• 공업화학
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• 제3권2호
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• pp.213-223
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• 1992

Although landfill has been heavily relied upon as a final hazardous waste disposal method in Korea, the legal and technical problems associated with the landfill severely hinder proper disposal of hazardous wastes. The single largest legal problem is simply that, in spite of the recent amendments, the law regulating the hazardous waste landfill is yet in its primitive stage that even the lawful landfill sites cannot be regarded safe. The technical problems include improper selection of landfill sites, poor design and construction of landfill facilities, and lack of QA/AC and post-closure cares. These technical problems stem from inexperience and lack of resources. For the reduction of the potential danger from the improper landfills of hazardous wastes, it is an immediate need to further refine the law and to resolve the technical problems.

• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• 제52권6호
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• pp.736-742
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• 2014

사고대비물질 취급 사업장에서 사고가 발생하면 일반 화학물질사고보다 더 많은 인명, 재산피해를 야기한다. 사고를 예방하기 위해 여러 시스템들과 제도들을 개발하고 있지만, 사고발생의 주원인인 작업자의 오류를 제거 또는 감소시키기 위한 기술들은 미흡한 실정이다. 본 논문에서는 2012년 9월 구미 불산 누출사고 case study를 통해 국내기술지침들을 기반으로 위험작업 수치화 및 잠재위험확인, 작업평가를 수행하였으며 기존 시스템들을 보완하기 위한 새로운 risk mapping 방법론 개발에 관한 연구를 진행하였다.

• 한국재난정보학회 논문집
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• 제16권2호
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• pp.310-317
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• 2020

연구목적: 본 연구에서는 2014년부터 2019년까지 최근 6년간 발생한 화학사고 중 유해화학물질 운송차량사고의 특성을 분석하여, 운송과정에서 발생하는 화학사고를 예방하고자 하였다. 연구방법: 환경부 화학물질종합정보시스템의 통계자료를 활용하여, 운송차량에 의한 화학사고 사고유형, 사고원인, 차량종류로 나누어 조사하였다. 연구결과: 총 506건의 화학사고 중 운송차량에 의한 사고는 105건으로 조사되었으며, 전체 사고의 20% 이상 상회하는 수치를 보였다. 사고유형은 유·누출에 의한 사고가 대부분이었으며, 사고 주요 원인으로는 교통사고와 차량관리소홀이 각각 49건, 29건으로 전체 운송차량사고의 74%이상으로 나타났다. 차량유형별로는 탱크로리(57건, 54%)에서 가장 많이 발생하였으며, 화물트럭(39건, 37%), 트레일러(9건, 9%) 순으로 빈번하게 발생하였다. 결론: 운송차량 사고의 예방을 위해서는 운송차량의 철저한 점검 및 운전자의 안전운행이 요구된다. 또한 정부는 운송차량의 실시간 모니터링을 확대하고, 소관 부처별로 상이한 제도를 통합적으로 관리할 필요성이 있다.

• 한국가스학회지
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• 제21권4호
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• pp.21-29
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• 2017

유해화학물을 취급하는 중소규모의 사업장에 대하여 시설을 세부점검하였으며 이를 정리하였다. 점검결과는 크게 공정, 저장소, 작업자 및 기타 사항으로 구분하여 현황 및 문제점을 정리하고 이에 대한 세부적인 개선방안을 제시하였다. 전반적으로 법규를 만족하기만 하면 된다는 인식하에 최소한의 요구조건만을 갖추어 놓고 있었으며 이에 대한 지속적인 관리가 미흡한 것으로 결론되었다.

• 대한환경공학회지
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• 제39권11호
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• pp.650-654
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• 2017

화학물질의 취급량 증가에 따라 화학물질 관리 제도를 전면적으로 개편하는 움직임이 국제적으로 일어나고 있다. 한국 역시 화학물질 관리 제도를 전면 개편하여 화학물질관리법과 화학물질 등록 및 평가에 관한 법률이 제정되었다. 하지만 화학물질관리법의 경우, 법 시행 4년째를 앞두고 여러 개선사항이 드러나고 있다. 따라서 본고에서는 화학물질관리법의 제언한 개선사항에 대한 보완점을 연구하고 그에 맞는 발전방향을 제시하여 화학물질관리법이 오랫동안 안전한 화학물질 관리제도로서 대내외에 널리 도입되고 연구되었으면 하는 바람이다.

• Environmental Analysis Health and Toxicology
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• 제30권sup호
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• pp.1.1-1.5
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• 2015

Objectives Despite the great contribution made by chemical substances to the development of modern civilization, their indiscriminate use has caused various kinds of damage to the global environment and human beings. Accordingly, the major developed countries and international society have tried to ensure the safe use of chemicals and a reduction in the use of hazardous chemicals through the establishment of the United Nations Environment Programme and various international agreements. In this reason, we tried to introduce about Green Chemistry progress at the present in worldwide and Korea. Methods We checked and analyzed relative journals, reports using keyword as like Green Chemistry, alternative chemicals, eco-friendly etc. and major country's government homepage search. Results Green Chemistry theory, which argues for the reduction or removal of harmfulness in chemicals throughout their entire life-cycle, has been spreading, and major developed countries, such as the US and Denmark, have developed and operate programs to provide reliable chemical information to help replace hazardous chemicals. Korea has also been conducting studies as like eco-innovation project. Through this project the "Alternative Chemical Search program," has been developed, distributed, and operated since 2011 to provide reliable information to small and medium-sized businesses that have difficulties collecting information to ensure conformity to international regulations. The program provides information that includes the regulations of major countries and Korea, information on 340 alternative chemicals, 70 application cases, and 1:1 consulting. Conclusions The Alternative Chemical Search program is expected to contribute to the establishment of response systems for regulation of Korean small and medium-sized businesses, and it also will be used to provide basic data for Korean hazardous chemical regulation, together with the Act on the Registration and Evaluation, etc. of Chemical Substances and the Chemical Control act, making it possible to establish an infrastructure for Green Chemistry in Korea and to increase national competitiveness.

• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• 제58권2호
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• pp.248-256
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• 2020

본 연구에서는 폭발위험장소의 방폭설비 설치를 위해 필요한 가스폭발위험범위 예측모델 개발을 수행하였다. 이를 위해 12개의 가연성가스에 대한 1,200개의 폭발위험범위 데이터를 생성하였다. 가스폭발위험범위를 출력변수로 설정하였고 데이터 생성과정에서 필요한 12개의 변수를 입력변수로 설정하였다. 다중 회귀, 주성분 회귀, 인공신경망 기법을 이용해 예측모델을 개발하였다. 각각 모델의 예측 성능을 비교한 결과, 평균절대퍼센트오차(MAPE)는 각각 44.2%, 49.3%, 5.7%이고 평균제곱근오차(RMSE)는 1.389 m, 1.602 m, 0.203 m로 나타났다. 결과를 통해 인공신경망이 가장 우수한 성능을 보여주었고 가스폭발위험범위 예측을 위한 최적 모델이라는 것을 확인하였다.

• 한국안전학회지
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• 제34권6호
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• pp.13-21
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• 2019

Leakage accidents in businesses dealing with hazardous chemicals can have a great impact on the workers inside the workplace, as well as residents outside the workplace. In fact, there were cases where hazardous chemicals leaked from many businesses. As a result, the Chemicals Control Act(CCA) was enacted in 2015, the Ministry of Environment introduced an Off-site Risk Assessment(ORA). The purpose of the ORA is to secure safety from the installation of the design of the workplace facilities so that chemical accidents of hazardous chemical handling facilities do not cause human or physical damage outside the workplace. In general, the ORA qualitatively determines where a protected facility is within the scope of the accident scenario. However, elderly who belong to the sensitive group is more sensitive than the general group under the same chemical accident effect, and the extent of the damage is serious. According to data from the Korea National Statistic Office, the number of elderly people is expected to increase steadily. Therefore, a quantitative risk analysis considering the elderly is necessary as a result of a chemical accident. In this study, accident scenarios for 14 locations were set up to perform emergency evacuation due to toxic gas leakage of Cl₂(Chlorine) and HF(Hydrogen Fluoride), and the effects of exposure were analyzed based on the evacuation velocity difference of age 20s and 60s. The ALOHA(Areal Locations of Hazardous Atmospheres) program was used to calculate the concentration for assessing the effects. The time of exposure to toxic gas was calculated based on the time it took for the evacuation to run from the start point to the desired point and a methodology was devised that could be applied to the risk calculation. As a result of the study, the relative risk of the elderly, the sensitive group, needs to be determined.

• 한국산업보건학회지
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• 제33권1호
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• pp.12-18
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• 2023

Objectives: Personal protective equipment (PPE) is an essential means for protecting workers against hazardous agents or risks that threaten their safety and health. Governmental organizations related to safety and health in the workplace regulate the PPE rules to protect workers and to minimize damage from hazardous agents. This study discussed current PPE rules overseen by the Korea Ministry of Environment and explores future perspectives on the matter. Methods: This study was based on a review of PPE regulations with which every stakeholder should comply in the workplace. Both South Korean regulations enforced by the Ministry of Employment and Labor and the Ministry of Environment and cases from other countries were reviewed. Results: Regulations related to the PPE required for handling chemical substances in the workplace are enforced by the Occupational Safety and Health Act, Enforcement Decree, Enforcement Rules, and Notification of Protective Equipment Certification under the Ministry of Employment and Labor. The Ministry of Environment also regulates the PPE standards for 97 substances requiring preparation for accidents and adjustment of work conditions, but a recent amendment (partially amended on September 30, 2022) loosened some unreasonable or excessive provisions. It requires workers simply to carry or otherwise keep PPE handy instead of wearing it for some tasks in which hazardous chemicals are not handled directly. Conclusions: It is important to regularly review provisions that need to be improved or supplemented to help all stakeholders. Considerations should be also made to build a reasonable regulatory system that can induce more mature safety management in each workplace.

• Mass Spectrometry Letters
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• 제10권4호
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• pp.112-116
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• 2019

In this study, a chloroform consumer chemical product (CCP) reference material (RM) is successfully developed, with potential to be used in the proficiency testing of hazardous compounds in CCPs for analysis and testing agencies. Validation experiments are rigorously conducted to evaluate whether the RM meets the requirements set by the ISO 13528 and ISO Guide 35, using a reliable GC/MS method for the analysis of chloroform. The obtained calibration plot linearity, limit of detection (LOD), and limit of quantitation (LOQ) are excellent. The developed RM meets the homogeneity and stability requirements; the between-unit (s_bb) and within-unit (s_wb) standard deviations are less than 2.5%, and the stability is found to be guaranteed for 50 days.