• 대한방사선기술학회지:방사선기술과학
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• 제43권2호
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• pp.123-128
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• 2020

Radiation Following the 2011 Fukushima nuclear accident in Japan, public interest and anxiety about radiation safety increased, and vague anxiety about commonly exposed living radiation was generated. The Atomic Energy Safety Commission has been conducting a survey of processed products that advertise "negative ions" and "far-infrared" emissions under the Living Radiation Safety Management Act. In this study, in-depth analysis was performed from a statistical point of view using the measurement data presented in the Nuclear Safety Committee's actual survey analysis report as secondary data. As a result, there was a statistically significant difference (p<0.005) between latex and civil affairs products. There were also statistically significant differences (p<0.05) in the results of testing whether there were significant differences in the annual exposure dose between groups after categorizing 71 civil products, including radon beds, into bed, bedding, and living and other categories. The correlation analysis results also confirm that, as is commonly known, the annual doses received from processed products are associated with radon derived from U-238 and Th-232.

• Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences
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• 제39권2호
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• pp.51-57
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• 2022

Cosmic radiation exposure of the flight crews in Korea has been managed by Radiation Safety Management around Living Life Act under Nuclear Safety and Security Commission. However, the domestic flight crews are excluded from the Act because of relatively low route dose exposure compared to that of international flight crews. But we found that the accumulated total annual dose of domestic flight crews is far from negligible because of relatively long total flight time and too many flights. In this study, to suggest the necessity of management of domestic flight crews' radiation exposure, we statistically analyzed domestic flight crew's accumulative annual dose by using cosmic radiation estimation models of the Civil Aviation Research Institute (CARI)-6M, Nowcast of Atmospheric Ionizing Radiation for Aviation Safety (NAIRAS), and Korean Radiation Exposure Assessment Model (KREAM) and compared with in-situ measurements of Liulin-6K LET spectrometer. As a result, the average exposure dose of domestic flight crews was found to be 0.5-0.8 mSv. We also expect that our result might provide the basis to include the domestic flight crews as radiation workers, not just international flight attendants.

• 한국방사선학회논문지
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• 제7권6호
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• pp.377-381
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• 2013

최근 시행된 생활주변방사선안전관리법에 제시된 항목들을 분석하고자 하였다. 실험 항목을 우주방사선, 지각방사선, 공정부산물 등으로 나누고, 그에 따른 측정 장소를 상공 8000m의 비행기, 해발 1000m의 산악지대, 지하 15m 건물, 건설 현장, 해발 0m의 바닷가를 선정하였다. 실험결과 우주방사선을 기준으로 상공 8000m 비행기에서는 유효선량이 연간 2.45mSv로 측정되었다. 우주방사선과 지각방사선의 측정 장소로 선정된 해발 1000m 산악지대는 기준점인 0m인 바닷가에 비해 0.17mSv 높게 측정되었다. 공정부산물의 측정 장소로 선정된 건설 현장은 3.32mSv로 실험항목 중 가장 높은 수치를 나타내었다. 이는 완공된 건물 보다 약 5배 정도 높은 선량이라는 것을 알 수 있었다. 해발 0m인 바닷가는 2.89mSv로 측정되었고, 지각 방사선을 기준으로 설정된 지하 15m 건물에서는 2.36mSv로 가장 낮게 측정되었다. 이를 통해, 지하로 내려갈수록 지각 방사선을 많이 받을 것으로 예상되었으나 건물 안에서의 지각 방사선은 크게 영향을 주지 않는 것을 알 수 있었다. 본 연구를 통해 생활주변방사선안전관리법에서 제시된 각 항목들은 ICRP에서 제시한 방사선작업종사자의 연간 유효선량 기준에는 크게 미치지 않았다. 하지만 일반인의 연간 유효선량보다는 약 2~3배 정도 높은 선량인 것을 알 수 있었다. 이를 통해 아직 시행 초기 단계인 생활주변방사선안전관리법에 대한 지속적인 연구와 관심이 필요한 것으로 사료된다.