• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2001.07b
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• pp.1315-1318
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• 2001

국내외적으로 배기가스 저감 등 환경규제 강화와 환경의식이 향상되면서 원자력, 석탄, 중유 발전 등은 주변지역의 반대에 직면하여 발전소 건설사업 추진이 순조롭지 못한 실정이다. 또한 석유에너지 자원의 고갈과 국제 고유가 시대에 따라 대체에너지의 개발에 세계 각국이 심혈을 기울이고 있다. 그러나 우리나라의 경우 대규모 수력 발전소 입지를 찾는데는 한계가 있으며, 대부분 개발가능 지점이 15m이하 저낙차의 특징을 갖고 있다. 종래에는 소하천을 가로막아 소수력을 개발하는 것이 주종을 이루었으나, 최근에는 공사비 과다로 인한 경제성 불투명과 각종 주변 지역의 민원으로 개발이 어려워 광역상수도, 하수처리장, 농업용 저수지, 다목적댐 하류 조정지댐 등에 저낙차 유휴에너지를 다각적으로 이용하는 방안이 연구 개발되고 있다. 본 연구에서는 저낙차를 이용한 소수력 발전의 최적설계와 경제성 평가 기법 등을 실 적용한 사례를 중심으로 논하고자 한다.

• Tunnel and Underground Space
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• v.29 no.4
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• pp.215-229
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• 2019

This technical note describes the current status of Finnish radioactive waste disposal project which started to construct the repository for spent nuclear waste for the first time in the world. Finland started operating nuclear power plant in 1977 and is currently operating four nuclear power plants. After detailed site surveys started in 1993, Olkiluoto was finally selected by the parliament of Finland as the site for geological disposal in 2001 followed by a construction license in 2015. If the operating license is approved by the government in the 2020s, it would be the world's first case of geological disposal. In ONKALO, a site-specific underground research facility at the site of Olkiluoto, various studies were conducted to verify the safety of the repository. Finland uses the KBS-3 disposal concept, and Korea considers a similar disposal concept because of similar rock formations. The entire process in Finland including the operation status of intermediate and low-level waste disposal, site investigation and selection stages, and the latest rock mechanics and hydrogeological studies in ONKALO are presented. Suggestions for the radioactive waste disposal in Korea is given based on the Finnish case.

• KSCE Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering Research
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• v.42 no.6
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• pp.775-786
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• 2022

In the plant structures including nuclear power plants, penetrations are frequently installed in walls and slabs to reinforce facilities during operation, and reinforcing bars are sometimes cut off during concrete coring. Since these penetrations are not considered at the design or construction stage, cutting of reinforcing bar during opening installation is actually damage to the structure, structural integrity evaluation considering the stress transition range or effective width around the new penetration is necessary. In this study, various nonlinear analyses and static loading experiments are performed to evaluate the effect of reinforcing bar cutting that occurs when a penetration is newly installed in the shear wall of wall-type building of operating nuclear power plant. In addition, the decrease in wall stiffness due to the installed new penetration and cutting of reinforcing bars is evaluated and the stress and strain distributions of rebars around penetration are also measured.

• The Science & Technology
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• v.8 no.12 s.79
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• pp.8-16
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• 1975

자연자원은 부족하고 국토는 협소한 대신 인구는 많은 우리나라가 경제자립과 자주국방을 달성하기 위해서는 과학기술의 개발이 무엇보다 중요하다. 그간 우리나라는 공업화추진의 필요성과 과학기술의 중요성에 대한 깊은 인식을 바탕으로하여 과학기술개발을 강력히 추진한 결과 개발도상국으로서는 하나의 보범적인 발전을 이룩하게 됐다. 그러나 앞으로 중화학공업의 건설과 국제경쟁력배양을 통한 수출의 획기적인 신장, 농촌근대화와 식량의 자급, 국내부존자원의 활용의 극대화등 우리경제가 해결해야할 어려운 문제들이 많다는 데서 과학기술의 급속한 발전을 위해 더욱 주력할 필요가 있다. 과학기술처는 우리나라 과학기술의 발전을 위해 지난 1동안에 70년대의 과학기술진흥시책방향인 과학기술의 기반구축, 산업기술의 발전, 과학기술의 풍토 조성등 3대시책방향에 합치되도록 모든 역량을 집결시켰다. 그 결과 중화학공업의 건설과 수출전략산업을 구축하기 위한 5대전략산업연구소의설립과 국내연구체제의 획기적인 정비를 위한 대덕연구학원도시의 건설사업을 계속추진하여 왔으며 과학기술의 풍토조성을 위해 새마을기술봉사단의 활동을 강화하는 동시 재구 한국인과학기술자를 초청하여 학술회의를 개최하는 등 각종 학술활동을 지원하였다. 또한 두뇌개발과 기능숙달에 역량을 두어 한국과학원에서 첫졸업생을 캐출하여 고급두뇌를 처음으로 우리 손으로 산업계와 과학기술계에 내보냈으며 국가기술자격검정을 본격적으로 실시 (16만9천명 대상)함으로써 산업계가 필요로 하는 많은 기능자를 확보하는데 이바지하였다. 한편 서울연구개발단지내 제기관의 활동도 활발하여 KIST는 국내최초로 미니콤퓨터를 개발하였고 KAERI는 원자력의 평화적이용의 일환으로 대단위방사선가공처리시설을 완공하였으며 KORSTIC은 TK 30 소형전산기를 도입 정보처리의 전산화를 이룩하는등 괄복할만한 성과를 거두었다. 75년도에 과학기술처가 이룩한 주요성과를 요약하면 다음과같다.

• Journal of the Computational Structural Engineering Institute of Korea
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• v.35 no.2
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• pp.83-91
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• 2022

Seismic design and analysis of nuclear power plant components are performed based on an decoupled model. However, this decoupled analysis has a limitation in that it generates inaccurate results compared to the coupled analysis because it cannot simulate actual phenomena such as the interaction between structures and components. Thus, this study performed seismic coupled and decoupled analysis on an existing nuclear containment structure and related components, considering the mass and natural frequency ratios. And based on these results, comparative analyses of responses of components were conducted. Consequently, the seismic coupled analysis result generally gave a smaller value than the decoupled analysis result. These results were similar to the analysis results for the simple coupled model, which was an existing study, but the difference in component responses was much more pronounced. Also, this was influenced by the installation location of the component rather than the influence of the input frequency of the input seismic motions. Finally, the difference between the decoupled and coupled seismic analysis occurred in the region where the mass ratio of the components was large, and the natural frequencies were almost similar due to the considerable dynamic interaction between the structure and the component in this realm.

• Tunnel and Underground Space
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• v.10 no.4
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• pp.553-558
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• 2000

Since 1977, KAERI has conducted the fundamental R&D on the permanent disposal of potential HLW repository in Korea. The first ten year project is divided into three short-term phase studies. The first phase study which shall be finished in March of 2000, has the prime target to develop the disposal concept of HLW. Throughout this study the preliminary and generic disposal repository system has been introduced. The potential repository is proposed to be emplaced into crystalline rocks which is the most common rock types in Korea. The proposed depth of the repository is between 300 to 700 meter. The numerical code, MASCOT-K was developed to asserts the long term safety of the proposed repository concept. Based on this conceptual design preliminary safely assessment was performed. Results show that for the given disposal system the potential radioactive release it well below the regulatory limit.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.16 no.9
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• pp.6297-6304
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• 2015

Nuclear power plant decommissioning has attracted attention according to the shutdown decision of Kori 1 which is Korea's first nuclear power plant. Nuclear power plant decommissioning is the one who never experienced ever in our country. So, its process is difficult and time-consuming. In addition, it is difficult to determine the decommissioning quantity. This study proposed the plan that can be used in quantity take-off for nuclear power plant decommissioning using BIM technology being utilized in recent construction industry. As a result, we suggested the method of BIM-based quantity take-off such as the selection decommissioning method and process, setting up of BIM modeling environment, establishment of OBS & WBS, integrated BIM modeling, the definition of quantity property. The proposed plan can be utilized usefully from when permanent stopping nuclear power plant occurs intensively. Furthermore, the overseas nuclear power plant decommissioning project order also are expected through technology securement based on this plan.

• Tunnel and Underground Space
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• v.32 no.6
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• pp.411-434
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• 2022

In deep geological disposal concept for spent nuclear fuel, it is well-known that rock mass at near-field experiences the thermal-hydraulic-mechanical (THM) coupled behavior. The mechanical properties of rock changes during the coupled process, and it is important to consider the changes into the analysis of numerical simulation and in-situ tests for long-term stability evaluation of nuclear waste disposal repository. This report collected the previous studies on indirect coupled behaviors of rock. The effects of water saturation and temperature on some mechanical properties of rock was considered, while the change in hydraulic conductivity of rock due to stress was included in the indirect coupled behavior.

• Journal of the Korean earth science society
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• v.44 no.6
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• pp.629-642
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• 2023

Currently, low and intermediate level radioactive waste is being disposed of at the Gyeongju disposal site for permanent isolation. Since 2006, the Korea Radioactive Waste Agency has been conducting site characteristics surveys continuously verifying changes in the site based on the site monitoring and investigation plan. The hydrogeochemical environment of the disposal site is considered for the evaluation of natural barriers. However, the seawater must be considered because of the regional characteristics of Gyeongju, which is near the East Sea. Therefore, this study, collected 30 samples for deriving the groundwater quality data from seven wells and compared with two seawater samples collected from October 2017 to June 2022. Additionally, the study explores the groundwater monitoring method using statistical tools such as clustering and background concentration analysis. The groundwater samples in the study area were classified into two to four clusters depending on their chemical constituents-especially, EC, HCO₃, Na, and Cl-using statistical analysis, molar ratio, and K-means clustering.

• Tunnel and Underground Space
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• v.33 no.6
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• pp.435-444
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• 2023

In the licensing application for the deep geological disposal system of high-level radioactive waste in Finland, the disposal tunnel backfilling has been changed from the block/pellet (for the construction) to the granular type (for the operation). Accordingly, for establishing the design concept for backfilling, it is necessary to examine applicability to the domestic facility through analyzing problems of the existing method and improvements in the alternative design. In this paper, we first reviewed the principal studies conducted for changing the backfill method in the licensing process of the Finnish facility, and identified the expected problems in applying the block/pellet backfill method. In addition, we derived the evaluation factors to be considered in terms of technical and operational aspects for the backfilling solution, and then conducted a comparative analysis for two types of backfill methods. This analysis confirmed the overall superiority of the design change. It is expected that these results could be utilized as the technical basis for deriving the optimum design plan in development process of the Korean-specific deep disposal facility. However, applicability should be reviewed in advance based on the latest technical data for the detailed evaluation factors that must be considered for selecting the backfilling method.