• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제36권1호
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• pp.53-63
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• 2004

The research was performed to develop a CANDU-6 Core Monitoring System(CCMS) that enables operators to have efficient core management by monitoring core power distribution, burnup distribution, and the other important core variables and managing the past core history for Wolsong nuclear power plant unit 1. The CCMS uses Reactor Fueling Simulation Program(RFSP, developed by AECL) for continuous core calculation by integrating the algorithm and assumptions validated and uses the information taken from Digital Control Computer(DCC) for the purpose of producing basic input data. The CCMS has two modules; CCMS server program and CCMS client program. The CCMS server program performs automatic and continuous core calculation and manages overall output controlled by DataBase Management System. The CCMS client program enables users to monitor current and past core status in the predefined GUI(Graphic-User Interface) environment. For the purpose of verifying the effectiveness of CCMS, we compared field-test data with the data used for Wolsong unit 1 operation. In the verification the mean percent differences of both cases were the same($0.008\%$), which showed that the CCMS could monitor core behaviors well.

• 방사성폐기물학회지
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• 제19권2호
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• pp.197-204
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• 2021

In this study, the well-known non-destructive acoustic emission (AE) and electrical resistivity methods were employed to predict quantitative damage in the silo structure of the Wolsong Low and Intermediate Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Center (WLDC), Gyeongju, South Korea. Brazilian tensile test was conducted with a fully saturated specimen with a composition identical to that of the WLDC silo concrete. Bi-axial strain gauges, AE sensors, and electrodes were attached to the surface of the specimen to monitor changes. Both the AE hit and electrical resistance values helped in the anticipation of imminent specimen failure, which was further confirmed using a strain gauge. The quantitative damage (or damage variable) was defined according to the AE hits and electrical resistance and analyzed with stress ratio variations. Approximately 75% of the damage occurred when the stress ratio exceeded 0.5. Quantitative damage from AE hits and electrical resistance showed a good correlation (R = 0.988, RMSE = 0.044). This implies that AE and electrical resistivity can be complementarily used for damage assessment of the structure. In future, damage to dry and heated specimens will be examined using AE hits and electrical resistance, and the results will be compared with those from this study.

• 방사성폐기물학회지
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• 제18권4호
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• pp.439-455
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• 2020

Numerical model was developed that simulates radionuclide (3H and 14C) transport modeling at the 2nd phase facility at the Wolsong LILW Disposal Center. Four scenarios were simulated with different assumptions about the integrity of the components of the barrier system. For the design case, the multi-barrier system was shown to be effective in diverting infiltration water around the vaults containing radioactive waste. Nevertheless, the volatile radionuclide 14C migrates outside the containment system and through the unsaturated zone, driven by gas diffusion. 3H is largely contained within the vaults where it decays, with small amounts being flushed out in the liquid state. Various scenarios were examined in which the integrity of the cover barrier system or that of the concrete were compromised. In the absence of any engineered barriers, 3H is washed out to the water table within the first 20 years. The release of 14C by gas diffusion is suppressed if percolation fluxes through the facility are high after a cover failure. However, the high fluxes lead to advective transport of 14C dissolved in the liquid state. The concrete container is an effective barrier, with approximately the same effectiveness as the cover.

• 비파괴검사학회지
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• 제19권2호
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• pp.93-99
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• 1999

월성 1호기 원전의 경우에, 사용후 핵연료 저장조 공간을 확보하기 위해서 약 7년 동안 저장조에서 냉각된 사용 후 핵연료를 건식저장고로 매년 이송하고 있다. 년간 2개월이 소요되는 핵연료 이송은 국제원자력기구와 국가의 핵물질 계량 관리검사를 위한 많은 인력과 비용을 필요로 하는 공정이다. 사용후 핵연료 일련번호 확인은 고방사선장인 약 6m 깊이의 저장조속에서 진행되어야 하므로 검사 장비의 유지와 운영이 어렵다. 이 조건에서 CANDU형 사용후 핵연료 다발 일련번호를 확인할 수 있는 장치를 설계 제작하여, 국가 안전 조치 검사현장에 적용하였다. 본 육안검사 장치는 간단한 조작에 의해 수조속의 사용후 핵연료 다발 일련번호를 한정된 검증 시간내에 정확히 읽을 수 있었고, 간편하게 운영될 수 있었다. 안전 조치 검사관은 본 장치를 이용하여 검증 활동을 효과적으로 수행할 수 있는 검사 장비인 것으로 평가되었다. 본 육안검사 장치는 일련번호 확인의 정확성과 재현성 그리고 운영상의 편리성 둥에서 기존 장치에 비해 좋은 결과를 보여주었다.

• Journal of Radiation Protection and Research
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• 제32권2호
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• pp.79-88
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• 2007

원자력발전소 사고 시 방사성물질이 발전소외 지역으로 유출이 되거나 예상될 때 주민을 안전하게 보호하기 위한 조치의 일환으로 주민소개가 고려된다. 소개시간 산정에 필요한 인자를 도출하고, 각각의 인자에 대해 원전 주변의 현장자료를 토대로 부지주변의 교통환경 여건을 반영하여 월성원전의 방사선 비상계획구역 내의 주민전체를 소개시키는데 소요되는 시간을 예측하였다. 월성원전 방사선비상계획구역 내 주요 간선도로와 교차로에서 교통량을 조사하였고, 소개시작시간 분포를 추정하기 위해 상주거주자와 일시거주자를 대상으로 사회행동특성에 대한 설문조사를 실시하였다. 평시와 관광객이 많이 유입되어 차량정체가 예상되는 여름철을 대상으로 주간 및 야간, 평상기상 및 악기상의 경우로 나누어 주민소개시간을 예측하였다. 주민 소개시간 예측을 위한 교통분석은 TSIS 패키지 프로그램이 이용되었다. 비상계획구역 경계 남단과 북단에서 모든 소개차량(인구)이 비상계획구역을 벗어나는 데 걸리는 시간은 전체적으로는 $118{\sim}150$분 정도로 예측되었다. 여름 첨두교통량 유입시, 소개 시간은 낮이 밤보다 최대 17분 정도 더 소요되는 것으로 예측되었다.

• Journal of Radiation Protection and Research
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• 제44권3호
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• pp.118-126
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• 2019

Background: Government conducts environmental radioactivity surveillance for verification purpose around nuclear facilities based on the Nuclear Safety Law and issues a surveillance report every year. This study aims to evaluate the short and the long-term fluctuation of radionuclides detected above MDC and their origins using concentration ratios between these radionuclides. Materials and Methods: Sample media for verification surveillance are air, rainwater, groundwater, soil, and milk for terrestrial samples, and seawater, marine sediment, fish, and seaweed for marine samples. Gamma-emitting radionuclides including $^{137}Cs$, $^{90}Sr$, Pu, $^3H$, and $^{14}C$ are evaluated in these samples. Results and Discussion: According to the result of the environmental radioactivity verification surveillance in the vicinity of nuclear power facilities in 2017, the anthropogenic radionuclides were not detected in most of the environmental samples except for the detection of a trace level of $^{137}Cs$, $^{90}Sr$, Pu, and $^{131}I$ in some samples. Radioactivity concentration ratios between the anthropogenic radionuclides ($^{137}Cs/^{90}Sr$, $^{137}Cs/^{239+240}Pu$, $^{90}Sr/^{239+240}Pu$) were similar to those reported in the environmental samples, which were affected by the global fallout of the past nuclear weapon test, and Pu atomic ratios ($^{240}Pu/^{239}Pu$) in the terrestrial sample and marine sample showed significant differences due to the different input pathway and the Pu source. Radioactive iodine ($^{131}I$) was detected at the range of < $5.6-190mBq{\cdot}kg-fresh^{-1}$ in the gulfweed and sea trumpet collected from the area of Kori and Wolsong intake and discharge. A high level of $^3H$ was observed in the air (Sangbong: $0.688{\pm}0.841Bq{\cdot}m^{-3}$) and the precipitation (Meteorology Post: $199{\pm}126Bq{\cdot}L^{-1}$) samples of the Wolsong nuclear power plant (NPP). $^3H$ concentration in the precipitation and pine needle samples showed typical variation pattern with the distance and the wind direction from the stack due to the gaseous release of $^3H$ in Wolsong NPP. Conclusion: Except for the detection of a trace level of $^{137}Cs$, $^{90}Sr$, Pu, and $^{131}I$ in some samples, anthropogenic radionuclides were below MDC in most of the environmental samples. Overall, no unusual radionuclides and abnormal concentration were detected in the 2017's surveillance result for verification. This research will be available in the assessment of environment around nuclear facilities in the event of radioactive material release.

• 한국정보과학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정보과학회 2000년도 가을 학술발표논문집 Vol.27 No.2 (1)
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• pp.385-387
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• 2000

실시간 시스템은 그 특성상 시스템 내에서의 오류가 매우 위험하고 때론 치명적일 수 있다. 따라서, 시스템의 정확성과 안전성을 보장하는 것은 매우 중요한 문제가 된다. 이러한 문제를 해결하기 위해 정형기법을 사용한 명세와 검증을 통해 실시간 시스템의 안전성을 보장하려는 시도들이 많이 이루어져 왔다. 이 논문에서는 월성 원자로 운전 중지 시스템의 기존 명세의 문제점을 보완하여, 실시간 요구사항들을 타임드 오토마타(timed automata)로 기술할 것을 제안한다. 또한 명세를 실시간 모델 체커 UPPAAL의 입력으로 넣어서, 모델 체킹 기법을 이용해 자동적으로 시간 제약 속성을 검증한다.

• 한국원자력학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국원자력학회 2005년도 춘계학술발표회
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• pp.1195-1196
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• 2005

• 한국원자력학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국원자력학회 2005년도 춘계학술발표회
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• pp.1245-1246
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• 2005

• 한국원자력학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국원자력학회 2005년도 춘계학술발표회
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• pp.1120-1121
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• 2005