• 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.

• Nuclear industry
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• no.5_6 s.7
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• pp.45-47
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• 1982

원자력평화이용의 마지막 큰 과제라 할 수 있는 고레벨방사성폐기물의 처리${\cdot}$처분에 관해 고레벨폐기물 glass 고화체의 화학적내구성(침출율, 고온수화반응 등), 조사효과, 장기저장시설의 냉각특성, 지층처분에서의 포장성(암석특성이나 투수성) 등 많은 연구가 행해지고 있는데, 여기서는 장기저장시설과 처분시설의 시스템개념에 관한 것을 알아 보기로 한다.

• Tunnel and Underground Space
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• v.18 no.3
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• pp.165-174
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• 2008

Thermo-hydro-chemico-mechanical evolution of the radioactive waste repository and surrounding geological media is one of the key issues for the radioactive waste disposal. This article describes not only the basic context for the site selection but also a reasonable strategy for the repository related research based on the results of the French repository project carried out by ANDRA (National radioactive waste management agency). To have some alternatives for the determination of a preferable depth and geological media, it would be recommendable to establish a database system. The curing process of the fractures or microfissures in the EDZ (Excavation Disturbed Zone) during operation time has to be examined considering the evolution of the EDZ and the reversibility of the repository. It is prerequisite to carry out a feasibility study and to validate the design concept and design parameters in a properly constructed underground research laboratory (URL) in Korea.

• Journal of Nuclear Fuel Cycle and Waste Technology(JNFCWT)
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• v.11 no.4
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• pp.303-309
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• 2013

As an alternative of the spent fuel disposal in a geologic repository, a deep borehole disposal concept for disposal at the section of 3 - 5km deep in a borehole has been proposed in several countries. In this paper, the latest reports of Sandia National Laboratories on the borehole disposal researches are analyzed. For implementation of this disposal concept in Korea, a conceptual design of spent fuel disposal canister and a modified deep borehole concept are suggested along with a required disposal area.

• The Journal of Engineering Geology
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• v.14 no.3 s.40
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• pp.325-333
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• 2004

• Proceedings of the Korean Radioactive Waste Society Conference
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• 2004.06a
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• pp.199-207
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• 2004

In order to develop a safe geological disposal concept for the HLW from the nuclear power plants in Korea, it is necessary to evaluate the safety of the disposal concept in an underground research tunnel in the same geological formation as the host rock mass. The design concept of a research tunnel depends on the actual disposal concept, repository geometry, experiments to be carried at the tunnel, and geological conditions. In this study, geological investigation had been carried out to develop the basic design of the small scale underground disposal research tunnel in KAERI.

• Proceedings of the Korean Radioactive Waste Society Conference
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• 2016.10a
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• pp.263-264
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• 2016

• Nuclear industry
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• v.36 no.5
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• pp.67-75
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• 2016

Cigeo 프로젝트는 프랑스에서 수행되고 있는 고준위 방사성폐기물 지층 처분장 건설 사업으로 단순한 기술적 차원의 문제를 넘어선 거대하고 복잡한 다차원의 국책 프로젝트이다.

• Nuclear industry
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• v.36 no.5
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• pp.61-66
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• 2016

영국은 약 3년에 걸친 공론화 과정을 통해 고준위 방사성폐기물을 가장 안전하게 관리할 수 있는 방안으로 지층 처분 방식을 선택하여 국가 정책으로 결정했다. 그러나 실제로 처분장이 건설되어 운영되기까지는 앞으로도 수십 년이라는 오랜 시간이 걸릴 것으로 예상되고 있다.

• Nuclear industry
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• v.5 no.5 s.27
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• pp.56-64
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• 1985

2,000년을 노력목표로 하고 있는 지층처분기술실증의 개발단계중 특히 긴급하고 중요한 심지층실험시설(underground research laboratory)의 구주 3개 시설과 아직은 그 feasibility를 모색하고 있는 단계이나 여러가지 의미에서 관심을 끌고 있는 심해양저하로 처분을 위한 연구의 현황을 소개한다.