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Study on the Decommissioning of Small Nuclear Facility through Analyzing Foreign Decommissioning Practices

국외 해체 사례 분석을 통한 국내 소규모 방사선이용시설 해체에 관한 연구

  • Kwon, Dayeong (Department of Radiological Science, Catholic University of Daegu) ;
  • Kim, Yongmin (Department of Radiological Science, Catholic University of Daegu)
  • 권다영 (대구가톨릭대학교 방사선학과) ;
  • 김용민 (대구가톨릭대학교 방사선학과)
  • Received : 2014.12.09
  • Accepted : 2015.04.25
  • Published : 2015.04.30

Abstract

RI & RG are used in various field such as medical field, industrial field, agricultural and food&life field. The number of small nuclear facilities is on the increase. We need to take an interest in decommissioning of small nuclear facility and predict the occurring problem from facility decommissioning. Because of the relatively low radiation risk, the preparation of the small nuclear facility dismantling is often neglected. As the accident in Goiania, Brazil showed, the impact of the decommissioning of small nuclear facilities is not less than the large nuclear facilities although it may seem dangerless. Therefore, we analyzed the each institutional characteristics of the decommissioning of small nuclear facilities through foreign case study on this research. Also, we proposed several considerations on decommissioning such as reuse of facility and source, lack of space, stakeholder involvement and failures of protection. Through these study, we tried to make guideline of the small nuclear facilities decommissioning.

방사선은 의료 분야 뿐 아니라 공업 분야, 농업 및 식품생명 분야 등에 이용되고, 소규모 방사선이용시설의 운영이 증가하고 있는 상황이다. 이에 소규모 방사선이용시설의 해체에 대한 관심을 가질 필요성이 있고, 시설 해체 시 발생될 문제점에 대해 예측해 볼 필요성이 있다. 원자력발전소 등의 대형방사선이용시설의 해체에 대한 대비는 진행되고 있으나, 상대적으로 위험성이 적은 소규모 방사선이용시설의 해체에 대해서는 대비가 부족한 상황이다. 사이클로트론의 방사화나 브라질 고이아니아의 방사성물질 누출사고를 생각해보면 소규모 방사선이용시설의 사고 시 그 영향은 대형 방사선이용시설에 비해 작지 않다. 이에 따라 본 연구에서는 국내에 비해 상대적으로 소규모 방사선이용시설 해체 사례가 많은 국외의 사례 중 국내에서 많이 가동되고 있는 사이클로트론, 방사선치료시설 등 시설별 특징에 대해 분석하였다. 또한, 소규모 방사선이용시설 해체 시 각 시설별 또는 공통적인 문제점으로는 시설과 선원의 재사용, 공간 부족, 이해 당사자의 개입, 대중의 방사선 노출이 나타났다. 이를 바탕으로 향후 소규모 방사선이용시설 해체 시 문제점을 해결할 수 있는 방안을 마련할 때 도움이 될 것으로 사료된다.

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