• Proceedings of the Korean Radioactive Waste Society Conference
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• 2011.10a
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• pp.31-32
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• 2011

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• v.17 no.3
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• pp.185-192
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• 1985

The fissile content of PWR spent fuel is higher than that of natural uranium which is normal fuel for CANDU type reactor. Investigated are the concepts of PWR spent fuel utilization in CANDU type reactor to diversify uranium resource and partially to solve storage problems of PWR spent fuel being gradually accumulated. Nuclear characteristics of uranium-plutonium mixed oxide fuel loaded in CANDU type reactor are analysed using the WIMS/D computer code. In this study, analyses are solely carried out upon the current CANDU type reactor design without changingany reactivity control devices.

• Proceedings of the Korean Nuclear Society Conference
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• 1995.05b
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• pp.805-812
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• 1995

산업의 다변화로 인한 에너지의 수요는 증가하고 있고 이에 따라 핵연료의 사용과 사용 후 연료의 안전한 처분은 큰 관심사가 되고 있다. 본 연구에서는 사용후 핵연료의 폐기에 따른 지하동굴의 해석을 비선형 유한요소와 경계요소의 조합에 의하여 수행하였다. 지하 암반의 열 하중에 의한 거동을 해석하기 위해 응력이 집중되는 대상영역은 유한요소로, 무한영역에는 경계요소를 적용하여 해석하였다.

• Journal of Nuclear Fuel Cycle and Waste Technology(JNFCWT)
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• v.9 no.3
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• pp.169-179
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• 2011

There are two types of nuclear reactors in Korea and they are PWR type and CANDU type. The safe management of the spent fuels from these reactors is very important factor to maintain the sustainable energy supply with nuclear power plant. In Korea, a reference disposal system for the spent fuels has been developed through a study on the direct disposal of the PWR and CANDU spent fuel. Recently, the research on the demonstration and the efficiency analyses of the disposal system has been performed to make the disposal system safer and more economic. PWR spent fuels which include a lot of reusable material can be considered being recycled and a study on the disposal of HLW from this recycling process is being performed. CANDU spent fuels are considered being disposed of directly in deep geological formation, since they have little reusable material. In this study, based on the Korean Reference spent fuel disposal System (KRS) which was to dispose of both PWR type and CANDU type, the more effective CANDU spent fuel disposal systems were developed. To do this, the disposal canister for CANDU spent fuels was modified to hold the storage basket for 60 bundles which is used in nuclear power plant. With these modified disposal canister concepts, the disposal concepts to meet the thermal requirement that the temperature of the buffer materials should not be over $100^{\circ}C$ were developed. These disposal concepts were reviewed and analyzed in terms of disposal effective factors which were thermal effectiveness, U-density, disposal area, excavation volume, material volume etc. and the most effective concept was proposed. The results of this study will be used in the development of various wastes disposal system together with the HLW wastes from the PWR spent fuel recycling process.

• Journal of Nuclear Fuel Cycle and Waste Technology(JNFCWT)
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• v.13 no.4
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• pp.301-313
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• 2015

The rock cavern storage for spent fuel has been assessed to apply in Korea with reviewing the state of the art of the technologies for surface storage and rock cavern storage of spent fuel. The technical feasibility and economic aspects of the rock cavern storage of spent fuel were also analyzed. A considerable area of flat land isolated from the exterior are needed to meet the requirement for the site of the surface storage facilities. It may, however, not be easy to secure such areas in the mountainous region of Korea. Instead, the spent fuel storage facilities constructed in the rock cavern moderate their demands for the suitable site. As a result, the rock cavern storage is a promising alternative for the storage of spent fuel in the aspect of natural and social environments. The rock cavern storage of spent fuel has several advantages compared with the surface storage, and there is no significant difference on the viewpoint of economy between the two alternatives. In addition, no great technical difficulties are present to apply the rock cavern storage technologies to the storage of domestic spent fuel.

• Proceedings of the Korean Radioactive Waste Society Conference
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• 2004.06a
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• pp.344-344
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• 2004

한국원자력연구소에서는 사용후핵연료의 체적을 감소시켜 저장 안전성 및 경제성을 확보키 위한 사용후핵연료 차세대관리 공정(ACP)을 개발하고 있다. 이 기술의 개발을 위해서는 사용후핵연료를 사용한 실증시험이 필수적이며, 이를 위한 ${\alpha}-{\gamma}$ type의 hot cell 시설 및 부속시설이 필요하다. 연구소는 별도의 실증시설에 요구되는 고 비용을 줄이기 위해 현재 연구소가 보유하고 있는 조사재시험시설(IMEF)의 지하에 위치한 예비 hot cell을 활용키로 하고 차세대관리 종합공정의 특성 및 용도에 맞는 시설의 수정/보완 업무를 수행해오고 있다.(중략)

• Journal of Nuclear Fuel Cycle and Waste Technology(JNFCWT)
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• v.14 no.2
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• pp.149-156
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• 2016

The spent fuel stored in the pool is vulnerable to external impacts, since the severe reactor conditions degrade the structural integrity of the fuel. Therefore an accident during shipping and handling should be considered. In an extreme case, the fuel assembly drop can be happened accidentally during handling the nuclear fuel in the spent fuel pool. The rod failure during such drop accident can be evaluated by calculating the impact force acting on the fuel assembly at the bottom of the spent fuel pool. The impact force can be evaluated with the impact velocity at the bottom of the spent fuel pool. Since fuel rods occupies most of weight and volume of a nuclear fuel assembly, the information of the rods are important to estimate the hydraulic resistance force. In this study, the hydraulic force acting on the $3{\times}3$ short rod bundle model during the drop accident is calculated, and the result is verified by comparing the numerical simulations. The methodology suggested by this study is expected to be useful for evaluating the integrity of the spent fuel.

• Proceedings of the Korean Radioactive Waste Society Conference
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• 2004.06a
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• pp.346-346
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• 2004

차세대관리 종합공정(ACP)은 사용후핵연료의 안전하고 효율적인 관리를 위하여 제시된 건식처리공정으로 이 공정을 이용하여 사용후핵연료를 금속으로 전환하고, 고발열성 핵종(Cs, Sr)을 효율적으로 제거하여 사용후핵연료의 부피, 발열량 및 방사선의 세기를 최대 1/4까지 감소시키고, 처분용기의 소요량과 처분장의 소요면적을 1/2 이상으로 축소함으로서 처분 안전성과 경제성을 높일 수 있는 장점으로 인해 연구개발 중에 있으며, 현재 기초연구가 완료되어 실증시험 수행을 위한 상세 계획이 확정되었다.(중략)

• Proceedings of the Korean Radioactive Waste Society Conference
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• 2004.06a
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• pp.349-349
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• 2004

차세대관리 종합공정(Advanced spent fuel Conditioning Process)은 사용후핵연료의 안전하고 효율적인 관리를 위하여 제시된 건식처리공정으로 사용후핵연료를 금속으로 전환하고, 고발열성 핵종(Cs, Sr)을 효율적으로 제거하여 사용후핵연료의 부피, 발열량 및 방사선의 세기를 최대 1/4까지 감소시키고, 처분용기의 소요량과 처분장의 소요면적을 1/2 이상으로 축소함으로서 처분 안전성과 경제성을 높일 수 있는 장점으로 인해 연구개발 중에 있으며, 이의 실증시험 수행을 위하여 ${\alpha}-{\gamma}$ type의 핫셀을 건설 중에 있다.(중략)

• Proceedings of the Korean Radioactive Waste Society Conference
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• 2008.11a
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• pp.35-36
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• 2008

2007년부터 수행된 사용후핵연료 공론화 TFT 활동과 사전 준비 연구는 2009년부터 본격적으로 추진될 공론화의 기반을 공고히 하는데 많은 기여를 하였다 사용후핵연료 공론화는 단기적인 관리 방안에 관해 일반 시민 및 이해 당사자들의 의견을 수렴해 대정부 권고안을 우선적으로 도출하고 궁극적으로 최종 관리 방안에 대해서도 일정 부분 다룰 것으로 예측된다.