• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제41권10호
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• pp.1307-1314
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• 2009

The isotope ratio of $^{134}Cs/^{137}Cs$ in a spent PWR fuel sample was obtained with a newly developed gamma/neutron combined measuring system at KAERI. Burnup and Pu/U ratio of the spent fuel sample were determined by using the measured isotope ratio and the burnup-isotope ratio correlation equations calculated from the ORIGEN-ARP computer code. The results were compared and evaluated with the chemically determined burnup and Pu/U ratio. As a result of the comparative evaluation, the nondestructively determined burnup and Pu/U ratio values showed a good agreement with the chemically obtained results to within a 4.5% and 0.8% difference, respectively.

• 분석과학
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• 제18권4호
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• pp.298-308
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• 2005

사용후핵연료시료 중에 함유된 탄소-l4와 트리튬을 회수 및 정량하였다. $CO_2$ 운반체($CaCO_3$)를 포함한 사용후핵연료시료를 $90^{\circ}C$에서 8M $HNO_3$ 용액으로 용해하면서 휘발된 $^{14}CO_2$를 1.5 M NaOH 용액을 포함한 포집관에 수집하였다. 용해 중 휘발되는 방사성 요오드는 Ag-silica gel 흡착체를 담은 포집 관으로 사전제거하였다. 핵연료 용해용액 중에 남아있는 트리튬(HTO)를 정량하기 위하여 양이온과 음이온 교환수지 혼합물 및 무기이온교환체를 이용한 뱃치 및 분리관법으로 용해용액을 탈이온화시켜 간섭이온을 제거하였다. 포집용액 중의 탄소-14와 탈이온화수 중의 트리튬을 액체섬광계수법으로 정량하였다.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제54권2호
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• pp.637-643
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• 2022

Uranium and plutonium are required to be accounted in spent fuel head-end and major recovery area in pyro-process for safeguards purpose. The possibility of neutron resonance technique, as a nondestructive analysis, was simulated on isotopic fissile analysis for large scale process. Neutron resonance technique has advantage to distinguish uranium from plutonium directly in mixture. Simulation was performed on U235 and Pu239 assay in spent fuel and for scoping examination of assembly type. The resonance energies were determined for U235 and Pu239. The linearity in the neutron transmission was examined for the selected resonance energies. In addition, the limit for detection was examined by changing sample density, thickness and content for actual application. Several factors were proposed for neutron production and the moderated neutron source was simulated for effective and efficient transmission measurement. From the simulation results, neutron resonance technique is promising to analyze U235 and Pu239 for spent fuel assembly. An accurate fissile assay will contribute to an increased safeguards for the pyro-processing system and international credibility on the reuse of fissile materials in the fuel cycle.

• 한국원자력학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국원자력학회 2002년도 춘계공동학술발표회요약집
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• pp.198-198
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• 2002

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제33권4호
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• pp.375-385
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• 2001

The total burnup in the spent U$_3$Si/Al fuel samples from Hanaro reactor was determined by destructive methods using $^{148}$ Nd, the sum of $^{143}$ Nd and $^{144}$ Nd, the sum of $^{145}$ Nd and $^{146}$ Nd, and the sum of total Nd isotopes($^{143}$ Nd, $^{144}$ Nd, $^{145}$ Nd, $^{146}$ Nd, $^{148}$ Nd and $^{150}$ Nd) monitors. The fractional($^{235}$ U) turnup in the spent fuel samples was also determined by U and Pu mass spectrometric method. The samples were dissolved in a mixture of 4 M HCI and 10 M HNO$_3$ without any catalyst. The separation of U, Pu and Nd from the spiked and unspiked sample solutions was achieved by two sequential anion exchange separation methods. The isotope compositions of these elements, after their separation from the fuel samples were measured by mass spectrometry. The contents of the elements in the spent fuel samples were determined by isotope dilution mass spectrometric method(IDMS) using $^{233}$ U, $^{242}$ Pu and $^{150}$ Nd as spikes. The effective fission yield was calculated from the weighted fission yields averaged over the irradiation period. The difference between total turnup values determined by various Nd monitors were in the range of 1.8%.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제25권1호
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• pp.166-177
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• 1993

사용후 핵연료 건식 저장 캐니스터의 핵연료 바스켓 안에 있는 CANDU 37소자 핵연료 다발의 최대 온도를 계산하기 위한 단순화된 열해석 방법과 함께 대기 조건 인자들이 캐니스터 내부의 최대 핵연료 온도에 미치는 영향을 조사하기 위해 수행한 표본 해석 결과를 제시하였다. 3가지 모우드(mode)의 열전달이 공존하는 캐니스터 내부핵연료 다발의 복잡한 기하학적 구조에 대한 다차원열전달 문제를 풀기 위하여 건식저장 캐니스터에 저장된 CANDU 사용후 핵연료 다발들을 등가 및 동심의 핵연료 실린더(cylinder)로 대치하였다. 추가적인 입력 자료 및 열전달 상관식을 이용하여 등가 핵연료 실린더의 단순화된 축대칭, 2차원, 복수 모우드(multi-mode)의 열전달 문제를 기존의 컴퓨터 코드인 HEATING5로 해석하였다. 예측한 온도 분포와 식물 모형 실험 결과의 비교는 만족스러울 정도로 일치함을 보여주고 있다.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제26권4호
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• pp.569-574
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• 2005

A coupled column liquid chromatography system was applied for the separation of the burnup monitors in spent nuclear fuel sample solutions. A reversed phase column was studied for the adsorption behavior of uranyl ions using alpha-hydroxyisobutyric acid as an eluent and used for the separation of plutonium and uranium. A cation exchange column prepared by coating 1-eicosylsulfate onto the reversed phase column was used for the separation of the lanthanides. In addition, retention of Np was checked with the reversed phase column and cation exchange column, respectively, according to the oxidation states to observe the interference effect for the separation of burnup monitors. This chromatography system showed a great reduction in separation time compared to a conventional anion exchange method. A good agreement from the burnup data was obtained between for this method and a conventional anion exchange method to within 1% of a difference for the spent nuclear fuel samples of about 40 GWD/MTU.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제47권5호
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• pp.596-607
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• 2015

In this paper, we describe a computer program, iBEST (inverse Burnup ESTimator), that we developed to accurately estimate the burnup histories of spent nuclear fuels based on sample measurement data. The burnup history parameters include initial uranium enrichment, burnup, cooling time after discharge from reactor, and reactor type. The program uses algebraic equations derived using the simplified burnup chains of major actinides for initial estimations of burnup and uranium enrichment, and it uses the ORIGEN-S code to correct its initial estimations for improved accuracy. In addition, we newly developed a stable bisection method coupled with ORIGEN-S to correct burnup and enrichment values and implemented it in iBEST in order to fully take advantage of the new capabilities of ORIGEN-S for improving accuracy. The iBEST program was tested using several problems for verification and well-known realistic problems with measurement data from spent fuel samples from the Mihama-3 reactor for validation. The test results show that iBEST accurately estimates the burnup history parameters for the test problems and gives an acceptable level of accuracy for the realistic Mihama-3 problems.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제36권2호
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• pp.175-183
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• 2004

For the analysis of a dry process fuel cycle, new modules were implemented into the fuel cycle analysis code DYMOND, which was developed by the Argonne National Laboratory. The modifications were made to the energy demand prediction model, a Canada deuterium uranium (CANDU) reactor, direct use of spent pressurized water reactor (PWR) fuel in CANDU reactors (DUPIC) fuel cycle model, the fuel cycle calculation module, and the input/output modules. The performance of the modified DYMOND code was assessed for the postulated once-through fuel cycle models including both the PWR and CANDU reactor. This paper presents modifications of the DYMOND code and the results of sample calculations for the PWR once-though and DUPIC fuel cycles.

• 분석과학
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• 제15권1호
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• pp.1-6
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• 2002

사용후핵연료 침출액중 비방사능이 작은 핵종들의 정확한 분석을 위해서는 비방사능이 큰세슘을 제거하여야 한다. 이를 위하여 세슘만을 선택적으로 흡착한다고 알려진 ammonium molybdophosphate(AMP) 를 이용하여 사용후 핵연류 침출액의 구성원소들(Cs, U, Ce, La, Co, Sr)과 사용후핵연료와 접한 벤토나이트의 성분들(Ca, Na, K)에 대한 제거율을 검토하였다. 그 결과 0.1 M 질산매질에서 AMP로 90% 이상의 세슘이 제거되었고 대부분의 Ca, Na, Co, Sr은 용액중에 남아 있었다. 그러나 일부 세늄을 포함한 란탄족 3가 이온들은 세슘과 같이제거 되었다. 벤토나이트 성분중일부 칼륨도 AMP에 흡착하였으나 실제 시료와 같이 묽은 벤토나이트 용액에서의 칼륨은 AMP이 유효치환량에 큰 영향을 주지 않았다. 한편 사용후핵연료의 침출 기준원소인 스트론튬을 분리하기 위하여 8.0 M 질산매질의 용리할 경우 95% 이상의 스트론튬을 회수 할 수 있었다.