Statistical sampling method to verify the homogeneity of full-scale cement-solidified radioactive waste

Homogeneity is an important factor for ensuring the structural stability of solidified radioactive waste, and the most effective approach for assessing its homogeneity is by performing compressive strength measurements using the minimum amount of coring specimens. The efficiency of detecting inhomog...

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Main Authors: Hyeongjin Byeon, Ugyu Jeong, Jaeyeong Park
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Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2025-01-01
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description Homogeneity is an important factor for ensuring the structural stability of solidified radioactive waste, and the most effective approach for assessing its homogeneity is by performing compressive strength measurements using the minimum amount of coring specimens. The efficiency of detecting inhomogeneous waste is affected by the coring position and number of coring positions. However, no guidelines exist for coring solidified waste for compressive-strength tests. Therefore, this study compared uniform, random, and quasi-Monte Carlo sampling methods to determine the most effective core position. Further, the effects of different sampling amounts on the detection rate of inhomogeneous solidified waste were observed, and the detection rate of the inhomogeneous waste was obtained by modeling the coring procedure of solidified radioactive waste using MATLAB. Thus, a sampling method and a method for increasing the specimen amount, both of which can efficiently detect inhomogeneous waste during compressive strength tests, were presented in this paper. The results of this study can be applied as background data for developing homogeneity assessment guidelines for solidified radioactive waste.
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spelling doaj-art-dedbf88880aa4fa9a8bd850a764c0d072025-01-12T05:24:38ZengElsevierNuclear Engineering and Technology1738-57332025-01-01571103151Statistical sampling method to verify the homogeneity of full-scale cement-solidified radioactive wasteHyeongjin Byeon0Ugyu Jeong1Jaeyeong Park2Department of Nuclear Engineering, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology, 50 UNIST-gil, Ulsan, 44919, Republic of KoreaDepartment of Nuclear Engineering, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology, 50 UNIST-gil, Ulsan, 44919, Republic of KoreaCorresponding author.; Department of Nuclear Engineering, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology, 50 UNIST-gil, Ulsan, 44919, Republic of KoreaHomogeneity is an important factor for ensuring the structural stability of solidified radioactive waste, and the most effective approach for assessing its homogeneity is by performing compressive strength measurements using the minimum amount of coring specimens. The efficiency of detecting inhomogeneous waste is affected by the coring position and number of coring positions. However, no guidelines exist for coring solidified waste for compressive-strength tests. Therefore, this study compared uniform, random, and quasi-Monte Carlo sampling methods to determine the most effective core position. Further, the effects of different sampling amounts on the detection rate of inhomogeneous solidified waste were observed, and the detection rate of the inhomogeneous waste was obtained by modeling the coring procedure of solidified radioactive waste using MATLAB. Thus, a sampling method and a method for increasing the specimen amount, both of which can efficiently detect inhomogeneous waste during compressive strength tests, were presented in this paper. The results of this study can be applied as background data for developing homogeneity assessment guidelines for solidified radioactive waste.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1738573324003991Cement-solidified wasteHomogeneityRadioactive wasteSampling methodStatistical sampling method
spellingShingle Hyeongjin Byeon
Ugyu Jeong
Jaeyeong Park
Statistical sampling method to verify the homogeneity of full-scale cement-solidified radioactive waste
Nuclear Engineering and Technology
Cement-solidified waste
Homogeneity
Radioactive waste
Sampling method
Statistical sampling method
title Statistical sampling method to verify the homogeneity of full-scale cement-solidified radioactive waste
title_full Statistical sampling method to verify the homogeneity of full-scale cement-solidified radioactive waste
title_fullStr Statistical sampling method to verify the homogeneity of full-scale cement-solidified radioactive waste
title_full_unstemmed Statistical sampling method to verify the homogeneity of full-scale cement-solidified radioactive waste
title_short Statistical sampling method to verify the homogeneity of full-scale cement-solidified radioactive waste
title_sort statistical sampling method to verify the homogeneity of full scale cement solidified radioactive waste
topic Cement-solidified waste
Homogeneity
Radioactive waste
Sampling method
Statistical sampling method
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1738573324003991
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