• Journal of Nuclear Fuel Cycle and Waste Technology(JNFCWT)
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• v.17 no.1
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• pp.107-120
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• 2019

The decommissioning of one nuclear power plant in a multi-unit nuclear power plant (multi-unit NPP) site may pose radiation exposure risk to decommissioning workers. Thus, it is essentially required to evaluate the exposure dose of decommissioning workers of operating multi-unit NPPs nearby. The ENDOS program is a dose evaluation code developed by the Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute (KAERI). As two sub-programs of ENDOS, ENDOS-ATM to anticipate atmospheric transport and ENDOS-G to calculate exposure dose by gaseous radioactive effluents are used in this study. As a result, the annual maximum individual dose for decommissioning workers is estimated to be $2.31{\times}10^{-3}mSv{\cdot}y^{-1}$, which is insignificant compared with the effective dose limit of $1mSv{\cdot}y^{-1}$ for the public. Although it is revealed that the exposure dose of operating multi-unit NPPs does not result in a significant impact on decommissioning workers, closer examination of the effect of additional exposure due to actual demolition work is required. The calculation method of this study is expected to be utilized in the future for planned decommissioning projects in Korea. Because domestic NPPs are located in multi-unit sites, similar situations may occur.

• 대한방사선방어학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2011.11a
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• pp.162-163
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• 2011

• Proceedings of the ESK Conference
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• 1994.04a
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• pp.147-156
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• 1994

국내에는 다수 원자력발전소가 가동중이며 국내기술진의 참여로 건설되고 있는 원전도 있는데, 그중 영광 3호기가 앞으로 건설될 원자력발전소의 원형으로 주목받고 있다. 원자력발전소에서 주제어반 (MCB: Main Control Board)은 운전원과 계통간의 상호작용이 이루어지는 핵심시설로써, 원자력발전소의 안전성과 효율성에 미치는 영향이 큰 것으로평가되어 인간공학적인 측면이 강조되고있다. 본문은 영광 3호기의 주제어반 시설검사에 참여한 결과를 주제어반 설계에 대한 인간공학적 평가의 예비보고로써 제시하고자 한다.

• Journal of Nuclear Fuel Cycle and Waste Technology(JNFCWT)
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• v.16 no.1
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• pp.107-122
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• 2018

Kori unit 1, the oldest commercial nuclear power plant in South Korea, was permanently shut down in June 2017. There are a lot of things to consider in decommissioning nuclear power plants, and one of them is the radiological environmental impact assessment. Performed to promote the health and safety of residents around the nuclear power plant, radiological environmental impact assessment aims to confirm that off-site radiological dose from radioactive material released from the facility does not exceed the regulatory criteria. There are three main parts of environmental impact assessment: pre-decommissioning environmental monitoring, environmental monitoring during decommissioning, and impact on nearby residents. At present, although the Korea Nuclear Safety Act stipulates that radiological environmental impact assessment resulting from decommissioning should be carried out, the details have not been specified. Therefore, this paper compares and analyzes guidelines for evaluation of radiological environmental impacts of nuclear power plants overseas, and presents a draft on the assessment of radiological dose resulting from decommissioning according to the Korean situation.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Industrial Safety Conference
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• 2002.11a
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• pp.69-74
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• 2002

원자력발전소에서 발생하는 화재사건은 원자로 정지를 유발함과 통시에 안전정지 또는 사고완화 기능을 수행하는 다수의 기기를 동시에 손상시킬 수 있어 원자력발전소의 안전성에 적지 않은 영향을 줄 수 있다. 미국에서는 1975년 Browns Ferry 원전 1호기 케이블 포설실(cable spreading room)의 케이블 관봉투 밀봉재에 대한 건전성을 검사하는 과정 중에 화재가 발생하여 원자로 건물로 화재가 확산되는 심각한 사고가 발생하였다.(중략)

• Fire Science and Engineering
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• v.34 no.3
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• pp.134-140
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• 2020

Nuclear power plants (NPPs) in Korea are required to be maintained using a defense in-depth approach to prevent leakage of radioactive substances outside the plant and allow safe shutdown in the event of a fire. Periodic testing must be conducted to ensure that the fire protection facilities perform as required by the laws for various nuclear reactor types. In June 2017, for the first time in Korea, a nuclear plant, Kori Unit 1, was permanently shut down. It was prepared for decommissioning in accordance with the fire protection regulations imposed by the regulatory body. However, a standard protocol is necessary for systematically establishing the fire protection program for decommissioning of NPPs in the future. Therefore, the nuclear legal systems of countries with many operating nuclear power plants, such as the United States, Japan, Canada, and various European countries, were reviewed and guidelines for establishing a fire protection program for decommissioning NPPs was suggested; the fire protection requirements stated by Reg Guide 1.191 (Decommissioning fire protection program for NPPs during decommissioning and permanent shutdown) were used as a model. Suggestions for establishing legal regulations to optimize fire protection programs and secure basic technology for decommissioning NPPs were also made.

• Journal of the Computational Structural Engineering Institute of Korea
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• v.34 no.5
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• pp.319-325
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• 2021

The 2011 East Japan Earthquake caused accidents at a number of nuclear power plants in Fukushima, highlighting the need for a study on the seismic safety of multiple NPP (Nuclear Power Plant) units. In the case of nuclear power plants built on a site that shows a similar seismic response, there is at least a correlation between the seismic damage of structures, systems, and components (SSCs) of nuclear power plants. In this study, a probabilistic seismic safety assessment was performed for the loss of essential power events of twin units. To derive an appropriate seismic damage correlation coefficient, a probabilistic seismic response analysis was performed. Using the external event mensuration system program, we analyzed the seismic fragility and seismic risk by composing a failure tree of multiple loss of essential power events. Additionally, a comparative analysis was performed considering the seismic damage correlation between SSCs as completely independent and completely dependent.

• Proceedings of the Korea Information Processing Society Conference
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• 2013.05a
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• pp.277-280
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• 2013

원자로 건물 내부에는 원자로의 안전운전을 위한 다수의 계통, 구조물 및 기기들이 위치하고 있다. 원자로의 안전과 직결되는 안전계통 변수 (수위, 압력) 들은 경우에 따라서는 현장확인이 요구된다. 원자로 가동 중에 운전원에 의한 안전계통변수의 현장확인이 용이하도록 원자로 건물 내부의 출입구 (2 중문) 부근에 수위계, 압력계 등의 현장계기가 위치하고 있다. 본 논문에서는 일본의 (주) 동경전력이 공개한 후쿠시마 제 1 원자력발전소 1 호기 원자로건물의 IC (비상용 복수기, isolation condenser) 조사영상에 나타나는 현장계기의 영상인식에 대해 기술한다. 조사 영상의 분석에 의하면 현장계기들은 기계식의 아날로그 타입이다. 아날로그 타입의 기하구조를 이용하여 계기판 눈금을 인식하고, 계기판 바늘의 기울기 계산을 통해 계기판을 영상 판독할 수 있었다. 이러한 계기판의 영상판독은 후쿠시마 원전 사고와 같이, 고방사선 피폭 우려로 인해 사람대신에 로봇이 원자로 건물내부에 진입하여 주요 계통, 구조물 및 기기의 현장계기를 판독한다고 가정하면, 유용한 기능이다.

• Journal of Nuclear Fuel Cycle and Waste Technology(JNFCWT)
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• v.14 no.4
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• pp.423-434
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• 2016

The importance of severe nuclear accidents and probabilistic safety assessment (PSA) were brought to international attention with the occurrence of severe nuclear accidents caused by the extreme natural disaster at Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Japan. In Korea, studies on level 3 PSA had made little progress until recently. The code systems of level 3 PSA, MACCS2 (MELCORE Accident Consequence Code System 2, US), COSYMA (COde SYstem from MAria, EU) and OSCAAR (Off-Site Consequence Analysis code for Atmospheric Releases in reactor accidents, JAPAN), were reviewed in this study, and the disadvantages and limitations of MACCS2 were also analyzed. Experts from Korea and abroad pointed out that the limitations of MACCS2 include the following: MACCS2 cannot simulate multi-unit accidents/release from spent fuel pools, and its atmospheric dispersion is based on a simple Gaussian plume model. Some of these limitations have been improved in the updated versions of MACCS2. The absence of a marine and aquatic dispersion model and the limited simulating range of food-chain and economic models are also important aspects that need to be improved. This paper is expected to be utilized as basic research material for developing a Korean code system for assessing off-site consequences of severe nuclear accidents.