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Korean Status and Prospects for Radioactive Waste Management

  • Song, M.J.
    • Journal of Nuclear Fuel Cycle and Waste Technology
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    • 제1권1호
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    • pp.1-7
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    • 2013
  • The safe management of radioactive waste is a national task required for sustainable generation of nuclear power and for energy self-reliance in Korea. Since the initial introduction of nuclear power to Korea in 1978, rapid growth in nuclear power has been achieved. This large nuclear power generation program has produced a significant amount of radioactive waste, both low- and intermediate-level waste (LILW) and spent nuclear fuel (SNF); and the amount of waste is steadily growing. For the management of LILW, the Wolsong LILW Disposal Center, which has a final waste disposal capacity of 800,000 drums, is under construction, and is expected to be completed by June 2014. Korean policy about how to manage the SNF has not yet been decided. In 2004, the Atomic Energy Commission decided that a national policy for SNF management should be established considering both technological development and public consensus. Currently, SNF is being stored at reactor sites under the responsibility of plant operator. The at-reactor SNF storage capacity will run out starting in 2024. In this paper, the fundamental principles and steps for implementation of a Korean policy for national radioactive waste management are introduced. Korean practices and prospects regarding radioactive waste management are also summarized, with a focus on strategy for policy-making on SNF management.

유기성폐자원에너지 인센티브제도 도입방안 연구(II): 바이오가스화 물질·에너지수지 (A study on the introduction of organic waste-to-energy incentive system(II): material and energy balance of biogasification)

  • 문희성;권준화;이원석;이동진
    • 유기물자원화
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    • 제29권4호
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    • pp.77-86
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    • 2021
  • 본 연구에서는 유기성폐자원에너지 인센티브제도의 기초자료로 활용하고자 음식물폐기물, 음폐수 및 다양한 유기성폐기물이 처리되는 혐기소화조의 운영방식의 물질수지와 에너지수지 산정 결과를 통하여 에너지효율을 평가하고자 한다. 바이오가스화 시설 11개소의 물질수지 분석 결과 유기성폐기물을 제외한 반입물 중 공정수 21.1%, 시상수 25.7 % 다량 투입되는 것을 확인하였다. 그에 따라 연계처리수의 전체 유출물의 87.6 %를 차지하였다. 또한 총 유입물량의 15.7 %가 바이오가스로 전환되며, 총고형물(TS)가 평균 22 %임을 감안할 때 평균 75 %의 물질 전환율을 확인하였다. 에너지수지 분석 결과, 유입물의 잠재에너지 대비 바이오가스 열량을 분석하여 에너지 전환율은 평균 78.5%을 확인하였다. 바이오가스를 생산하기 위한 외부에너지원을 포함한 바이오가스 생산효율은 평균 69.4 %이며, 미이용된 유출에너지를 적용한 바이오가스 플랜트 효율은 평균 58.9 %로 나타났다.

VOLUME REDUCTION OF DISMANTLED CONCRETE WASTES GENERATED FROM KRR-2 AND UCP

  • Min, Byung-Youn;Choi, Wang-Kyu;Lee, Kune-Woo
    • Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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    • 제42권2호
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    • pp.175-182
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    • 2010
  • As part of a fundamental study on the volume reduction of contaminated concrete wastes, the separation characteristics of the aggregates and the distribution of the radioactivity in the aggregates were investigated. Radioisotope $^{60}Co$ was artificially used as a model contaminant for non-radioactive crushed concrete waste. Volume reduction for radioactively contaminated dismantled concrete wastes was carried out using activated heavy weight concrete taken from the Korea Research Reactor 2 (KRR-2) and light weight concrete from the Uranium Conversion Plant (UCP). The results showed that most of the $^{60}Co$ nuclide was easily separated from the contaminated dismantled concrete waste and was concentrated mainly in the porous fine cement paste. The heating temperature was found to be one of the effective parameters in the removal of the radionuclide from concrete waste. The volume reduction rate achieved was above 80% for the KRR-2 concrete wastes and above 75% for the UCP concrete wastes by thermal and mechanical treatment.

The exfoliation of irradiated nuclear graphite by treatment with organic solvent: A proposal for its recycling

  • Capone, Mauro;Cherubini, Nadia;Cozzella, Maria Letizia;Dodaro, Alessandro;Guarcini, Tiziana
    • Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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    • 제51권4호
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    • pp.1037-1040
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    • 2019
  • For the past 50 years, graphite has been widely used as a moderator, reflector and fuel matrix in different kinds of gas-cooled reactors. Resulting in approximately 250,000 metric tons of irradiated graphite waste. One of the most significant long-lived radioisotope from graphite reactors is carbon-14 ($^{14}C$) with a half-life of 5730 years, this makes it a huge concern for deep geologic disposal of nuclear graphite (NG). Considering the lifecycle of NG a number of waste management options have been developed, mainly focused on the achievement the radiological requirements for disposal. The existing approaches for recycling depend on the cost to be economically viable. In this new study, an affordable process to remove $^{14}C$ has been proposed using samples taken from the Nuclear Power Plant in Latina (Italy) which have been used to investigate the capability of organic and inorganic solvents in removing $^{14}C$ from exfoliated nuclear graphite, with the aim to design a practicable approach to obtain graphite for recycling or/and safety disposed as L& LLW.

농작물의 삼중수소 오염평가 모델 개발 및 실험검증 (Evaluation Model and Experimental Validation of Tritium in Agricultural Plant)

  • 강희석;금동권;이한수;전인;최용호;이창우
    • 방사성폐기물학회지
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    • 제3권4호
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    • pp.319-328
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    • 2005
  • 본 논문에서 사고로 누출된 삼중수소에 의한 농작물 오염평가 모델을 제시한다. 본 논문에서 제시된 모델은 동적격실모델로써 작물의 성장 방정식을 도입한 것이 특징이며, 이로부터 삼중수소 피폭시 작물의 성장단계에 따른 오염 정도를 예측할 수 있다. 시스템은 크게 대기, 토양, 작물격실로 구성되며, 격실의 삼중수소 농도 변화는 비선형 상미분방정식으로 표현되므로 시간에 따른 각 격실의 삼중수소 농도가 계산된다. 모델의 검증을 위해 배추 및 무에 대한 삼중수소 피폭 실험을 수행하였다. 생육단계별 오염 효과를 조사하기 위해 각기 다른 생육단계에 있는 배추와 무를 독립적으로 HTO 증기에 노출시켰으며, 피폭 후 오염된 작물의 tissue free water tritium(TFWT) 및 organically bound tritium(OBT) 농도를 측정하였다. 측정된 작물 부위별 삼중수소 농도 데이터와 모델 예측 값은 대체로 잘 일치하였다.

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Parametric Study for Structural Reinforcement Methods of Disposal Container for NPP Decommissioning Radioactive Waste

  • Hyungoo Kang;Hoseog Dho;Jongmin Lim;Yeseul Cho;Chunhyung Cho
    • 방사성폐기물학회지
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    • 제21권3호
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    • pp.329-345
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    • 2023
  • This paper described a method for analyzing the structural performance of a metal container used for disposing radioactive waste generated during the decommissioning of a nuclear power plant, and numerical analysis results of a method for reinforcing the container. The containers to be analyzed were those that can be used in near-surface and landfill disposal facilities scheduled to be operated at the Gyeongju radioactive waste disposal facility. Structural reinforcement of the container was performed by lattice reinforcement, column reinforcement, and bottom plate reinforcement. Accordingly, a total of 14 reinforcement cases were modeled. The external force causing damage to the container was set equivalent to the impact of a 9-m fall, accounting for the height of the vault at the near-surface disposal facility. The reinforcement methods with a high contribution to the structural performance of the container were concluded to be lattice and column reinforcements.

5톤/일 규모의 연소보일러에서 Bio-drying 고형연료의 연소특성 연구 (A Study on Combustion Characteristics of the Bio-drying SRF in 5 Ton/day Scale Combustion Boiler)

  • 김동주;윤영식;정법묵;박영수;서용칠;이병선
    • 한국폐기물자원순환학회지
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    • 제35권7호
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    • pp.600-605
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    • 2018
  • In this study, the combustion characteristics were investigated based on the biodrying solid recovered fuel (SRF) in a 5 Ton/day scale combustion boiler. The composition of the combustion gas containing the biodrying SRF was analyzed, the particulate matter, and its HCl content was determined with the air pollutant process test method. Mass balance, carbon balance, and combustion efficiency were calculated according to the equivalence ratio (ER) method; the energy recovery efficiency of the combustion boiler was also analyzed. The overall combustion efficiency of the biodrying SRF was 97.3 % and the energy recovery efficiency was 80.2%.

발전소 폐열을 이용한 농업시설용 히트펌프시스템의 난방 성능 분석 (Heating Performance Analysis of the Heat Pump System for Agricultural Facilities using the Waste Heat of the Thermal Power Plant as Heat Source)

  • 강연구;강석원;백이;김영화;장재경;유영선
    • 생물환경조절학회지
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    • 제26권4호
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    • pp.317-323
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    • 2017
  • 쓰레기 소각장이나 산업체의 폐열을 농업에 활용한 사례는 몇몇 있었다. 그러나 온배수를 농업에 활용한 사례는 전무하였으며, 치어, 종패 등을 양식하는 수산업이 대부분이었다. 본 연구에서는 화력발전소의 온배수(폐열)를 열원으로 이용하는 120 RT 규모의 냉난방시스템을 제주특별자치도 서귀포시 안덕면 소재의 $5,280m^2$ 아열대 작물(망고) 재배온실에 설치, 10월에서 다음해 2월까지 약 5개월 동안 난방을 실시하여 난방에너지 비용 절감 효과 등 분석하였다. 난방에너지 비용 절감효과는 면세경유에 대하여 87%이였으며, 또한 발전소의 온배수를 에너지원으로 재활용함으로서 62%의 이산화탄소 배출 저감 효과를 얻었다. 본 연구를 계기로 2015년에 해수가 수열에너지 분야로 재생에너지에 포함되었다. 해수의 표층의 열을 히트펌프를 사용하여 변환시켜 얻은 에너지라는 수열에너지 분야의 기준과 범위를 볼 때, 이는 온배수가 재생에너지에 포함되었다고 말해도 과언이 아닐 것으로 사료된다. 그 이유는 온배수도 해수임에도 불구하고 온도가 일반 해수보다 $7{\sim}8^{\circ}C$ 높아, 일반 해수를 히트펌프의 열원으로 이용하는 것보다 온배수를 열원으로 이용했을 때 히트펌프의 성능이 높기 때문이다. 또한 같은 해 농식품부의 폐열 재이용 시설 지원 사업이 발표되어, 발전소 온배수뿐만 아니라 산업체와 소각장의 폐열을 농업에 활용하면 지원을 받을 수 있게 되었다. 이 사업에 의하여 2015년 당진시, 하동군, 제주시, 곡성군이 선정되었으며, 2016년 태안군, 서귀포시 등이 선정되어, 2016년 말 곡성군과 제주시가 공사를 완료, 농업에 폐열을 활용하고 있으며(제주시는 발전소, 곡성군은 산업체 폐열을 이용하고 있음), 기타 지역은 추진 중이다.

바이오매스 발전시 염소가스에 의한 고온부식 (High-temperature Corrosion by Chlorides in Biomass-fired Plants)

  • 이동복
    • 한국표면공학회지
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    • 제49권1호
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    • pp.14-19
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    • 2016
  • Biomass is a renewable and sustainable source of energy used to create electricity or pressurized steam. In biomass-fueled power plants, wood waste or other waste is burned to produce steam that runs a turbine to make electricity, or that provides heat to industries and homes. Biomass power plants, apart from producing energy, help to reduce the $CO_2$ emission. However, the main problem is the high-temperature corrosion due to fuel corrosivity, especially of the straw. This limits both the temperature of the steam and also the effectiveness of the power plant. The corrosion in biomass-fueled plant was described.