• 방사성폐기물학회지
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• 제16권3호
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• pp.359-367
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• 2018

Long-lived Small Modular Reactors are being promoted as an innovative way of catering to emerging markets and isolated regions. They can be operated continuously for decades without requiring additional fuel. A novel configuration of long-lived reactor core employs a mixed neutron spectrum, providing an improvement in nonproliferation metrics and in safety characteristics. Starting with a base sodium reactor design, moderating material is inserted in outer core assemblies to modify the fast spectrum. The assemblies are shuffled once during core lifetime to ensure that every fuel rod is exposed to the thermalized spectrum. The Mixed Spectrum Reactor is able to maintain a core lifetime over two decades while ensuring the plutonium it breeds is below the weapon-grade limit at the fuel discharge. The main drawbacks of the design are higher front-end fuel cycle costs and a 58% increase in core volume, although it is alleviated to some extent by a 48% higher power output.

• 디지털융복합연구
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• 제12권12호
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• pp.37-47
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• 2014

이동통신 서비스 제공을 위한 필수적인 요소자원인 주파수는 그 대역의 특성에 따라 사업자의 서비스 제공 경쟁력을 크게 좌우할 수 있다. 이에 본 연구에서는 주파수 자원에서도 상대적으로 우수한 특성을 가져 서비스 제공 상 우위를 가지며 경쟁정책적인 관리가 필요한 이동통신 주파수 대역을 핵심 우량대역이라고 정의한다. 이를 위해서 기술적 특성이 아닌 시장상황을 고려한 주파수의 활용성 및 경제적 효율성 측면의 4가지 기준(글로벌소싱 및 호환성, 비용-효율성, 주파수 활용 경험, 현재의 활용가능성)을 수립하였다. 이러한 기준들을 순차적으로 적용하여, 우량 주파수 대역 후보들을 추출하고 단계적인 평가기준을 통해서 현재시점에서의 최종적인 핵심 우량대역을 식별하였다. 또한 이러한 결과는 기술의 발전과 시간의 흐름에 따라 변화하는 특성을 보여준다. 본 연구의 분석결과는 이동통신 주파수에 대한 경쟁관리정책뿐만 아니라 할당정책에도 논리적 근거로 활용될 수 있는 실용적 의의를 지닌다.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제35권4호
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• pp.336-346
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• 2003

This study is intended to evaluate the dependency of TRU recycling characteristics on the neutron spectrum shift in a Pb-Bi cooled core. Considering two Pb-Bi cooled cores with the soft and the hard spectrum, respectively, various characteristics of the recycled core are carefully examined and compared with each other. Assuming very simplified fuel cycle management with the homogeneous and single region fuel loading, the burnup calculations are performed until the recycled core reached to the (quasi-) equilibrium state. The mechanism of TRU recycling toward the equilibrium is analyzed in terms of burnup reactivity and the isotopic compositions of TRU fuel. In the comparative analyses, the difference in the recycling behavior between the two cores is clarified. In addition, the basic safety characteristics of the recycled core are also discussed in terms of the Doppler coefficient, the coolant loss reactivity coefficient, and the effective delayed neutron fraction.

• 대한치과기공학회지
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• 제23권2호
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• pp.189-202
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• 2002

A study on reflective spectrum between In-Ceram alumina plate(IAP) and IPS empress 2 plate were carried out in order to determine the difference of reflective spectrum rates between materials and between thicknesses of materials(0.8mm, 1.0mm, 1.2mm) by visible wave. The rates are measured by spectrophotometer(Top scan model TC-1800). And an analysis of ANOVA and paired sample t-test were carried out. The results are summarized as follows. 1. The reflective rates of IAP and IPS increased slowly as visible wave spectrum increased. 2. The difference of reflective rates of IAP between 0.8mm and 1.0mm is significant but a little(less than 1%). The differences of reflective rates of IAP between 0.8mm and l.2mm and between 1.0mm and l.2mm are significant(8%, 10% ). 3. The differences of reflective rates of IPS between 0.8mm and 1.0mm and between 0.8mm and 1.2mm and between 1.0mm and 1.2mm are significant(0.06 %, 0.01 %, 2 %). 4. The differences of reflective rates of 0.8mm, 1.0mm between IAP and IPS are significant but a little(less than 0.9%, 0.5%). The difference of reflective rates of l.2mm between IAP and IPS is significant and larger than the other thicknesses relatively(7 %).

• 한국진공학회지
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• 제15권1호
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• pp.31-36
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• 2006

[ $Li/Ge(111)-3{\times}1$ ] 표면의 구조를 고찰하기 위해, Ge 3d core-level 광전자 스펙트럼을 분석하였다. Curve fitting을 통하여 스펙트럼에서 bulk Ge 3d peak에 해당하는 peak의 양쪽에 각각 하나씩의 표면 성분이 있음을 확인하였다. $Li/Ge(111)-3\times1$ 표면의 core-level spectrum에서의 두 표면 peak의 존재와 그 위치는 같은 금속에 의해 유도된 $Si/Ge(111)-3\times1$의 경우와 유사하며, 이는 두 표면의 구조fl서의 유사성을 시사한다. $Li/Ge(111)-3\times1$ 표면의 core-level 광전자 스펙트럼에서 보이는 두 개의 표면 성분의 존재와 위치는 알칼리 금속으로부터 유도되는 $Si/Ge(111)-3\times1$의 구조 모형으로 제안된 honeycomb-chain 모형과 잘 일치한다.

• Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering
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• 제7권1호
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• pp.8-12
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• 2006

This study was conducted to develop a real-time internal quality evaluation technique for Korean red ginseng using NIR spectroscopy while they were moving to be graded. Internal qualities of Korean red ginseng were defined by color, amount of white core and cavity in the red ginseng. To evaluate the internal quality, PLS (Partial Least Square) model was developed. Spectrum saturation can be occurred when most red ginseng has a sound internal quality expressed by higher light transmittance ratio, but that could not found in the ginseng of internal white core under the same light situation. And, if spectrum saturation is obtained, it is hard to identify the exact information of internal quality. In order to evaluate of the internal quality regardless of having internal normal core or white core, an integral time controlled method was used to obtain traditional spectrum. This procedure was applied in real-time process when red ginseng was moving to be graded in the line. Among the 450 samples including 223 internal normal ginsengs and 227 internal white core ginsengs, 315 ginsengs (70%) were used to develop a calibration model and 135 ginsengs were spent to validate the model. The result of quality evaluation by the model was very good showing SEP and bias were 0.3573 and 0.0310, respectively, and the accuracy was 95.6%.

• Earthquakes and Structures
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• 제15권4호
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• pp.443-452
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• 2018

In this paper the new intensity measures (IMs) for probabilistic seismic analysis of RC high-rise buildings with core wall structural system are proposed. The existing IMs are analysed and the new optimal ones are presented. The newly proposed IMs are based on the existing ones which: 1) comprise a wider range of frequency velocity spectrum content and 2) are defined as the integral along the velocity spectrum. In analysis characteristics of optimal IMs such as: efficiency, practicality, proficiency and sufficiency are considered. As prototype buildings, RC high-rise buildings with core wall structural system and with characteristic heights: 20-storey, 30-storey and 40-storey, are selected. The non-linear 3D models of the prototype buildings are constructed. 720 non-linear time-history analyses are conducted for 60 ground motion records with a wide range of magnitudes, distances to source and various soil types. Statistical processing of results and detailed regression analysis are performed and appropriate demand models which relate IMs to demand measures (DMs), are obtained. The conducted analysis has shown that the newly proposed IMs can efficiently predict the DMs with minimum dispersion and satisfactory practicality as compared to the other commonly used IMs (e.g., PGA and $S_a(T_1)$). The newly proposed IMs overcome difficulties in calculating of integral along the velocity spectrum and present adequate replacement for IMs which comprise a wider range of frequency velocity spectrum content.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제53권8호
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• pp.2716-2727
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• 2021

The core shroud is one of the most important internal components of the reactor vessel internals because it meets the neutron fluence directly emitted by the nuclear fuel. In particular, dynamic effects for an earthquake should be evaluated with respect to the neutron irradiation flux. As a prerequisite to this study, simplified and detailed finite element models are developed for the core shroud using the ANSYS Design Parametric Language. Using the El Centro earthquake, seismic analyses are performed for the simplified and detailed core shroud models. Modal characteristics are obtained and their results are used for a time history analysis. Response spectrum analyses are also performed to access the degree of seismic excitation. The results of these analyses are compared to investigate the response characteristics between the simplified and detailed core shroud models from the time history and response spectrum analyses.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제30권1호
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• pp.8-16
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• 1998

In this work a method to detect the vibrational peak and to decide the vibrational mode of detected peak for core internal vibration monitoring system which is particularly concerned on the core support barrel (CSB) and fuel assemblies is developed. Flow induced vibration and aging process in the reactor internals cause unsoundness of the internal structure. In order to monitor the vibrational status of core internal, signals from the ex-core neutron detectors are transformed into frequency domain. By analyzing transformed frequency domain signal, an analyst can acquire the information on the vibrational characteristics of the structures, i.e., vibration frequencies of each component, vibrational level, modes of vibration, and the causes of the abnormal vibration, if any. This study is focused on the development of the automated monitoring system. Several methods are surveyed to define the peaks in power spectrum and fuzzy theory is used to automatic detection of the vibrational peaks. Fuzzy algorithm is adopted to define the modes of vibration using the peak values from fuzzy peak recognition, phase spectrum, and coherence spectrum.

• Applied Biological Chemistry
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• 제46권4호
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• pp.305-310
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• 2003

Hydrophobic core가 변이된 유비퀴틴 단백질이 pH 2 용액에서 보이는 구조적인 특성을 여러 분광학적 방법으로 측정하였다. 낮은 pH값을 갖는 용액에서 이 변이 유비퀴틴의 intrinsic tryptophan fluorescence emission spectrum은 unfolded 상태보다 약간 blue shift되어 있고 또한 그 intensity도 상당히 낮게 나타났다. 이는 이 용액 조건에서 이 변이 유비퀴틴의 삼차구조가 약간 남아 있는 것을 의미한다. 같은 용액에서 이 변이 유비쥐틴의 far-UV circular dichroic spectrum은 native 상태나 unfolded 상태의 spectrum과 현저히 달랐으며 220 nm 에서의 molar ellipticity 값을 통하여 볼 때 pH 2인 용액에서 상당량의 이차구조를 지니고 있었다. 또한 같은 용액에서 이 변이 유비퀴틴은 hydrophobic dye인 8-anilinonaphthalene-1-sulfonic acid(ANS)외 fluorescence emission intensity를 증가시키고 fluorescence emission maximum이 짧은 파장에서 나타나게 하였다(blue shift). 이러한 현상은 pH 2 용액에서 이 변이 유비퀴틴의 hydrophobic core가 느슨하여져서 hydrophobic dye인 ANS가 결합할 수 있는 구조를 띠고 있음을 나타낸다. 이러한 분광학적인 관찰은 이 변이 유비귀틴이 pH 2인 용액에서 상당량의 이차구조를 지니고 있지만 hydrophobic core는 느슨하게 형성된 molten globule과 같은 형태를 지니고 있음을 나타낸다. 이 변이 유비퀴틴의 molten 히obule 형태는 단백질 폴딩 반응의 경로를 연구할 수 있는 좋은 모델이 될 수 있을 것으로 생각된다.