Molten Salt Reactor (MSR) is one of Generation-IV nuclear reactors that uses molten salts as a fuel and coolant in liquid forms at high temperatures. The advantages of MSR, such as safety, economic feasibility, and scalability, are attributed from the fact that the molten salt fuel in a liquid state is chemically stable and has excellent thermo-physical properties. MSR combines the fuel and coolant by dissolving the actinides (U, Th, TRU, etc.) in the molten salt coolant, eliminating the possibility of a core meltdown accident due to loss of coolant (LOCA). Even if the molten salt fuel leaks, the radioactive fission products dissolved in the molten salt will solidify with the fuel salt at room temperature, preventing potential leakage to the outside. MSR was first demonstrated at ORNL starting with the Aircraft Reactor Experiment (ARE) in 1954 and was extended to the 7.4 MWth MSRE developed in 1964 and operated for 5 years. Recently, various start-ups, including TerraPower, Terrestrial Energy, Moltex Energy, and Seaborg, have been conducting research and development on various types of MSR, particularly focusing on its inherent safety and simplicity. While in the past, fluoride-based molten salt fuels were used for thermal neutron reactors, recently, a chlorine-based molten salt fuel with a relatively high solubility for actinides and advantageous for the transmutation of spent nuclear fuel and online reprocessing has been developing for fast neutron spectrum MSRs. This paper describes the development status of the process and equipment for producing highpurity UCl3, a fuel material for the chlorine-based molten salt fuel, and the development status of the gas fission product capturing technologies to remove the gaseous fission products generated during MSR operation. In addition, the results of the corrosion property evaluation of structural materials using a natural circulation molten salt loop will also be included.

본 연구의 목적은 군사작전 지형분석에 활용할 수 있는 오픈소스 GIS SW가 무엇인지를 파악하는 것이다. 야전 군사작전에 있어서 지형분석 또는 지형분석체계가 무엇인지를 살펴본 후 야전 군사작전을 비롯한 다양한 국방분야에서 오픈소스 GIS SW를 도입하여 활용한 선행사례를 살펴보았다. 이를 바탕으로 우리나라 군사작전 지형분석에서 요구되는 환경과 조건을 살펴보고, 8개의 오픈소스 GIS SW의 지형분석에 필요한 기능뿐만 아니라 개발과 및 사용자 커뮤니티, 연계활용성, 개발의 용이성, 발전속도 등 다양한 기준으로 확인하였다. 비교결과 QGIS와 GRASS GIS가 군사작전 지형분석에 장점이 많은 것으로 나타났다. 빠르게 변하는 군사작전 지형분석 여건과 다양한 기능을 활용해야 하는 수요를 고려할 때, GRASS 뿐만 아니라 SAGA, R 등 다양한 오픈소스 SW를 연계하여 활용할 수 있는 QGIS가 유리할 것으로 판단된다.