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An Introduction to the DECOVALEX-2019 Task G: EDZ Evolution - Reliability, Feasibility, and Significance of Measurements of Conductivity and Transmissivity of the Rock Mass

DECOVALEX-2019 Task G 소개: EDZ Evolution - 굴착손상영역 평가를 위한 수리전도도 및 투수량계수 측정의 신뢰도, 적합성 및 중요성

  • Kwon, Saeha (Department of Energy Systems Engineering, Seoul National University) ;
  • Min, Ki-Bok (Department of Energy Systems Engineering, Seoul National University)
  • 권새하 (서울대학교 에너지시스템공학부) ;
  • 민기복 (서울대학교 에너지시스템공학부)
  • Received : 2020.07.31
  • Accepted : 2020.08.24
  • Published : 2020.08.31
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Abstract

Characterizations of Excavation Damage Zone (EDZ), which is hydro-mechanical degrading the host rock, are the important issues on the geological repository for the spent nuclear fuel. In the DECOVALEX 2019 project, Task G aimed to model the fractured rock numerically, describe the hydro-mechanical behavior of EDZ, and predict the change of the hydraulic factor during the lifetime of the geological repository. Task G prepared two-dimensional fractured rock model to compare the characteristics of each simulation tools in Work Package 1, validated the extended three-dimensional model using the TAS04 in-situ interference tests from Äspö Hard Rock Laboratory in Work Package 2, and applied the thermal and glacial loads to monitor the long-term hydro-mechanical response on the fractured rock in Work Package 3. Each modelling team adopted both Finite Element Method (FEM) and Discrete Element Method (DEM) to simulate the hydro-mechanical behavior of the fracture rock, and added the various approaches to describe the EDZ and fracture geometry which are appropriate to each simulation method. Therefore, this research can introduce a variety of numerical approaches and considerations to model the geological repository for the spent nuclear fuel in the crystalline fractured rock.

사용후핵연료의 심층처분 사업에서는 처분장 주변 모암의 수리역학적 성능을 저하시키는 굴착손상영역의 특성화가 중요하다. 이에 DECOVALEX-2019 프로젝트의 Task G에서는 균열암반 수치해석 모델을 구축한 후 암반 주변의 굴착손상영역의 수리역학적 거동을 모사하고, 구축한 모델로 처분장의 운영 시에 장기적으로 야기될 수 있는 추가적인 수리학적 변화를 관찰하였다. 과업의 첫 번째 단계에서는 2차원 균열암반 모델을 구축하여 수치해석 기법의 특성을 파악하고, 두 번째 단계에서는 3차원 균열암반 모델로 확장 후 스웨덴 애스푀 지하연구시설(Äspö Hard Rock Laboratory) 내 TAS04 간섭시험 결과와 비교하여 수치해석 모델을 검증한 후, 세 번째 단계에서는 열과 빙하 하중에 의한 영향을 반영하여 균열암반의 수리역학적 반응을 순차적으로 확인하였다. 과업의 전 과정에서 유한요소법과 개별요소법으로 균열암반에서의 수리역학적 분석을 수행하였으며, 균열의 기하학적 특성을 반영 및 굴착손상영역을 반영하는 과정에서 각 수치해석 기법에 따라 다양한 접근방법으로 고려하였다. 따라서 본 연구는 향후 결정질 균열암반에 사용후핵연료 처분장을 계획할 시 수치해석 단계에서 채택될 수 있는 다양한 접근 방법과 고려해야 할 사항들을 제시할 수 있을 것으로 전망한다.

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Acknowledgement

The authors thank the DECOVALEX-2019 Funding Organisations Andra, BGR/UFZ, CNSC, US DOE, ENSI, JAEA, IRSN, KAERI, NWMO, RWM, SÚRAO, SSM and Taipower for their financial and technical support of the work described in this paper. The statements made in the paper are, however, solely those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of the Funding Organisations. This work was also supported by the Nuclear Research and Development Program of the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF-2018M2A8A5023379) funded by the Minister of Science, ICT, and Future Planning, and the Institute of Engineering Research at Seoul National University. We also thank two anonymous reviewers who provided constructive comments on the manuscript.

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