• 제목/요약/키워드: Nuclear fuel fabrication

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A study on DCGL determination and the classification of contaminated areas for preliminary decommission planning of KEPCO-NF nuclear fuel fabrication facility

  • Cho, Seo-Yeon;Kim, Yong-Soo;Park, Da-Won;Park, Chan-Jun
    • Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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    • 제51권8호
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    • pp.1951-1956
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    • 2019
  • As a part of the preliminary decommissioning plan of KEPCO-NF fuel fabrication facility, DCGLs of three target radionuclides, 234U, 235U, and 238U, were derived using RESRAD-BUILD code and contaminated areas of the facility were classified based on contamination levels from the derived DCGLs. From code simulations, one-room modeling results showed that the grinding room in building #2 was the most restrictive (DCGLgross = 10493.01 Bq/㎡). The DCGLgross results in contaminated areas from one-room modeling were slightly more conservative than three-room modeling. Prior to the code simulation, field survey and measurements conducted by each survey unit. For a conservative approach, the most restrictive DCGLgross in each survey unit was taken as a reference to classify the contaminated areas of the facility. Accordingly, seven rooms and 37 rooms in the nuclear-fuel buildings were classified as Class 1 and Class 2, respectively. As expected, fuel material handling and processing rooms such as the grinding room, sintering room, compressing room, and powder collecting room were included in the Class 1 area.

Robotic Floor Surface Decontamination System

  • Kim, Kiho;Park, Jangjin;Myungseung Yang
    • 한국방사성폐기물학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 한국방사성폐기물학회 2004년도 학술논문집
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    • pp.133-134
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    • 2004
  • DUPIC (Direct Use of spent PWR fuel In CANDU) fuel cycle technology is being developed at Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute (KAERI). All the DUPIC fuel fabrication processes are remotely conducted in the completely shielded M6 hot-cell located in the Irradiated Material Examination Facility (IMEF) at KAERI. Undesirable products such as spent nuclear fuel powder debris and contaminated wastes are inevitably created during the DUPIC nuclear fuel fabrication processes.(omitted)

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Preliminary Conceptual Design and Cost Analysis of the DUPIC Fuel Fabrication Plant

  • Park, Jongwon;Wonil Ko;Lee, Jaesol;Inha Jung;Park, Hyunsoo
    • 한국원자력학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 한국원자력학회 1996년도 춘계학술발표회논문집(3)
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    • pp.441-446
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    • 1996
  • A preliminary conceptual design of the DUPIC fuel fabrication plant with production capacity of 400 MTHE/yr is presented. Capital and operating costs are also included. The levelized unit fabrication cost (LUC) for a reference mode was estimated at $509/kgHE, and sensitivity of some variable parameters to this reference was analysed.

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정상운전시 DFDF 시설의 환경영향평가 (Environmental Effects of DFDF Normal Operation)

  • 박장진;이호희;신진명;김종호;양명승
    • 한국방사성폐기물학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 한국방사성폐기물학회 2003년도 가을 학술논문집
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    • pp.621-626
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    • 2003
  • 핵비확산성 건식공정 산화물핵연료는 경수로 사용후핵연료를 재가공하여 원전에서 사용할 수 있는 핵연료로 재가공하는 개념으로, 이 실험은 고방사능 물질인 사용후핵연료를 초기물질로 사용하므로 고방사능 차폐시설인 핫셀 내에서 원격으로 조작되어야 하는 기술적 특성 때문에 이 실험은 적절한 공학적 요건과 안전성을 갖춘 전용시설(DFDF: DUPIC Fuel Fabrication Facility)을 구축하여 '00년 1월부터 실제 사용후핵연료를 사용한 실험을 수행하고 있다. DFDF에서 최대 약 50 ㎏U/yr의 사용후핵연료를 사용하여 건식공정 산화물핵연료 제조시험을 수행할 때 IMEF 시설의 방사선 환경영향에 미치는 영향을 검토하였다 분석한 결과 DFDF 시설의 운영으로 인한 영향은 모두 관련법규를 만족할 뿐 아니라 IMEF 시설의 설계기준도 만족하는 것으로 분석되었다.

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Developing an interface strength technique using the laser shock method

  • James A. Smith;Bradley C. Benefiel;Clark L. Scott
    • Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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    • 제55권2호
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    • pp.432-442
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    • 2023
  • Characterizing the behavior of nuclear reactor plate fuels is vital to the progression of advanced fuel systems. The states of pre- and post-irradiation plates need to be determined effectively and efficiently prior to and following irradiation. Due to the hostile post-irradiation environment, characterization must be completed remotely. Laser-based characterization techniques enable the ability to make robust measurements inside a hot-cell environment. The Laser Shock (LS) technique generates high energy shockwaves that propagate through the plate and mechanically characterizes cladding-cladding interfaces. During an irradiation campaign, two Idaho National Laboratory (INL) fabricated MP-1 plates had a fuel breach in the cladding-cladding interface and trace amounts of fission products were released. The objective of this report is to characterize the cladding-cladding interface strengths in three plates fabricated using different fabrication processes. The goal is to assess the risk in irradiating future developmental and production fuel plates. Prior LS testing has shown weaker and more variability in bond strengths within INL MP-1 reference plates than in commercially produced vendor plates. Three fuel plates fabricated with different fabrication processes will be used to bound the bond strength threshold for plate irradiation insertion and assess the confidence of this threshold value.

FABRICATION AND MATERIAL ISSUES FOR THE APPLICATION OF SiC COMPOSITES TO LWR FUEL CLADDING

  • Kim, Weon-Ju;Kim, Daejong;Park, Ji Yeon
    • Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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    • 제45권4호
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    • pp.565-572
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    • 2013
  • The fabrication methods and requirements of the fiber, interphase, and matrix of nuclear grade $SiC_f/SiC$ composites are briefly reviewed. A CVI-processed $SiC_f/SiC$ composite with a PyC or $(PyC-SiC)_n$ interphase utilizing Hi-Nicalon Type S or Tyranno SA3 fiber is currently the best combination in terms of the irradiation performance. We also describe important material issues for the application of SiC composites to LWR fuel cladding. The kinetics of the SiC corrosion under LWR conditions needs to be clarified to confirm the possibility of a burn-up extension and the cost-benefit effect of the SiC composite cladding. In addition, the development of end-plug joining technology and fission products retention capability of the ceramic composite tube would be key challenges for the successful application of SiC composite cladding.