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차세대원자로 안전규제요건 개발에의 USNRC 규제개선 프로그램 적용성

  • 김웅식;설광원;윤영길;방영석;안상규;김효정
    • Proceedings of the Korean Nuclear Society Conference
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    • 1995.05b
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    • pp.1055-1060
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    • 1995
  • 국내 차세대원자로 안전규제기술요건 개발방향 설정의 일환으로서 USNRC가 추진중인 각종 규제개선 프로그램의 중요내용들을 분석하고 향후 규제요건 개발 시 고려방향을 제시하였다. 안전에 여유가 있는 요전의 완화/제거, 규제평가그룹 권고이행, PRA 실무그룹 권고이행 및 안전심사지침 개정 프로그램 등 USNRC의 주요 규제개선 프로그램 분석을 통해 규제개선 대상 분야를 도출하고 향후 차세대원자로 안전규제기술요건 정립에 활용할 수 있도록 중요 개선항목에 대한 고려방향을 제시하였다.

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A Human Reliability Analysis(HRA) for Nuclear Powder Plant Safety (원자력발전소의 안전성평가를 위한 인간신뢰도분석 사례)

  • Lee, Yong-Hui
    • Journal of Korean Institute of Industrial Engineers
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    • v.13 no.2
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    • pp.129-141
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    • 1987
  • The possibility of human error in operation of nuclear power plant has been proved to be one of the most important factors for safety analysis. This study established the HRA methodology according to THERP steps for performing PRA(probabilistic risk assessment) of nuclear power plants and made two sample calculations : Availibility of auxiliary diesel generator, possibility of Davis-Bess #1 accident in 1985.

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Prevalence of binocular anomalies in adult Koreans (한국인의 양안 시기능 이상에 관한 고찰)

  • Ryu, Geun Chang;Park, Hyun Ju;Seong, Jeong Sub;Kim, Jai Min
    • Journal of Korean Ophthalmic Optics Society
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    • v.5 no.1
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    • pp.147-154
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    • 2000
  • To describe the prevalence of binocular anomalies in adult Koreans. Patients included were 19 to 40 years of age, 41 males and 60 females and living in Kwang-Ju Korea. Refractive correction was estimated objectively with an autorefractometer and subjectively refined without cycloplegia. Myopia was defined as a refractive error less than -0.50 diopters hyperopia was defined as a refractive error greater than +0.50 diopters. 101 no strabismic patients who had a refractive error and a near lateral phoria(46%) and an AC/A(accommodative convergence/accommodation) anomaly(50.4%). The prevalence of a near vergence anomaly(52.5%) was higher than a near divergence anomaly(55.5%). The prevalence of a positive relative accommodation(PRA) anomaly(61.4%) was higher than a negative relative accommodation(NRA) anomaly(54.5%). According to Morgan's analysis method, patients with vergence anomaly(21.7%) were seen slightly less frequently than those with accommodative interaction anomaly(29.7%). 34.6% of patients had both vergence anomaly and accommodative interaction anomaly. These results indicate that full prescription for a refractive corrections should be considered as these can improve binocular visual function for ametropia.

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Comparison of Relative Accommodation, Accommodative Facility, and Addition Based on Occupation of Initial Presbyopia (직업에 따른 초기 노안의 상대조절력, 조절용이성, 가입도 비교)

  • Kim, Hyun-Mok;Son, Jeong-Sik;Lee, Won-Jin;Lee, Jae Yoon;Cho, Hyun Gug
    • Journal of Korean Ophthalmic Optics Society
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    • v.14 no.4
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    • pp.59-63
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    • 2009
  • Purpose: This study was designed to compare the relative accommodation, the accommodative facility, and the addition whose 40's initial presbyopia divided into five occupations (driver, official worker, housewife, field worker, teacher). Methods: We measured the values of near point convergence (NPC), positive relative accommodation (PRA), negative relative accommodation (NRA), accommodative facility, and addition. Results: Official worker group had lower PRA, higher NRA, and lower accommodative facility compared with them of the other groups. The average of addition was as follows: official worker > driver > field worker > housewife > teacher. Conclusions: Because the difference of working environment based on occupation affects the accommodative functions and addition, it is important to consider the patient's occupation when opticians measure the addition for near vision of initial presbyopia.

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Application of the Fuzzy Set Theory to Analysis of Accident Progression Event Trees with Phenomenological Uncertainty Issues (현상학적 불확실성 인자를 가진 사고진행사건수목의 분석을 위한 퍼지 집합이론의 응용)

  • Ahn, Kwang-Il;Chun, Moon-Hyun
    • Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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    • v.23 no.3
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    • pp.285-298
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    • 1991
  • An example application of the fuzzy set theory is first made to a simple portion of a given accident progression event tree with typical qualitative fuzzy input data, and thereby computational algorithms suitable for application of the fuzzy set theory to the accident progression event tree analysis are identified and illustrated with example applications. Then the procedure used in the simple example is extended to extremely complex accident progression event trees with a number of phenomenological uncertainty issues, i.e., a typical plant damage state‘SEC’of the Zion Nuclear Power Plant risk assessment. The results show that the fuzzy averages of the fuzzy outcomes are very close to the mean values obtained by current methods. The main purpose of this paper is to provide a formal procedure for application of the fuzzy set theory to accident progression event trees with imprecise and qualitative branch probabilities and/or with a number of phenomenological uncertainty issues.

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Short- and Long-term Effects of Potassium on Renin-Aldosterone System in Hypertensive Rats Fed with Different Amounts of Sodium

  • Kim, Sook-Young;Yang, Eun-Kyung;Park, Jae-Sik;Lee, Won-Jung;Kim, Suhn-Hee
    • The Korean Journal of Physiology
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    • v.25 no.1
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    • pp.69-79
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    • 1991
  • To evaluate the acute and chronic effects of potassium on aldosterone response to different amounts of sodium intake, two series of experiments were conducted. In the first series of experiments, when the plasma K level was increased acutely by KCI infusion $(20\;{\mu}g/kg/min\;for\;20 min)$, plasma aldosterone concentration increased in both low Na and high Na groups. However, the aldosterone response to K infusion was significantly greater in the low Na than in the high Na groups. In the second series of experiments, rats fed a high K diet chronically showed a significantly higher plasma K level than those fed a low K diet. However, plasma Na level was maintained relatively constant independent of the Na intake. Both the plasma renin activity (PRA) and aldosterone levels were inversely related to the Na intake. There was a highly positive correlation between aldosterone level and PRA over a wide range of sodium intakes. However, the slope of the correlation line was distinctly steeper in the K-repleted than in the K-depleted rats. The above results indicate that the adrenotropic action of acute K load was augmented in the presence of high plasma renin levels. However, when plasna K level was elevated chronically by a high-K diet, aldosterone secretion was markedly stimulated, although the plasma lenin levels were suppressed.

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Vehicular Collision Risk Assessment on the Highway Bridges in South Korea (국내 고속도로 교량의 차량 충돌 위험도 평가)

  • Min, Geun-Hyung;Kim, Woo-Seok;Cho, Jun-Sang;Gil, Heung-Bae
    • Journal of the Korea institute for structural maintenance and inspection
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    • v.20 no.5
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    • pp.9-17
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    • 2016
  • Vehicle collision to bridges has been known as one of the causes of bridge collapse, and the emergency plans and disaster management has been recently emphasized to secure public safety. This study conducted risk assessment of vehicular collision to bridges for highway bridges in Korea. Risk assessment consists of three steps; preliminary risk analysis(PRA), simplified risk analysis(SRA) and detailed risk analysis(DRA). The PRA firstly screens out the possibility of occurrence of the event. The SRA identifies influencial factors to risk of the event and evaluates risk scores to determine risk levels and necessity of DRA that investigates the risk of the bridge in detail. This study focuses on the methodology of the risk assessment, especially the SRA, and the stratification methods which evaluate risk levels of vehicular collision. The analysis results were compared to the reported vehicular collision accidents. The proposed method can be utilized in similar disaster management area.

Effects of Abdominal Drawing-in Maneuver With Light Load at Sitting on Transverse Abdominis Contraction in Participants With and Without Low Back Pain (앉은 자세에서 가벼운 부하를 들고 수행하는 복부드로잉 운동이 요통대상자와 건강인의 배가로근 수축에 미치는 영향)

  • Jong-Im Won
    • PNF and Movement
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    • v.21 no.2
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    • pp.243-253
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    • 2023
  • Purpose: This study aimed to investigate the effects of an abdominal drawing-in maneuver (ADIM) with a light load while sitting on transverse abdominis contraction in subjects with and without low back pain. Methods: In this study, 20 participants with chronic low back pain and 20 controls participated. Ultrasonography was used to assess the thickness of the external oblique (EO), internal oblique (IO), and transversus abdominis (TrA) muscles. Muscle thickness was measured at rest and during ADIM in three different sitting postures: (1) just sitting, (2) sitting loaded position (holding a 1 or 2 kg dumbbell in each hand), and (3) sitting loaded shoulder flexion position (holding a 1 or 2 kg dumbbell in each hand). Results: The contraction ratio (CR) and preferential activation ratio (PAR) of the TrA during ADIM had no significant interactional effect between the group and the sitting postures. However, the CR and PRA of the TrA during the ADIM showed significant differences among the three different sitting postures. The CR of the TrA during the ADIM in the sitting loaded shoulder flexion position was significantly increased compared to that in the sitting position (p<0.05). Moreover, the PRA of the TrA muscle during ADIM in sitting loaded and sitting loaded shoulder flexion positions was significantly higher than that in the sitting position (p<0.05). Conclusion: The findings suggest that ADIM in the sitting-loaded shoulder flexion position should be implemented to facilitate TrA activity.

Analysis of Binocular Abnormality by Eyeball Motion in Ametropia (비정시의 안구운동에 의한 양안시 이상 분석)

  • Seong, Jeong-Sub
    • Journal of Korean Ophthalmic Optics Society
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    • v.10 no.3
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    • pp.205-213
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    • 2005
  • To evaluate the reliability of binocular vision measurements by phorometry. 90 students volunteered to participate in this study. 25 subjects were males, and 65 were females, they ranged in ages from 21 to 30 years. All subjects had normal ocular and systematic health, and all of them had at least 1.0 visual acuity with their best correction. At negative relative convergence(NRC) measurement in distance, the percentage of subjects is included in expected value(blur point/break point/recovery point) was 78%/61%/67%, divergence excess(DE) was 9%/31%/33%, and divergence insufficience(DI) was 13%/8%/9%, respectively. And positive relative convergence(PRC) measurement, includes expected value was 20%/46%/39%, convergence excess(CE) was 22%/14%/16%, and convergence insufficience(CI) was 35%/40%/45%. AC/A ratios of 42 subjects were normal. 38 were low, and the rest of them high. A low AC/A ratio is usually the result of a small vergence response in relation to accommodation. Negative relative convergence(NRC) at near, includes expected value was 26%/29%/44%, divergence excess(DE) was 61%/33%/24%, and divergence insufficience(DI) was 3%/38%/32%. And PRC at near, includes expected value was 33%/40%/31%, convergence excess(CE) was 61%/23%/42%, and convergence insufficience(CI) was 6%/37%/27%. For the near point of convergence(NPC) test, 58% of their subjects had a break of ${\leq}8cm$ with the accommodative target. In case of NRA(PRA) measurement, the expected value was 41%(33%). Accommodative insufficiency (AI) was 33%(43%), and accommodative excess(AE) was 26%(24%), respectively. AE was related to respectively low values of NRA. AI and CE are associated with high value of NRA, and the dysfunction of convergence excess combined with AE was related to a normal-high values of NRA. PRA in AI was related to a low value, wheres the dysfunction are associated with high values of PRA.

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The Influence of Accommodation on Watching Home 3D TV at Close Distance (가정용 3D TV의 근거리 시청이 조절기능에 미치는 영향)

  • Kim, Jung-Ho;Hwang, Hae-Young;Kang, Ji-Hun;Yu, Dong-Sik;Kim, Jae-Do;Son, Jeong-Sik
    • Journal of Korean Ophthalmic Optics Society
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    • v.18 no.2
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    • pp.157-163
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    • 2013
  • Purpose: This study was investigated weather watching 2D and 3D images effecting on accommodative function (AF), and differences between changes of AF by 2D and 3D. Methods: 50 subjects (male 30, female 20) aged 20's to 40's years old ($22.9{\pm}3.93$ years) who are available to watching 3D images were participated for this study. Accommodative amplitude (AA) by near point of accommodation (NPA), accommodative response (AR), positive and negative relative accommodation (PRA, NRA), accommodative facility (AF) were measured before, after watching 2D and 3D images at 1 m distance for 30 minutes respectively. Results: Accommodative amplitude after both watching 2D and 3D images decreased comparing to before watching images, and AA after watching 3D images was significantly lower than after watching 2D images. AR after both watching 2D and 3D images increased comparing to before watching images, but there was no difference between 2D and 3D. PRA and NRA were not significantly different between before, after watching 2D and 3D images. Accommodation speed by AF was increased for before watching ($13.52{\pm}3.32$ cpm) following by for after watching 2D images ($14.28{\pm}3.21$ cpm) and for watching 3D images ($14.90{\pm}3.27$ cpm). Conclusions: Watching images at close distance is effect to accommodation functions, and sequence of AA decrease of before watching images following by after watching 2D images and after watching 3D images may effect to asthenopia with same sequence as AA decrease. The results of increase of AF after watching images, specially 3D images show a possibility of vision therapy and further detail VT studies using 3D images are required in the future.