THE STATUS OF THE REMOTE MONITORING ACTIVITIES UNDER THE INTEGRATED SAFEGUARDS IN KOREA

In order to reduce the safeguards inspection efforts an plan better inspections, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) apply the Remote Monitoring (RM) systems at nuclear facilities. The IAEA started to install the RM systems at LWRs in ROK from 1988. The inspection based on the RM under the Integrated Safeguards (IS) is being applied for 17 LWRs in the ROK by the Agency. The Agency also installed the RM system and Unattended Monitoring System (UMS) at CANDU reactors in the ROK. The CANDU facilities¶ operators started to use the new double basket flask and new dry storage, MACSTOR-KN400 for the spent fuel transfer from 2010. The Agency installed the Mobile Unattended Neutron Detector (MUND) on the new flask and the modified Silo Entry Gamma Monitor (SEGM+) into the MACSTOR-KN400 for the verification of the spent fuel basket transfer. To verify the hot test activities in the Advanced spent fuel Conditioning Process Facility (ACPF) at KAERI, a RM system installed in May 2009. The IAEA implemented the IS in the ROK from July 2008. The IAEA has reduced a remarkable amount of inspection efforts by using the RM system in ROK. The ROK will continuously cooperate with IAEA to install, maintain and develop the RM system.