Proceedings of the Korean Radioactive Waste Society Conference (한국방사성폐기물학회:학술대회논문집)
- 2003.11a
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- Pages.614-620
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- 2003
The Option Study of Oversea Shipment of DUPIC Fuel Elements to Canada
고방사성 산화물핵연료의 해외수송방안 분석
Abstract
KAERI has developed DUPIC nuclear fuel with the refabrication of spent PWR fuel discharged from domestic nuclear power plant by a dry process at M6 hot-cell in IMEF To verify the performance of DUPIC nuclear fuel, irradiation test at the operating conditions of commercial power plant is essential. Since the HANARO research reactor of KAERI does not have fuel test loop(FTL) for irradiating nuclear fuel under high temperature and high pressure conditions, DUPIC fuel cannot be irradiated in the FTL of HANARO. In the 13-th PRM among Korea, Canada, USA and IAEA, AECL proposed that KAERI fabricated DUPIC fuel can be irradiated in the FTL of the NRU research reactor without charge of neutrons. The transportation quantity of DUPIC fuel to Canada is 10 elements(about 6kg). This transportation package is classified as the 7-th class according to "recommendation on the transport of dangerous goods" made by the United Nations. In case of air shipment, until now, there is no proper air transportation cask for DUPIC fuel. In case of sea transportation is possible but requires very high cost.high cost.
원자력연구소에서는 국내 원전에서 배출된 사용후핵연료를 IMEF M6 핫셀에서 건식 재가공하여 건식공정 산화물핵연료를 개발하였다. 개발된 핵연료의 성능을 검증하기 위해서는 실제 상용로와 동일한 고온고압 조건하에서 조사시험이 필요하나 국내에는 이러한 조사시설을 갖추지 못하고 있으므로 핵연료 성능의 검증이 어렵던 차에 한
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