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증기발생기 화학세정

  • 한국원자력산업회의
    • 원자력산업
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    • 제7권4호통권50호
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    • pp.77-79
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    • 1987
  • Duke Power사는 Oconee원전 1, 2호기 증기발생기 성능을 저하시키는 마그네타이트 침전물을 제거하기 위해 화학세정공사를 실시할 예정이다.

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RELIABLE ROLE OF NUCLEAR POWER GENERATION UNDER CO2 EMISSION CONSTRAINTS

  • Lee, Young-Eal;Jung, Young-Beom
    • Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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    • 제39권5호
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    • pp.655-662
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    • 2007
  • Most decision makers in the electricity industry plan their electric power expansion program by considering only a least cost operation, even when circumstances change with differing complexities. It is necessary, however, to analyze a long-term power expansion plan from various points of view, such as environmental friendliness, benefit of a carbon reduction, and system reliability, as well as least cost operation. The objective and approach of this study is to analyze the proper role of nuclear power in a long-term expansion plan by comparing different scenarios in terms of the system cost changes, $CO_2$ emission reduction, and system reliability in relation to the Business-As-Usual (BAU). The conclusion of this paper makes it clear that the Korean government cannot but expand the nationwide nuclear power program, because an increased energy demand is inevitable and other energy resources will not provide an adequate solution from an economic and sustainability point of view. The results of this analysis will help the Korean government in its long-term resource planning of what kinds of role each electric resource can play in terms of a triangular dilemma involving economics, environmental friendliness, and a stable supply of electricity.

Performance analysis of the passive safety features of iPOWER under Fukushima-like accident conditions

  • Kang, Sang Hee;Lee, Sang Won;Kang, Hyun Gook
    • Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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    • 제51권3호
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    • pp.676-682
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    • 2019
  • After the Fukushima Daiichi accident, there has been an increasing preference for passive safety features in the nuclear power industry. Some passive safety systems require limited active components to trigger subsequent passive operation. Under very serious accident conditions, passive safety features could be rendered inoperable or damaged. This study evaluates (i) the performance and effectiveness of the passive safety features of iPOWER (innovative Power Reactor), and (ii) whether a severe accident condition could be reached if the passive safety systems are damaged, namely the case of heat exchanger tube rupture. Analysis results show that the reactor coolant system remains in the hot shutdown condition without operator actions or electricity for over 72 h when the passive auxiliary feedwater systems (PAFSs) are operable without damage. However, heat exchanger tube rupture in the PAFS leads to core damage after about 18 h. Such results demonstrate that, to enhance the safety of iPOWER, maintaining the integrity of the PAFS is critical, and therefore additional protections for PAFS are necessary. To improve the reliability of iPOWER, additional battery sets are necessary for the passive safety systems using limited active components for accident mitigation under such extreme circumstances.

원전 형상기준선 적용방안에 관한 연구 (A Study on the Application Method of Configuration Baseline for Nuclear Power Plant)

  • 박유진
    • 한국건축시공학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 한국건축시공학회 2017년도 추계 학술논문 발표대회
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    • pp.199-200
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    • 2017
  • The Configuration Management(CM) of Nuclear Power Plant(NPP) is an activity that maintains consistency among the design requirement, facility configuration information and physical configuration. It is a systematic approach to performing various engineering tasks such as change management by identifying, documenting the characteristics of plant Structures, Systems and Component(SSC). The first activity that should be performed the configuration baseline setting at the start of project. The configuration baseline of the NPP construction phase is the status of the SSC of the plant at a specified process and time, and the actual configuration changes depending on the condition of plant. In this paper, I have studied the current status of configuration baseline used in the software industry and general plant industry, method of establishment for the configuration baseline which was first applied to the construction of NPP.

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Comparison of the DeSa Project and the Preliminary Decommissioning Plan for Shin-Kori Units 5 and 6 in Terms of Graded Approaches

  • Changju Song;Tae Young Kong;Seongjun Kim;Jinho Son;Woo Seok Choi;hwapyoung Kim;Jiung Kim;Hee Geun Kim
    • 방사선산업학회지
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    • 제17권2호
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    • pp.143-150
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    • 2023
  • A graded approach applies safety requirements differentially, depending on the risk potential. An advantage of applying a graded approach is that safety assessments can be conducted repeatedly by focusing on areas with relatively higher risk than on those with low risk when decommissioning a nuclear power plant (NPP). The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) recommends applying a graded approach to decommissioning NPPs worldwide. In Korea, the definition of the graded approach requires to be clarified. This study compared the decommissioning method used in Korean NPPs with the IAEA graded approach and examined whether the graded approach can be applied to decommissioning NPPs in Korea. As a result of the comparison, the preliminary decommissioning plan for Shin-Kori Units 5 and 6 showed that the decommissioning method for Korean NPPs is similar to the five-step IAEA graded approach.

DEVELOPMENT OF THE SPACE CODE FOR NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS

  • Ha, Sang-Jun;Park, Chan-Eok;Kim, Kyung-Doo;Ban, Chang-Hwan
    • Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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    • 제43권1호
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    • pp.45-62
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    • 2011
  • The Korean nuclear industry is developing a thermal-hydraulic analysis code for safety analysis of pressurized water reactors (PWRs). The new code is called the Safety and Performance Analysis Code for Nuclear Power Plants (SPACE). The SPACE code adopts advanced physical modeling of two-phase flows, mainly two-fluid three-field models which comprise gas, continuous liquid, and droplet fields and has the capability to simulate 3D effects by the use of structured and/or nonstructured meshes. The programming language for the SPACE code is C++ for object-oriented code architecture. The SPACE code will replace outdated vendor supplied codes and will be used for the safety analysis of operating PWRs and the design of advanced reactors. This paper describes the overall features of the SPACE code and shows the code assessment results for several conceptual and separate effect test problems.

원자력발전소 1차 계통 주요기기에 대한 웹기반 피로수명평가 시스템 개발 (Development of a Web-based Fatigue Life Evaluation System for Primary Components in a Nuclear Power Plant)

  • 서형원;이상민;최재붕;최성남;장기상;홍승렬;김영진
    • 대한기계학회논문집A
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    • 제28권6호
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    • pp.663-669
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    • 2004
  • A nuclear power plant is composed of a number of primary components. Maintaining the integrity of these components is one of the most critical issues in nuclear industry. In order to maintain the integrity of these primary components, a complicated procedure is required including regular in-service inspection, failure assessment, fracture mechanics analysis, etc. Also, experts in different fields have to co-operate to resolve the integrity issues on the basis of inspection results. This integrity evaluation process usually takes long, and thus, is detrimental for the plant productivity. Therefore, an effective safety evaluation system is essential to manage the integrity issues on a nuclear power plant. In this paper, a web-based fatigue life evaluation system for primary components in nuclear power plant is proposed. This system provides engineering knowledge-based information and concurrent and collaborative working environment through internet, and thus, is expected to raise the efficiency of integrity evaluation procedures on primary components of a nuclear power plant.