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Assessment of Waste Management Practices , Source - reduction Programs and Related Tasks in Elementary School Foodservice in Seoul and Kyonggi Province Areas (서울.경기지역 초등학교 급식소의 쓰레기 감량화 프로그램 및 관리업무영역 규명)

  • Ryu, Gyeong;Gwak, Dong-Gyeong;Choe, Eun-Hui
    • Journal of the Korean Dietetic Association
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    • v.7 no.4
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    • pp.410-425
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    • 2001
  • This study was designed to assess the waste management practices, source-reduction programs and related tasks in elementary school foodservice in Seoul. and Kyonggi Province Areas. A questionnaire mailed to 910 school foodservice managers in Seoul and Kyonggi province: a 202% (N=184) response rate was obtained. About 83.7% of school foodservice managers were responsible for managing solid waste. Most foodservice operations take the responsibility of food waste but not packaging wastes. The average disposal cost per month per person was about 19 won and income was about 35 won. Leftovers were mainly disposed with platewaste. Platewaste was reused for the livestook feed(68.0%), and some platewaste was composted(11.6%). Source reduction programs implemented in half of school foodservice operations were adjustment of portion size', checking the plate waste', 'working with classroom teachers on waste reduction campaign', 'providing information leaflet on food waste minimization', posting education materials, 'classroom instruction about food waste minimization', and 'improving cooking method. According to factor analysis based on importance rating. slid waste management activities of elementary school foodservice operations were divided to 7 dimensions such as communication and cooperation with others', 'employee training', 'product quality control, 'yield control', plate waste control', 'purchasing', and 'public relations'. As a result of Important-Performance Analysis(IPA), sine dimensions such as 'communication and cooperation with others' and 'plate waste control were identified in Focus Here' quardrant area which need more enhanced performance.

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A Study on the Prevention of Fire Korean in Waste Facilities

  • Jang-Oh Kim;Kyong-Jin Park
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Industry Convergence
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    • v.27 no.4_1
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    • pp.722-733
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    • 2024
  • According to the National Fire Agency, there are 1,810 waste recycling facilities, 2,094 waste treatment facilities, and 223 waste minimization facilities in Korea. Waste fires are characterized by high severity and are prone to reignition, and it is difficult to timely detect them. Waste fires consequently demand many firefighters, equipment, and time to extinguish. Notwithstanding this reality, waste is excluded from the category of special combustible materials in the Act on Installation and Management of Firefighting Systems, 2021 (the Act). Therefore, this study proposes that special combustible materials, including waste, should be incorporated into the Act, that fire detectors and photoelectric smoke detectors should be installed to enable early detection of fires, and that the use of water and foaming agents as firefighting equipment should be enforced.

Management of Metallic Radioactive Waste from Decontamination and Decommissioning of KRR 1&2 (KRR 1&2 제염$\cdot$해체에서 방사성 금속 고체폐기물의 관리)

  • 정기정;이동규;정경환;이근우;박진호
    • Proceedings of the Korean Radioactive Waste Society Conference
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    • 2003.11a
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    • pp.645-649
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    • 2003
  • The variety conditions and working situations during decontamination and decommissioning practice may cause the production of metallic wastes, which can differ in character or in quantity from the waste anticipated during D&D planning. The management of such kind of wastes involves the need to evaluate existing waste management system in order to determine how metallic wastes should be well handled and treated. In this study, the investigation of existing management practices which can be also applied to the metallic waste management, was carried. Simultaneously, assistance in selection of appropriate technologies and processes is investigated which can be used when anticipated situations occur during decontamination and decommissioning practice.

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The exfoliation of irradiated nuclear graphite by treatment with organic solvent: A proposal for its recycling

  • Capone, Mauro;Cherubini, Nadia;Cozzella, Maria Letizia;Dodaro, Alessandro;Guarcini, Tiziana
    • Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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    • v.51 no.4
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    • pp.1037-1040
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    • 2019
  • For the past 50 years, graphite has been widely used as a moderator, reflector and fuel matrix in different kinds of gas-cooled reactors. Resulting in approximately 250,000 metric tons of irradiated graphite waste. One of the most significant long-lived radioisotope from graphite reactors is carbon-14 ($^{14}C$) with a half-life of 5730 years, this makes it a huge concern for deep geologic disposal of nuclear graphite (NG). Considering the lifecycle of NG a number of waste management options have been developed, mainly focused on the achievement the radiological requirements for disposal. The existing approaches for recycling depend on the cost to be economically viable. In this new study, an affordable process to remove $^{14}C$ has been proposed using samples taken from the Nuclear Power Plant in Latina (Italy) which have been used to investigate the capability of organic and inorganic solvents in removing $^{14}C$ from exfoliated nuclear graphite, with the aim to design a practicable approach to obtain graphite for recycling or/and safety disposed as L& LLW.

Logistical Simulation for On-site Concrete Waste Management in Decommissioning

  • Lee, Eui-Taek;Kessel, David S.;Kim, Chang-Lak
    • Journal of Nuclear Fuel Cycle and Waste Technology(JNFCWT)
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    • v.17 no.4
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    • pp.389-403
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    • 2019
  • Large amounts of concrete waste are likely to arise from the decommissioning of a Kori-1 nuclear power plant. Several studies have been conducted on decommissioning concrete waste in recent decades, however, they have been limited to contaminated concrete issues or were small pilot-scale experiments. This study constructed two industrial-scale models of on-site concrete waste management for clean as well as contaminated concrete. To evaluate the performance of both the models, simulations were conducted using the Flexsim software. The concrete particle size distribution of Kori-1 and concrete processor properties based on widely used construction equipment were used as sources of input data for the simulations. It was observed that it may take over two years to complete the on-site concrete management processes owing to the performance of existing processors. In addition, it was demonstrated that it is essential to identify bottlenecks in the system and enhance the performance of the relevant processors to avoid delays of the decommissioning schedule. Our results suggest that this novel approach can contribute to developing schedules or expediting delayed activities in the Kori-1 decommissioning project.

Preliminary Analysis of Solid Waste Management System for Seoul City by a Mixed Integer Programming Model (혼합 정수 계획 모형을 활용한 서울시 폐기물 관리 시스템 예비 분석)

  • Kim, Jae-Hee;Kim, Sheung-Kown
    • Proceedings of the Korean Operations and Management Science Society Conference
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    • 2001.10a
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    • pp.72-75
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    • 2001
  • This paper presents a sophisticated mixed-integer linear programming model that may help regional decision-maker to develop long term plan of solid waste management The model revises Ni-Bin Chang(1996)'s integrated waste management models to fit Korean solid waste management system We apply this model to evaluate impact of facility sharing and coordinated operation among three self-governing districts in Seoul city Our study results indicate that facility sharing and coordinated operation among districts eliminate unnecessary landfilling and facility expansion.

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Estimation of Biochemical Degradation in Landfill Waste (사후관리단계 매립지의 생화학적 안정성 평가 연구)

  • Yoo, Kee-Young;Yi, So-Ra
    • Journal of the Korea Organic Resources Recycling Association
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    • v.9 no.1
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    • pp.109-118
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    • 2001
  • In the stage of aftercare in waste landfill management, it is very difficult to estimate the decomposition of landfill waste by excavation which damages the low permeability layer. This study developed the method to analyze the amount of landfill waste degraded bio-chemically as the types of leachate and gas, and applied the method to Nanjido landfill(NL). Application result showed that 70% of high biodegradable waste in NL was transformed to gas and leachate by 2000. Also this study suggested that the transformed portions of waste name for "Decomposition Index" at that time and the proposed method must be modified according to the biological condition of waste degradation.

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Present Condition on the Recycling and Management for Waste Acids (폐산의 재활용 현황 및 관리 방안)

  • Sim, Yeon Ju;Kim, Eui Yong
    • Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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    • v.48 no.3
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    • pp.300-303
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    • 2010
  • Environmental issues on the waste emission and its treatment are of great interest in these days. In order to resolve the pollution problems, recycling the waste materials is generally recommended. Especially, emission of waste acids in designated sources is increasing every year. In this study, we focused on the effective recycling of the waste acids rather than treatments. Management systems of the waste acids are not systematically designed, and the quality of the waste regulation on the recycling product is unclear in domestic and foreign countries. We surveyed the present conditions on domestic waste emission and recycling of waste acids. For the final analysis of the recycling products, iron chloride, iron sulfate, copper cyanide, copper oxides, and cement copper are selected as candidates. We expect that this article would help establishing the systematic management system on treating the waste acid materials.