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Groundwater Flow Modeling in the KURT site for a Case Study about a Hypothetical Geological Disposal Facility of Radioactive Wastes

방사성폐기물 지하처분장에 대한 가상의 사례 연구를 위한 KURT 부지의 지하수 유동 모의

  • Received : 2012.08.10
  • Accepted : 2012.09.14
  • Published : 2012.09.30

Abstract

Groundwater flow simulations were performed to obtain data of groundwater flow used in a safety assessment for a hypothetical geological disposal facility assumed to be located in the KURT (KAERI Underground Research Tunnel) site. A regional scale modeling of the groundwater flow system was carried out to make boundary conditions for a local scale modeling. And, fracture zones identified at the study site were involved in the local scale groundwater flow model. From the results of the local scale modeling, a hydraulic head distribution was indicated and it was used in a particle tracking simulation for searching pathway of groundwater from the location of the hypothetical disposal facility to the surface where the groundwater reached. The flow distance and discharge rate of the groundwater in the KURT site were calculated. It was thought that the modeling methods used in this study was available to prepare the data of groundwater flow in a safety assessment for a geological disposal facility of radioactive wastes.

한국원자력연구원의 지하처분연구시설인 KURT 부지에 가상의 심지층 처분 시설을 가정하고 안전성평가를 수행하기 위해 필요한 지하수 유동 자료를 작성하기 위한 지하수 유동 모의가 수행되었다. 연구지역의 전반적인 지하수 유동 특성을 고려하기 위해, 광역 규모의 지하수 유동 모의를 먼저 실시하여 국지 규모 지하수 유동 모의에서 이용될 경계 조건을 구하고, 현장에서 확인된 단열 자료를 반영하여 국지 규모에서의 지하수 유동계가 모의되었다. 같은 방식으로 국지 규모에서 지하수 유동에 관한 경계 조건을 뽑아내어 KURT 부지 규모의 지하수 유동 모의에 이용하였다. 국지 규모의 지하수 유동 모의 결과로 얻어진 지하수위 분포를 통해 입자 추적(particle tracking) 모의를 수행하여 가상의 처분 부지 위치에서 지표로 흐르는 지하수의 유동 경로를 확인하고, 경로의 길이와 지하수의 시간당 유동량(discharge rate)을 구하였다. 본 연구에서 이용된 일련의 지하수 유동 모의 및 입자 추적 모의 방법은 향후 심지층 처분 시설의 안전성 평가에 필요한 자료를 작성하는데 유용하게 쓰일 것으로 기대된다.

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