• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Surface Engineering Conference
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• 2015.11a
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• pp.331-331
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• 2015

차세대 원자로 핵연료의 성능을 제한하는 금속연료-피복관 상호반응 현상(FCCI)을 방지하기 위한 방안으로 Cr 도금기술의 적용성을 연구하였다. 도금 성능을 평가하기 위한 예비 시험 결과 Cr 도금층은 핵연료와 피복관의 상호반응을 억제함이 확인되었다. 도금층 성질을 개선하기 위한 연구와 함께 Cr층을 피복관 내면에 도금하는 연구를 수행하였다.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• v.27 no.6
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• pp.811-824
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• 1995

The CANDU element bowing is attributed to actions of both the thermally induced bending moments and the bending moment due to hydraulic drag and mechanical loads, where the bowing is defined as the lateral deflection of an element from the axial centerline. This paper consider only the thermally-induced bending moments which are generated both within the sheath and the fuel and sheath by an asymmetric temperature distribution with respect to the axis of an element The generalized and explicit analytical formula for the thermally-induced bending is presented in con-sideration of 1) bending of an empty tube treated by neglecting the fuel/sheath mechanical interaction and 2) fuel/sheath interaction due to the pellet and sheath temperature variations, where in each case the temperature asymmetries in sheath are modelled to be caused by the combined effects of (i) non-uniform coolant temperature due to imperfect coolant mixing, (ii) variable sheath/coolant heat transfer coefficient, (iii) asymmetric heat generation due to neutron flux gradients across an element and so as to inclusively cover the uniform temperature distributions within the fuel and sheath with respect to the axial centerline. As the results of the sensitivity calculations of the element bowing with the variations of the parameters in the formula, it is found that the element bowing is greatly affected relatively with the variations or changes of element length, sheath inside diameter, average coolant temperature and its variation factor, pellet/sheath mechanical interaction factor, neutron flux depression factor, pellet thermal expansion coefficient, pellet/sheath heat transfer coefficient in comparison with those of other parameters such as sheath thickness, film heat transfer coefficient, sheath thermal expansion coefficient and sheath and pellet thermal conductivities.

• Proceedings of the Korean Nuclear Society Conference
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• 1998.05b
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• pp.204-209
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• 1998

핵연료 펠렛이 장입되어 있는 원전연료봉 피복관은 핵분열성 물질의 외부 유출에 대한 일차 방호벽 역할을 하므로 원전의 안전성을 위해서는 피복관의 구조건전성 확보가 매우 중요하다. 고온, 고압의 운전 조건 속에서 연료봉 피복관은 산화막이 생성 상장하여 연료봉을 취성 파괴시킬 가능성이 있으므로 이를 가동중에 비파괴적으로 측정할 수 있는 방법을 개발할 필요가 있다. 산화막이 존재하는 지르칼로이 피복관에 대한 음파의 공명산란을 이론적으로 모델링하고 수치해석을 수행하였다. 산화막이 피복된 원통형 쉘의 공명산란에서 공명 원주파의 전파 특성은 산화막의 존재 여부와 그 두께 증가에 따라 크게 변화한다. 수치 해석 결과 제 1차 반대칭 (A$_1$) 원주파의 특정 부분파의 경우에는 산화막의 존재에도 불구하고 위상속도가 일정한 특이성을 보였다. 이러한 위상속도 특성을 실험을 통하여 확인하였으며 이 현상을 이용하여 산화막의 두께를 측정할 수 있는 새로운 비파괴 평가 방법을 제안하였다.

• 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

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• v.28 no.1
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• pp.17-26
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• 1996

The in-reactor fuel rod support conditions against the fretting wear-induced damage can be evaluated by residual spacer grid spring deflection or rod-to-grid gap. In order to evaluate the impact of fuel design parameters on the fretting wear-induced damage, a simulation methodology of the in-reactor fuel rod supporting conditions as a function of burnup has been developed and implemented in the GRIDFORCE program. The simulation methodology takes into account cladding creep rate, initial spring deflection, initial spring force, and spring force relaxation rate as the key fuel design parameters affecting the in-reactor fuel rod supporting conditions. Based on the parametric studies on these key parameters, it is found that the initial spring deflection, the spring force relaxation rate and cladding creepdown rate are in the order of the impact on the in-reactor fuel rod supporting conditions. Application of this simulation methodology to the fretting wear-induced failure experienced in a commercial plant indicates that this methodology can be utilized as an effective tool in evaluating the capability of newly developed cladding materials and/or new spacer grid designs against the fretting wear-induced damage.

• Proceedings of the Korean Radioactive Waste Society Conference
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• 2010.05a
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• pp.309-310
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• 2010

• Journal of Nuclear Fuel Cycle and Waste Technology(JNFCWT)
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• v.11 no.1
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• pp.31-39
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• 2013

Nuclear fuel can be damaged under unexpected circumstances in a nuclear reactor. Fuel rod failure can be occurred due to debris fretting or excessive hydriding or PCI (Pellet-to-clad Interaction) etc. It is important to identify the causes of such failed fuel rods for the safe operation of nuclear power plants. If a fuel rod failure occurs during the operation of a nuclear power plant, the coolant water is contaminated by leaked fission products, and in some case the power level of the plant may be lowered or the operation stopped. In addition, all spent fuels must be transferred to a dry storage. But failed fuel can not be transferred to a dry storage. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to develop a system which is capable of inspecting whether the spent fuel in the storage pool is failed or not. The sipping technology is to analyze the leakage of fission products in state of gas and liquid. The failed fuel inspection system with gamma analyzer has successfully demonstrated that the system is enough to find the failed fuel at Wolsong plant.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society for Noise and Vibration Engineering Conference
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• 2007.05a
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• pp.361-365
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• 2007

우라늄을 내장한 연료봉은 핵분열이 일어나는 우라늄 펠렛(pellet)을 1차적으로 차폐하는 중요한 구조물이다. 연료봉은 원자로 내에서 유체유발진동에 의해 손상될 수 있으며, 본 연구에서는 유동유발진동 특성을 예측하기 위해 핵연료봉의 동특성 규명을 위한 모드해석을 수행하였다. 핵연료봉의 진동특성을 규명하기 위해 제작한 시험장치를 이용하여 피복관(clad tube)의 진동특성실험과 유한 요소 해석을 수행하였다. 모드시험(Modal Testing)은 현재 상용 핵연료봉(튜브)을 대상으로 수행되었으며, 유한 요소 해석 모델을 개발하여 해석 결과와 시험 결과를 비교 분석하였다.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A
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• v.40 no.5
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• pp.437-447
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• 2016

In a nuclear power plant, the fuel assembly, which is composed of fuel rods, burns, and the high temperature can generate power. The fuel rod consists of pellets and a cladding that covers the pellets. It is important to understand the pellet-cladding mechanical interaction with regard to nuclear safety. This paper proposes simulation of the PCMI. The gap between the pellets and the cladding, and the contact pressure are very important for conducting thermal analysis. Since the gap conductance is not known, it has to be determined by a suitable method. This paper suggests a solution. In this study, finite element (FE) contact analysis is conducted considering thermal expansion of the pellets. As the contact causes plastic deformation, this aspect is considered in the analysis. A 3D FE module is developed to analyze the PCMI using FORTRAN 90. The plastic deformation due to the contact between the pellets and the cladding is the major physical phenomenon. The simple analytical solution of a cylinder is proposed and compared with the fuel rod performance code results.

• Proceedings of the Korean Nuclear Society Conference
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• 1996.05c
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• pp.353-358
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• 1996

Hot cell에서의 활용을 전제로 한 용접기술 개발을 목적으로 가용한 용접방식의 적용 타당성 및 용접부 특성에 대해 조사, 분석하였다. 적용한 용접방식은 Upset butt저항용접, GTAW, LBW이었다. 각 용접방식에 따른 기계적 시험에 있어서 공히 용접부가 아닌 피복관 파괴로 연료봉 봉단용 접부의 품질요건을 만족하였으며, 용접부 형상 및 미세경도 분석에 있어서는 열영향부가 GTAW, Upset butt저항용접, LBW의 순으로 작게 나타났다. 또, 미세조직상으로는 거의 유사한 조직의 martensitic $\alpha$'와 Widmanstatten조직이 혼합되어 있었다. 따라서 Upset butt 저항용접, GTAW, LBW 방식을 적용한 Zr-4 핵연료 피복관의 봉단용접은 가능했으며, Hot cell 적용을 고려시 LBW 용접방식이 적절하였다.