• Proceedings of the Korean Nuclear Society Conference
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• 1997.10a
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• pp.171-176
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• 1997

Th-232를 Fertile로 사용한 핵연료는 U-238을 Fertile로 사용한 핵연료보다 핵확산 저항성, 방사성 폐기물 생성면에서 유리하다. 본 연구에서는 MHTGR의 핵연료에 사용된 탄소피막 입자 기술을 토륨 핵연료에 적용하여 새로운 가압경수로용 핵연료로 개념 설계하였다. 핵연료의 설계안을 울진 3,4호기 집합체 설계안에 적용하여 해적 타당성을 살펴보았다.

• Proceedings of the Korea Society for Energy Engineering kosee Conference
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• 1995.05a
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• pp.117-122
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• 1995

원자력의 이용 분야 확대를 위하여 선박용 소형 동력로를 설계하였다. 본 연구에서는 다음의 제한 조건 및 설계 조건을 설정하여 핵적 개념 설계를 수행하였다. 노심의 부피는 국내 제작가능한 VLCC기종 유조선 기관실내에 배치 가능하도록 제한하였고, 선박의 정기 점검 기간에 맞춘 핵연료 재장전 주기 길이, 무붕산 노심 운전, 상용 가압경수로 보다 낮은 선출력과 출력 밀도, MUTSU호와 같은 1차 계통 열수력 조건, 등의 설계 조건을 설정하였다. 울진 3＆4의 핵연료 집합체의 길이만을 짧게 하여 사용하는 것에 대한 타당성 모색을 핵적 개념 설계 목표로 삼았다. 핵연료 집합체의 설계 및 반응단면적 생산은 CASMO-3 코트를, 노심 전체의 분석은 3차원 노달 코드인 KINS-3코트를 사용하였다. 개념 설계 결과, 노심 주기길이 690일을 달성할 수 있는 핵연료 집합체의 농축도와 갯수는 1.88%의 17개, 3.3%의 20개로 결정하였고, F$_{Q}$는 2.833이였고, 운전 상태에서의 감속재 온도 개수는 -24.8 pcm/$^{\circ}C$로 나타나서 한국형 원자로용 핵연료 집합체를 그대로 선박용 원자로에 사용 가능함을 볼 수 있었다.

• Proceedings of the KSME Conference
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• 2007.05a
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• pp.1854-1858
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• 2007

The reliability assurance with respect to the test procedure and results of the out-pile mechanical performance test for the nuclear fuel assembly is an essential task to assure the test quality and to get a permission for fuel loading into the commercial reactor core. For the case of vibration test, which is carried out to obtain basic dynamic characteristics of the fuel assembly, proper management and appropriate calibration of instruments and devices used in the test, various efforts to minimize the possible error during the test and signal acquisition process are needed. Additionally, the deep understanding both of the theoretical assumption and simplification cation for the signal processing/modal analysis and of the functions of the devices used in the test were highly required. Finally, to verify the test result to represent the accurate natural characteristics of the structure, the proper correlation analysis between the theoretical and experimental method has to be carried out. In this study, the overall procedure and result of lateral vibration test for the fuel assembly's mechanical characterization were briefly introduced. A series of measures to assure and improve the reliability of the vibration test were discussed.

• Journal of the Computational Structural Engineering Institute of Korea
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• v.18 no.4 s.70
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• pp.347-360
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• 2005

The fuel rod instability can be occurred because of the axial and cross flow due to the flow anomaly and/or flow redistribution in the lower core plate region of the pressurized water reactor. The fuel rod vibration due to the hydraulic instability is one of the root causes of fuel failure. The verification on the fuel rod vibration and instability is needed for the new fuel assembly design to verify the fuel rod instability. In this study, the fuel rod vibration and stability analyses were performed to investigate the effect of the grid height, fuel rod support condition, and span adjustment on the fuel rod vibration characteristics for the advanced $16{\times}16$ fuel assembly design. Based on the analysis results, the grid height and grid axial elevation of the advanced $16{\times}16$ fuel assembly design were proposed.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A
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• v.35 no.4
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• pp.417-424
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• 2011

A fuel assembly consists of five major components, i.e., a top end piece (TEP), a bottom end piece (BEP), spacer grids (SGs), guide tubes (GTs) and an instrumentation tube (IT); in addition, it also includes fuel rods (FRs). The TEP/BEP should satisfy stress intensity limits according to the conditions A and B of ASME, Section III, Division 1-Subsection NB. In a dual-cooled fuel assembly, the array and position of fuel rods are different from those in a conventional PWR fuel assembly; these changes are necessary for achieving power uprating. The flow plates of the TEP and BEP have to be modified accordingly. The pattern and shape of the flow holes were newly designed. To verify the strength compatibility, the Tresca stress limit according to the ASME code was investigated in the case of an axial load of 22.241 kN. In this paper, the stress linearization procedure for strength evaluation of a newly designed TEP is presented.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• v.12 no.4
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• pp.274-285
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• 1980

The TDCORE and the RELOAD-II codes are adopted in an attempt to establish a simplified computational system for the in-core fuel management decisions of a PWR. The TDCORE is being used to simulate the power and burnup behavior of the Gori unit 1 PWR during the fuel cycle 1 through the cycle 5. The validity of the TDCORE code is also presented by comparing the TDCORE prediction with the in-core measurements. The RELOAD-II code is used to determine the optimum fuel loading pattern which is one of the most important decisions of the Gori unit 1 reactor. The utility and applicability of two codes for the fuel management analyses are described.