• 비파괴검사학회지
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• 제23권5호
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• pp.520-525
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• 2003

Fast Breeder Test Reactor (FBTR) is a 40MW (thermal) / 13.2MW (electrical), Plutonium - Uranium mixed carbide fuelled, sodium cooled, loop type nuclear reactor operating at Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research (IGCAR), Kalpakkam. Its main aim is to generate experience in operation of fast reactors and sodium systems and to serve as an irradiation facility for development of fuels and structural materials fur fast reactors. Nuclear reactors pose difficulties to the NDT techniques used to monitor the conditions of the internal components. Sodium cooled fast breeder reactors have their own typical difficulties in using the NDT techniques. These are due to the need for operation in aggressive environment of nuclear radiation and sodium (molten/vapour), as well as the need to maintain leak tightness of a very high order during all states of reactor operation and shutdown for fuel handling, maintenance and remote inspection. This paper discusses the following NDT techniques, which have been successfully used for the past 15 years in FBTR: (i) Periscope and Projector, (ii) Core Co-ordinate Measuring Device and, (iii) Optical fiberscope. The inspection using these techniques have given confidence for further reactor operation at high power by giving useful data on the conditions of the components inside the reactor vessel.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제41권7호
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• pp.921-928
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• 2009

As part of an evaluation for an in-vessel severe accident management strategy, a coolant injection into the reactor vessel under depressurization of the reactor coolant system (RCS) has been evaluated in detail using the SCDAP/RELAP5 computer code. A high-pressure sequence of a small break loss of coolant accident (SBLOCA) has been analyzed in the Optimized Power Reactor (OPR) 1000. The SCDAP/RELAP5 results have shown that safety injection timing and capacity with RCS depressurization timing and capacity are very effective on the reactor vessel failure during a severe accident. Only one train operation of the high pressure safety injection (HPSI) for 30,000 seconds with RCS depressurization prevents failure of the reactor vessel. In this case, the operation of only the low pressure safety injection (LPSI) without a HPSI does not prevent failure of the reactor vessel.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제39권3호
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• pp.221-230
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• 2007

Wavelet theory was applied to detect a singularity in a reactor power signal. Compared to Fourier transform, wavelet transform has localization properties in space and frequency. Therefore, using wavelet transform after de-noising, singular points can easily be found. To test this theory, reactor power signals were generated using the HANARO(a Korean multi-purpose research reactor) dynamics model consisting of 39 nonlinear differential equations contaminated with Gaussian noise. Wavelet transform decomposition and de-noising procedures were applied to these signals. It was possible to detect singular events such as a sudden reactivity change and abrupt intrinsic property changes. Thus, this method could be profitably utilized in a real-time system for automatic event recognition(e.g., reactor condition monitoring).

• Journal of Radiation Protection and Research
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• 제30권1호
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• pp.39-44
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• 2005

노심 및 원자로의 구조 및 구성 물질이 확정되어 있지 않은 개발단계의 신형원자로의 압력용기에 대한 $R-{\theta}$좌표에서 차폐해석을 수행하려면, 매번 선원항에 대한 모델작업을 하는데 많은 노력과 시간이 소요된다. 따라서 $R-\theta$좌표에 의한 반경방향의 원자로 압력용기에 대한 차폐해석에 있어서 노심의 기하학적 구조에 영향을 받지 않고 해석할 수 있는 체계를 개발하였다. 개발된 해석체계를 이용하여 육방형 노심배열을 갖는 일체형 원자로의 압력용기에 대한 차폐해석을 수행하여, 그 결과를 MCNP 해석결과와 비교 분석하였다. 분석결과 개발된 해석체계가 좀 더 보수적인 결과를 나타내었으며 이는 차폐해석측면에서 타당하다. 또한 이 해석체계를 개발함으로써 그 동안 수작업으로 작성하였던 노심내부에 대한 모델에 대한 오차를 줄일 수 있으며 이에 소요되는 시간 및 노력을 줄일 수 있을 것으로 판단된다.

• Korean Membrane Journal
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• 제6권1호
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• pp.10-15
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• 2004

We developed a water-selective ceramic composite membrane for use as a dehydration membrane reactor for dimethylether (DME) synthesis from methanol. The membranes were modified on the porous stainless steel support by the sol-gel method accompanied by a suction process. The improved membrane modification process was effective in increasing the vapour permselectivity by removal of defects and pinholes. The optimized alumina/silica composite membrane exhibited a water permeance of 1.14${\times}$10$^{-7}$ mol/$m^2$.sec.Pa and a water/methanol selectivity of 8.4 at permeation temperature of 25$0^{\circ}C$. The catalytic reaction for DME synthesis from methanol using the membrane was performed at 23$0^{\circ}C$, and the reaction conversion was compared with that of the conventional fixed-bed reactor. The reaction conversion of the membrane reactor was much higher than that of the conventional fixed-bed reactor. The reaction conversion of the membrane reactor and the conventional fixed-bed reactor was 82.5 and 68.0%, respectively. This improvement of reaction efficiency can last if the water vapour produced in the reaction zone is removed continuously.

• 전자공학회논문지
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• 제51권9호
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• pp.215-220
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• 2014

본 논문에서는 연구용 원자로의 출력제어기법 설계와 이를 실제 원자로에 적용하여 성능을 검증한 사례를 소개한다. 연구용 원자로의 출력제어를 위해 제안된 설계 원리는 오버슈트(overshoot)의 억제, 출력 증가율의 억제, 그리고 안전해석에 기반한 최대 출력치의 제한이라는 세 가지이며, 이를 만족키 위해 한국원자력연구원 내의 연구용 원자로인 하나로의 설계개념에 기반을 두어 제어 로직의 개념설계, 상세설계, 구현, 시운전을 통해 해외의 원자로에 적용하여 실제 제어 성능을 검증하였다.

• 대한기계학회논문집 C: 기술과 교육
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• 제5권2호
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• pp.135-143
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• 2017

국내 유일의 연구용원자로인 하나로(Hi-flux Advanced Neutron Application ReactOr)는 다목적으로 중성자를 이용하기 위해 개방형 수조 내 노심이 존재하는 구조이며, 노심에서 발생되는 핵분열 열을 제거하기 위한 일차 냉각계통, 그리고 연결된 유체계통이 구비되어 있다. 원자로 수조 상부 근방에서 진행되는 방사성 작업 시 작업자의 방사능 피폭을 최소화하기 위해 수조고온층계통에 의해 상부에 고온층이 형성되어 있으며, 다소 저온 영역에 있는 방사능 가스 및 이물질이 상부로 올라오는 것을 방지하기 위해 수조수 온도를 $50^{\circ}C$이하로 제한하고 있으며 이를 위해 수조수관리계통이 연결되어 있다. 수조수관리계통의 구비된 판형열교환기의 열용량을 정상운전 조건에서 260 kW가 되도록 설계하여 각 수조에서 발생되는 열원을 제거하는지에 대해 평가하였고, 원자로 운전 모드와 관계없이 정상적으로 유체계통이 운전된다면 각 수조의 수조수 온도는 제한치 이하를 유지하고 있음을 확인하였다.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제51권4호
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• pp.963-967
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• 2019

Accurate measurement of the reactivity worth of safety rods is very important for the safe reactor operation, in normal and emergency conditions. In this paper, the reactivity worth of safety rods in Heavy Water Zero Power Reactor (HWZPR) in the new lattice pitch is measured by advanced source jerk method. The average of the results related to two different detectors is equal to 29.88 mk. In order to verify the result, this parameter was compared to the previously measured value by subcritical to critical approach. Different experiment results are finally compared with corresponding calculated result. Difference between the average experimental and calculated results is equal to 2.2%.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제52권12호
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• pp.2958-2968
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• 2020

Understanding public perception on nuclear research reactor is necessary for the policy maker to adopt such technology in Thailand, especially the locals who live in the proposed location. The study compared perceptions between the locals living near the proposed nuclear research reactor location (within 5 km) and those living in the outer region (5-15 km). Structural equation modeling technique was adopted by assuming casual relationships between latent variables including social status, information perception, trust, benefit perception and risk perception on the local acceptance of research reactor. The results showed that the strongest relationships for both the inner and the outer perimeters were from information perception toward technology acceptance via trust and benefit perception. While both zones showed similar results, the outer perimeter seemed to show slightly stronger effects than those in the inner perimeter.

• 한국원자력학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국원자력학회 1997년도 춘계학술발표회논문집(1)
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• pp.473-478
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• 1997

A severe accident management strategy, in-vessel retention corium through external reactor vessel cooling(ERVC) is being studied worldwide as a means to prevent reactor vessel failure following a core melt accident. An evaluation of feasibility of this ERVC for a large Advanced Light Water Reactor (ALWR) is presented. To account for the coolability of corium and metal in the reactor vessel, a thermal analysis is performed using an existing method. Results show that the peak heat flux along the inner surface of the reactor vessel lower head has a relatively smaller margin than a small capacity reactor such as AP600 in regards with the critical heat flux attainable at the outer surface of the reactor vessel lower head.