• 방사성폐기물학회지
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• 제19권4호
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• pp.435-446
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• 2021

This article examines the consequences of a significant spent fuel management decision or event in the United States, South Korea and Taiwan. For the United States, it is the financial impact of the Department of Energy's inability to take possession of spent fuel from commercial nuclear power companies beginning in 1998 as directed by Congress. For South Korea, it is the potential financial and socioeconomic impact of the successful construction, licensing and operation of a low and intermediate level waste disposal facility on the siting of a spent fuel/high level waste repository. For Taiwan, it is the operational impact of the Kuosheng 1 reactor running out of space in its spent fuel pool. From these, it draws six broad lessons other countries new to, or preparing for, nuclear energy production might take from these experiences. These include conservative planning, treating the back-end of the fuel cycle holistically and building trust through a step-by-step approach to waste disposal.

• 한국지하수토양환경학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국지하수토양환경학회 1996년도 사용종료 매립지의 안정화 에 관한 국제 세미나
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• pp.87-95
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• 1996

The stabilization and reclamation of old disposal sites is becoming more important as significant numbers of disposal sites are closed and abandoned. This technical paper covers an overview of the key issues and methodologies for stabilizing and constructing facilities on old landfills. The slide portion of this presentation also include photographs showing actual construction activities. The key issues that are prevalent in remediating and closing old landfills are : correcting the stormwater flow, leachate breakout, constructing cover caps, controlling landfill gas migration and odors, cleanup groundwater and stabilizing side slopes. Some key techniques for constructing facilities on old landfills include： use of piling, installation of active landfill gas systems, providing LFG barriers under buildings, using utilidors and flexible utility interfaces and designing for site settlement. This Paper provides proven conceptual methods for solving these problems.

• 한국지반공학회논문집
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• 제31권11호
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• pp.49-60
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• 2015

개방수역 퇴적물 처리는 해안공사에서 다양한 목적으로 수행되고 있다. 매립토의 거동은 수중 침강단계와 하상 퇴적단계로 구분하여 해석을 수행하였으며, 이를 이용하여 매립토의 수중 투기에 의한 유보율을 평가하였다. 매립토 입자의 침강단계는 thermal 단계와 swarm 단계로 구분하여 입자구름의 침강속도와 환산 반경에 대한 일반화된 방정식을 제시하였다. 하상 퇴적단계는 개발된 프로그램을 이용하여 매립토의 마찰각과 유속의 변화에 따른 퇴적형상의 성장계수를 평가하였다. 유보율은 매립토의 해수면 위의 투기지점을 원의 중심으로 하고 원의 유효 반경내에 잔류하는 매립토의 질량비로 정의하였다. 싱가포르 현장을 기준으로 수심을 20m, 유속은 0.0-1.5m/s 구간에서 유효반경 5m에 대한 유보율도를 제시하였다. 이는 해안 매립공사에서 매립토의 유실율을 저감하여 시공성을 개선하고 주변환경오염을 최소화하는 자료로 활용될 수 있다.

• 한국지반공학회논문집
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• 제27권1호
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• pp.35-40
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• 2011

하저 또는 해저 퇴적오염물질 처리 및 제거는 준설과 매립에 의해 활발히 진행되었다. 그러나 준설과 매립은 준설과정에서 발생하는 퇴적오염물질의 교란, 매립지 선정문제, 고비용 공사비 등으로 인한 많은 제약이 따르고 있다. 이러한 문제로 인해 협소한 지역의 퇴적오염물질에 대해서는 오염물질의 용출 저감을 위한 현장 캡핑이 근래 들어 많이 사용되고 있다. 현장 캡핑에 따른 오염물질 이동에 관해서는 분자확산에 의한 영향이 지배적으로 해석되어 왔으나, 근래 들어 보다 정확한 모사를 하기 위하여 이류-확산을 복합적으로 해석할 필요성이 제기되었다. 퇴적물은 초기 함수율이 높은 슬러지(sludge)상태로 비교적 적은 상재하중과 자중에 의한 압밀이 발생하고, 압밀 과정에서 발생한 간극수 흐름의 변화는 오염물질의 이류에 의한 이동에도 영향이 미친다. 본 연구에서는 기존의 연구에서 수행된 압밀 과정에서 오염물질의 이동뿐만 아니라 압밀 후 간극비의 감소에 따른 오염물질 이동의 변화에 대하여 분석하고자 한다.

• 한국건설순환자원학회지
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• 제15권2호
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• pp.45-51
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• 2020

• 한국방사성폐기물학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국방사성폐기물학회 2019년도 춘계학술논문요약집
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• pp.203-204
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• 2019

• Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology
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• 제15권3호
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• pp.327-338
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• 2001

This paper presents the results of a structural analysis to determine design variables such as the inner basket array type, and thicknesses of the outer shell, and lid and bottom of a spent nuclear fuel disposal canister. The canister construction type introduced here is a solid structure with a cast iron insert and a corrosion resistant overpack, which is designed for the spent nuclear fuel disposal in a deep repository in the crystalline bedrock, entailing an evenly distributed load of hydrostatic pressure from the groundwater and high swelling pressure from the bentonite buffer. Hence, the canister must be designed to withstand these high pressure loads. Many design variables may affect the structural strength of the canister. In this study, among those variables, the array type of inner baskets and thicknesses of outer shell and lid and bottom are attempted to be determined through a linear structural analysis. Canister types studied hear are one for the pressurized water reactor (PWR) fuel and another for the Canadian deuterium and uranium reactor (CANDU) fuel.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제54권9호
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• pp.3235-3241
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• 2022

The Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute (KAERI) is planning the construction of the KIJANG Research Reactor (KJRR) for stable supply of ⁹⁹Mo. The Fission ⁹⁹Mo Production Process (FMPP) of KJRR produces solid waste such as spent uranium cake and alumina cake, and liquid waste in the form of intermediate level liquid waste (ILLW) and low level liquid waste (LLLW). This study thus established the operating range and optimum operating conditions for the cementation of ILLW from FMPP. It also evaluated whether cement waste form samples produced under optimum operational conditions satisfy the waste acceptance criteria (WAC) of a disposal facility in Korea (Korea radioactive waste agency, KORAD). Considering economic feasibility and safety, optimum operational conditions were achieved at a w/c ratio of 0.55, and the corresponding salt content was 5.71 wt%. The cement waste form samples prepared under optimum operational conditions were found to satisfy KORAD's WAC when tested for structural stability and leachability. The results indicate that the proposed cementation conditions for the disposal of ILLW from FMMP can be effectively applied to KJRR's disposal facility.

• 방사성폐기물학회지
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• 제6권4호
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• pp.329-346
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• 2008

중저준위 방사성폐기물의 영구처분을 위하여 건설되는 월성원자력환경관리센터의 1단계 폐쇄후 안전성평가에 대하여 기술하였다. 처분시설의 건설운영허가를 위하여 작성된 안전성평가에 대하여 평가개요, 처분시설의 폐쇄개념, 처분부지에 대한 지하수 유동특성을 이용하여 평가를 위한 시나리오의 개발과정과 도출된 평가대상 시나리오에 대한 개념을 기술하였다. 폐쇄후 안전성평가 모델링을 위한 평가도구, 입력인자와 개별 시나리오에 대한 핵종누출 모델링, 기체발생 및 기체이동 모델링, 인간침입 모델링과 생태계 모델링에 대하여 기술하였다. 처분시설의 폐쇄후 안전성 평가시나리오에 대하여 국내 규제치를 만족하는 것으로 평가되었으며 향후 처분시설 안전성에 대한 불확실성 저감과 신뢰성 증진을 위한 노력을 지속적으로 수행할 예정이다.

• 한국폐기물자원순환학회지
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• 제35권8호
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• pp.785-798
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• 2018

Since the Framework Act on Resource Circulation was enacted in 2018, the government should establish a National Resource Circulation Master Plan every 10 years, which defines mid- to long-term policy goals and directions on the efficient use of resources, prevention of waste generation and recycling of waste. In addition, we must set mid- to long-term and stepwise targets for the final disposal rate, recycling rate (based on sorted recyclable materials and recycled products), and energy recovery rate of wastes, and relevant measures should be taken to achieve these targets. However, the current industrial waste (IW) statistics have limitations in setting these targets because the final disposal rate and recycling rate are calculated as the ratio of the recycling facility input to the IW generation. In this study, the material flow from the collection stage to the final disposal of industrial waste was analyzed based on the generation of 2016, and the actual recycling amount, actual incineration amount, final disposal amount and their rates were calculated. The effect on the recycling, incineration and final disposal rates was examined by changing the treatment method of nonhazardous wastes from the factory and construction and demolition wastes, which were put in landfills in 2016. In addition, the variation of the waste treatment charge was investigated according to the change of treatment methods. The results of this study are expected to be effectively used to establish the National Resource Circulation Master Plan and industrial waste management policy in the future in South Korea.