• 제목/요약/키워드: Radioactive Waste Management

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Quality Management for Steam Generator Lancing & FOSAR

  • Park, Byeong-Mok;Han, Jae-Hyun;Choi, Kwan-Seok;Kim, Young-Kug;Kim, Sam-Hyun;Lee, Chang-Yul;Jang, Hee-Kon
    • 한국방사성폐기물학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 한국방사성폐기물학회 2017년도 춘계학술논문요약집
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    • pp.417-418
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    • 2017
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Development of a Quality Assurance Safety Assessment Database for Near Surface Radioactive Waste Disposal

  • Park J.W.;Kim C.L.;Park J.B.;Lee E.Y.;Lee Y.M.;Kang C.H.;Zhou W.;Kozak M.W.
    • Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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    • 제35권6호
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    • pp.556-565
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    • 2003
  • A quality assurance safety assessment database, called QUARK (QUality Assurance Program for Radioactive Waste Management in Korea), has been developed to manage both analysis information and parameter database for safety assessment of low- and intermediate-level radioactive waste (LILW) disposal facility in Korea. QUARK is such a tool that serves QA purposes for managing safety assessment information properly and securely. In QUARK, the information is organized and linked to maximize the integrity of information and traceability. QUARK provides guidance to conduct safety assessment analysis, from scenario generation to result analysis, and provides a window to inspect and trace previous safety assessment analysis and parameter values. QUARK also provides default database for safety assessment staff who construct input data files using SAGE(Safety Assessment Groundwater Evaluation), a safety assessment computer code.

원자력발전소 해체 방사성폐기물 특성보고서 작성 방안 제안 (A preparation plan proposal of nuclear power plant decommissioning radioactive waste characterization report)

  • 김창락;이선기;김헌;박해수;성석현;공창식
    • 시스템엔지니어링학술지
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    • 제17권1호
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    • pp.76-84
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    • 2021
  • Radioactive waste generated from nuclear power plant decommissioning shall be strictly managed so that radioactive materials above the allowable limit are not leaked into the environment. Radioactive wastes shall be classified and treated for management based on characteristics such as the type of waste, physicochemical properties, nuclide concentration and radioactivity. Waste characterization report shall be prepared and submitted to the disposal facility operator to ensure that the treated waste is suitable for disposal. The disposal facility operator shall review the waste Characterization report and visit the nuclear power plant decommissioning site to ensure that the wastes are processed step by step according to the plan. The waste Characterization report may be used as input data to evaluate disposal facility safety. Domestic and foreign data are collected and reviewed to confirm the entire processes from waste generation to delivery. This paper proposes the method to prepare the waste Characterization report which contains data and information on waste characteristics, treatment facilities & method and packaging method & container.

Evaluation of Occupational, Facility and Environmental Radiological Data From the Centralized Radioactive Waste Management Facility in Accra, Ghana

  • Gustav Gbeddy;Yaw Adjei-Kyereme;Eric T. Glover;Eric Akortia;Paul Essel;Abdallah M.A. Dawood;Evans Ameho;Emmanuel Aberikae
    • 방사성폐기물학회지
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    • 제21권3호
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    • pp.371-381
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    • 2023
  • Evaluating the effectiveness of the radiation protection measures deployed at the Centralized Radioactive Waste Management Facility in Ghana is pivotal to guaranteeing the safety of personnel, public and the environment, thus the need for this study. RadiagemTM 2000 was used in measuring the dose rate of the facility whilst the personal radiation exposure of the personnel from 2011 to 2022 was measured from the thermoluminescent dosimeter badges using Harshaw 6600 Plus Automated TLD Reader. The decay store containing scrap metals from dismantled disused sealed radioactive sources (DSRS), and low-level wastes measured the highest dose rate of 1.06 ± 0.92 µSv·h-1. The range of the mean annual average personnel dose equivalent is 0.41-2.07 mSv. The annual effective doses are below the ICRP limit of 20 mSv. From the multivariate principal component analysis biplot, all the personal dose equivalent formed a cluster, and the cluster is mostly influenced by the radiological data from the outer wall surface of the facility where no DSRS are stored. The personal dose equivalents are not primarily due to the radiation exposures of staff during operations with DSRS at the facility but can be attributed to environmental radiation, thus the current radiation protection measures at the Facility can be deemed as effective.

Determination of X-ray and gamma-ray shielding capabilities of recycled glass derived from deteriorated silica gel

  • P. Sopapan;O. Jaiboon;R. Laopaiboon;C. Yenchai;C. Sriwunkum;S. Issarapanacheewin;T. Akharawutchayanon;K. Yubonmhat
    • Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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    • 제55권9호
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    • pp.3441-3449
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    • 2023
  • We determined the radiation shielding properties for 10CaO-xPbO-(90-x) deteriorated silica gel (DSG) glass system (x = 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, and 45 mol.%). The mass attenuation coefficient (MAC) has been estimated at photon energies of 74.23, 97.12, 122, 662, 1173, and 1332 keV using a narrow beam X-ray attenuation and transmission experiment, the XCOM program, and a PHITS simulation. The obtained MAC values were applied to estimate the half value layer (HVL), mean free path (MFP), effective atomic number, and effective electron density. Results show that the MAC value of the studied glasses ranges between 0.0549 and 1.4415 cm2/g, increases with the amount of PbO, and decreases with increasing photon energy. The HVL and MFP values decrease with increasing PbO content and increase with increasing photon energy. The recycled glass, with the addition of PbO content (20-45 mol.%), exhibited excellent radiation shielding capabilities compared to standard barite and ferrite concretes and some glass systems. Moreover, the experimental radiation shielding parameters agree with the XCOM and PHITS values. This study suggests that this new waste-recycled glass is an effective and cost-saving candidate for X-ray and gamma-ray shielding applications.