• Journal of the Society of Disaster Information
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• v.19 no.1
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• pp.204-215
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• 2023

Purpose: In this study, it was proposed a plan to build the Continuous Preventive Audit System in the military Organization with the expectation that we will develop an efficient audit method under the rapidly changing audit and work environment in the future. Method: it was examined the realities and problems of the military self-audit, the cases of the Continuous Preventive Audit System currently being used by government departments and institutions and internal control inspection of the information system of the Foreign Audit Office. Result: Government departments, agencies, and foreign auditors have established a Continuous Preventive Audit System to overcome the problems and limitations of their own audits, ensuring accounting accident prevention and audit work efficiency and are focused on auditing internal controls of information systems. Conclusion: In the future, more specific studies on the design of detailed scenarios for each function of defense work and the research and analysis on the improvement of defense information system should be followed for the establishment and settlement of a more specific Continuous Preventive Audit System.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Gas
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• v.27 no.1
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• pp.13-22
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• 2023

As an alternative to environmental pollution generated from fossil fuels currently in use, research is being actively conducted to use hydrogen that does not cause air pollution. As fire and explosion accidents caused by hydrogen leakage have occurred until recently, research on safety is needed to commercialize hydrogen on ships, which are special environments. In this study, a seasonal alternative scenario for each season and the worst scenario were assumed in the event of a leakage accident while a hydrogen fuel cell propulsion ship equipped with a hydrogen storage tank was navigating at JangSaengPo port in Ulsan. In order to consider environmental variables, the damage impact range was derived through ALOHA and probit analysis based on the annual average weather data for 2021 by the Korea Meteorological Administration and on geographic information data from the National Statistical Office. Radiation showed a wider damage range than that of Overpressure and Flame in both the alternative and worst-case scenarios, and as a result of probit analysis, a fatality rate of 99% was confirmed in all areas.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2021.06a
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• pp.428-428
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• 2021

상수관망 내 수질사고는 매우 다양한 원인과 상황에서 시·공간적으로 광범위하게 발생가능하다. 일반적인 수질사고의 정성적 정의는 "정상적인 운영에 비하여 상대적으로 비정상적인 활동이나 행동에 의해 발생되는 수질문제"라고 할 수 있으나, 이는 매우 광의적이라 할 수 있으며 실제 현장에서는 발생 가능한 모든 수질사고 시나리오를 미리 예측하여 대비하기에 한계가 있다. 본 연구에서는 국외 및 국내 지자체, 그리고 K-water 등의 자료를 확보하여, 상수도 공급계통에서 발생한 수질사고 사례 및 발생 빈도 등을 분석하였다. 이를 상수도 관망 내에서 발생빈도가 잦고 피해영향이 큰 대표 수질사고 발생 시나리오 선정에 활용하였다. 과거 사례를 분석한 결과, 관망 내 대표적인 수질사고는 정상적 운영조건 (예, 정수처리문제에 의한 유출수내 고탁도 발생)뿐 만 아니라, 비정상적인 운영조건 (수계전환, 밸브조작 등에 의한 유속, 수압 변동에 의한 고탁도 발생)에서 발생 가능함을 확인하였다. 이와 같은 대표적 수질사고는 수리학적 조건의 변화에 따라 관망 내 수질이 변화되어 발생되므로, 수질사고의 현실적인 모의를 위해서는 합리적인 수리학적 관망해석이 수반되어야 한다. 상수관망 시스템의 수리해석 기법은 크게 수요기반해석(Demand Driven Analysis; DDA)과 수압기반해석(Pressure Driven Analysis; PDA)로 구분 가능하다. 기본적으로 정상적 운영조건은 수요기반해석의 수행이 적절하며, 비정상적 운영조건은 수압저하에 의한 수리적상태가 변동하므로 수압기반해석이 필수적이라 할 수 있다. 본 연구에서는 대표적 수질사고의 모의 시 필요한 적정수리해석 기법을 제안하고, 각 적정 해석기법 별 검·보정이 필요한 인자들에 대해 제시하였다. 이와 같은 수리해석 기법을 적절히 활용할 경우, 관망 내 탁수사고 발생 가능성이 높은 지점 등을 결정하는 방법론의 정확도가 높아질 것으로 기대된다.

• Journal of Korean Tunnelling and Underground Space Association
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• v.12 no.4
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• pp.307-319
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• 2010

As we learned in Daegu subway fire accident, fire in the railway tunnel is prone to develop to large disaster due to the limitation of smoke control and smoke exhaust. In railway tunnel, in order to ensure fire safety, fire prevention and fighting systems are installed by quantitative risk assessment results. Therefore, in this research, developed the program to establish quantitative risk assessment and suggested quantitative safety assessment method including fire scenarios in railway tunnel, fire and evacuation analysis model, fatality estimate model and societal risk criteria. Moreover, this method applys to plan preventing disaster for Honam high speed railway tunnel. As results, we presented the proper distance of escape route and societal risk criteria.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Fisheries and Ocean Technology
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• v.60 no.2
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• pp.161-169
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• 2024

This study employs Bayesian network analysis to quantitatively evaluate the risk of incidents in trap boats, utilizing accident compensation approval data spanning from 2018 to 2022. With a dataset comprising 1,635 incidents, the analysis reveals a mortality risk of approximately 0.011 across the entire trap boat. The study significantly identifies variations in incident risks contingent upon fishing area and fishing processes. Specifically, incidents are approximately 1.22 times more likely to occur in coastal compared to offshore, and the risk during fishing processes outweighs that during maintenance operations by a factor of approximately 23.20. Furthermore, a detailed examination of incident types reveals varying incidence rates. Trip/slip incidents, for instance, are approximately 1.36 times more prevalent than bump/hit incidents, 1.58 times more than stuck incidents, and a substantial 5.17 times more than fall incidents. The study concludes by providing inferred mortality risks for 16 distinct scenarios, incorporating fishing areas, processes, and incident types. This foundational data offers a tailored approach to risk mitigation, enabling proactive measures suited to specific circumstances and occurrence types in the trap boat industry.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• v.56 no.9
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• pp.3483-3490
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• 2024

The initial size distribution and morphological parameters of sodium aerosols are critical in evaluating the accidental suspended aerosol behaviour in Sodium-cooled Fast Reactor (SFR) containment. Mass-based measurements were more familiar in characterizing the sodium aerosols. Real-time number size distribution measurements are carried out in this study. The sensitivity analysis of sodium aerosol effective density (ρ_e) in deriving the actual number size distributions from the measured Aerodynamic Particle Size Distributions (APSD) and predicting suspended aerosol dynamics is presented. Tests are conducted in a 1 m³ chamber at 47 ± 3% RH for different initial mass concentrations (M₀) of 0.1, 1, and 2.9 g/m³. The initial APSDs measured just after the generation completions are observed to be polydisperse with the count median aerodynamic diameter (CMAD) < 1 ㎛. The literature reported ρ_e values of sodium aerosols, 2.27, 1.362, and 0.61 g/cm³ are used to derive mobility equivalent PSDs from APSD in each test. The real-time number concentration decay and size growth for four different PSDs are measured and compared with the estimate using nodal method-based code to ascertain the actual parameters. The validated parameters CMD = 0.66 ㎛, σ_g = 1.96, ρ_e = 1 g/cm³ and χ = 1 are used for improved estimation of sodium aerosol dynamics in Indian SFR containment with M₀ = 4 g/m³ for severe accident scenarios.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• v.56 no.8
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• pp.2974-2989
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• 2024

The one-dimensional Two-Fluid concept uses an area-average approach to simplify the time and phase-averaged Two-Fluid conservation equations, making it more suitable for addressing difficulties at an industrial scale. Nevertheless, the mathematical framework has inherent weaknesses due to the loss of details throughout the averaging procedures. This limitation makes the conventional model inappropriate for some flow regimes, where short-wavelength perturbations experience uncontrolled amplification, leading to solutions that need to be physically accurate. The critical factor in resolving this problem is the integration of closure relations. These relationships play a crucial function in reintroducing essential physical characteristics, thus correcting the loss that occurs during averaging and guaranteeing the stability of the model. To improve the accuracy of predictions, it is essential to assess the stability and grid dependence of one-dimensional formulations, which are particularly affected by closure relations and numerical schemes. The current research presented in the text focuses on improving the well-posedness of the TFM, specifically within the TRACE code, which is widely utilized for nuclear reactor safety assessments. Incorporating a bubble collision model in the momentum equations is demonstrated to enhance the TFM's resilience, especially in scenarios with high void fractions where conventional TFMs may face challenges. The analysis presents a linear stability analysis performed for the transient one-dimensional Two-Fluid Model of system code TRACE within the framework of vertically dispersed flows. The main emphasis is on evaluating the stability characteristics of the model while also acknowledging its susceptibility to closure relations and numerical techniques.

• Journal of Korean Society of Transportation
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• v.34 no.1
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• pp.68-80
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• 2016

Interest in freeway truck traffic has increased largely due to greater safety concerns regarding truck-related crashes. The negative interactions between slow-moving trucks and other vehicles are a primary cause of hazardous conditions, which lead to crashes with larger speed variations. To improve operational efficiency and safety, providing a climbing lane that separates slow-moving trucks from higher performance vehicles is frequently considered when upgrading geometrics. This study developed an operations strategy for freeway climbing lanes based on traffic conditions in real time. To consider traffic safety when designing a dynamic strategy to determine whether a climbing lane is closed or open, various factors, including the level of service (LOS) and the percentage of trucks, are investigated through microscopic simulations. A microscopic traffic simulator, VISSIM, was used to simulate freeway traffic streams and collect vehicle-maneuvering data. Additionally, an external application program interface, VISSIM's COM-interface, was used to implement the proposed climbing lane operations strategies. Surrogate safety measures (SSM), including the frequency of rear-end conflicts and, were used to quantitatively evaluate the traffic safety using an analysis of individual vehicle trajectories obtained from VISSIM simulations with various operations scenarios. It is expected that the proposed algorithm can be the backbone for operating the climbing lane in real time for safer traffic management.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Safety
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• v.35 no.1
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• pp.107-115
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• 2020

This paper introduces the first vital area identification (VAI) process for the physical protection of nuclear power plants (NPPs) during low power and shutdown (LPSD) operation. This LPSD VAI is based on the 3rd generation VAI method which very efficiently utilizes probabilistic safety assessment (PSA) event trees (ETs). This LPSD VAI process was implemented to the virtual NPP during LPSD operation in this study. Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute (KAERI) had developed the 2nd generation full power VAI method that utilizes whole internal and external (fire and flooding) PSA results of NPPs during full power operation. In order to minimize the huge burden of the 2nd generation full power VAI method, the 3rd generation full power VAI method was developed, which utilizes ETs and minimal PSA fault trees instead of using the whole PSA fault tree. In the 3rd generation full power VAI method, (1) PSA ETs are analyzed, (2) minimal mitigation systems for avoiding core damage are selected from ETs by calculating system-level target sets and prevention sets, (3) relatively small sabotage fault tree that has the systems in the shortest system-level prevention set is composed, (4) room-level target sets and prevention sets are calculated from this small sabotage fault tree, and (5) the rooms in the shortest prevention set are defined as vital areas that should be protected. Currently, the 3rd generation full power VAI method is being employed for the VAI of Korean NPPs. This study is the first development and application of the 3rd generation VAI method to the LPSD VAI of NPP. For the LPSD VAI, (1) many LPSD ETs are classified into a few representative LPSD ETs based on the functional similarity of accident scenarios, (2) a few representative LPSD ETs are simplified with some VAI rules, and then (3) the 3rd generation VAI is performed as mentioned in the previous paragraph. It is well known that the shortest room-level prevention sets that are calculated by the 2nd and 3rd generation VAI methods are identical.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Gas
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• v.20 no.5
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• pp.9-16
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• 2016

Buried pipe system is subject to leak or rupture due to internal and external defects with age. Especially, if the pipeline is designed for pressurized gas, the leak can wreak a devastating on its surrounding area. The current method of setting up underground gas pipeline is based on OGP criteria of applying one tenth of the inner pipe pressure. The criteria is applied irrespective of their burial depth or pipe's properties. At times, even the whole safety measures are totally ignored. Considering the magnitude of possible damage from a gas leakage, a precise analytical tool for the risk assessment is urgently needed. The study was conducted to assess possible scenarios of gas accidents and to develop a computer model to minimize the damage. The data from ETA was analyzed intensively, and the model was developed. The model is capable of predicting jet fire influence area with comprehensive input parameters, such as burial depth. The model was calibrated and verified by the historic accident data from Edison Township, New Jersey, the United States. The statistical model was also developed to compare the results of the model in this study and the existing OGP model. They were in good agreement with respect to damage predictions, such as radiation heat coming from 10 meters away from the heat source of gas flame.