Double-layered buffer to enhance the thermal performance in a high-level radioactive waste disposal system

作者:Choi Heui Joo*; Choi Jongwon
来源:Nuclear Engineering and Design, 2008, 238(10): 2815-2820.
DOI:10.1016/j.nucengdes.2008.04.017

摘要

A thermal performance is one of the most important factors in the design of a geological disposal system for high-level radioactive wastes. According to the conceptual design of the Korean Reference disposal System, the maximum temperature of its buffer with a domestic Ca-bentonite is close to the thermal criterion, 100 degrees. In order to improve the thermal conductivity of its buffer, several kinds of additives are compared. Among the additives, graphite shows the best result in that the thermal conductivity of the bentonite block is more than 2.0 W/m degrees C. We introduced the concept of a double-layered buffer instead of a traditional bentonite block in order to use the applied additive more effectively. The thermal analysis, based upon the three-dimensional finite element method, shows that a double-layered buffercould reduce the maximum temperature on a canister's surface by 7(degrees C) under identical conditions when compared with a single-layered buffer. An analytical solution was derived to efficiently analyze the effects of a double-layered buffer. The illustrative cases show that the temperature differences due to a double-layered buffer depend on the thickness of the buffer.

  • 出版日期2008-10