[en] The goal of this project is the safe and successful decommissioning of the inside reactor hall of the Korean Research Reactor No 2 (KRR-2) and convert to temporary storage facility for the radioactive waste produced during decommissioning. It's necessary to manage the overall decommissioning and decontamination project for the man-power, the progress of the work, etc. needed to works and to develop the suitable technology and equipment in order to perform the decommissioning works for the purpose of securing the safety and minimizing the radiation exposure for works. Also, the large amount of the liquid and solid wastes were generated from the dismantling works. The radioactivity of the waste was not high but the amount was large and the properties was very diverse, and therefore unique management technologies were required for the decommissioning waste. The operation experience of the uranium conversion plant as a nuclear cycle facility was contributed to the localization of nuclear fuels for HWR. It was shut down in 1993. And, in 2001 the decontamination and dismantlement program for the conversion plant has been launched to achieving radiation safety and environment restoration. Conversion plant environment restoration project will be contributed to developing the decontamination and dismantlement technologies related to other domestic nuclear facilities and to set new criteria in the D and D areas

[en] In 2004, the dismantling of the reactor pool, including the equipment in the pool, was started. The radioactivity of the equipment, caused by activation was much higher than the expected activity and 7 remotely operated devices were developed to dismantle them. Project management including man power control, quality control was carried out and radiation protection programs and environmental surveillance was also conducted. The waste from dismantling sites was classified according to the physco-chemical properties and radioactivity level, each was further treated or stored according to the relevant procedures. The issues from the safety evaluation by KINS was analyzed and answered. Some preparative works, such as a supply of new electric source and installation of a new ventilation system, were conducted. A process for the treatment of the sludge waste in lagoon was developed and the basic requirements for the process were established

[en] The objective of the irradiation test of DUPIC fuel at HANARO is to obtain the data of in-core behavior and evaluate the nuclear, thermal and mechanical performance of DUPIC fuel. The irradiation of DUPIC fuel will start at April 25, 2000 for about 2 months, and the burnup of 2,000 MWD/MTU will be attained for this period. The pre-irradiation examinations for DUPIC fuel, such as visual inspection, dimension measurement, He leak test and microstructure observation, was carried out. The post-irradiation examination items for the irradiated DUPIC fuel are planned to be the NDA test, visual inspection and dimension measurement, as well as the analyses for the fission gas release, the microstructure of pellets and the distribution and shape of imbedded nuclides. The DUPIC mini-elements were fabricated in the DFDF (IMEF M6 cell) using the G23-G2 rod. For the HANARO core calculation, the initial composition of DUPIC fuel was estimated using ORIGEN-2 code based on the burnup history of the G23-G2 rod. The design features of DUPIC pellets, the mini-element and the irradiation capsule, were supplemented considering the characteristics of DUPIC fuel and the results from the irradiation test of the simulated DUPIC fuel performed in 1999. The nuclear, thermohydraulic and mechanical characteristics of DUPIC fuel under the normal operation condition were evaluated for the safety analysis on the HANARO. Using these results, potential accidents initiated by DUPIC fuel were estimated, and Safety analyses on the locked rotor and RIA accidents were carried out in order to assess the integrity of DUPIC fuel under the accident condition initiated by the HANARO. Based on the results of these safety analyses, the supplemental countermeasures for securing the sufficient thermal margins were set up, as well. At the last, similar overseas and domestic cases were introduced