• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제55권8호
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• pp.3054-3070
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• 2023

Nuclear Power Plants (NPP) are widely utilized around the globe from different base forms as it is one of the most dependable renewable resources that technological advancements have offered. However, different perceptions of the usage of NPPs emerged from different generations. The purpose of this study was to investigate the acceptance of nuclear energy as an alternative source of energy among Generation Z in the Philippines by utilizing an extended Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) approach. An online questionnaire which consisted of 31 items was distributed using a purposive sampling approach and 450 respondents of Generation Z voluntarily answered. Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) showed that the knowledge regarding NPP had significant effects on risk perception and benefit perception which subsequently led to subjective norms. In addition, perceived behavioral control and subjective norms had significant effects on behavioral intention which led to nuclear acceptance. Interestingly, the respondents perceived the benefit of NPP as slightly higher than the perceived risk. With these, it was clear that the commissioning Nuclear Power Plant must consider as an alternative source of electric energy in the Philippines. Moreover, this study is one of the first studies that investigated the acceptance of NPP among Generation Z. Lastly, the model could be a basis to strengthen the acceptance strategy of opening NPP among Generation Z, particularly in developing countries.

• 한국초전도ㆍ저온공학회논문지
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• 제10권4호
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• pp.23-28
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• 2008

As a part of the plasma control system (PCS) for the first plasma campaign of KSTAR, seven sets of fast feedback control loop for the superconducting poloidal field magnet power supply (PF MPS) have been implemented. A special real-time digital communication interface has been developed for the simultaneous exchanges of the current/voltage data from the 7 sets of 12-thyristor power supplies in a 200 microsecond control cycle. Preliminary power supply tests have been performed before actual cooldown of the device. A $29mH/50m{\Omega}$ solenoid dummy has been fabricated for a series of single power supply tests. Connectivity and response speed of the plasma control system have been verified. By changing hardware cabling, this load was also used to estimate mutual inductance coupling effects of two geometrically adjacent solenoid coils on each power supply. After the cooldown was complete, each pair of the up/down symmetric PF coils has been serially connected and tested as part of the device commissioning process. Bipolar operation and longer pulse attempts have been investigated. The responses of the coils and power supplies corresponding to the plasma magnetic controls in plasma discharges are also analyzed for the future upgrades.

• 천문학회보
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• 제44권2호
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• pp.51.1-51.1
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• 2019

At the commissioning phase of KVN from 2009 to 2013, single-dish survey and monitoring observations were performed toward about 1000 evolved stars and about 60 relatively strong SiO and H2O maser sources respectively. Based on these single-dish results and VLBI feasibility test observations at K/Q/W/D bands in 2014, KVN Key Science Project (KSP) has started from 2015 and will be completed in 2019 as KSP phase I. Here we present the overview of observational studies on evolved stars using KVN. In KSP phase I, we have focused on nine KSP sources which show a successful astrometrically registered maps of SiO and H2O masers using the source frequency phase referencing method. We aim at investigating the spatial structure and dynamical effect from 43/42/86/129 GHz SiO to 22 GHz H2O maser regions associated with a stellar pulsation and development of asymmetry in circumstellar envelopes. Using the combined network KaVA (KVN+Japanese VLBI network VERA), KaVA Large Program titled on "Expanded Study on Stellar Masers: ESTEMA Phase I" was performed from 2015 to 2016. Based on ESTEMA Phase I, EAVN Large Program titled on "EAVN Synthesis of Stellar Maser Animations: ESTEMA Phase II" was also performed from 2018. The ESTEMA II project aims to publish composite animations of circumstellar H2O and SiO masers, which taken from up to 6 long-period variable stars with a variety of the pulsation periods (333-1000 days). The animations will exhibit the three-dimensional kinematics of the maser gas clumps with complexity caused by stellar pulsation-driven shock waves and anisotropy of clump ejections from the stellar surface. Adding three EAVN telescopes (Tianma 65m, Nanshan 26m and NRO 45m telescopes) with KaVA always secures the high quality of the maser image frames through the monitoring program.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제55권10호
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• pp.3648-3658
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• 2023

The early localization of a fuel subassembly with a failed (wet rupture) fuel pin is very important in reactors to limit the associated radiological and operational consequences. This requires a fast and reliable system for failure detection and their localization in the core. In the Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor, the system specially designed for this purpose is Failed Fuel Location Modules (FFLM) housed in the control plug region. It identifies a failed sub-assembly by detecting the presence of delayed neutrons in the sodium from a failed sub-assembly. During the commissioning phase of PFBR, it is mandatory to demonstrate the FFLM effectiveness. The paper highlights the engineering and physics design aspects of FFLM and the integrated simulation towards its function demonstration with a source assembly containing a perforated metallic fuel pin. This test pin mimics a MOX pin of 1 cm² of geometrical defect area. At 10% power and 20% sodium flow rate, the counts rate in the BCCs of FFLM system range from 75 cps to 145 cps depending upon the position of DN source assembly. The model developed for the counts simulation is applicable to both metal and MOX pins with proper values of k-factor and escape coefficient.

• 천문학회보
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• 제39권2호
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• pp.90-90
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• 2014

The Immersion Grating Infrared Spectrometer (IGRINS) is the first astronomical spectrograph that uses a silicon immersion grating as its dispersive element. IGRINS fully covers the H and K band atmospheric transmission windows in a single exposure. It is a compact high-resolution cross-dispersion spectrometer whose resolving power R is 40,000. An individual volume phase holographic grating serves as a secondary dispersing element for each of the H and K spectrograph arms. On the 2.7m Harlan J. Smith telescope at the McDonald Observatory, the slit size is $1^{{\prime}{\prime}}{\times}15^{{\prime}{\prime}}$. IGRINS has a plate scale of 0.27" pixel-1 on a $2048{\times}2048$ pixel Teledyne Scientific & Imaging HAWAII-2RG detector with a SIDECAR ASIC cryogenic controller. The instrument includes four subsystems; a calibration unit, an input relay optics module, a slit-viewing camera, and nearly identical H and K spectrograph modules. The use of a silicon immersion grating and a compact white pupil design allows the spectrograph collimated beam size to be 25mm, which permits the entire cryogenic system to be contained in a moderately sized ($0.96m{\times}0.6m{\times}0.38m$) rectangular Dewar. The fabrication and assembly of the optical and mechanical components were completed in 2013. From January to July of this year, we completed the system optical alignment and carried out commissioning observations on three runs to improve the efficiency of the instrument software and hardware. We describe the major design characteristics of the instrument including the system requirements and the technical strategy to meet them. We also present the instrumental performance test results derived from the commissioning runs at the McDonald Observatory.

• 유기물자원화
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• 제25권3호
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• pp.99-111
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• 2017

본 연구는 유기성폐자원 (가축분뇨, 음식물류폐기물, 음식물류폐수 등)을 병합 소화하는 시설을 대상으로 적정 설계 기준치를 충족하기 위한 설계 및 운전 기술지침서 마련하고자 현장조사와 정밀모니터링을 실시하였다. 현장조사시 도출된 결과를 바탕으로 설계 및 운전 사항, 모니터링 항목 및 주기, 시운전 기간 등 바이오가스화 시설의 전반적인 가이드라인을 제시하였다. 초기 혐기소화 처리용량 설계시 유입 원료별 배출 특성을 고려하여 처리용량의 10~30 %의 여유율을 적용하였다. 공정별 설계 지침의 경우, 반입 및 전처리 설비의 유기물 반입 농도를 TS 10 % 이하로 제한하고 혐기소화조 운전시 저해요인 제한 농도을 제시하였다. 또한 병합기준 유기물부하율 $1.5{\sim}4.0kgVS_{in}/(m^3{\cdot}day)$, 소화가스 이용설비는 탈황 및 제습 방법, 호기액비화조의 적정 설계 운영인자 등을 제안하였다. 바이오가스화 시설의 운전인자는 pH (산발효조 4.5~6.5, 메탄발효조 6.0~8.0), 온도변화폭 $2^{\circ}C$ 이내, 휘발성지방산과 암모니아를 각각 3,000 mg/L 이하로 유지할 것을 권장하였다.

• 천문학회지
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• 제49권3호
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• pp.73-81
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• 2016

We report the characterization of a massive (m_p = 3.9±1.4M_jup) microlensing planet (OGLE-2015-BLG-0954Lb) orbiting an M dwarf host (M = 0.33 ± 0.12M_⊙) at a distance toward the Galactic bulge of $0.6^{+0.4}_{-0.2}kpc$, which is extremely nearby by microlensing standards. The planet-host projected separation is a⊥ ~ 1.2AU. The characterization was made possible by the wide-field (4 deg²) high cadence (Γ = 6 hr^–1) monitoring of the Korea Microlensing Telescope Network (KMTNet), which had two of its three telescopes in commissioning operations at the time of the planetary anomaly. The source crossing time t_* = 16 min is among the shortest ever published. The high-cadence, wide-field observations that are the hallmark of KMTNet are the only way to routinely capture such short crossings. High-cadence resolution of short caustic crossings will preferentially lead to mass and distance measurements for the lens. This is because the short crossing time typically implies a nearby lens, which enables the measurement of additional effects (bright lens and/or microlens parallax). When combined with the measured crossing time, these effects can yield planet/host masses and distance.

• 방사성폐기물학회지
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• 제13권2호
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• pp.163-169
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• 2015

국내 원자력발전소에서는 사용후핵연료 저장용량의 확대를 위해 사용후핵연료저장조에 조밀저장대를 설치하고 있지만 한빛원전은 2024년에 포화가 예상된다. 또한 10개의 원자력발전소가 2029년까지 설계수명에 도달하게 된다. 하지만 원전운영과 해체를 위한 국내 사용후핵연료 관리정책은 아직 결정되지 않은 상황이다. 미국의 경우 원전해체시 사용후핵연료를 중간 저장시설 또는 영구처분장으로 이송하기 전까지 임시적으로 독립된 사용후연료저장조(이하 'SFPI') 방식을 운영하는 사례가 있다. SFPI는 원전해체시 운전정지 후 사용후핵연료를 저장하는데 있어서 방사선 노출 저감, 운영비용 절감, 안전성 보강 등의 효과를 기대할 수 있다. 따라서 이 논문에서는 미국의 SFPI 운영경험, 시스템, 적용규정 등에 대한 사례연구를 수행하였다. 결론적으로 SFPI 국내 적용을 위해서는 사용후핵연료저장 계통의 설계변경 범위 및 예상 소요비용 확정, 원전 해체계획에 설비개선 계획 반영제출, 주기적안전성평가(PSR) 방법 등을 활용한 안전성 평가(운영기간 10 년), 설계변경을 위한 운영 변경허가 신청, 규제기관 심사 및 허가 취득, 설계변경 수행, 규제기관의 확인점검, SFPI 운영을 위한 교육 및 시운전, SFPI 운영 및 정기검사, SFPI 해체 등의 절차가 필요하다.

• 대한방사선기술학회지:방사선기술과학
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• 제41권3호
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• pp.201-207
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• 2018

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the performance of a "stealth chamber" as a novel reference chamber for measuring percentage depth dose (PDD) and profile of 6, 8 and 10 MV photon energies. The PDD curves and dose profiles with fields ranging from $3{\times}3$ to $25{\times}25cm^2$ were acquired from measurements by using the stealth chamber and CC 13 chamber as reference chamber. All measurements were performed with Varian VitalBeam linear accelerator. In order to assess the performance of stealth chamber, PDD curves and profiles measured with stealth chamber were compared with measurement data using CC13 chamber. For PPDs measured with both chambers, the dosimetric parameters such as $d_{max}$ (depth of maximum dose), $D_{50}$ (PDD at 50 mm depth), and $D_{100}$ (PDD at 100 mm depth) were analyzed. Moreover, root mean square error (RMSE) values for profiles at $d_{max}$ and 100 mm depth were evaluated. The measured PDDs and profiles between the stealth chamber and CC13 chamber as reference detector had almost comparable. For PDDs, the evaluated dosimetric parameters were observed small difference (<1%) for all energies and field sizes, except for $d_{max}$ less than 2 mm. In addition, the difference of RMSEs for profiles at $d_{max}$ and 100 mm depth was similar for both chambers. This study confirmed that the use of stealth chamber for measuring commission beam data is a feasible as reference chamber for fields ranging from $3{\times}3$ to $20{\times}20cm^2$. Furthermore, it has an advantage with respect to measurement of the small fields (less than $3{\times}3cm^2$ field) although not performed in this study.

• 한국의학물리학회지:의학물리
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• 제16권3호
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• pp.125-129
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• 2005

입체조형방사선치료와 세기조절방사선치료를 위해 여러 셈법을 포함한 치료계획장치가 임상에 사용되고 있다. 본 연구에서는 조사면 1$\times$1cm$^{2}$에서 최대 조사면 40$\times$40까지의 빔 데이터를 측정하여 이를 치료계획장치에 넣어 빔 모델링을 수행한 후 측정된 빔 데이터와 계산된 빔 데이터의 차이를 비교 분석하였다. 6 MV 광자선의 빔 데이터를 피형 실리콘 검출기와 radiochromic 필름을 사용하여 측정하였고 측정된 빔 데이터의 빔 모델링은 Pinnalce 7.4f의 자동화 모델링을 사용하였다. 작은 조사면의 경우 측정된 데이터와 계산된 데이터가 측방선량분포에 있어 선량 내 영역에서는 적게 평가되고 반음영 영역에서는 크게 평가됨을 알 수 있었다. 또한 심부선량백분율 곡선의 경우 D$_{max}$ 깊이가 작은 조사면의 경우 2 mm 정도 더 줄어듦을 알 수 있었다. 그러나 조사면 4$\times$4 cm$^{2}$에서 최대 조사면 40$\times$40 cm$^{2}$ 까지의 측방선량분포에 대해서는 측정된 데이터와 계산된 데이터가 잘 일치하였다.