• Proceedings of the Korea Information Processing Society Conference
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• 2020.05a
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• pp.120-122
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• 2020

원전에 대한 사이버위협이 지속됨에 따라 IAEA 및 각국에서는 원전 사이버보안 강화를 위해 노력하고 있다. 그 일환으로 국내에서는 규제기준 KINAC/RS-015를 통해 원전 내 안전·보안·비상대응 기능과 관련된 필수디지털자산에 대한 사이버보안 규제를 수행하고 있으나 원전 사고와 직접적으로 관련된 자산에 대해서는 보다 강화된 보안조치를 적용하여 보안성을 높이고자 한다. 이러한 강화 조치의 하나로 '코드 난독화 적용'이 있으며 이에 대해 상세히 살펴보고자 한다.

• Journal of Nuclear Fuel Cycle and Waste Technology(JNFCWT)
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• v.21 no.3
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• pp.383-395
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• 2023

Since 1997, the Republic of Korea (ROK) has been developing pyro-processing (Pyro) technology to reduce the disposal burden of high-level radioactive waste by recycling spent nuclear fuel (SNF). Compared to plutonium and uranium extraction process, Korean Pyro technology has relatively excellent proliferation resistance that cannot separate pure plutonium owing to its intrinsic characteristics. Regarding Pyro technology development of ROK, the Bush administration considered that Pyro is not reprocessing under the Global Nuclear Energy Partnership, whereas the Obama administration considered that Pyro is subject to reprocessing. However, the Bush and Obama administrations did not allow ROK to conduct full Pyro activities using SNF, even though ROK had faithfully complied with international nonproliferation obligations. This is because the US nuclear nonproliferation policy to prevent the spread of sensitive technologies, such as enrichment and reprocessing, has a strong effect on ROK, unlike Japan, on a bilateral level beyond the NPT regime for non-proliferation of nuclear weapons.

• Proceedings of the Korean Radioactive Waste Society Conference
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• 2018.11a
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• pp.45-46
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• 2018

• Journal of Nuclear Fuel Cycle and Waste Technology(JNFCWT)
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• v.22 no.2
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• pp.145-157
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• 2024

Undeclared nuclear activities are challenging given the lack of information from the sites involved in such activities. Wide-area environmental sampling (WAES) can be an effective method to detect undeclared nuclear activities. However, it is crucial to address the potential risks during the WAES, including sample tampering or extortions. Therefore, tracking and monitoring of various on-site data is imperative to accurately interpret the status of samples and workers throughout the WAES process. 'Environmental and Geographical Data Transfer (EGDT)' was developed for the real-time monitoring of integrated on-site data. EGDT module is equipped with various sensors and can be attached to a worker's uniform or a sample storage box. This study demonstrated the technical effectiveness of EGDT by exploring three experimental methodologies for feasibility assessment. Compared to the Normal Operation case, the inference of the Sample Extortion case was predominantly based on changes in lux and dose rate. The inference of the Out-of-Work-Area case primarily relied on changes in dose rate and acceleration. Finally, the preliminary evaluation of the performance of the developed prototype was conducted, and a foundation was established for enhancing the application in the WAES process.

• Proceedings of the Korea Information Processing Society Conference
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• 2016.10a
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• pp.243-245
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• 2016

2008년 미국 Hatch 발전소에서 제어시스템 소프트웨어 업데이트로 인한 비상정지, 2010년 이란 원자력시설에서 악성코드 스턱스넷(Stuxnet) 감염을 통한 원심분리기 1,000여개 파괴 등 원자력시설에 대한 사이버공격이 점차 증가하고 있는 상황에서 우리나라도 이와 같은 사고를 예방하기 위한 방안을 강구하여야 한다. 이미 우리나라 원자력시설에서 사용되는 시스템들이 아날로그 방식에서 디지털로 교체되고 있는 등 사이버공격에 용이하게 변화되고 있다. 이에 원전 사고연계 시스템들의 보안성을 평가할 수 있는 환경을 구축함으로써 사이버공격에 대한 보안대책 마련 및 근본적인 방어 체계를 수립하고자 한다.

• Proceedings of the Korea Information Processing Society Conference
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• 2018.05a
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• pp.142-144
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• 2018

최근 기반시설의 제어시스템을 대상으로하는 악성코드와 취약점 등이 지속적으로 보고됨에 따라 기반시설의 사이버위협에 대한 긴장감 고조되고 있다. 이와 같은 최신 사이버위협들을 예방하기 위해서는 주기적인 취약점 점검 및 제거가 필수적이다. 이를 위해서는 먼저 해당 제어시스템에 대해 기 알려진 취약점 정보를 수집할 필요가 있다. 이에 본 논문에서는 공개 취약점 정보들을 활용해 제어시스템과 관계된 취약점 정보의 수집, 관리 및 활용을 위한 제어시스템 취약점 정보관리시스템의 설계 및 구축 방안용 제시하였다. 또한, 정보관리시스템 구축 시 필수디지털자산의 정보유출 사고를 예방을 위해 고려해야할 사항을 제안한다.

• Journal of Radiation Protection and Research
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• v.35 no.4
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• pp.167-171
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• 2010

Fixed radiation portal monitors (RPMs) deployed at border, seaport, airport and key traffic checkpoints have played an important role in preventing the illicit trafficking and transport of nuclear and radioactive materials. However, the RPM is usually large and heavy and can't easily be moved to different locations. These reasons motivate us to develop a mobile radiation detection system. The objective of this paper is to report our experience on developing the mobile radiation detection system for search and detection of nuclear and radioactive materials during road transport. Field tests to characterize the developed detection system were performed at various speeds and distances between the radioactive isotope (RI) transporting car and the measurement car. Results of measurements and detection limits of our system are described in this paper. The mobile radiation detection system developed should contribute to defending public's health and safety and the environment against nuclear and radiological terrorism by detecting nuclear or radioactive material hidden illegally in a vehicle.

• International Commerce and Information Review
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• v.13 no.3
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• pp.353-375
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• 2011

Export control was first triggered by international export control system at US led COCOM in 1949. Numerous international efforts such as NPT in 1969, ZC in 1970, NSG in 1978, AG in 1985, MTCR in 1987, Wassenaar Arrangement(WA) establishment in 1995 with 1990's the fall of the Berlin Wall, have been made since. The concept of export control has been changed from weaponry and parts export control to preventing or blocking weaponry, respective goods and relevant technology from the hand of troubled regions and non-state actors as terrorist groups; and the new concept is described as Nonproliferation Control. Extent of control items is not only limited to conventional weaponry, but also includes weapons of mass destruction(WMD) and even dual use items which can be used for production, development, usage or storage. Control items include all items defined by NSG, MTCR, AG, WA, and CMC-Opec. The 9.11 terror had a strong influence on international society. Effort to prevent WMD proliferation has now become the most important issue for international security. This study aims to suggest improvement points for nonproliferation law and its effective implementation, based on problem and limitation identification along with analysis of nonproliferation law and implementation examples by type. Furthermore for the purpose of national and global security, export control system on strategic items which are considered to be a key issue in South and North Korea relationship needs to be effectively managed. Recently, North Korea's missile and nuclear tests have been criticized globally; and the global society including respective countries as China and South Korea is striving to urge export control in line with the UN resolution.

• Journal of Radiation Protection and Research
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• v.43 no.3
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• pp.120-123
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• 2018

Background: Analysis of enrichment of $UO_2$ is important to verify the information declared by the license-holders. The redundancy methods are required to guarantee the analysis result. Korea Institute of Nuclear Nonproliferation and Control (KINAC) used to analyze it with alpha spectrometry and consign to Korea Basic Science Institute (KBSI) Thermal Ionization Mass Spectrometry (TIMS). This article evaluated the similarity of the results with two methods and derive correlation equation. It could be compared to the results measured by TIMS running by KBSI. Materials and Methods: There are not many certified materials for the uranium enrichment value. Therefore, 34 uranium pellets, which have the wide range of uranium enrichment from 0.21 to 4.69 wt%, were used for the experiments by the alpha spectrometry and the TIMS. Results and Discussion: The study shows there are the tendency of analyzed enrichment by each equipment. It shows uranium enrichment with alpha spectrometry evaluated 17% higher than that with TIMS on average. The regression equations were also derived in case the similarity between the two results with two methods is lower than predicted. Two experiments were designed to compare the effect of number of samples. The $R^2$ was 0.9977 with 34 pellets. It shows the equation is appropriate to predict the enrichment values by TIMS with that of alpha spectrometry. The $R^2$ was 0.9858 with four pellets for ten times. The $R^2$ decreased while the number of samples increased. The discrepancy between the lowest and highest enrichment seems to be one of the reason for it. Conclusion: KINAC expects the first equation with 34 samples is useful to predict the result with TIMS, the redundancy method, based on the alpha spectrometry. The extra samples are necessary to collect if the enrichment value analyzed by TIMS is lower than the value predicted with the equation. Further study would be followed related to the impact of the peak counts for each uranium isotopes, sample amount and number of experiments when TIMS established in KINAC by the end of 2018.

• Nuclear industry
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• v.34 no.2
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• pp.64-71
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• 2014