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마코프 모델을 이용한 원전 비상 통신 시스템 성능 분석 (Performance Analysis of Emergency Communication System of Nuclear Power Plant using Markov Model)

  • 손광섭
    • 전자공학회논문지
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    • 제51권3호
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    • pp.10-21
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    • 2014
  • 후쿠시마 원전사고는 자연재해에 의한 중대사고 발생 시 전원공급 중단 및 극한 환경으로 인해 발전소 내부 상황을 정확하게 파악하지 못하였고, 대부분의 계측제어시스템이 그 기능을 제대로 발휘하지 못해 비상냉각기능이 상실되어 수소폭발 및 다량의 방사능이 누출된 사고였다. 본 논문에서는 중대사고 발생 시에도 발전소 내부 상황을 감시하고, 적절히 제어할 수 있는 비상대응시스템에 대하여 소개하고, 비상대응시스템에 사용되는 무선통신망의 성능요구사항에 대해서 논의하고, 요구사항을 만족시킬 수 있는 비상통신망의 성능을 마코프 모델을 이용하여 분석하였다.

The Role of Garden Plants in Modern Culture - Focusing Japanese Garden Plants -

  • Koshio, Kaihei;Kim, Tae-Soon;Shin, Jeong-Hwa;Song, Won-Seob;Boo, Hee-Ock
    • 한국자원식물학회지
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    • 제24권3호
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    • pp.330-336
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    • 2011
  • The recent disaster of earthquake and tsunami on March 11, 2011 severely attacked East Japanese cities and people, and in addition, the accident of nuclear power station will inevitably damage the agricultural activities there. The economical depression influences on the horticulture and floriculture industry as well, through the reluctant consumption all over the country. Such a situation reflects a conventional perception that the garden plants or ornamental plants have been regarded as a symbol of capitalism, representing the success, luxury, beauty or other metaphors indicating the winners of business war. But as the word "culture" means "cultivation" originally, horti "culture" or flori "culture" should have played some roles in cultivating lands as well as cultivation of human minds, leading to develop a modern "culture" which may lay emphases on personality, originality, partnership, cooperation, diversity and so forth. In this article, a brief history of garden plants in Japan, as well as some current movements in Japanese horticulture and floriculture, is reviewed with some commodities which possess messages on creating a new humane culture.

A Model of Wireless Paging System Based on Context Aware Computing on Ubiquitous Environment

  • Han, Kook-Hee
    • 한국산업정보학회논문지
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    • 제11권5호
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    • pp.141-149
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    • 2006
  • Ubiquitous computing environment means the computing environment that has taken its position so closely with the ordinary living so much like air or water. In building up the U-Korea, one of the important issues is the social issue from the drasticincrease of senior population. The contemporary society has its distinct trend in increase of senior household following the nuclear family orientation, increase of working parents with the advancement of women in society, unable to support seniors for long distance or short distance of business trip and other reasons that the need of senior welfare has been ever more felt. Accordingly, the Ministry of Government Affairs and Home Administration has developed the wireless paging system to make prompt response system for 119 Rescue when the single senior is encountered with emergency situation that is has been widely provided for the socially neglected people such as single senior, the disabled persons and others. Currently, the wireless paging system is operated as the sub-system for emergency rescue informationsystem, but due to the lack of reliability of product, problems of terminal portable transmitter, receptor and others, rejection of beneficiary and lack of knowledge in use, insufficient management and supervision of managing officers, the efficiency has been declined that there is a need of development for the system. Therefore, this study proposes the context aware information structure of the subject of ubiquitous wireless paging system required forthe development of the wireless paging system model of ubiquitous environment that improved the problems of currently operated wireless paging system.

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영상전류 측정을 이용한 부재수용가의 전기설비에 대한 안전확보 방안 (A Plan to Ensure Safety of Electrical Installation in Empty Houses by Measuring Zero Phase Current)

  • 임용배;배석명;김영석;박치현;김기현;조성원
    • 전기학회논문지P
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    • 제55권4호
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    • pp.196-201
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    • 2006
  • A electrical fault that may generate an electrical disaster is defined as any abnormal condition caused by reduction in the insulation strength. To find out the abnormal condition, periodical inspections have being performed every 3 years. Recently, the number of empty houses during normal working hours is rising by dramatic increase in the number of nuclear families and double income families. To define the potential risk of the electric installation, measurement of zero phase current has been being considered. But the measured value could not be adapted to an absolute reference to the installation because the measured zero phase current value also contained capacitive leakage current. Therefore, in this paper, the correlation between the condition of the electrical installation and the zero phase current was analyzed. The result focuses on to detect them in a cost efficient way.

Educational Program for Radiation Emergency Medicine at the Hirosaki University Graduate School of Health Sciences: A Training Course for Medical Personnel

  • Saito, Yoko;Nakamura, Toshiya;Urushizaka, Mayumi;Kitajima, Yu;Itaki, Chieko;Terashima, Shingo;Hosokawa, Yoichiro
    • Journal of Radiation Protection and Research
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    • 제41권4호
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    • pp.436-441
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    • 2016
  • Background: Although nuclear disaster is considered rare, its effects are serious, and we must prepare a system to enable an effective response. Materials and Methods: Since 2010, we have been offering a two-day seminar to provide current nurses and radiological technologists with basic knowledge and train them in radiation emergency medicine (REM) techniques. This training offers lectures to deepen each specialty from the perspective of REM, as well as exercises on ways to handle irradiated and/or contaminated patients. Participants were expected to treat patients according to the concept of REM. Results and Discussion: All participants learn to assess and decontaminate contaminated wounds through drills. The questionnaire survey for participants indicated that participants were satisfied with this training and wanted to attend again. Conclusion: We believe that this training course will provide a valuable opportunity for medical professionals to gain knowledge and expertise in REM.

Removal of Flooding in a PEM Fuel Cell at Cathode by Flexural Wave

  • Byun, Sun-Joon;Kwak, Dong-Kurl
    • Journal of Electrochemical Science and Technology
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    • 제10권2호
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    • pp.104-114
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    • 2019
  • Energy is an essential driving force for modern society. In particular, electricity has become the standard source of power for almost every aspect of life. Electric power runs lights, televisions, cell phones, laptops, etc. However, it has become apparent that the current methods of producing this most valuable commodity combustion of fossil fuels are of limited supply and has become detrimental for the Earth's environment. It is also self-evident, given the fact that these resources are non-renewable, that these sources of energy will eventually run out. One of the most promising alternatives to the burning of fossil fuel in the production of electric power is the proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cell. The PEM fuel cell is environmentally friendly and achieves much higher efficiencies than a combustion engine. Water management is an important issue of PEM fuel cell operation. Water is the product of the electrochemical reactions inside fuel cell. If liquid water accumulation becomes excessive in a fuel cell, water columns will clog the gas flow channel. This condition is referred to as flooding. A number of researchers have examined the water removal methods in order to improve the performance. In this paper, a new water removal method that investigates the use of vibro-acoustic methods is presented. Piezo-actuators are devices to generate the flexural wave and are attached at end of a cathode bipolar plate. The "flexural wave" is used to impart energy to resting droplets and thus cause movement of the droplets in the direction of the traveling wave.

Evaluation of the relationship between maximum tsunami heights and fault parameters in Korea

  • Song, Min-Jong;Kim, Chang Hee;Cho, Yong-Sik
    • 한국수자원학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 한국수자원학회 2022년도 학술발표회
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    • pp.275-275
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    • 2022
  • Tsunamis triggered by undersea earthquakes have the characteristic of longer wavelengths and can propagate a very long distance. Although the occurrence frequency of tsunami is low, it can cause casualties and properties. Historically, tsunamis that occurred on the western coast of Japan attacked the eastern coast of the Korean Peninsula and damaged the property and the loss of human life in 1983 and 1993. By tsunami in 1983 especially, 2 people were killed, and more than 200 casualties occurred. In addition, it caused 2 million dollars in property damage at Imwon Port. In 2011, The eastern cities of Japan: Iwate, Miyagi, Ibaraki, and Fukushima were damaged by a tsunami that occurred near onshore along the Pacific ocean and caused more than 300 billion dollars in property damage, and 20,000 casualties occurred. Moreover, those provoked nuclear power plant meltdown at Fukushima. In this study, it was carried out a relationship between maximum tsunami heights and fault parameters of earthquake: strike angle, dip angle, and slip angle at Imwon port. Those fault parameters are known that it does not relate to the magnitude of earthquake directly. Virtual tsunamis, which could be triggered by probable undersea earthquakes in the future, were investigated and mutual information based on probability and information theory was introduced to figure out the relationship between maximum tsunami height and fault parameters. Fault parameters were evaluated according to the strong relationship with maximum tsunami heights finally.

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가속열화에 따른 비안전등급 케이블의 독성특성에 관한 실험적 연구 (Experimental Study on the Toxicity Characteristics of Non-Class 1E Cables according to Accelerated Deterioration)

  • 장은희;김민호;이민철;이상규;문영섭
    • 한국화재소방학회논문지
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    • 제33권6호
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    • pp.105-113
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    • 2019
  • 본 연구에서는 원자력발전소용 비안전등급케이블 2종(보안상 A사, B사로 지칭키로 함)을 대상으로 가속열화 기간에 따른 독성 특성을 분석하였다. NES 713 시험장비 및 규격에 의거하여 비노화, 20년, 40년으로 가속열화한 케이블에 대해 피복재 및 절연재로 구분하여 시험하였다. 시험결과 20년, 40년 가속열화 케이블의 독성지수가 비노화 케이블의 독성지수보다 높았으며 A, B사 케이블 공통적으로 20년 가속열화 케이블에서의 독성지수가 높게 산출되었다. 이는 급증한 일산화탄소의 방출량과 더불어 염화수소와 브롬화수소의 할로겐계 가스 방출량이 높은 것이 주된 원인으로 파악되었다. 또한, 피복재와 절연재를 구분하여 분석 시 A, B사 케이블 일부 피복재의 독성지수가 높게 나타났다. 또한, 피복재와 절연재의 독성지수를 구체적으로 분석하고자 미국 국방성 규격인 MIL-DTL을 적용하여 독성지수 허용치 초과 여부를 판단하였으며, 이 중 절연재의 경우 상당량 초과하여 방출되는 결과를 보였다.

후쿠시마 원자력 재해 이후 수산물의 방사능 측정 및 설문 조사 (Effects of the Questionnaire and Radioactivity Measurement of Fishery from the Fukushima Nuclear Disaster)

  • 김명준;강석민;권대철
    • 한국방사선학회논문지
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    • 제10권1호
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    • pp.53-58
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    • 2016
  • 2011년 3월11일 후쿠시마 원전사고가 발생한 후 현재 4년이 지난 지금까지도 소비자들에 대한 불안감이 남아있는 상태이다. 현재까지 계속하여 국 내외 수산물에 대한 불안감 해소를 목적으로 계속 연구를 진행해왔다. 원산지에 따른 수산물의 방사능을 측정하였고, 2015년에는 여러 참고 문헌을 통해 조사하여 영향력이 어느 정도인지 추가적으로 데이터를 얻어 연구를 수행하였다. 수산물에 대한 소비자와 판매자 모두의 생각을 알아 보기 위해 소비자용과 판매자용 설문지를 만들어 직접 설문조사를 하여 통계를 작성하였으며, 2014년에 PM1405 기기를 사용하여 원산지(대만산, 중국산, 러시아산)에 따른 여러 종의 수산물 동태, 고등어, 병어, 갈치, 꽁치, 새우, 오징어의 방사능 측정값을 조사하였다. $0.043{\sim}0.073{\mu}Sv/h$ 측정되었다. 판매자 설문조사에서는 수산물판매에 영향(90%)을 미쳤고, 소비자는 수산물이 안전하지 않고(90%), 방사능 오염 매우 많음(28%)과 거의 아님(72%)으로 양극화가 나타났다. 수산물들의 방사능 안정성에 대한 연구를 통해 수산물의 방사능 수치를 비교한 결과 ICRP에서 권고한 1인당 선량 기준값(1 mSv/y) 이하로 측정되었다.

국내발전소 소방안전관리 운영실태조사 및 개선방안에 관한 연구 (A Study of the Improvement Plan and Real Condition Estimation of Fire Protection Safety Management for Power Plants in Korea)

  • 강길수;최재욱
    • 한국화재소방학회논문지
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    • 제31권2호
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    • pp.61-73
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    • 2017
  • 2011년 후쿠시마 원전참사나 2001년 캘리포니아 정전사태 등은 전력관련 대형재난사고로 국가적인 막대한 손실을 가져온 발전소 안전관리의 중요성을 재조명하는 사례로 손꼽고 있다. 인간이 지구상에 살고 있는 한 전기가 없이 살 수 없는 상황에서 원자력, 석탄 및 가스 등 대용량의 위험물질을 연료로 전기를 생산하는 발전소가 안전관리의 소홀로 인한 화재폭발사고나 방사능누출, 최근 이슈가 되고 있는 지진 등 자연재해로부터 국민의 생명과 재산손실예방 및 안정적 경제성장을 위해서도 체계적인 소방안전관리의 강화노력은 절대적으로 필요하다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 국내 전력공급을 책임지고 있는 한국남부발전 등 5개 발전사 및 한수원의 소방안전관계자를 대상으로 발전소 소방안전관리 운영실태를 조사하여 분석을 수행하였으며, 그 결과, 체계적인 발전소 소방안전관리를 위해서는 소방안전경영시스템의 구축을 바탕으로 소방담당자를 위한 실효적인 업무매뉴얼 및 관리시스템의 개발과 소방안전교육의 내실화 및 지진에 대비한 내진설계의 강화를 개선방안으로 도출하였다.