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Containment Evaluation of the KN-12 Transport Cask

  • Chung, Sung-Hwan;Choi, Byung-Il;Lee, Heung-Young;Song, Myung-Jae
    • Journal of Radiation Protection and Research
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    • v.28 no.4
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    • pp.291-298
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    • 2003
  • The KN-12 transport cask has been designed to transport 12 PWR spent nuclear fuel assemblies and to comply with the regulatory requirements for a Type B(U) package. The containment boundary of the cask is defined by a cask body, a cask lid, lid bolts with nuts, O-ring seals and a bolted closure lid. The containment vessel for the cask consists of a forged thick-walled carbon steel cylindrical body with an integrally-welded carbon steel bottom and is closed by a lid made of stainless steel, which is fastened to the cask body by lid bolts with nuts and sealed by double elastomer O-rings. In the cask lid an opening is closed by a plug with an O-ring seal and covered by the bolted closure lid sealed with an O-ring. The cask must maintain a radioactivity release rate of not more than the regulatory limit for normal transport conditions and for hypothetical accident conditions, as required by the related regulations. The containment requirements of the cask are satisfied by maintaining a maximum air reference leak rate of $2.7{\times}10^{-4}ref.cm^3s^{-1}$ or a helium leak rate of $3.3{\times}10^{-4}cm^3s^{-1}$ for normal transport conditions and for hypothetical accident conditions.

Urban middle-aged housewives도 decision-making and their family life satisfaction in ecological approach (생태학적 관점에서 본 도시 중년기 주부의 의사결정 및 가정생활만족)

  • 이정우;정진희
    • Journal of Family Resource Management and Policy Review
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    • v.2 no.2
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    • pp.53-65
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    • 1998
  • This study was designed to examine the decision-making and family life satisfaction of the urban middle-aged housewives from the ecological perspective. The main purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of ecological enviornment variables(ie, natural physical-biological environment·social-cultural environment·human-built environment) and their dicision-making on their family life satisfaction. Also, it is to provide some fundamental information that helps to elevate the family life satisfaction of the unban middle-aged housewives. The subjects of this study were 305 housewives living in Seoul and Inchon area, whose age was from 40 to 59. The significant results were as follows: 1) Their decision-making was affected by the following variables in the order of health condition, fate-control orientation, husband’s support, monthly family income and the perception of the adequacy of household income. 2) The ecological environment variables which had an influence on family life satisfaction were the perception of the adequacy of household income, husband’s support, fate-control orientation, health condition and educational level. 3) From the regression analysis, the model was found to be highly significant, accounting for 44% of the variance. Thus, husband’s support was the strongest predictor variable.

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SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS ABOUT THE METHODS OF UTILIZING THE HIGH RESOLUTION CLIMATE MODEL SIMULATION FOR KOREAN WATER RESOURCES PLANNING (I) : THEORETICAL METHODS AND FORMULATIONS

  • Jeong, Chang-Sam;Lee, Sang-Jin;Ko, Ick-Hwan;Heo, Jun-Haeng;Bae, Deg-Hyo
    • Water Engineering Research
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    • v.6 no.2
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    • pp.63-71
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    • 2005
  • Nowadays Climate disasters are frequently happening due to occasional occurrences of EI Nino and La Nina events and among them, water shortage is one of the serious problems. To cope with this problem, climate model simulations can give very helpful information. To utilize the climate model for enhancing the water resources planning techniques, probabilistic measures of the effectiveness of global climate model (GCM) simulations of an indicator variable for discriminating high versus low regional observations of a target variable are proposed in this study. The objective of this study is to present the various analysis methods to find the suitable application methods of GCM information for Korean water resources planning. The basic formulation uses the significance probability of the Kolmogorov-Smirnov test for detecting differences between two variables. The various methods for adopting correct association, changing the window size, discrimination condition, and the use of temporally down scaled data were proposed to find out the suitable way for Korean water resources planning.

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SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS ABOUT THE METHODS OF UTILIZING THE HIGH RESOLUTION CLIMATE MODEL SIMULATION FOR KOREAN WATER RESOURCES PLANNING (II) : NUMERICAL EXPERIMENTS

  • Jeong, Chang-Sam;Hwang, Man-Ha;Ko, Ick-Hwan;Heo, Jun-Haeng;Bae, Deg-Hyo
    • Water Engineering Research
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    • v.6 no.2
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    • pp.73-89
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    • 2005
  • Two kinds of high resolution GCMs with the same spatial resolutions but with different schemes run by domestic and foreign agencies are used to clarify the usefulness and sensitivity of GCM for water resources applications for Korea. One is AMIP-II (Atmospheric Model Intercomparison Project-II) type GCM simulation results done by ECMWF (European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts) and the other one is AMIP-I type GCM simulation results done by METRI (Korean Meteorological Research Institute). Observed mean areal precipitation, temperature, and discharge values on 7 major river basins were used for target variables. Monte Carlo simulation was used to establish the significance of the estimator values. Sensitivity analyses were done in accordance with the proposed ways. Through the various tests, discrimination condition is sensitive for the distribution of the data. Window size is sensitive for the data variation and the area of the basins. Discrimination abilities of each nodal value affects on the correct association. In addition to theses sensitivity analyses results, we also noticed some characteristics of each GCM. For Korean water resources, monthly and small window setting analyses are recommended using GCMs.

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High School Students' Perceptions of Environmental Change (환경 변화에 대한 고등학생들의 인식)

  • Kim, Yun-Ji
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Earth Science Education
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    • v.7 no.2
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    • pp.151-158
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    • 2014
  • This study was designed to analyze fifty-seven high school students' perception of environmental change through drawing. More than half of the students showed the present environment as a pure natural space, and they represented the future environment as a space which includes the artificial contents, they also expressed technology advance in their picture. Most of high school students showed the negative perception to express the present environmental condition in a polluted space by human. In matters of the future environmental condition, half of students expressed it positively, the other half of students expressed it negatively, we should develop our will to improve the environment, and try to change student's preception positively.

A Study on the Environment Planning of Exhibition Space for Conservation of Collection in a Museum (박물관자료의 보존을 위한 전시공간 환경계획에 관한 연구)

  • Jung, Sung-Wook
    • Korean Institute of Interior Design Journal
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    • v.17 no.2
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    • pp.91-101
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    • 2008
  • The purpose of this study is to suggest the design guidelines of exhibition space for conservation of collection in a museum. With the purpose of this study, examined the concept and a condition of conservation which is focused on deterioration in a exhibition space, investigated the actual condition of total 42 facilities and analyzed the specific instance which is excellent by factor of environment plan. Hereupon, the results of this study are as follows. First, exhibition space should be equipped with sufficient 'Filtering Space' before the outdoor and located central territory in a museum facility. Second, exhibition space should be partition off an area into the quality of collection, and then controlled by each of them. Third, in consideration of the annual air fluctuation of our country, the database which is adaptable for setting up the standard of temperature and RH must be prepared. Fourth, it is necessary to establish a 'Reference Exhibition Room' which is formed cellular type and a 'Garnering Exhibition Center'. Fifth, for the prevention of deterioration which is generated in exhibition space, the showcase must be high air-tight. Sixth, it is necessary to reduce a inside space of high air-tight showcase. Seventh, art-sorb is suitable for control the organic matter of collection and a except of fiber optics is not suitable for lighting of showcase. Eighth, wall-type showcase should be have air-chamber which is formed like museum storage and run over 8 hours a day.

A Land Capability Analysis in Kyungsan, Korea Using Geographic Information System (지리정보시스템(GIS)을 이용한 경산시의 토지잠재력 분석)

  • 오정학;정성관
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Landscape Architecture
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    • v.26 no.3
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    • pp.34-44
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    • 1998
  • The purpose of this study is to provide the basic data for land use in the future, which result from analyzing land use, obtained after studying on the natural environment by Geographic Information System and Remote Sensing. The results of this study are as follows : ·According to the classification of land-cover, agricultural land use is relatively prominent except for overall natural covering. According to the average value of Green Vegetation Index class, the average value of GVI is 3.0, and 45% of the regions have relatively good condition of floral state. ·With a view to natural environment, the survey shows that the altitude of 90% of the total areas is below 400m, and most of them are flattened or moderately-inclined area. Therefore, this region has a good condition to be used for development. · The area for the first class in preservation degree of natural scenery of Namcheon-Myun is 2.3% of the total areas. According to the results about unstable areas on all sides, unstable districs are distributed in so small-scale units that they will be safe from some damages drawn by developing activity. But we have to consider every aspects for the future development of them. In this study, the natural environment-variables are regarded firstly, and effective designation of the land with natural environment is researched too. However, to establish more practical developing plan, ecological and human variables should be regarded.

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Comparison of characteristics during backward walking according to various stride frequencies in underwater and ground environments

  • Kim, Heejoong;Chung, Yijung
    • Physical Therapy Rehabilitation Science
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    • v.7 no.2
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    • pp.83-87
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    • 2018
  • Objective: The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between heart rate (HR), self-awareness of exercise intensity (rating of perceived exertion, RPE), and 5-meter walk test (5MWT) of persons affected by stroke during backward walking according to the preferred stride frequency (PSF), PSF+3 and PSF+6 conditions. Design: Cross-sectional study. Methods: A total of 11 persons with stroke (9 males, 2 females) participated voluntarily. All patients underwent backward walking under the PSF, PSF+3, and PSF+6 conditions in underwater and ground environments, and each condition was performed for 5 minutes. The HR, RPE, and walking speeds were measured during walking, and the measured values from underwater and ground environments were compared. Results: The HR and RPE in the ground environment were significantly increased (p<0.05), and although the 5MWT showed an increase in speed, it was not significant. The HR and RPE in the underwater environment were also significantly increased (p<0.05), however, although the 5MWT results was increased, it was not significant. The HR and RPE were significantly increased in the PSF+6 condition (p<0.05). Conclusions: The results of this study showed that backward gait training underwater can provide an appropriate exercise intensity for stroke survivors and suggests that exercises performed in an underwater environment is more effective compared to the ground environment.

Analysis of Housing Environment in Semi Basement Multi-family Housing Units - Focuses on long-term analyzed measurements of temperature and humidity obtained from the housing units - (다가구 주택 반지하세대의 주거환경 분석 - 장기 온·습도 모니터링 분석을 통한 실측결과를 중심으로 -)

  • Jang, Kun-Young;Ryu, Dong-Woo
    • Journal of the Architectural Institute of Korea Structure & Construction
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    • v.34 no.2
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    • pp.83-90
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    • 2018
  • This study was conducted to investigate the living environment of semi-basement housing units in multi-household houses. It analyzed measurements of temperature and humidity obtained from the housing units. For this study, temperature and humidity sensors were installed in 10 semi-basement housing units to measure interior temperature and humidity for 13 months. A survey was conducted to get information about the occurrence of dew condensation and mildew and to investigate residents' satisfaction level with the residential environment. According to the result, all the housing units under study had dew condensation and mildew. The average summer temperature of the 10 housing units was $27.84^{\circ}C$, and average humidity was 64.91%RH, while the average winter temperature was $20.6^{\circ}C$, and the average humidity was 40.12%RH. Depending on the condition of each housing unit, deviation was big. Residents' average level of satisfaction with the living condition was 2.03 which shows a low satisfaction (on a scale of 1-5 with 5 being completely satisfied.).