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Behavior of Radioactive Metal Surrogates Under Various Waste Combustion Conditions

  • Yang, Hee-Chul;Lee, Jae-Hee;Kim, Jung-Guk;Yoo, Jae-Hyung;Kim, Joo-Hyung
    • Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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    • 제34권1호
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    • pp.80-89
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    • 2002
  • A laboratory investigation of the behavior of radioactive metals under the various waste combustion atmospheres was conducted to predict the parameters that influence their partitioning behavior during waste incineration. Neodymium, samarium, cerium, gadolinium, cesium and cobalt were used as non-radioactive surrogate metals that are representative of uranium, plutonium, americium, curium, radioactive cesium, and radioactive cobalt, respectively. Except for cesium, all of the investigated surrogate metal compounds converted into each of their stable oxides at medium temperatures from 400 to 90$0^{\circ}C$, under oxygen- deficient and oxygen-sufficient atmospheres (0.001-atm and 0.21-atm $O_2$). At high temperatures above 1,40$0^{\circ}C$, cerium, neodymium and samarium in the form of their oxides started to vaporize but the vaporization rates were very slow up to 150$0^{\circ}C$ . Inorganic chlorine (NaCl) as well as organic chlorine (PVC) did not impact the volatility of investigated Nd$_2$O$_3$, CoO and Cs$_2$O. The results of laboratory investigations suggested that the combustion chamber operating parameters affecting the entrainment of particulate and filtration equipment operating parameters affecting particle collection efficiency be the governing parameters of alpha radionuclides partitioning during waste incineration.

Uncertainty quantification of PWR spent fuel due to nuclear data and modeling parameters

  • Ebiwonjumi, Bamidele;Kong, Chidong;Zhang, Peng;Cherezov, Alexey;Lee, Deokjung
    • Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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    • 제53권3호
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    • pp.715-731
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    • 2021
  • Uncertainties are calculated for pressurized water reactor (PWR) spent nuclear fuel (SNF) characteristics. The deterministic code STREAM is currently being used as an SNF analysis tool to obtain isotopic inventory, radioactivity, decay heat, neutron and gamma source strengths. The SNF analysis capability of STREAM was recently validated. However, the uncertainty analysis is yet to be conducted. To estimate the uncertainty due to nuclear data, STREAM is used to perturb nuclear cross section (XS) and resonance integral (RI) libraries produced by NJOY99. The perturbation of XS and RI involves the stochastic sampling of ENDF/B-VII.1 covariance data. To estimate the uncertainty due to modeling parameters (fuel design and irradiation history), surrogate models are built based on polynomial chaos expansion (PCE) and variance-based sensitivity indices (i.e., Sobol' indices) are employed to perform global sensitivity analysis (GSA). The calculation results indicate that uncertainty of SNF due to modeling parameters are also very important and as a result can contribute significantly to the difference of uncertainties due to nuclear data and modeling parameters. In addition, the surrogate model offers a computationally efficient approach with significantly reduced computation time, to accurately evaluate uncertainties of SNF integral characteristics.

Prediction of the compressive strength of self-compacting concrete using surrogate models

  • Asteris, Panagiotis G.;Ashrafian, Ali;Rezaie-Balf, Mohammad
    • Computers and Concrete
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    • 제24권2호
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    • pp.137-150
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    • 2019
  • In this paper, surrogate models such as multivariate adaptive regression splines (MARS) and M5P model tree (M5P MT) methods have been investigated in order to propose a new formulation for the 28-days compressive strength of self-compacting concrete (SCC) incorporating metakaolin as a supplementary cementitious materials. A database comprising experimental data has been assembled from several published papers in the literature and the data have been used for training and testing. In particular, the data are arranged in a format of seven input parameters covering contents of cement, coarse aggregate to fine aggregate ratio, water, metakaolin, super plasticizer, largest maximum size and binder as well as one output parameter, which is the 28-days compressive strength. The efficiency of the proposed techniques has been demonstrated by means of certain statistical criteria. The findings have been compared to experimental results and their comparisons shows that the MARS and M5P MT approaches predict the compressive strength of SCC incorporating metakaolin with great precision. The performed sensitivity analysis to assign effective parameters on 28-days compressive strength indicates that cementitious binder content is the most effective variable in the mixture.

Estimation of Input Material Accounting Uncertainty With Double-Stage Homogenization in Pyroprocessing

  • Lee, Chaehun;Kim, Bong Young;Won, Byung-Hee;Seo, Hee;Park, Se-Hwan
    • 방사성폐기물학회지
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    • 제20권1호
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    • pp.23-32
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    • 2022
  • Pyroprocessing is a promising technology for managing spent nuclear fuel. The nuclear material accounting of feed material is a challenging issue in safeguarding pyroprocessing facilities. The input material in pyroprocessing is in a solid-state, unlike the solution state in an input accountability tank used in conventional wet-type reprocessing. To reduce the uncertainty of the input material accounting, a double-stage homogenization process is proposed in considering the process throughput, remote controllability, and remote maintenance of an engineering-scale pyroprocessing facility. This study tests two types of mixing equipment in the proposed double-stage homogenization process using surrogate materials. The expected heterogeneity and accounting uncertainty of Pu are calculated based on the surrogate test results. The heterogeneity of Pu was 0.584% obtained from Pressurized Water Reactor (PWR) spent fuel of 59 WGd/tU when the relative standard deviation of the mass ratio, tested from the surrogate powder, is 1%. The uncertainty of the Pu accounting can be lower than 1% when the uncertainty of the spent fuel mass charged into the first mixers is 2%, and the uncertainty of the first sampling mass is 5%.

Decision Support System Regarding the Possibility of Using the Reproductive Technologies Taking into Account Civil Law

  • Hnatchuk, Yelyzaveta;Hovorushchenko, Tetiana;Medzatyi, Dmytro
    • International Journal of Computer Science & Network Security
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    • 제22권7호
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    • pp.413-420
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    • 2022
  • The review of known methods and decision support systems regarding the possibility of using the reproductive technologies showed that currently there are no methods and decision support systems regarding the possibility of using reproductive technologies taking into account civil law. Although the analyzed methods and systems have great potential for use in different contexts, these methods and systems do not take into account the civil law requirements of any country. The paper has developed a decision support system regarding the possibility of using the reproductive technologies taking into account civil law, which automatically and free of charge determines the possibility/impossibility of surrogate motherhood or in vitro fertilization. If it is determined that surrogate motherhood or in vitro fertilization is impossible, the sufficiency of the information in the analyzed contract is evaluated, and the reasons for the impossibility of surrogate motherhood or in vitro fertilization are presented to the user.

Preliminary data analysis of surrogate fuel-loaded road transportation tests under normal conditions of transport

  • JaeHoon Lim;Woo-seok Choi
    • Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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    • 제54권11호
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    • pp.4030-4048
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    • 2022
  • In this study, road transportation tests were conducted with surrogate fuel assemblies under normal conditions of transport to evaluate the vibration and shock load characteristics of spent nuclear fuel (SNF). The overall test data analysis was conducted based on the measured acceleration and strain data obtained from the speed bump, lane-change, deceleration, obstacle avoidance, and circular tests. Furthermore, representative shock response spectrums and power spectral densities of each test mode were acquired. Amplification or attenuation characteristics were investigated according to the load transfer path. The load attenuated significantly as it transferred from the trailer to the cask. By contrast, the load amplified as it transferred from the cask to the surrogate SNF assembly. The fuel loading location on the cask disk assembly did not exhibit a significant influence on the strain measured from the fuel rods. The principal strain was in the vertical direction, and relatively large strain values were obtained in spans with large spacing between spacer grids. The influence of the lateral location of fuel rods was also investigated. The fuel rods located at the side exhibited relatively large strain values than those located at the center. Based on the strain data obtained from the test results, a hypothetical road transportation scenario was established. A fatigue evaluation of the SNF rod was performed based on this scenario. The evaluation results indicate that no fatigue damage occurred on the fuel rods.

계층적 크리깅 모델을 이용한 설계 최적화 기법의 유용성 검증 (Feasibility Study of Hierarchical Kriging Model in the Design Optimization Process)

  • 하홍근;오세종;이관중
    • 한국항공우주학회지
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    • 제42권2호
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    • pp.108-118
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    • 2014
  • 근사모델을 이용한 최적설계 문제에서는 설계변수의 수가 증가함에 따라 근사모델의 정확도를 확보하기 위한 계산 횟수가 급격히 증가한다. 이를 해결하기 위해 저정확도 모델을 바탕으로 고정확도 모델로 보정하는 Variable-Fidelity Modeling을 이용하였다. 본 논문에서 Variable-Fidelity Model로는 계층적 크리깅 모델을 이용하였으며, 다목적 유전자 알고리즘과 결합하여 최적화 프레임워크를 제안하였다. 이 방법의 유용성을 검증하기 위하여 천음속 영역에 대한 익형 최적 설계를 하였다. 설계변수로는 PARSEC의 파라메터를 이용하였으며, 서로 다른 격자수를 가지는 경우 그리고 서로 다른 정확도를 가지는 해석자를 이용한 경우에 관하여 해석을 수행하였다. 검증을 위해 단일 정확도 모델에 대한 최적화 결과와 비교하였다. 모든 경우에 관하여 파레토 라인이 유사하게 나오는 것을 확인 할 수 있었으며, 계산시간은 계층적 크리깅 모델을 이용한 Variable-Fidelity Model이 단일 정확도 모델에 비하여 훨씬 줄어들었다. 이를 바탕으로 본 논문의 방법이 단일 정확도를 가지는 모델에 대한 최적화 방법과 유사한 정확도를 가지며 더욱 효율적임을 확인 할 수 있다.

디지털도서관 구축과정에서 TREC 텍스트 문서의 시각적 표현에 관한 연구 (A Study on the Visual Representation of TREC Text Documents in the Construction of Digital Library)

  • 정기태;박일종
    • 정보관리학회지
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    • 제21권3호
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    • pp.1-14
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    • 2004
  • 이용자들은 유사문서를 검색할 때, 각 가지 문서의 시각적표현을 통하여 도움을 얻게 되며, 모든 정보검색에 관한 연구는 이용자들의 다양한 요구를 충족시키기 위한 여러 가지의 해결책을 제시하고 있다. 제안되어진 해결책은 알파벳 순서로 만들어 진 파피루스 문서로부터 카드목록, 마이크로 필름을 이용한 저장, 컴퓨터 디스크를 이용한 파일 보관 등에 이르기까지 다양한 방법들을 들 수 있을 것이다. 또한 대부분의 정보검색 시스템들은 Document SUITogate( 문헌을 대체할 수 있는 것들 ), 즉 요약문, 목차, 초록, 리뷰한 내용, 기계가독형목록 (MARC) 기록물 등과 같은 서지자료들을 전체논문을 대체하여 이용하게 된다. 본 논문에서는 또 다른 형태의 Document Surrogate 로서 용어 리스트의 집단화 방법을 이용해서 찾아보았다. 이 Document Surrogate 들은 Multidimensional Scaling (MDS) 을 이용해서 2 차원 그래프 위에 좌표로써 표현되어지고 있다. 사용된 2차원의 그래프 위에서 좌표간의 거리는 문헌들의 유사성을 나타낸다고 해석할 수 있으며 거리가 가까우면 가까울수록 두 문서는 더욱 유사한내용을 포함하고 있다고 해석할 수 있는 것으로 밝혀졌다.

크리깅 대체모델을 이용한 순차적 신뢰성기반 최적설계를 위한 효율적인 제한조건경계 샘플링 기법 (An Efficient Constraint Boundary Sampling Method for Sequential RBDO Using Kriging Surrogate Model)

  • 김지훈;장준용;김신유;이태희;조수길;김형우;홍섭
    • 대한기계학회논문집A
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    • 제40권6호
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    • pp.587-593
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    • 2016
  • 대체모델을 이용한 신뢰성기반 최적설계에서 최적해와 신뢰도의 정확성은 제한조건경계의 대체모델의 정확도에 영향을 받는다. 기존 제안된 제한조건경계 샘플링 기법은 제한조건경계에 실험점을 생성하여 이러한 정확성을 높일 수 있었다. 하지만, 제한조건경계 샘플링 기법은 최적해와 먼 부근의 제한조건경계에도 불필요한 실험점을 생성하여 과도한 계산비용이 발생한다. 본 논문에서는 크리깅 대체모델의 통계적 정보를 이용하여 최적해 근처의 제한조건경계에 실험점을 생성하는 효율적인 제한조건경계 샘플링 기법을 제안한다. 제안한 기법의 효율성과 정확성은 수학예제를 통하여 확인한다.

A60 급 갑판 관통 관의 이산설계 근사최적화를 위한 대리모델과 유전자 알고리즘 응용 (Surrogate Models and Genetic Algorithm Application to Approximate Optimization of Discrete Design for A60 Class Deck Penetration Piece)

  • 박우창;송창용
    • 해양환경안전학회지
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    • 제27권2호
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    • pp.377-386
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    • 2021
  • A60 급 갑판 관통 관은 선박과 해양플랜트에서 화재사고가 발생할 경우 화염의 확산을 방지하고 인명을 보호하기 위해 수평구조에 설치되는 방화장치이다. 본 연구에서는 다양한 대리모델과 다중 섬 유전자 알고리즘을 이용하여 A60 급 갑판 관통 관의 방화설계에 대한 이산변수 근사최적화를 수행하였다. A60 급 갑판 관통 관의 방화설계는 과도 열전달해석을 통해 평가하였다. 근사최적화에서 관통관의 길이, 지름, 재질, 그리고 단열재의 밀도는 이산설계변수로 적용하였고, 제한조건은 온도, 생산성 및 가격을 고려하였다. 대리모델 기반의 근사최적설계 문제는 제한조건을 만족하면서 A60 급 갑판 관통 관의 중량을 최소화할 수 있는 이산설계변수를 결정하도록 정식화하였다. 반응표면모델, 크리깅, 그리고 방사기저함수 신경망과 같은 다양한 대리모델이 근사최적화에 사용되었다. 근사최적화의 정확도를 검토하기 위해 최적해의 결과는 실제 계산 결과와 비교하였다. 근사최적화에 사용된 대리모델 중 방사기저함수 신경망 모델이 A60 급 갑판 관통 관의 방화설계에 대해 가장 정확한 최적설계 결과를 나타내었다.