• Proceedings of the Korean Radioactive Waste Society Conference
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• 2006.11a
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• pp.87-88
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• 2006

사용후 핵연료용 수송용기의 설계 안전평가에서는 이제까지 용기에 수납되는 연료는 미조사, 즉 신연료라 가정해서 보수적으로 임계안전설계를 수행하여 왔다. 이것은 연소에 따른 연료내의 핵연료 물질의 감손 및 생성의 의한 반응도의 변동을 계산 평가하는 것이나 또는 연소로 인해 생성되는 중성자 흡수 핵종의 조성 및 함유량 등을 정확히 계산 평가하는 것이 복잡해서 곤란했던 것으로 그 요인을 들 수 있다. 사용 후 핵연료를 신 연료로 가정하는 등의 불합리성을 해소하고, 안전성을 잃지 않고 사용 후 핵연료 운반용기 들의 경제성을 추구하는 기운이 높아지고, 관련 연구가 적극적으로 진척되게 되었다. 그 결과 연소에 따른 연료내의 핵연료 물질의 감손 생성과 핵분열 생성물 등에 의한 반응도의 저하, 즉 중성자 실효 증배율의 저하를 고려한 것을 사용 후 핵연료용 캐스크 설계 안전평가에 취할 수 있게 되었다. 연소도 크레디트를 채용함으로서 사용후 핵연료내의 핵연료물질량은 실제로 존재하는 양을 사용하는 것이 되므로 초기 농축도가 높은 고연소도 연료에서 그 효과가 보다 크게 될 것이다. 이것은 연소도 크레디트 채용에 따라 연료 바스켓의 중성자흡수제 사용량 감소가 가능해져 사용 캐스크의 수를 줄일 수 있어 경제성 향상이 기대되고 아울러 그이 취급 횟수 및 수송횟수가 감소됨에 따라 안전성의 향상도 기대된다.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• v.21 no.4
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• pp.332-340
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• 1989

Destructive examination of 14$\times$14 PWR fuel burned for 3 cycles are carried out to investigate the in-reactor fuel performance. The results obtained are as follows; 1) Grain growth is not occured at the fuel center. 2) Fuel density is decreased as the turnup increase, the density is down to 94.4% TD at burnup of 36,000 MWD/MTU. 3) Average thickness of oxide layer on cladding is less than 10 $\mu$m in the lower and middle section, while it is rapidly increased above 20 $\mu$m in the upper section. 4) The rate of hydride production in the cladding is large in the upper section than lower section and is related to the production of oxide on the cladding

• Journal of Nuclear Fuel Cycle and Waste Technology(JNFCWT)
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• v.5 no.1
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• pp.53-64
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• 2007

The dynamic release behavior of Cs from high burn-up spent PWR fuel was experimentally performed under the conditions of a thermal treatment process such as voloxidation and sintering conditions. In voloxidation process, influence of the oxidation and reduction atmosphere on the Cs release characteristic using fragment type of spent fuel heated up to $1,500^{\circ}C$ was compared. In sintering process, temperature history effect on Cs release behavior was evaluated using green pellet under 4% $H_2/Ar$ environment. Temperature range for complete Cs release from spent fuel fragment under voloxidation condition was about $800^{\circ}C{\sim}1,200^{\circ}C$, but that of green pellet under the reduction atmosphere was $1,100^{\circ}C{\sim}1,400^{\circ}C$. Key parameters on Cs release behavior from spent fuel was powder formation as well as the diffusion rate of Cs compound to grain boundary and fuel surface.

• Journal of Nuclear Fuel Cycle and Waste Technology(JNFCWT)
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• v.13 no.2
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• pp.141-154
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• 2015

In general, conventional criticality analysis for spent fuel transport/storage systems have been performed based on the assumption of fresh fuel concerning the potential uncertainties from number density calculations of actinide nuclides and fission products in spent fuel. However, these evaluation methods cause financial losses due to an excessive criticality margin. In order to overcome this disadvantage, many studies have recently been conducted to design and commercialize a transportation and storage cask applied to the Burnup Credit (BUC). This study conducted an assessment to ensure criticality safety for reactor operating parameters, axial burn-up profiles and misload accident conditions, which are the factors that are likely to affect criticality safety when the BUC is applied to the dual-purpose cask under development at the KOrea RADioactive waste agency (KORAD). As a result, it was found that criticality resulting from specific power, changed substantially and relied on conditions of low enrichment and high burn-up. Considering the end effect in the case of high burn-up produced a positive-definite result. In particular, the increment of maximum effective multiplication factors due to misloading was 0.18467, confirming that misload is a factor that must be taken into account when applying the BUC. The results of this study may therefore be utilized as references in developing technologies to apply the BUC to domestic models and operational procedures or preventing any misload accidents during the process of spent fuel loading.

• Proceedings of the Korean Radioactive Waste Society Conference
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• 2005.11a
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• pp.237-246
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• 2005

A tip-over test of the 1/3 scale model is conducted to verify the tip-oner analysis of a dry concrete storage cask under a hypothetical accident condition. The tip-oner analysis is executed using the velocity at each point which are determined from the initial angular velocity as the initial conditions of the model just before the impact. To confirm the structural integrity of the canister of a dry concrete storage cask, the non-detective testing such as Liquid Penetrants testing and Ultrasonic Testing are conducted. The strains and tile accelerations acquired by the tip-over test are compared with those by the analysis to verify the tip-over analysis. The lid of a storage calk are plastically deformed at the impact point. Liquid

• Journal of Nuclear Fuel Cycle and Waste Technology(JNFCWT)
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• v.4 no.1
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• pp.87-93
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• 2006

Inventories, and characteristics such as dimension, fuel rod array, weight, $^{235}U$ enrichment, and discharge burnup of spent nuclear fuel (SNF) generated from existing and planed nuclear power plants based on National 2nd Basic Plan for Electric Power Demand and Supply were investigated and projected to support geological disposal system design. The historical and projected inventory by the end 2057 is expected to be 20,500 and 14,800MTU for PWR and CANDU spent nuclear fuel, respectively. The quantity of SNF with initial $^{235}U$ enrichment of 4.5 wt.% and below was shown to be 96.5% in total. Average burnup of SNF revealed $\sim36$ GWD/MTU and $\sim40$ GWD/MTU for the period of 1994-1999 and 2000-2003, respectively. It is expected that the average burnup of SNF will be $\sim45$ GWD/MTU at the end of 2000's. From the comprehensive study, it was concluded that the imaginary SNF with $16\times16$ Korean Standard Fuel Assembly, cross section of $21.4cm\times21.4cm$, length of 453cm, mass of 672 kg, initial $^{235}U$ enrichment of 4.5 wt.%, discharge burnup of 55 GWD/MTU could cover almost all SNFs to be produced by 2057.