• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제55권8호
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• pp.3102-3113
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• 2023

Following the Fukushima nuclear disaster, the simulation of accidents in the spent fuel pool has become more noticeable. Despite the low amount of decay heat power, the consequences of the accidents in a spent fuel pool (SFP) can be severe due to the high content of long-lived radionuclides and lack of protection by the pressure vessel. In this study, the loss-of-cooling accident (LOFA) for the VVER-1000/V446 spent fuel pool is simulated by employing RELAP5 and MELCOR 1.8.6 as the best estimate and severe accident analysis codes, respectively. For two cases with different total power levels, decay heat of spent fuels is calculated by ORIGEN-II code. For modeling SFP of a VVER-1000, a qualified nodalizations are considered in both codes. During LOFA in SFP, the key sequences such as heating up of the pool water, boiling and reducing the water level, uncovering the spent fuels, increasing the temperature of the spent fuels, starting oxidation process (generating Hydrogen and extra power), the onset of fuel melting, and finally releasing radionuclides are studied for both cases. The obtained results show a reasonable consistency between the RELAP5 and MELCOR codes, especially before starting the oxidation process.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제55권5호
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• pp.1567-1576
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• 2023

The reactor containment building (RCB) in nuclear power plants (NPPs) plays an important role in protecting the reactor systems from external loads as well as preventing radioactive leaking. As we witnessed the nuclear disaster at Fukushima Daiichi (Japan) in 2011, the earthquake is one of the major threats to NPPs. The purpose of this study is to evaluate effects of concrete material models and presstressing forces on the seismic performance evaluation of RCB in NPPs. A typical RCB designed in Korea is employed for a case study. Detailed three-dimensional nonlinear finite element models of RCB are developed in ANSYS. A series of pushover analyses are then performed to obtain the pushover curves of RCB. Different capacity curves are compared to recognize the influence of different material models on the nonlinear behavior of RCB. Additionally, the effects of prestressing forces on the seismic performances of the structure are also investigated. Moreover, a set of damage states corresponding to damage evolutions of the structures is proposed in this study.

• 국제학술발표논문집
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• The 6th International Conference on Construction Engineering and Project Management
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• pp.685-686
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• 2015

The world is currently undergoing an intense urbanization process. The percentage of urban dwellers has never been so high. In 2010, and for the first time, urban population surpassed the rural one, accounting for 51% of global population, and this trend will continue in the forthcoming years. This increment in concentration of population and supporting assets in cities, make their performance a critical issue for world population. Recent events such as Fukushima tsunami and the hurricane Katrina have shown how fragile built environments are and the unpredictability of occurrence and magnitude of the hazards. Such an expansion of the world's urban population, together with an increase in severity and number of hazards and catastrophes, has put under the spotlight the necessity to build cities not only sustainable, but resilient. Decision makers should acknowledge failure as an option, and the importance of developing city resilience. This paper will provide an initial review on urban resilience, definitions and assessment approaches as a first step for decision makers to account for resilience in their decision making process.

• 대한방사선기술학회지:방사선기술과학
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• 제38권3호
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• pp.305-313
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• 2015

2011년 일본 후쿠시마 원전 사고 이후 국내외에서 관련 연구 및 관리체제 정비가 이루어지고 있다. 국내에서도 물의 방사능 오염에 대한 우려가 높아졌으며, 이에 따라 환경부를 중심으로 물 속 방사성 물질 관리체제 정비가 이루어지고 있다. 본 연구에서는 원전 사고의 피해 당사국이며 인접국가인 일본의 관리체제 정비 현황을 분석하였다. 분석한 결과 일본에서는 법제 정비 후 문부과학성이 방사능 측정의 이론적인 내용을 규정하고, 환경성은 실제 공공수역 및 지하수의 수질 오염 상황을 감시하며, 지방자치단체 등 관련된 일선 기관에서 물 환경의 방사능 오염 상황을 모니터링하고 있다. 지역별로 보면 지방측정소들은 전 국토 대상의 조사를 분담하며, 원자력 시설 주변에서 별도의 모니터링을 하고 있으며, 원전 사고 이후 후쿠시마 인근 지역에 대한 모니터링이 추가로 운영 중이다. 기준치 중 음료수 및 수도수의 관리 목표치는 10 Bq/kg이며, 후쿠시마 주변 공공수역과 지하수는 1 Bq/L로 되어 있다. 측정 주기는 매 시간에서 연 1회까지 다양하며 검사에 따라 정기적 또는 부정기적으로 실시되고 있다. 주된 측정 항목에는 공간선량률, 전${\alpha}$, 전${\beta}$, ${\gamma}$핵종, Cs-134, Cs-137, Sr-89, Sr-90, I-131 등이 있다. 이에 비해 우리나라는 원자력시설 주변과 먹는 물에 대한 규제기준은 정비되어 있는 반면, 일반적인 공공수역에 대한 관리는 2014년에 시작되었다. 따라서 향후 WHO 등의 가이드라인을 참고하여 국내 체계를 보완할 것으로 예상된다. 일본의 관리 체계는 우리나라의 일반적인 공공수역 방사성물질 기준을 확립할 때 참고가 될 수 있다고 사료된다.

• 한국방사선학회논문지
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• 제10권1호
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• pp.53-58
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• 2016

2011년 3월11일 후쿠시마 원전사고가 발생한 후 현재 4년이 지난 지금까지도 소비자들에 대한 불안감이 남아있는 상태이다. 현재까지 계속하여 국 내외 수산물에 대한 불안감 해소를 목적으로 계속 연구를 진행해왔다. 원산지에 따른 수산물의 방사능을 측정하였고, 2015년에는 여러 참고 문헌을 통해 조사하여 영향력이 어느 정도인지 추가적으로 데이터를 얻어 연구를 수행하였다. 수산물에 대한 소비자와 판매자 모두의 생각을 알아 보기 위해 소비자용과 판매자용 설문지를 만들어 직접 설문조사를 하여 통계를 작성하였으며, 2014년에 PM1405 기기를 사용하여 원산지(대만산, 중국산, 러시아산)에 따른 여러 종의 수산물 동태, 고등어, 병어, 갈치, 꽁치, 새우, 오징어의 방사능 측정값을 조사하였다. $0.043{\sim}0.073{\mu}Sv/h$ 측정되었다. 판매자 설문조사에서는 수산물판매에 영향(90%)을 미쳤고, 소비자는 수산물이 안전하지 않고(90%), 방사능 오염 매우 많음(28%)과 거의 아님(72%)으로 양극화가 나타났다. 수산물들의 방사능 안정성에 대한 연구를 통해 수산물의 방사능 수치를 비교한 결과 ICRP에서 권고한 1인당 선량 기준값(1 mSv/y) 이하로 측정되었다.

• 한국식품위생안전성학회지
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• 제31권3호
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• pp.167-175
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• 2016

후쿠시마 원자력 발전소 사고 이후 한국 정부는 일본 북부지역에서 생산되는 수산물 수입을 금지하였다. 한국과 일본 사이 수산물 분쟁은 아직 진행중이며 소비자들은 식품안전에 위협을 받고 있다. 이 연구는 소비자의 일본 수산물에 대한 위험인식과 위험행동에 영향을 미치는 요인들을 밝히기 위함이다. 이를 위해 2012년 9월부터 10월까지 1,500명의 성인을 대상으로 설문조사를 수행하였다. 분석결과 일본산 수산물에 대한 위험인식에서 감정의 역할이 확인되었는데, 일본산 수산물에 대해 부정적인 감정을 느끼고 있는 개인은 해당 제품에 대한 위험 인식이 높았다. 또 부정적인 감정은 수산물 구입행동에도 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 한편 운명주의적 성향은 수산물 구입행동에 유의한 변수가 아닌 것으로 나타났다.

• 과학기술학연구
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• 제15권1호
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• pp.45-67
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• 2015

이 글은 위험커뮤니케이션의 지형과 과학기술 시티즌십을 두 축으로 삼아 대안부재 담론이 여전히 사회적 영향력을 유지하고 있는 이유를 밝히고자 한다. 이를 위해 (1) 공동출현 핵심어(co-occurrence keywords)의 빈도수 측정, (2) 과학기술 시민인식 설문조사를 분석하였다. 먼저, 빈도수 측정을 통해 후쿠시마 원전사고 직후 드러난 위험커뮤니케이션의 지형을 살펴보고 있다. 그런 다음, 설문조사 결과를 분석하여 원자력발전에 대한 시민 인식을 간략하게 정리하고, 원자력을 둘러싼 과학기술 시티즌십의 현주소를 파악하고 있다. 마지막으로, 이상의 분석 결과를 다시 정리하면서 종합해주고 있다. 그로부터 원자력 거버넌스의 작동방식을 이해하고, 그 개선점을 찾고 있다.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제51권6호
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• pp.1540-1553
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• 2019

A nuclear power plant (NPP) is a highly complex system-of-systems as manifested through its internal systems interdependence. The negative impact of such interdependence was demonstrated through the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster. As such, there is a critical need for new strategies to overcome the limitations of current risk assessment techniques (e.g. the use of static event and fault tree schemes), particularly through simulation of the nonlinear dynamic feedback mechanisms between the different NPP systems/components. As the first and key step towards developing an integrated NPP dynamic probabilistic risk assessment platform that can account for such feedback mechanisms, the current study adopts a system dynamics simulation approach to model the thermal dynamic processes in: the reactor core; the secondary coolant system; and the pressurized water reactor. The reactor core and secondary coolant system parameters used to develop system dynamics models are based on those of the Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station. These three system dynamics models are subsequently validated, using results from published work, under different system perturbations including the change in reactivity, the steam valve coefficient, the primary coolant flow, and others. Moving forward, the developed system dynamics models can be integrated with other interacting processes within a NPP to form the basis of a dynamic system-level (systemic) risk assessment tool.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제55권9호
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• pp.3260-3267
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• 2023

Zr-Nb alloy have been widely used as fuel rods in nuclear power plants. However, from the Fukushima nuclear accident, the weakness of the rod was revealed under harsh conditions, and research on the safety of these types of rods was conducted after the disaster. The method of depositing chromium onto the existing Zr-Nb alloy fuel rods is being considered as a means by which to compensate for the weakness of Zr-Nb alloy rods because chromium is strong against oxidation at high temperatures and has high strength. In order to secure these advantages, it is important to maintain the Cr thickness of the rods and properly inspect the rods before and during their use in power generation. Eddy current testing is a typical means of evaluating the thickness of thin metals and detecting surface defects. Depending on the size and shape of the inspected object, various eddy current sensors can be applied. In particular, because pancake sensors can be manufactured in very small sizes, they can be used for inspections even in narrow spaces, such as a nuclear fuel assembly. In this study, an eddy current technique was developed to confirm the feasibility of Cr coating thickness evaluations. After determining the design parameters of the pancake sensor by means of a FEM simulation, a FPCB pancake sensor was manufactured and the optimal frequency was selected by measuring minute changes in the Cr-coating thickness using the developed sensor.

• Strategy21
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• 통권37호
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• pp.193-241
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• 2015

China, Japan and Korea are the world's top 10 energy consumers, and so very interested in the development of seabed hydrocarbon resources in order to meet their energy demands. The East China Sea is the tri-junction area where three countries' entitlements on the maritime boundaries are overlapped. There are abundant oil reserves in the East China Sea, and therefore competitions among countries are growing to get control of them. Although these countries have concluded the bilateral agreements to jointly develop resources in the East China Sea, they do not function as well. Because joint development and management of seabed petroleum resources can lead to stable development system, and to lower possibility of legal and political disputes, the needs for joint development agreement among three countries are urgent. Meanwhile, Northeast Asian seas are semi-closed seas, which are geographically closed and vulnerable to marine pollution. Moreover there are a lot of nuclear power plants in coastal area, and seabed petroleum resources are being developed. So it is likely to occur nuclear and oil spill accidents. Fukushima nuclear disaster and Bohai Bay oil spill accident in 2011 are the cases to exhibit the potential of major marine pollution accidents in this area. It is anticipated that the risks become higher because power plants and offshore oil platforms are extending gradually. Therefore, the ways to seek the joint marine environmental protection agreement focused on regulation of nuclear power plant and offshore oil platform have to be considered. In this paper, we try to find the way to make joint development and joint environmental protection agreement in Northeast Asian seas. We concentrate on the measure to drive joint development of seabed petroleum deposits in East China Sea's overlap area, despite of maritime delimitation and territorial disputes, and we try to drive joint marine environmental protection system to respond to marine pollution and accidents due to offshore oil platform and nuclear power plants. Through these consideration, we seek solutions to deal with lack of energy, disputes of maritime territorial and boundary delimitation, and marine pollution in Northeast Asia.