• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제38권6호
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• pp.489-504
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• 2006

A review has been made for the previous studies on safety of a geologic repository for high-level radioactive wastes (HLW) related to autocatalytic criticality phenomena with positive reactivity feedback. Neutronic studies on geometric and materials configuration consisting of rock, water and thermally fissile materials and the radionuclide migration and accumulation studies were performed previously for the Yucca Mountain Repository and a hypothetical water-saturated repository for vitrified HLW. In either case, it was concluded that it would be highly unlikely for an autocatalytic criticality event to happen at a geologic repository. Remaining scenarios can be avoided by careful selection of a repository site, engineered-barrier design and conditioning of solidified HLW. Thus, criticality safety should be properly addressed in regulations and site selection criteria. The models developed for radiological safety assessment to obtain conservatively overestimated exposure dose rates to the public may not be used directly for the criticality safety assessment, where accumulated fissile materials mass needs to be conservatively overestimated. The models for criticality safety also require more careful treatment of geometry and heterogeneity in transport paths because a minimum critical mass is sensitive to geometry of fissile materials accumulation.

• 한국지반공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국지반공학회 2009년도 춘계 학술발표회
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• pp.1053-1059
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• 2009

In this study, slope hazards mitigation methods for a natural terrain are systematically classified to survey the mitigation methods and develop a data base system. Also, field survey sheets which can be recorded the features of mitigation methods installed in the natural slope are developed. The slope hazards mitigation methods in the natural slope are classified as hillside part method and valley part method. The slope part sheet and the valley part sheet are also drawn up for field survey. As the result of the filed survey of mitigation methods about 50 points in Muju and Jangsu area, grass painting and slope covering methods are dominant in case of slopes part. In case of valley part, slit dam, concrete check dam and slope foot barrier are applied simultaneously.

• 지질공학
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• 제25권1호
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• pp.1-8
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• 2015

Deep geological disposal is the preferred storage method for high-level radioactive waste, because it ensures stable long-term storage with minimal potential for human disruption. Because of the risk of groundwater contamination, a buffer of steel and bentonite layers has been proposed to prevent the leaching of radionuclides into groundwater. Quartz is one of the most common minerals in earth's crust. To understand how deformation and dissolution phenomena affect waste disposal, here we study quartz samples at pressure, temperature, and pH conditions typical of deep geological disposal sites. We perform a dissolution experiment for single quartz crystals under different pressure and temperature conditions. Solution samples are collected and the dissolution rate is calculated by analyzing Si concentrations in a solution excited by inductively coupled plasma-atomic emission spectroscopy (ICP-AES). After completing the dissolution experiment, deformation of the quartz sample surfaces is investigated with a confocal laser scanning microscope (CLSM). An empirical formula is introduced that describes the relationship between dissolution rate, pressure, and temperature. These results suggest that bentonite layers in engineering barrier systems may be vulnerable to thermal deformation, even when exposed to higher temperatures on relatively short timescales.

• 지질공학
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• 제26권2호
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• pp.251-260
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• 2016

댐 저수지의 높은 수위와 댐 외부 지역의 지하수위간의 수두 차이는 지질 방벽을 통한 물의 흐름을 발생시킨다. 이로 인하여 발생한 유역 외 지역의 얕은 지하수위는 토양 습윤화를 초래하여 토지이용에 제약을 가져온다. 본 연구에서는 습윤화가 진행된 소유역내에 지하 1~1.5 m 심도에서 유공관 등의 배수시설을 설치한 후 그 효과를 분석하였다. 배수시설 설치 이전에 비하여 지하수 관측정에서의 수위는 1 m 이상 하강한 것으로 나타났으며, 저수지와 인접한 골짜기 상류(W1 지점)의 경우에는 2m 이상 하강하여 지하수의 빠른 배출에 의한 효과가 발생하였다. 또한, 지역 내 토양수분함량 및 그 표준편차도 감소하여 배수시설에 의한 지하수위 하강이 토양 습윤화를 억제한 것으로 분석되었다. 댐의 설계 시에는 지형지리적 특성을 고려하여 수두 차이에 의한 외부 지역으로의 누수 현상 예측 및 관련 대책을 수립해 나가야 한다.

• 지질공학
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• 제29권1호
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• pp.13-21
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• 2019

준설퇴적물 관리시스템이 설치된 사방댐(강원도 인제군)을 대상으로 강우강도-강우지속시간 한계곡선(I-D curve)을 이용하여 사방댐 배면의 퇴적물에 대한 준설시기를 선정하였다. 강원지역에서 약 30년 동안 6-9월 사이의 집중호우로 발생된 산사태 자료를 이용하여 I-D curve를 제안하였다. 준설관리시스템의 운영기간 동안 연구지역에서는 산사태가 발생되지 않았으며, 모든 강우사상은 I-D curve 아래에 위치하고 있다. 준설퇴적물 관리시스템에 대한 모니터링 결과 준설퇴적물 관리시스템에서 측정된 준설퇴적물 하중은 증가 양상을 보였으나 증가량은 적은 것으로 나타났다. 따라서 준설퇴적물의 증가는 산사태에 의한 것이 아니라 집중호우시 산지표층부에서 발생된 일부 토사유실에 의한 것임을 알 수 있다. 준설퇴적물 관리시스템에 설치된 강우자료를 활용하여 사방댐 배면 준설퇴적물의 양을 실시간으로 확인할 수 있으며, 강우 한계곡선(I-D curve)을 함께 활용할 경우 사방댐 배면의 퇴적물에 대한 최적의 준설시기 선정이 가능하게 된다.

• 대한원격탐사학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한원격탐사학회 2003년도 Proceedings of ACRS 2003 ISRS
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• pp.933-935
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• 2003

Geo-scientifically viable, environmentally suitable, and socially acceptable sanitary landfill sites are very limited in the Kathmandu Valley and is confronted with the burning problem of safe disposal of urban waste. This paper deal with the evaluation and assessment of its interface, following the major criteria defining suitable geological barrier, Cation Exchange Capacity and other necessary physical parameters with the optimum utilization of remotely sense data along with GIS techniques. The study revealed one of the most viable sites at the flat land of natural depression of Taikabu area and has potential to serve all the municipalities of the Kathmandu Valley.

• 한국지반신소재학회논문집
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• 제17권4호
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• pp.267-275
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• 2018

사방댐 배면의 준설퇴적물에 대한 준설시기를 객관적, 정량적, 과학적으로 결정할 수 있도록 준설퇴적물 측정장치를 개발하고 실제 현장에 시범 구축하였다. 사방댐 배면의 준설퇴적물 하중을 측정하기 위하여 준설퇴적물 관리시스템을 설계 및 개발하였다. 본 관리시스템은 Data Acquisition System (DAS), Solar System 및 준설퇴적물 하중변화 측정유닛으로 구성되어 있다. 또한 사방댐 배면의 준설퇴적물 하중, 수위 및 강우량을 실시간으로 측정하고 무선통신을 통하여 자료를 전송할 수 있다. 준설퇴적물 하중변화 측정유닛은 강우를 측정하기 위한 강우계, 사방댐 배면의 준설퇴적물 하중을 측정하기 위한 하중측정계, 사방댐 배면 수위를 측정하기 위한 수위계로 구성되어 있다. 사방댐 배면의 준설퇴적물 관리기준은 준설퇴적물의 하중을 기준으로 제안하였다. 사방댐 배면에 퇴적될 수 있는 최대 준설퇴적물의 양을 산정하고, 최대 준설퇴적물의 50%, 70% 및 90%가 쌓인 경우 관심, 주의 및 경보의 단계로 구분하여 관리기준을 마련하였다. 사방댐 배면의 준설퇴적물 관리시스템을 활용하여 현재 준설퇴적물의 하중을 실시간으로 측정할 수 있으며, 이를 토대로 사방댐의 상태와 준설퇴적물의 준설시기를 결정할 수 있을 것으로 판단된다.

• 방사성폐기물학회지
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• 제18권spc호
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• pp.51-62
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• 2020

In this paper, an approach developed by the Finnish nuclear waste management organization, Posiva, for the construction license of a geological repository was reviewed. Furthermore, a computer program based on the approach was developed. By using the computer program, the lifetime of a copper disposal canister, which was a key engineered barrier of the geological repository, was predicted under the KAERI Underground Research Tunnel (KURT) geologic conditions. The computer program was developed considering the mass transport of corroding agents, such as oxygen and sulfide, through the buffer and backfill. Shortly after the closure of the repository, the corrosion depths of a copper canister due to oxygen in the pores of the buffer and backfill were calculated. Additionally, the long-term corrosion of a copper canister due to sulfide was analyzed in two cases: intact buffer and eroded buffer. Under various conditions of the engineered barrier, the corrosion lifetimes of the copper canister due to sulfide significantly exceeded one million years. Finally, this study shows that it is necessary to carefully characterize the transmissivity of rock and sulfide concentration during site characterization to accurately predict the canister lifetime.

• 한국방사성폐기물학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국방사성폐기물학회 2005년도 Proceedings of The 6th korea-china joint workshop on nuclear waste management
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• pp.225-235
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• 2005

This paper outlined the status of the development of Korean Reference Disposal (KRS­1) system for high-level radioactive wastes. The repository concept was based on the engineering barrier system which KAERI has developed through a long-term research and development program. The design requirements were prepared for the conceptual design of the repository. The amount of PWR and CANDU spent fuels were projected with the current nuclear power plan. The disposal rates of PWR and CANDU spent fuels were analyzed. The reference geologic characteristics including classification of fracture zones were set for the KRS. The disposal concepts and the layout of the repository were described.

• 한국지구과학회지
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• 제29권5호
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• pp.396-407
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• 2008

Hydrogeologic properties of a well field around middle mountainous areas in Pyosun, Jeju volcanic island were examined based on water level monitoring, geologic logging and pumping test data. Due to the alternating basaltic layers with varying permeability in the subsurface, it is difficult to analyze the hydraulic responses to artificial pumping and/or natural precipitation. The least permeable layer, detrital materials with clay, is found at a depth of 200 m below surface, but it is not an upper confining bed for lower main aquifer. Nevertheless, this layer may serve as a natural barrier to vertical percolation and to contaminant migration. Water levels of the production wells are dominantly affected by pumping frequently, while those of the remote observation wells are controlled by ambient precipitation. Results of pumping tests revealed a possible existence of horizontal anisotropy of transmissivity. However, some results of this study include inherent limitations enforced by field conditions such as the consistent of groundwater production and the set of time periods for the cessation of the pumping prior to pumping tests.