The mechanical safety of the container designed according to the IP-2 type technology standard was analyzed for the temporary storage and transportation of Very-Low-Level-Waste (VLLW) for liquid occurring at the nuclear facilities decommissioning site. The container was designed and manufactured as a composite shielding container with the effect of storing and shielding liquid radioactive waste using High Density Polyethylene (HDPE) and eco-friendly shielding material (BaSO4) with corrosion and chemical resistance. The main material of the composite shielding container is HDPE and BaSO4, the material of the cover, cage and pallet is SUS304, and the angle guard is elastic rubber. The test and analysis requirements were analyzed for structural analysis of container drop and lamination test. As test requirements for IP-2 type transport containers should be verified by performing drop and lamination tests. There should be no loss or dispersion of contents through the 1.2 m high free-fall drop and lamination test for a load five times the amount of transported material. ABAQUS/Explicit, a commercial finite element analysis program, was used for structural analysis of the drop and lamination test of the transport and storage container. (Drop test) It was confirmed that the container was most affected when it falls from a 45-degree slope. Although plastic deformation was observed at the edge axis of the cover, it was evaluated that the range of plastic deformation was limited to the cover and cage, and stress within the elastic limit occurred in the inner container. In the analysis results for other falling direction conditions, it was evaluated that stress within the elastic limit was generated in the inner container except for minor plastic deformation. In the case of on-site simulation evaluation, deformation of the inner container and frame due to the drop impact occurred, but leakage and loss of contents, which are major evaluation indicators, did not occur. (Lamination test) The maximum stress was calculated to be 19.9 MPa under the lamination condition for a load 5 times the container weight, and the maximum stress point appeared at the corner axis of the pallet. The calculated value for the maximum stress is about 10%, assuming the conservative yield strength of SUS304 is 200 MPa. It was evaluated that stress within the limit occurred. In the case of on-site simulation evaluation, it was confirmed that there was no container deformation or loss of contents due to the load.

The structural safety of prototype transport and storage containers for very low-level radioactive liquid waste was experimentally estimated for its localization development. Transport containers for radioactive liquid waste have been researched and developed, however, there are no standardized commercial containers for very low-level radioactive waste in Korea. In this study, the structural safety of the designated IP-2 type container capable of transporting and temporarily storing large amounts of very low-level liquid waste, which is generated during the operation and decommissioning of nuclear power plants, was demonstrated. The stacking and drop tests, which were conducted to determine the structural integrity of the container, verified that there was no external leakage of the contents in spite of its structural deformation due to the drop impact. This study shows the effort required for the localization of the technology used in manufacturing transport and storage containers for very low-level radioactive liquid waste, and the additional structural reinforcement of the container in which the commercial intermediate bulk container (IBC) external frame was coupled.

유체자유수면의 동적거동을 합리적으로 예측하기 위해서는 비선형 특성을 보이는 자유수면의 동역학적 경계조건을 고려해야할 뿐만 아니라 시간에 따라 변화하는 자유수면의 위치변화에 따른 운동학적 경계조건을 고려하여야 한다. 이러한 문제는 대상구조물이 3차원이 될 경우 더욱 복잡해지므로 3차원 비선형 유체자유수면의 해석은 이론해의 도출이 어려우며 수치해석 방법을 이용하는 것이 효과적이다. 본 연구에서는 수치해석 안정성이 높고 3차원 문제에서도 하나의 변수로 유체거동을 모사할 수 있는 arbitrary Lagrangian-Eulerian approach 를 경계요소에 적용하여 효율적이며 안정적인 유체 대변형 해석기법을 개발하였다. 개발된 기법은 향후 자유수면의 비선형 효과를 고려한 유체-구조물 상호작용 해석에 효과적으로 적용할 수 있을 것으로 판단된다.

수직방향 가속도를 받는 원통형 액체 저장탱크는 내부유체의 슬로싱(sloshing)에 의한 동하중에 의하여 구조 및 제어성능 안정성에 심각한 영향을 받을 수 있다. 더욱이 유체의 슬로싱 진동수가 제어계 혹은 탱크구조물의 고유진동수 근처에 있게되면 발사체에 큰 동하중과 모멘트를 유발하게 된다. 이와 같은 유체의 동적 효과를 억제하기 위하여 일반적으로 링형 탄성체 배플(baffle)을 채용하고 있다. 본 논문에서는 배플의 개수와 내경을 변수로 설정하여 배플의 동적억제효과를 평가 및 분석하기 위한 수치해석을 수행한다. 배플내경에 따른 파라메트릭 해석과, 탱크높이 및 유체높이를 각각 균등 분할하여 설치된 배들에 대한 동억제 효과를 분석한다. 유체와 구조물 사이의 정확하고 효과적인 연계해석을 위하여 ALE(arbitrary Lagrangin-Eulerian) 수치해석 기법을 적용한다.