During and after the construction of LILW disposal facilities, the decrease of groundwater head potential has been monitored. In addition, an increase of the electrical conductivity (EC) has been observed in several monitoring wells installed along the coastal coastline. Monitoring activity for groundwater head potential and hydrogeochemical properties is important to reduce the uncertainty in the evaluation of groundwater flow characteristics. However, the data observed in the monitoring wells are spatial point data, so there is a limit to the dimension. Several researchers evaluated groundwater head potential changes and seawater intrusion (SWI) potential for disposal sites using groundwater flow modeling. In case of groundwater flow modeling results for SWI, there is a spatial limit in directly comparing the EC observed in the monitoring wells with the modeling results. In a recent study, it was confirmed that the response of the long-range ground penetraiing radar (GPR) system was severely attenuated in the presence of saline groundwater. In order to reduce the spatial constraint of the groundwater monitoring wells for SWI, the characteristics of SWI within the disposal facility site by using the the results of a recent study of the long-range GPR system were investigated and evaluated in this study.

The chelating agent and cellulose generated during the operating and decommissioning of a NPP’s form organic complexing compounds. That is accelerate the migration of radionuclide and have a bad influence of LILW disposal site. In this study, the GoldSim (RT module) program was used for the effects of radionuclide migration by organic complex compounds as described above. A scenario was derived for evaluation, and a conceptual design (Concept Art) of the GoldSim model was performed. 1) Derivation of the scenario. For the scenario, we selected a groundwater flow scenario in which groundwater flows in and radionuclides flow out after a lapse of time after the operation of the LILW disposal site in Gyeongju is closed. The inflowing groundwater comes into contact with radioactive waste and the radionuclides dissolve. The dissolved nuclides move past the drum and out of the disposal vessel due to the advection phenomenon. Radionuclides spilled from the disposal vessel pass through the silo internal filler (crushed stone) and reach the engineering barrier concrete. Radionuclides from degraded concrete are scenarios that move along the flow of groundwater to the near and far. 2) Radionuclide migration concept design. The radionuclide movement section was largely designed with Inner (Inside the silo), Near and Far. (A) Inner (Inside the silo) This section is where radionuclides move from the radiation source to the engineering barrier (silo). The detailed migration path was designed to allow radioactive nuclides to flow out and move to waste drums, solidified matrix of indrum, disposal vessel fillers, disposal vessels, silo fillers (crushed stones), and engineered barriers (concrete). The LILW disposal site in Gyeongju has a total of 6 silos. Each of the 6 silos was modeled and designed in consideration of the structural information and positional impact. (B) Near & Far. In generally design, the near is form source term to engineered barrier and far is beyond the engineered barrier. In this study, the near and far designed by radionuclide in the section from the beyond the engineering barrier (silo) to the sea through the groundwater flow through the natural rock. Especially in the case of near, the design was made by applying the position of the natural rock sampling drill hole.

중·저준위방사성폐기물 처분부지에 대한 건설 및 운영 인허가 취득을 위한 종합적인 부지 특성조사가 사업자인 한국수력원자력(주)의 책임 하에 이루어졌으며, 수리지질조사는 부지의 수리지질학적 특성 해석과 방사선적 안전성 평가를 위한 기초자료 생산을 목적으로 수행되었다. 처분부지의 수리지질특성은 주로 지표에서 이루어진 지질조사, 시추조사, 각종 수리시험 및 지구물리탐사 자료를 종합적으로 분석하여 수리지질체계의 특성을 평가하고, 이를 토대로 수리토양영역, 3 개의 수리암반영역 및 5 개의 투수성구조영역으로 구성되는 수리-구조모델을 제시하였다. 본 논문에서 제시된 수리-구조모델과 수리인자는 지하수유동 모델 해석 업무에 직접 이용되었다. 본 논문의 결과는 지표조사단계에서 얻어진 자료에 근거한 것이므로 수리지질특성과 관련된 제반 조사방법에 가정과 불확실성이 내재되어 있다. 따라서 현재 진행 중인 지하시설 건설과정에 취득되는 직접적인 수리지질특성 관련 자료를 종합적으로 재 해석함으로써 부지특성조사 단계에서의 가정과 불확실성을 저감시킬 수 있고, 최종적인 수리-구조모델의 신뢰성 향상을 기대할 수 있다.