Korea Hydro Nuclear Power Co., Ltd.

Seok-Ju Hwang

Cheon-Woo Kim

Young Hwan Hwang

Mi-Hyun Lee

Ju-Young Yoon

Sung-Hoon Hong

Ji-Hoon Lee

Hyun-Je Cho

Hang-Rae Cho

A dismantling and decontamination system of biodegradable concrete of a nuclear power plant according to an exemplary embodiment includes: a dismantling device for dismantling an in-core instrument installed under biodegradable concrete to form a lower penetrated part of the biodegradable concrete; a decontamination device inserted inside the biodegradable concrete for decontaminating radioactive waste of the inner wall of the biodegradable concrete; a waste receiving device movable through the lower penetrated part of the biodegradable concrete; and a blocking device for blocking the upper opening of the biodegradable concrete to block an outflow of the radioactive dust.

Dismantling and decontamination system and method of bioprotective concrete of PWR type nuclear power plant

A heavy-water reactor facility dismantling apparatus according to an embodiment includes: a first cutting device for cutting the periphery of a first nozzle portion of a calandria, wherein the first nozzle portion is connected to the upper end of a first pipe positioned in the calandria of a heavy-water reactor facility; a second cutting device for cutting a first support part of the calandria, wherein the first support portion is connected to the lower end of the first pipe connected to the first nozzle portion; and a fixing and drawing device for fixing and drawing the first nozzle portion cut by the first cutting device.

Aparatus and method for dismantling for heavy water reactor facilities

A method for decommissioning a nuclear facility includes: floating a nuclear reactor pressure vessel above a cavity; positioning a mounting device on bio-protective concrete to cover the cavity with the mounting device; mounting a lower portion of the nuclear reactor pressure vessel on the mounting device; and cutting and decommissioning the nuclear reactor pressure vessel mounted on the mounting device.

Method for decommissioning nuclear facility

A safety cover structure of a nuclear facility is disclosed. The safety cover structure includes: a cover portion rotatably installed on a body protection concrete slab to cover a cavity where a reactor pressure container is located; a driving portion configured to rotate the cover portion relative to the cavity; an opening and closing portion that is installed on the cover portion and is configured to allow materials resulting from cutting and dismantling of the reactor pressure container to move therethrough; a fire extinguishing portion configured to extinguish a fire generated inside the cover portion; a dose sensor installed in the cover portion and configured to measure a radiation dose emitted from the reactor pressure container; and an alarm portion configured to receive a sensing signal from the dose sensor and provide an alarm when the measured radiation dose exceeds a predetermined value.

Safety cover structure usable in dismantling operations at nuclear facility

A method for decommissioning a nuclear facility includes: floating the nuclear reactor pressure vessel above the cavity; rotating the reactor pressure vessel so that the upper portion of the nuclear reactor pressure vessel is closer to the bio-protective concrete than the lower portion; mounting the upper portion of the nuclear reactor pressure vessel on the neighboring upper surface of the bio-protective concrete; and cutting and decommissioning the nuclear reactor pressure vessel mounted on the neighboring upper surface.

Method for decommissioning nuclear facilities

A method for decommissioning a heavy water reactor facility includes: removing the plurality of guide tubes from a plurality of through-holes; installing a plurality of shielding stoppers in the plurality of through-holes; removing the shielding stopper installed in one through-hole of the plurality of through-holes, and inserting a cutting device into a lower portion of the reactivity mechanism deck through the one through-hole to cut a connection portion between the reactivity mechanism deck and the calandria vault by using the cutting device; and separating the reactivity mechanism deck from the calandria vault.

Method for decommissioning heavy water reactor facility

A radioactive structure dismantling method of a heavy water reactor facility that includes a calandria including a main shell and a sub shell, a calandria vault that receives the calandria therein, and a cover assembly that covers the calandria according to an embodiment, includes: preparing dismantling of the calandria; dismantling a reactor pipe installed in the calandria; dismantling the cover assembly that covers the calandria; dismantling the calandria; and dismantling the calandria vault.

Dismantling method of radioactive structures of heavy water reactor facilities

A device for separating a shielding slab for a heavy water reactor according to an embodiment includes: a body; a circular rail installed on at least one side of the body; and a decommissioner for decommissioning a shielding slab installed on the circular rail and installed on an inner wall of a heavy water reactor, wherein the decommissioner includes a decommission head moving on the circular rail, a separator installed in the decommission head and separating and desalinizing the shielding slab, and a gripper installed in the decommission head and gripping the separated shielding slab.

Apparatus for separating shielding slab for heavy-water reactor

A method for complex-decommissioning a nuclear facility is disclosed. The method for complex-decommissioning the nuclear facility includes: cutting and expanding an inner wall of the cavity; installing a cutting device that cuts and decommissions the nuclear reactor pressure vessel inside the cavity; fixing the nuclear reactor pressure vessel inside the cavity by using a fixture; and cutting and decommissioning the nuclear reactor pressure vessel fixed inside the cavity by using a cutting device.

Complex decommissioning method for nuclear facility

A method for decommissioning a heavy water reactor facility includes: opening an upper part of the calandria vault; inserting a support device into an inner part of the calandria vault through the upper part of the calandria vault to support the main shell of the calandria; cutting between the main shell and the sub-shell of the calandria by inserting a cutting device into the inner part of the calandria vault through the upper part of the calandria vault; and drawing out the main shell of the calandria to the outside of the calandria vault by moving the support device from the inner part of the calandria vault to the outside through the upper part.

Method for disassembling heavy-water reactor equipment by using cutting device

An exemplary embodiment of the present invention provides an apparatus for dismantling for heavy water reactor facilities, including: a cutting device configured to divide a calandria of the heavy water reactor facilities into a main shell and a sub-shell; and a transfer device configured to draw the main shell cut by the cutting device to the outside, wherein the transfer device includes a fixing unit configured to fix the calandria; and a transfer unit configured to transfer the fixing unit.

Apparatus for dismantling for heavy water reactor facilities

A decommissioning method of biological shielding concrete of a nuclear power plant according to an exemplary embodiment includes: decommissioning a neutron detector positioning device installed to biological shielding concrete surrounding a nuclear reactor to form a plurality of penetrated parts in the biological shielding concrete; inserting a part of a cutting device into the plurality of penetrated parts; and decomposing the biological shielding concrete into a plurality of sub-concrete parts by using the cutting device.

Decommissioning method of biodegradable concrete of PWR type nuclear power plant

An apparatus for treating waste of a nuclear reactor pressure vessel includes: a suction unit inserted into the nuclear reactor pressure vessel through a plurality of through-pipes passing through a lower portion of the nuclear reactor pressure vessel to suck waste inside the nuclear reactor pressure vessel; a waste treatment part connected to the suction unit to treat the waste; and a lower collection part connected to the waste treatment part to be positioned under the nuclear reactor pressure vessel with the suction unit therebetween.

Apparatus for treating waste of nuclear reactor pressure vessel, and method for treating waste of nuclear reactor pressure vessel

A method for decommissioning a nuclear facility includes: separating a nuclear reactor pressure vessel from biodegradable concrete; decommissioning a concrete structure; covering the biodegradable concrete; and decommissioning the biodegradable concrete.

A method of decommissioning a nuclear facility including a plurality of sandboxes that cover a plurality of upper penetration holes, includes: exposing the plurality of pipes through the plurality of upper penetration holes by removing the plurality of sandboxes; and cutting the plurality of pipes through the plurality of upper penetration holes.

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Daejeon, South Korea

Seok-Ju Hwang