• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Industrial Safety Conference
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• 2002.11a
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• pp.34-39
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• 2002

원자력발전소(원전)에서 발생 가능성이 거의 없지만, 그래도 핵연료의 용융을 가져오는 중대사고가 발생하면 다량의 수소가 발생한다. 즉, 노심이 노출됨에 따라, 노심은 과열되고 핵연료 피복재인 지르코늄이 수증기와 반응을 하여 산화되면서 수소를 생성하게된다. 원자로내에서 생성된 수소는 발생된 수소는, 원자로 냉각재계통(Reactor Coolant System, RCS)이 건전하다면 RCS내에 축적되고, RCS에 누설 경로가 있다면 격납건물로 방출되어 격납건물에 축적된다.(중략)

• Journal of Radiation Protection and Research
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• v.38 no.4
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• pp.189-193
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• 2013

Annual dose on the containment building wall of the interim storage facility at normal condition was calculated to estimate the dose rate transition of the facility of PWR spent nuclear fuel. In this study, source term was generated by ORIGEN-ARP with 4.5 wt% initial enrichment, 45,000 MWd/MTU burnup and 10 years cooling time. Modeling of the storage facility and the containment building and radiation shielding evaluations were conducted by MCNP code depending on the distance between the wall and the facility in the building. In the case of the centralized storage system, the distance required for the annual dose rate limit from 10CFR72 was estimated to be 50 m.

• Journal of Nuclear Fuel Cycle and Waste Technology(JNFCWT)
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• v.9 no.4
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• pp.231-236
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• 2011

When the Fukushima nuclear power plant accident occurred in March of 2011, a hydrogen explosion in the reactor building at the 4th unit of Fukushima plants led to a big surprise because the full core of the unit 4 reactor had been moved and stored underwater at the spent nuclear fuel storage pool for periodic maintenance. It was because the possible criticality in the fuel storage pool by coolant loss may yield more severe situation than the similar accident happened inside the reactor vessel. Fortunately, it was assured to be evitable to an anxious situation by a look of water filled in the storage pool later. In the paper, the safety state of the spent fuel storage pool and rack structures of the domestic nuclear plants would be roughly reviewed and compared with the Fukushima plant case by engineering viewpoint of potential severe accidents.

• Proceedings of the Korea Information Processing Society Conference
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• 2014.04a
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• pp.811-814
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• 2014

일본 후쿠시마 제일 원자력발전소의 대지진/쓰나미에 이은 원자로 건물 수소폭발 사고의 수습 과정에서 사용후 핵연료 저장조에 보관되어 있는 핵연료의 안전문제가 대두되었다. 사용후 핵연료의 잔열 성분을 냉각시키고, 그리고 사용후 핵연료가 방출하는 고선량 방사선을 차폐시키기 위해서 일정 깊이 이상의 수조에 사용후 핵연료를 저장한다. 사용후 핵연료 저장조에 냉각수 공급이 중단되면, 사용후 핵연료의 고유 잔열에 의해 수조의 물이 증발하여 수위가 감소하게 된다. 계속해서 냉각수 공급이 되지 않으면, 사용후 핵연료의 잔열은 증가하게 되고, 수조의 물은 비등하여 증발은 가속화 된다. 사용후 핵연료 저장조의 수위가 고갈되면 고선량의 감마선이 방출된다. 수조의 수위가 정상적일 경우 사용후 핵연료 저장조의 공기중 감마선 선량율은 0.15mSv/h 이다. 수조의 수위가 사용후 핵연료 상부 꼭대기를 기준으로 2m, 1m, 및 0m (핵연료 노출) 로 감소하게 되면, 사용후 핵연료 저장조의 공기중 감마선 선량율은 500mSv/h, 50Sv/h, 및 5kSv/h 로, 급격히 증가한다. 본 논문에서는 사용후 핵연료 저장조 감시카메라의 관측 성능을 평가하기 위해, 고성능 칼라 CCD 카메라에 대해서 1 kGy/h 의 고선량율로 감마선 조사실험을 수행하였다. 이에 대한 실험결과를 기술한다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Nuclear Society Conference
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• 1998.05a
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• pp.806-811
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• 1998

핵연료 피복관의 산화반응 현상은 중대사고시 원자로와 격납건물의 건전성을 위협하는 중요한 원인중의 하나이다 본 논문에서는 MELCOR에서 사용증인 Urbanic-Heidrich 상관식과 SCDAP/RELAP5/MOD3.1에서 사용중인 MATPRO-EG&G 상관식을 사용하여 산화 반응 모델이 노심손상에 미치는 영향을 울진원전3,4호기를 대상으로 MELCOR의 입력변수의 변화에 따른 민감도를 분석하였다. 분석결과, Urbanic-Heidrich 상관식이 MATPRO-EG&G상관식에 비해 핵연료 용융시작을 약 394초, 원자로 노심 하부에서의 용융물 재배치 (relocation)시작을 약 434초 가량 빨리 초래하여 사고진행에는 큰영향이 없음을 나타내고 있으나 노심하부 파손시점까지 발생한 수소량은 Urbanic-Heidrich 상관식이 MATPRO-EG&G상관식에 비해 약 1.4배정도 더 많이 발생시켜 격납건물 건전성에 대한 영향이 매우 크므로 보다 자세한 모델검토가 요구된다.

• Journal of Radiation Protection and Research
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• v.40 no.2
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• pp.92-100
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• 2015

For the purpose of improving the efficiency of the radiation impact assessment of dry interim storage facilities for the spent nuclear fuel of pressurized water reactors (PWRs), radiation impact assessment was performed after the application of sensitivity assessment according to the radiation source term designation method, development of a 2-step calculation technique, and cooling time credit. The present study successively designated radiation source terms in accordance with the cask arrangement order in the shielding building, assessed sensitivity, which affects direct dose, and confirmed that the radiation dosage of the external walls of the shielding building was dominantly affected by the two columns closest to the internal walls. In addition, in the case in which shielding buildings were introduced into storage facilities, the present study established and assessed the 2-step calculation technique, which can reduce the immense computational analysis time. Consequently, results similar to those from existing calculations were derived in approximately half the analysis time. Finally, when radiation source terms were established by adding the storage period of the storage casks successively stored in the storage facilities and the cooling period of the spent nuclear fuel, the radiation dose of the external walls of the buildings was confirmed to be approximately 40% lower than the calculated values; the cooling period was established as being identical. The present study was conducted to improve the efficiency of the Monte Carlo shielding analysis method for radiation impact assessment of interim storage facilities. If reliability is improved through the assessment of more diverse cases, the results of the present study can be used for the design of storage facilities and the establishment of site boundary standards.

• Proceedings of the Korean Radioactive Waste Society Conference
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• 2003.11a
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• pp.596-600
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• 2003

The Advanced spent fuel Conditioning Process(ACP) is under development for the effective management of spent fuel which had been generated in nuclear plants. The ACP needs a hot cell where most operations will be peformed. To give priority to the environment safety, radiation doses evaluation for the radioactive nuclides were preliminarily peformed in both normal operation and accident case. The evaluation result shows a safe margin for regulation limits and SAR limit of IMEF where this facility will be constructed.

• Proceedings of the Korean Nuclear Society Conference
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• 2004.05a
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• pp.445.1-445.1
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• 2004

• Proceedings of the SAREK Conference
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• 2003.07a
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• pp.215-215
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• 2003

• Journal of Nuclear Fuel Cycle and Waste Technology(JNFCWT)
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• v.2 no.3
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• pp.155-164
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• 2004

Advanced spent fuel Conditioning Process(ACP) project which is under development for efficient spent fuel management has finished process feasibility study and is preparing $\alpha$-${\gamma}$ type hot cell construction for process experimentation. Radiation dose evaluation for the radioactive nuclides were preliminarily performed for normal operation and accident case with the basic concept design report, the meteorological data and the recent site specific data. According to the production and release rate of nuclides, dose evaluations for residents around facility were performed. The evaluation result shows a safe margin for regulation limits and SAR(Safety Analysis Report) limit of IMEF(Irradiated Material Examination Facility) where this facility will be constructed.