Study on the License Requirements for the SRO/RO of the Kijang Research Reactor

The purpose of the study is to propose an appropriate regulatory position for the Kijang reactor operator license requirement by the review of the applicability and compatibility of HANARO SRO/RO license holders for Kijang reactor operation. As the area using radioactive isotope became gradually enlarged both inside and outside of the country, the Kijang research reactor is planned and now under construction next to the HANARO research reactor now being operated in Taejon. In this paper, therefore, an establishment of revised operator license system is discussed for the new research reactor. The design and operation characteristics of the two (HANARO and Kijang) reactors are concluded to be very similar to each other, however, there still exist slight differences in some minor portions. It is recommendable to allow an independent license for each reactor if two reactors of the same power level have recognizable differences in the design and operation characteristics