• Journal of Radiation Protection and Research
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• 제42권2호
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• pp.98-105
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• 2017

Background: By examining the safety issues involved in on-site training sessions conducted at specialized vocational high schools, and by analyzing the effects of non-destructive testing (NDT) safety training, this study aims to contribute to ensuring the general safety of high school students. Materials and Methods: Students who expressed an interest in participation were surveyed regarding current NDT training practices, as well as NDT safety training. A total of 361 students from 4 schools participated in this study; 37.7% (136 students) were from the Seoul metropolitan area and 62.3% (225 students) were from other areas. Results and Discussion: Of the respondents, 2.2% (8 students) reported having engaged in NDT. As a result of safety training, statistically significant improvements were observed in most areas, except for individuals with previous NDT experience. The areas of improvement included safety awareness, acquisition of knowledge, subjective knowledge levels, objective knowledge levels, and adjustments to existing personal attitudes. Conclusion: Even at absolutely necessary observation-only training sessions, it is crucial that sufficient safety training and additional safety measures be adequately provided.

• Journal of Radiation Protection and Research
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• 제49권2호
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• pp.68-77
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• 2024

Background: Cone beam computed tomography (CBCT) is essential for correcting and verifying patient position before radiation therapy. However, it poses additional radiation exposure during CBCT scans. Therefore, this study aimed to evaluate radiological safety for the human body through dose assessment for CBCT. Materials and Methods: For CBCT dose assessment, the depth dose was evaluated using a cheese phantom, and the dose in the orbital area was evaluated using a human body phantom self-fabricated with a three-dimensional printer. Results and Discussion: The evaluation of radiation doses revealed maximum doses of 14.14 mGy and minimum doses of 6.12 mGy for pelvic imaging conditions. For chest imaging conditions, the maximum doses were 4.82 mGy, and the minimum doses were 2.35 mGy. Head imaging conditions showed maximum doses of 1.46 mGy and minimum doses of 0.39 mGy. The eyeball doses using a human body phantom model averaged at 2.11 mGy on the left and 2.19 mGy on the right. The depth dose ranged between 0.39 mGy and 14.14 mGy, depending on the change in depth for each imaging mode, and the average dose in the orbit area using a human body phantom was 2.15 mGy. Conclusion: Based on the experimental results, CBCT did not significantly affect the radiation dose. However, it is important to maintain a minimal radiation dose to optimize radiation protection following the as low as reasonable achievable principle.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제56권6호
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• pp.2317-2323
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• 2024

Medical linear accelerators with an energy of 8 MV or higher are radiated owing to photonuclear reactions and neutron capture reactions. It is necessary to quantitatively evaluate the concentration of radioactive isotopes when replacing or disposing them. HPGe detectors are commonly used to identify isotopes and measure radioactivity. However, because the detection efficiency is generally calibrated using a standard material with a density of 1.0 g/cm³, a self-absorption effect occurs if the density of the measured material is high. In this study, self-absorption correction factors were calculated for tungsten, lead, copper, and SUS-303, which are the main materials of medical linear accelerator head parts, for each gamma-ray energy using MCNP 6.2 code. The self-absorption effect was more pronounced as the energy of the emitted gamma rays decreased and the density of the measured materials increased. These correction factors were applied to the radioactivity measurements of the in-built and portable HPGe detectors. Furthermore, compared to the surface dose rate measured by the survey meter, the accuracy of the measurements of radioactivity improved by an average of 124.31 and 100.53 % for inbuilt and portable HPGe detectors, respectively. The results showed a good agreement, with an average difference of 3.70 and 5.24 %.

• 방사성폐기물학회지
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• 제18권spc호
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• pp.63-74
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• 2020

The operational safety assessment is an important part of a safety case for the deep geological repository of spent fuels. It consists of different stages such as the identification of initiating events, event tree analysis, fault tree analysis, and evaluation of exposure doses to the public and radiation workers. This study develops a probabilistic safety assessment method for the operational safety assessment and establishes an assessment framework. For the event and fault tree analyses, we propose the advanced information management system for probabilistic safety assessment (AIMS-PSA Manager). In addition, we propose the Radiological Safety Analysis Computer (RSAC) program to evaluate exposure doses to the public and radiation workers. Furthermore, we check the applicability of the assessment framework with respect to drop accidents of a spent fuel assembly arising out of crane failure, at the surface facility of the KRS⁺ (KAERI Reference disposal System for SNFs). The methods and tools established through this study can be used for the development of a safety case for the KRS⁺ system as well as for the design modification and the operational safety assessment of the KRS⁺ system.

• 한국방사선학회논문지
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• 제8권7호
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• pp.467-477
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• 2014

본 연구의 목적은 교육용 치과 엑스선 발생장치를 설치 및 가동 중인 전국 치위생(학)과를 대상으로 방사선 작업종사자의 방사선 안전 관리 실태를 설문 조사하고 이를 체계적으로 추이 분석하여 교육용 치과 엑스선 발생장치의 안전한 이용 기반을 확립하기 위한 기초 자료로 제공하고자 하였다. 이를 위하여 교육용 치과 엑스선 발생장치의 방사선 안전 관리와 관계되는 원자력 관계 법령 및 국내 방사선 안전성 평가 및 규제 기술 개발 현황에 대한 용역 보고서를 참고하여 포괄적인 문헌 조사를 하였으며 이를 토대로 응답자의 일반적 특성, 방사선안전관리자의 위상, 방사선 안전관리 현황과 지식 및 의식 수준에 대한 설문지를 작성하였다. 본 연구는 국내 교육기관 내 방사선안전관리자와 교육용 치과 엑스선 발생장치를 운전 가능한 학사 및 실습 조교, 전임 교원 224명을 대상으로 설문 조사를 시행하여 설문 응답 누락 및 불충분한 응답을 제외한 95부를 회수하여 분석 자료로 이용하였다. 분석 방법은 일반적 특성 및 방사선안전관리자의 위상은 빈도와 백분율을 구하였으며 방사선 안전 관리 현황과 지식 및 의식 수준은 빈도 분석과 설문 문항별 연관성 분석을 위한 ${\chi}^2$ 검정(chi-square test)과 수준간 연관성을 구하기 위한 피어슨 상관분석(Pearson correlation analysis)을 하였다. 결과적으로 교육용 치과 엑스선 발생장치의 운영은 대부분 대학 이상의 사회적 교육 수준이 높고 치위생학을 전공한 20대에서 40대의 여성이 담당하고 있었으며 남성과 비교하여 방사선 안전 관리에 대한 의식 수준이 높게 나타났으며 통계적으로 유의한 선형적 관계를 보였다(${\chi}^2$ >5, 0.1${\chi}^2$ >5, 0.3${\chi}^2$ >5, 0.3

• 대한방사선기술학회지:방사선기술과학
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• 제38권4호
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• pp.337-345
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• 2015

2011년 발생한 후쿠시마 원전 사고 이후, 국민의 방사선에 대한 관심이 급속히 증가하였으며 그에 따른 방사선의 위험성에 대한 우려 또한 증대되고 있다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 일상생활 속에서 접할 수 있는 물질의 방사선 및 환경방사선을 측정하여 그 실태를 알아봄으로써, 국민의 방사선에 대한 올바른 이해를 돕고 더불어 방사선 피폭에 대한 우려를 경감하고자 하였다. 본 연구에서는 'Captus - 3000 갑상샘 섭취율 측정장치'를 이용하여 일상생활에서 쉽게 접할 수 있는 17가지 시료들을 대상으로 방사능을 측정하였으며, 측정에는 우물형 계수기를 이용하였다. 측정한 시료로는 연탄, 표고버섯, 명태, 전지분유, 알카라인 건전지, 단추형 건전지, 표토, 아스팔트, 휘발유, 솔잎, 현무암, 흑연(석탄), 고추냉이, 천일염, 담배, 맥주, 참치(캔)으로 선정하였고 각각의 시료에 대하여 토양자원, 수자원, 식품, 기타자원으로 분류하였다. 수자원으로 선정한 맥주는 식품으로 분류하였다. 또한 우물형 계수기의 감도측정을 위하여 기준선원으로 선 선원 형태의 137Cs을 이용하였다. 우물형 계수기로 137Cs 선선원의 계수값(cpm)을 측정한 후, 각각의 시료에서 얻은 계수값과 스펙트럼을 분석하였고, 식품의 경우에는 식약처의 방사능 허용기준단위인 Bq/Kg으로 환산하여 그 안전성을 판단하였다. 실험 결과, 측정한 시료들 중 유의할 만한 시료들을 집단 A로 분류하였고, 그 외에 배후 방사능과 큰 차이를 보이지 않은 시료들을 집단 B로 분류하였다. 집단 A의 경우 배후 방사능에 비해 알카라인 건전지가 7.67 %, 단추형 건전지가 4.65 %, 아스팔트가 8.03 %, 표토가 3.76 %, 연탄이 7.46% 높은 값을 보였다. 사용된 시료들 모두에서 측정된 방사능이 생활용품의 일부와, 식품의 경우에는 식약처에서 제시한 방사능 허용기준치 이내에 들어 있음을 확인하였다.

• 대한방사선기술학회지:방사선기술과학
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• 제38권1호
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• pp.51-61
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• 2015

모든 방사선 검사는 검사를 결정하고 실행하는 과정에서 정당성이 확보되어야하고 피폭선량과 영상의 화질에 대한 최적화가 이루어져야 할 뿐만 아니라 ALARA의 원칙에 따라 최소의 방사선을 사용하여 최적의 임상 정보를 얻을 수 있어야 한다. CT 검사는 방사선 검사 중에서 많은 피폭을 환자에게 조사하는 검사이다. 특히 방사선 민감도가 높은 소아 환자의 CT 검사 있어서는 특별한 주의가 필요하다. 임상에서 CT선량에 대한 정확한 이해와 정보는 환자에게 불필요한 방사선 피폭을 줄이고 안전한 검사를 제공하기 위해 절대적으로 필요하다. 이에 본 연구에서는 여러 선행 연구의 고찰을 통하여 CT의 피폭선량에 대한 개념을 확인하고 CT장치의 선량 저감화를 위한 각 파라미터의 이해와 American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM)report 204에서 소개하고 있는 환자의 사이즈에 따른 피폭선량의 보정방법인 Size-Specific Dose Estimates(SSDE)와 XR 25의 개념을 이해하고자 한다.

• 대한안전경영과학회지
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• 제15권2호
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• pp.121-128
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• 2013

The objectives of this study were to investigate the degrees of emotional labor, the effects to organizational effectiveness and the significant factors influencing organizational effectiveness in radiation therapy professional. The subjects of this study were the radiation therapists working at the hospital in Seoul and Gyungi. The self-reported questionnaires were administered to 205 radiation therapists and the data were analyzed with SPSS 19.0 package. The level of emotional labor of single or female subjects were revealed higher than married or male. The professionalism of job has significant correlation with emotional labor. Significant explanatory variables of the degrees of emotional labor included organization culture, distress and self-leadership. These three variables demonstrated the explanatory power of 13.9% of the emotional labor. Based on the findings, emotional labor of radiation therapist was correlated with occupational professionalism. These results suggest that the intervention program intervening emotional labor should be continued to develop in order to improve the effective self-leadership, organization culture and distress factor.

• 대한방사성의약품학회지
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• 제8권2호
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• pp.77-85
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• 2022

The Td05 and Sgc8c, DNA-based aptamers, are well-known to target internalized surface markers (IGHM and PTK7) of Burkitt's lymphoma and acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). Thus, Td05 and Sgc8c labeled with metallic radioisotope ⁶⁴Cu can be evaluated as potential diagnostic PET imaging agents. In this study, we modified the carbon chain length of the last adenosine of aptamer (n = 3, 6, 12) to increase tumor cell uptake and select the best candidate among six types of aptamer analogues and one adenosine of aptamer. After labeling of ⁶⁴Cu, [⁶⁴Cu]Cu-DOTA-aptamer analogues were evaluated in vitro studies (serum stability, Log P values, cell uptake, biodistribution). Then, we evaluate in vivo PET imaging study for two candidates (⁶⁴Cu-DOTA-C12-Sgc8c, ⁶⁴Cu-DOTA-C6-Td05). PET images clearly visualize tumors at 24 h post-injection rather than at an early time point and the tumor-to-background ratio also increases at the delay time point. ⁶⁴Cu-DOTA-C12-Sgc8c and ⁶⁴Cu-DOTA-C6-Td05 could be used as potential radiotracers for lymphoma.

• 방사성폐기물학회지
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• 제18권spc호
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• pp.75-87
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• 2020

The Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute (KAERI) has developed geological repository systems for the disposal of high-level wastes and spent nuclear fuels (SNFs) in South Korea. The purpose of the most recently developed system, the improved KAERI Reference Disposal System Plus (KRS⁺), is to dispose of all SNFs in Korea with improved disposal area efficiency. In this paper, a system-level safety assessment model for the KRS⁺ is presented with long-term assessment results. A system-level model is used to evaluate the overall performance of the disposal system rather than simulating a single component. Because a repository site in Korea has yet to be selected, a conceptual model is used to describe the proposed disposal system. Some uncertain parameters are incorporated into the model for the future site selection process. These parameters include options for a fractured pathway in a geosphere, parameters for radionuclide migration, and repository design dimensions. Two types of SNF, PULS7 from a pressurized water reactor and Canada Deuterium Uranium from a heavy water reactor, were selected as a reference inventory considering the future cumulative stock of SNFs in Korea. The highest peak radiological dose to a representative public was estimated to be 8.19×10^-4 mSv·yr^-1, primarily from ¹²⁹I. The proposed KRS⁺ design is expected to have a high safety margin that is on the order of two times lower than the dose limit criterion of 0.1 mSv·yr^-1.