• 제목/요약/키워드: Nuclear inspection

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원자로 초음파 검사 로봇 주제어 시스템 개발 (Development of A Main Control System for Reactor UT Inspect ion Robot)

  • 최유락;이재철;김재희
    • 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 제어로봇시스템학회 2000년도 제15차 학술회의논문집
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    • pp.288-288
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    • 2000
  • Reactor vessel is one of the most important equipment with regard to the safety of nuclear power plant. Thus nuclear regulation requires its periodical examination by certified inspection experts. Conventional reactor inspection machines are obsolete, hard to handle, and very expensive. To solve these problems we developed robotic reactor vessel inspection system which are small, easy to use for inspection, cost effective, and convenient in operation. This paper describes the main features of Main Control System which is one part of robotic inspection equipment we developed.

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원전 배관 자동 초음파 검사를 위한 다채널 초음파 시스템 개발 (Development of a Multi-Channel Ultrasonic Testing System for Automated Ultrasonic Pipe Inspection of Nuclear Power Plant)

  • 이희종;조찬희;조현준
    • 비파괴검사학회지
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    • 제29권2호
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    • pp.145-152
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    • 2009
  • 국내 원전 가동중검사 기술은 대부분이 선진국에서 도입한 비파괴검사 장비를 진단현장에 적용하는 운영기술로 지금까지 선진 운영 기술의 습득에 중점을 두어, 검사 시스템 하드웨어 및 소프트웨어의 국내 제작 기술은 매우 미흡하였다. 때문에 국산 고유모델의 원전 가동중검사용 진단장치 개발의 필요성이 끊임없이 제기되었다. 본 연구에서는, 원전 배관 자동 초음파검사 시스템의 핵심 기술인 고성능 다채널 초음파 펄서/리시버와 A/D converter 보드, 디지털 제어보드를 개발하고 그 성능을 검증하였다. 검증 실험 결과는 개발된 시스템이 설계 목적에 부합하는 성능을 보이는 것으로 확인되었다.

원전연료 검사를 위한 에지 검출 기법 (Edge Detection Method for Inspection of Nuclear Fuel Rods)

  • 원라경;류길수;김남균
    • 한국콘텐츠학회논문지
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    • 제13권10호
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    • pp.46-53
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    • 2013
  • 원전 핵 연료봉에 대한 검사는 고준위 방사능의 위험으로부터 원격에서 이루어져야 하며, 또한 정확하게 이루어져야 한다. 현재 원전 핵 연료봉에 대한 검사는 방사능의 위험으로 인해 카메라로 핵 연료봉을 촬영하여 녹화된 동영상을 원격에서 보고 판단하는 형태로 운영되고 있다. 본 연구는 원자력 발전소에서 사용되는 핵 연료봉에 대한 상태 검사를 영상처리를 통하여 구현한 것이다. 핵 연료봉은 여러 개를 다발로 묶어 사용하도록 되어있는데, 이를 검사하기위한 영상처리 기법으로는 에지 검출 기법이 유용하다. 핵 연료봉 에지 검출을 위해 DoG 기법에 임계값 처리를 추가하는 방법을 제안한다. 이것은 DoG를 최적화한 새로운 기법으로, DoG와 임계값을 듀얼로 처리하는 방법이다. 이 방법으로 핵 연료봉 에지를 검출한 후에, 핵 연료봉 검사 알고리즘을 수행하여 핵 연료봉 이상 유무를 판단한다. 이러한 방법을 통해 미니어처로 제작된 핵 연료봉 검사시스템에 실험한 결과 우수한 특성을 확인하였다. 본 연구를 통해 원전 핵 연료봉 상태 검사를 보다 쉽고 안전하게 시행할 수 있을 것으로 생각된다.

원전 증기 발생기 전열관 검사 자동화를 위한 지능형 통합 시스템 개발 (Development of an intelligent and integrated system for automatic inspection of steam-generator tubes in nuclear power plant)

  • 강순주;최유락;최성수;우희곤
    • 제어로봇시스템학회논문지
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    • 제2권3호
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    • pp.236-241
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    • 1996
  • This paper presents a new eddy current testing system for inspecting tubes of steam generator in nuclear power plant. The proposed system adopted embedded expert system concept to automate tasks of the inspection such as inspection planning and flaw signal interpretation, and integrated all the tasks into a client/server type computing architecture using database management system. Therefore, human factor errors occurred during inspection could be minimized and the inspection data could be transferred in real-time. As a result, we can increase the level of inspection confidence and the productivity of a personal inspector. A prototype of the proposed system has been developed for 5 years and the test operation has been performed in domestic nuclear power plants.

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Development of a Traceability Analysis Method Based on Case Grammar for NPP Requirement Documents Written in Korean Language

  • Yoo Yeong Jae;Seong Poong Hyun;Kim Man Cheol
    • Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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    • 제36권4호
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    • pp.295-303
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    • 2004
  • Software inspection is widely believed to be an effective method for software verification and validation (V&V). However, software inspection is labor-intensive and, since it uses little technology, software inspection is viewed upon as unsuitable for a more technology-oriented development environment. Nevertheless, software inspection is gaining in popularity. KAIST Nuclear I&C and Information Engineering Laboratory (NICIEL) has developed software management and inspection support tools, collectively named "SIS-RT. "SIS-RT is designed to partially automate the software inspection processes. SIS-RT supports the analyses of traceability between a given set of specification documents. To make SIS-RT compatible for documents written in Korean, certain techniques in natural language processing have been studied [9]. Among the techniques considered, case grammar is most suitable for analyses of the Korean language [3]. In this paper, we propose a methodology that uses a case grammar approach to analyze the traceability between documents written in Korean. A discussion regarding some examples of such an analysis will follow.

Several Problems in Reactor Coolant System Flow Rate Measurement

  • Ahn, Seung-Hoon;Auh, Geun-Sun;Suh, nam-Cuk;Park, Jun-Sang;Koo, Bon-Hyun
    • Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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    • 제30권6호
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    • pp.592-608
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    • 1998
  • Inspection of RCS flow measurements for the domestic pressurized water reactors has been performed by the Korea Institute of Nuclear Safety (KINS) as one of the authorized periodical inspection activities. The inspection results for the Westinghouse-type plants reveal that 1) the RCS flow instrumentation has been calibrated by using the initial design and commissioning test result, without reflecting the cycle specific reference flow measurements, 2) the loop-to-loop now variation in the actual flow measurement which has not been considered in the safety analysis affects the asymmetric How transient results, and 3) the measured RCS flows in Kori 3 and 4, Yonggwang 1 and 2 do not support the definition of the best estimate RCS flow, approaching the RCS flow limit. In this study, the revealed problems were discussed with review of the design and the RCS flow measurement uncertainty evaluation, and the technical approaches and recommendations for resolving these problems were proposed.

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Achieving wetting in molten lead for ultrasonic applications

  • Jonathan Hawes;Jordan Knapp;Robert Burrows;Robert Montague;Jeff Arndt;Steve Walters
    • Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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    • 제56권2호
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    • pp.437-443
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    • 2024
  • The development and testing of inspection equipment is necessary for the safe deployment of advanced nuclear reactors. One proposed advanced reactor design is Westinghouse's lead-cooled fast reactor (LFR). In this paper, the process of achieving adequate wetting for an ultrasonic under-lead viewing system is discussed and results presented. Such a device would be used for inspection in the molten lead core during reactor outages. Wider tests into the wetting of various materials in molten lead at microscale were performed using electron microscopy. The possible mechanisms and kinetics for materials wetting in lead, particularly stainless steel and nickel, are proposed and discussed.

Use of Fuzzy Set Theory in the Inspection of Transmission Lines of Nuclear Installations

  • Durpel, L.Van-den;D.Ruan;P.D hondt
    • 한국지능시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 한국퍼지및지능시스템학회 1993년도 Fifth International Fuzzy Systems Association World Congress 93
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    • pp.1066-1069
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    • 1993
  • The presence of older installations, in particular nuclear facilities, demands extra studies concerning the safety evaluation of those installations. One of the aspects to deal with is the safety of the several transmission lines in a nuclear installation, for instance the safety of control, safety against fire, etc.. . This paper investigates the use of fuzzy set theory in the inspection of transmission lines of nuclear installations at SCK/CEN, Belgium.

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원전 배관의 파손확률에 대한 검사의 영향 (Effect of Inspection on Failure Probability of Pipes in Nuclear Power Plants)

  • 박재학;최영환
    • 대한기계학회논문집A
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    • 제36권10호
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    • pp.1249-1254
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    • 2012
  • 원자력발전소의 배관에 대하여 행하는 검사는 배관의 구조건전성에 큰 영향을 미친다. 그러나 검사에는 많은 인력과 비용이 소요되므로 검사의 영향을 평가하여 최적의 검사주기와 검사품질을 결정하는 것이 중요하다. 본 논문에서는 원자력발전소 배관의 파손확률을 평가할 수 있도록 개발된 P-PIE 프로그램을 사용하여 검사의 유무, 검사주기 및 검사품질 등이 배관의 파손확률에 미치는 영향을 살펴보았다. 국내 원전의 배관 데이터를 사용하여 해석하였으며, 피로 및 부식에 의한 균열성장을 고려하였다.