• 한국기계가공학회지
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• 제19권1호
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• pp.121-133
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• 2020

Underwater cutting has a different mechanism than dry cutting, and there are more restrictions than benefits. Due to these constraints, research and development of underwater cutting has been very limited. At present, reactor dismantling is emerging as an important task worldwide, and reactor pressure containers, a key part of the reactor, are decommissioned based on underwater cutting. Reactor pressure containers are high-level radioactive waste, which is one of the main goals of today, such as to bridge the gap between environmental, safety, and cutting performance; hence, a process suitable for cutting should be applied. Therefore, many studies are being conducted on underwater cutting in connection with the dismantling of nuclear reactors in various areas in order to find appropriate processes. This paper first introduces the core technology of underwater cutting processes and discusses various processes. The emphasis is then placed on the adequacy of the reactor dismantling application. More specifically, we examine the suitability for the mechanical and thermal cutting processes, respectively, to find a solution suitable for dismantling a reactor. We discuss how each solution can sufficiently perform the specified functions at each stage of reactor dismantling and suggest that these processes can perform all of the work of underwater cutting.

• 방사성폐기물학회지
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• 제19권3호
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• pp.279-287
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• 2021

For application in nuclear decommissioning, underwater laser cutting studies were conducted on thick stainless-steel plates for various cutting directions using a 6 kW fiber laser. For cutting along the horizontal direction with horizontal laser irradiation, the maximum cutting speed was 110 mm·min^-1 for a 48 mm thick stainless-steel plate. For cutting along the vertical direction with horizontal laser irradiation, a maximum speed of 120 mm·min^-1 was obtained for the same thickness, which confirmed that the cutting performance was similar but slightly better. Moreover, when cutting with vertically downward laser irradiation, the maximum cutting speed was 120 mm·min^-1 for a plate of the same thickness. Thus, the cutting performance for vertical irradiation was nearly identical to that for horizontal irradiation. In conclusion, it was possible to cut thick stainless-steel plates regardless of the laser irradiation and cutting directions, although the assist gas rose up due to buoyancy. These observations are expected to benefit laser cutting procedures during the actual dismantling of nuclear facilities.

• 화약ㆍ발파
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• 제36권1호
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• pp.1-11
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• 2018

본 연구에서는 수중성형폭약 장치의 성능을 평가하기 위하여 수치해석 및 강재관입 실험을 하였다. 수중성형폭약 장치설계를 위한 인자는 챔버종류, stand-off, 와이어 장착의 각 3수준으로 강건설계를 적용하여 인자별 기여도 분석을 하였다. 관입성능에 대한 기여도 분석결과 스탠드오프에 의한 영향이 가장 컸고 챔버 종류, 와이어 장착 순으로 나타났다. 최종적으로 25m 이상 수심에서 수중성형폭약 장치 적용에 따른 강관 관입 검증실험 및 수치해석을 하였고, 그 결과로서 실험 및 수치해석 모두 유사한 결과를 보였다. 본 연구를 통해 고심도 수중에서의 강재 절단을 위한 수중성형폭약 장치의 실현성을 확인하였다.

• 화약ㆍ발파
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• 제33권2호
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• pp.25-39
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• 2015

수중 암반 제거 방법은 화약을 사용한 수중발파와 크레인에 장착된 쇄암봉 낙하 충격을 이용하는 방법 등이 널리 이용된다. 이와 같은 암반 제거 방법은 환경적인 요인에서 지반 진동과 수중 소음을 유발하게 된다. 본 연구 대상 현장은 하역 부두의 접안능력을 향상시키기 위해 기 설치된 잔교식 돌핀 구조물에 근접한 지역의 수중 기반암을 쇄암봉 낙하에 의해 제거하도록 설계되어 있다. 시험시공을 통하여 쇄암봉 낙하 충격으로 유발되는 진동에 대한 계측, 평가를 거쳐 진동 추정식을 획득하였고, 이를 본 공사에 반영하여 구조물에 대한 안전성을 확보하였다.

• 한국정밀공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정밀공학회 2003년도 춘계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.351-354
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• 2003

A new milling machine was designed and manufactured for underwater cutting of rotary specimen racks(RSR) used in the Korea Research Reactor. To cut out intermediate level radioactive stainless steel parts from RSR effectively and safely, the machine was designed to be operated in four directions of X, Y, Z axes and a rotation upon Z axis. The stress and displacement of main frame were simulated by using a structural analysis tool(Design Space) and the pressure of clamping device was evaluated.

• 한국정밀공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정밀공학회 2003년도 춘계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.1158-1161
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• 2003

For underwater milling of parts of nuclear reactor, a waterproof main spindle system was developed. which used a servo meter. Particularly, a waterproof system is available to cope with emergencies such as an electricity failure so that it prevents hazards from cutting radioactive materials. A developed spindle was designed to be capable of horizontal and vertical cutting and structural analysis was conducted with a FEM tool(Design Space) when the forces were loaded in each axis-direction.

• 한국원자력학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국원자력학회 2002년도 추계학술발표회요약집
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• pp.407-407
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• 2002

• 한국방사성폐기물학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국방사성폐기물학회 2019년도 춘계학술논문요약집
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• pp.267-268
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• 2019

• 한국방사성폐기물학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국방사성폐기물학회 2019년도 춘계학술논문요약집
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• pp.285-286
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• 2019

• 한국방사성폐기물학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국방사성폐기물학회 2018년도 추계학술논문요약집
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• pp.367-368
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• 2018