO^{TM}$ cladding is an evolutionary development of $ZIRLO^{TM}$ taking advantage of the long experience of the ZIRLO cladding but has significantly improved corrosion behavior. Recently, operation of Optimized ZIRLO to above 73 kWd/kgU has shown a reduction of the corrosion of almost 50%.

• Tribology and Lubricants
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• 제15권1호
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• pp.83-89
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• 1999

The fretting wear behaviour of Zircaloy-4 tube used as the fuel rod cladding in PWR nuclear power plants has been investigated at the different test environment, in light water and in air as a function of slip amplitude, normal load, test duration and frequency. Zircaloy-4 tubes were used for both of oscillating and stationary specimens. A fretting wear tester was designed to be suitable for this fretting test. The wear volume and specific wear rate of Zircaloy-4 tube in water was greater than those in air under various slip amplitude. Delaminates and surface cracks were observed at low slip amplitude and high load of fretting test in water, but the traces of adhesion and plowing were observed at and above 200 Um. The water accelerates the wear of Zircaloy-4 tube at lower slip amplitude in fretting.

• Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology
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• 제15권9호
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• pp.1274-1280
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• 2001

The fretting wear behavior of the contact between Zircaloy-4 tube and Inconel 600, which are used as the fuel rod cladding and grid, respectively, in PWR nuclear power plants was investigated in air. In the study, number of cycles, slip amplitude and normal load were selected as the main factors of fretting wear. The results indicated that wear increased with load, slip amplitude and number of cycles but was affected mainly by the slip amplitude. SEM micrographs revealed the characteristics of fretting wear features on the surface of the specimens such as stick, partial slip and gross slip which depended on the slip amplitude. It was found that fretting wear was caused by the crack generation along the stick-slip boundaries due to the accumulation of plastic flow at small slip amplitudes and by abrasive wear in the entire contact area at high slip amplitudes.

• Journal of Radiation Protection and Research
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• 제18권2호
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• pp.47-59
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• 1993

본 연구에서는 사용후핵 연료를 안전하게 수송할 수 있는 수송용기의 여러 가지 설계 항목중에 수송용기 내부에 장전한 핵연료에 의한 핵임계반응을 방지하기 위한 핵임계해석을 수행하였다. 핵임계 해석에 사용한 HANSEN-ROACH-KENO-Va 전산시스템에 대한 검증계산을 수행하였고 수송용기의 핵임계측면에서의 안전성을 확보하기 위해 가능한 보수적인 가정을 하여 어떠한 경우에도 수송용기에 장전된 핵연료가 임계상태에 도달하지 않도록 수송용기 내부의 구조 및 적절한 핵임계 방지제를 선택하였고 정상수송 및 가상사고 조건 등에 대한 해석을 수행하였다. 그 결과 KSC-7 수송용기 의 설계조건을 만족하고 핵임계측면에서의 안전성을 보장할 수 있는 재료 및 구조에 대한 결론을 해석적으로 도출하였다.