• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제55권11호
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• pp.4032-4038
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• 2023

Cu, which exhibits excellent corrosion resistance in underground environments, has been investigated as a canister material for use in the deep geological disposal of spent nuclear fuels. In this study, the technical viability of atmospheric plasma spraying for producing Cu-coated canisters was investigated. A high-purity Cu film (millimeter scale) was deposited onto a stainless-steel substrate using a plasma gun with a shroud structure. Potentiodynamic polarization studies revealed that the Cu film exhibited a sufficiently low corrosion rate in the groundwater electrolyte. In addition, no pitting corrosion was observed on the Cu film surface after accelerated corrosion studies. A prototype cylindrical Cu film was fabricated on a 1/20 scale on a stainless-steel tube to demonstrate the scalability of atmospheric plasma spraying in producing Cu-coated canisters.

• 터널과지하공간
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• 제4권3호
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• pp.256-260
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• 1994

HLW canister array was designed by FLLSSM program, considering the thermal concentration. Rock properties were chosen as those of granite, the most possible bedrock for the repository in Korea. It was shown that repository area and excavation volumes can be determined by the pitch or distance between canisters. Pitch can be reduced to 0.6 m assuming the tolerance temperature as 200$^{\circ}C$. Thermal concentration was reduced as storage time for cooling the canister passed. After 10 years of storage the thermal problems seemed to be negligible.

• 한국대기환경학회지
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• 제18권6호
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• pp.527-538
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• 2002

In this study, the performance of sampling and of analytical methodology was examined against a number of selected volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in the ambient air. The canister-based sampling method for VOCs has been a viable and widely used approach that is based on research and evaluation performed over the past several years. VOCs were determined using canisters by GCMSD analysis. A total of target analyses in this study included approximately 30 VOCs designated in TO-l4A categories including BTEX. The methodology for QC(quality control) was intensively investigated with a wide range of performance criteria such as; (1) cleanliness of canisters, (2) reproducibility of diluter, (3) instrumental detection limits of preconcentrator and GCMSD, and (4) precision and accuracy of GCMSD. For most of the compounds tested, precision was less than $\pm$5%, IDL was 0.2 ppbv, accuracy was $\pm$5%, respectively. This study demonstrated that the combination of canister sampling and GC/MSD analysis could be reliably applied to the measurements of BTEX in ppbv levels that are typically observed in/outdoor air environment.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제32권3호
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• pp.244-253
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• 2000

A Simple Large Model (SLM), which can be used to make thermal calculation for a deep geological repository with finite number of HLW canisters, was developed. In order to develop the SLM, a Simple Basic Model (SBM), which will be a unit of the SLM, was optimized first. The SBM was optimized to achieve the same maximum buffer temperature as that of the Detailed Basic Model (DBM) representing the real geometric aspects of the repository. In contrast to the models with the assumption of infinite number of canisters which cannot consider boundary effect, the SLM can model the real repository with finite number of canisters and thus consider the boundary effect. Thermal results from the SLM can be used to evaluate the reliability of the models, which do not consider boundary effect. This model can also be used to simulate the thermal layout design and to analyze the thermal safety of a deep geological repository as well as an underground laboratory.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제50권6호
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• pp.815-819
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• 2018

In this study, criticality safety assessments of the potential for storing transuranic element (TRU) ingots via a pyroprocess were evaluated to determine the appropriate TRU storage design parameters, in this case the ratio of the TRU ingot height to the radius and the number of TRU ingot canisters stacked within a container. Various accident situations were modeled over a modeling period of 5 years for a cumulative inventory of TRU ingots with various water densities in submerged containers and with various pitches between the containers in the facility. Under these combinations, we calculated the threshold of TRU height and radius ratio depending on the number of canisters in a container to keep the stored TRU in a subcritical state. The ratio of the TRU ingot height to radius should not exceed 4.5, 1.1, 0.5, 0.3, and 0.2 for two, three, four, five, and six levels of stacked canisters in a container, respectively.

• 한국화재소방학회논문지
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• 제31권4호
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• pp.7-11
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• 2017

각종 화재, 폭발, 누출, 테러 사고 시 발생되는 유해가스로부터 작업자나 소방대원들의 안전을 확보하고 원활한 구조활동을 위하여 입자형 활성탄을 여과재로 사용하는 특수 방독면의 필요성이 크게 증가하고 있다. 본 연구에서는 CFD 유동해석을 통하여 활성탄 정화통에 대한 압력손실 특성을 규명하였으며, 해석 결과 호흡유량에 대한 압력손실은 유속이 빠를수록, 여과재의 입자가 작을수록, 공극률이 작을수록 커지지만, 특정 조건 이상에서는 그 변화가 매우 크게 나타나 활성탄 여과재의 선택 시 이를 충분히 고려하여야 하는 것으로 분석되었다.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제53권10호
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• pp.3359-3366
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• 2021

An engineered barrier system (EBS) for the deep geological disposal of high-level radioactive waste (HLW) is composed of a disposal canister, buffer material, gap-filling material, and backfill material. As the buffer fills the empty space between the disposal canisters and the near-field rock mass, heat energy from the canisters is released to the surrounding buffer material. It is vital that this heat energy is rapidly dissipated to the near-field rock mass, and thus the thermal conductivity of the buffer is a key parameter to consider when evaluating the safety of the overall disposal system. Therefore, to take into consideration the sizeable amount of heat being released from such canisters, this study investigated the thermal conductivity of Korean compacted bentonites and its variation within a temperature range of 25 ℃ to 80-90 ℃. As a result, thermal conductivity increased by 5-20% as the temperature increased. Furthermore, temperature had a greater effect under higher degrees of saturation and a lower impact under higher dry densities. This study also conducted a regression analysis with 147 sets of data to estimate the thermal conductivity of the compacted bentonite considering the initial dry density, water content, and variations in temperature. Furthermore, the Kriging method was adopted to establish an uncertainty metamodel of thermal conductivity to verify the regression model. The R² value of the regression model was 0.925, and the regression model and metamodel showed similar results.

• 방사성폐기물학회지
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• 제19권4호
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• pp.469-477
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• 2021

Safe storage of spent nuclear fuel in deep underground repositories necessitates an understanding of the long-term alteration of metal canisters and buffer materials. A small-scale laboratory alteration test was performed on metal (Cu or Fe) chips embedded in compacted bentonite blocks placed in anaerobic water for 1 year. Lactate, sulfate, and bacteria were separately added to the water to promote biochemical reactions in the system. The bentonite blocks immersed in the water were dismantled after 1 year, showing that their alteration was insignificant. However, the Cu chip exhibited some microscopic etch pits on its surface, wherein a slight sulfur component was detected. Overall, the Fe chip was more corroded than the Cu chip under the same conditions. The secondary phase of the Fe chip was locally found as carbonate materials, such as siderite (FeCO₃) and calcite ((Ca, Fe)CO₃). These secondary products can imply that the local carbonate occurrence on the Fe chip may be initiated and developed by an evolution (alteration) of bentonite and a diffusive provision of biogenic CO₂ gas. These laboratory scale results suggest that the actual long-term alteration of metal canisters/bentonite blocks in the engineered barrier could be possible by microbial activities.

• 터널과지하공간
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• 제23권2호
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• pp.141-149
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• 2013

경수로 사용 후 핵연료의 파이로 공정 처리를 통해 예상되는 고준위폐기물 처분시스템을 대상으로 열적 성능평가를 수행하였다. 처분방식으로 수평 처분터널 처분시스템을 고려하였다. 수평 처분터널 간격 25 미터와 처분공 간격 2미터를 대상으로 평가하였다. 세라믹폐기물 수평 처분터널 주변의 다양한 위치에 대해 장기간 동안 열 해석을 통하여 온도 변화를 해석하였다. 열 해석은 ABAQUS 프로그램을 이용하였다. 열 해석 결과에 의하면 처분시스템 중 어느 부분에서도 최고 온도가 $100^{\circ}$를 넘지 않아, 열적 성능 기준을 만족하였다. 열 해석 결과에 따르면, 처분시스템 중앙에 위치한 처분용기 주변이 외곽에 위치한 것의 주변보다 최고 온도 기준으로 약 $3^{\circ}$정도 높았다. 이것은 처분시스템 설계시 가능한 외곽에 위치한 처분용기가 많도록 설계하는 것이 처분밀도를 향상시킬 수 있음을 시사하였다.

• 융합정보논문지
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• 제7권5호
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• pp.103-109
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• 2017

압력용기란 압력을 가진 유체를 수용하는 원통형 용기로써 실생활에는 프로판가스통과 부탄가스통 등이 있다. 한국가스안전공사의 자료에 따르면 국내 가스사고 발생 건수로는 연간 평균 프로판가스 관련 33건, 이동식부탄가스 관련 20.8건 등이 발생되었다. 이에 폭발방지를 위한 방안을 연구하고자 하였다. 기존 연구로는 폭발 한계점에서 안전출구를 통한 강제배출, 가스통의 강제격리, 고강도 강판 제조 등이 있으며, 본 논문에서는 철근콘크리트의 인장응력을 상쇄할 수 있도록 미리 압축응력을 준 프리스트레스트 개념을 사용하여 내압을 받는 원통내부의 응력을 감소시키고자 하였다. 즉, 압력용기 내부 양단에서 미리 인장한 긴장재를 설치하여 가스 중간밸브와 같은 역할을 하면서 응력을 상쇄하는 안전장치이다.