• Journal of the Korean Institute of Illuminating and Electrical Installation Engineers
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• v.14 no.4
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• pp.1-7
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• 2000

In this paper, we study a cause of malfunction of switch to control drive motor in DFMS(Digital Flux Mapping System) which can measure incore neutron flux of the nuclear plant, and develope a method to solve this problem. DFMS has the type of generating contact signal by mechanical switch lever, which is operated whenever thimble detector inserted or withdrawed through thimble Guide Tube. However the characteristics of the lever tend to be changed by mechanical degrade or bad environment and the lever finally generates errotic contact signal. Therefore we installed electric coil ass'yin the outside of Guide Tube instead of mechanical switch assy's. In addition we applied resonance effect to control circuit and installed condenser in the input of power supply to protect noise and interference. After completion of this improvement, we tested this improved device repetitively under the various conditions. In conclusion, we identified the generation of the desired contact signal and the prevention of detector failure through plant surveillance test during normal plant operation.

• Proceedings of the Korean Nuclear Society Conference
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• 1997.05a
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• pp.207-212
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• 1997

영광2호기에 설치되어있는 노내 중성자속 감시 계통 설비인 기계식 인출제한 스위치(Withdrawl Limit Switch)의 구조적인 결함을 제거하기 위한 원인 분석 및 개선과정에 중점을 두었다. 기계제어방식의 구조적 결함은 검출기(Detector)가 노심의 중성자속(Neutron Flux)을 측정하기 위해 구동기의 수동 혹은 자동운전시 검출기 안내관에 삽입 인출이 반복 수행되면서 물리적 또는 환경적요인에 의한 레버의 휘어짐으로 접촉위치의 변경이 발생하는 것을 의미한다. 콘솔내 다수의 마이크로-프로세서(Multiple-Microprocessors)에 의한 구동기(Drive Unit) 동작으로 노심내 3차원 중성자속 분포를 측정할 수 있는 유일할 설비로써 본 계통은 그동안 관련 보수작업 및 설비개선에도 불구하고 근본문제점이 해소되지 못한 가운데 여러차례의 설계, 모의시험을 거쳐 인출제한스위치 제어 방식을 기계식에서 전자식으로 개선, 대체하여 시험 및 운전해 본 결과 근본적 결함원인이 해결되었음을 확인하였다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society for Noise and Vibration Engineering Conference
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• 2014.04a
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• pp.588-595
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• 2014

In this paper, analysis of the vibration Characteristic for the Mine Detectable Test Platform is described. The test platform system is the multi-sensor mine detectable vehicle. This multi-sensor mine detectable unit is more efficient detection performance than other conventional methods. The test platform system has five subsystems, the UWB(Ultra Wide Band) sensor scanner, the MD(Metal Detector) sensor scanner, the neutron sensor scanner, and the detectable vehicle. We perform the vibration tests for the test platform and analyze the vibration characteristic, such as the max displacement, the max deformation and the max Von-Misses Stress.

• Proceedings of the Korean Operations and Management Science Society Conference
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• 1995.04a
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• pp.967-973
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• 1995

A neutral particle beam(NPB) aimed at the object and receive a small number of neutron signals at the detector to estimate the mass of an object Since there is uncertainty about the location of the axis of the beam relative to the object, we could have aiming errors which may lead to incorrect information about the object. Under the two assumptions that neutral particle scattering distribution and aiming errors have a circular normal distribution respectively, we have derived an exact probability distribution of neutral particles. It becomes a Poison-power function distribution., We proved monotone likelihood ratio property of tlis distribution. This property can be used to find a criteria for the hypothesis testing problem.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2005.10b
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• pp.430-432
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• 2005

저에너지 중성자가 가톨리늄(Gd) 막에 입사되면 중성자 포획과정에서 전환전자가 생성된다. 이 전환전자에 의해 pMOSFET $SiO_2$ 산화층에서 발생된 전자-전공쌍이 발생되고, 이 가운데 정공은 산화층 내부에 쉽게 붙잡혀(Trap) 양전하 센터로 작용하게 된다. 이 축적된 전하는 pMOSFET의 문턱전압(Threshold voltage)을 변화시킨다. 본 연구에서는 이러한 간접측정 원리를 이용하여 열중성자를 실기간 탐지할 수 있는 반도체형 탐지소자를 개발하고 하나로(HANARO) 방사선장에서의 시험을 통해 성능을 검증하였다. 그리고 감도관련 변수의 최적화를 통하여 작업자가 사용 가능한 범위의 고감도 열중성자 선량계로 개선 제작하였다. 개발된 선량계는 소형으로 실시간 열중성자 측정이 가능하며 감마방사선으로부터 독립적으로 열중성자를 측정할 수 있는 장점도 지니고 있다.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• v.52 no.2
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• pp.360-365
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• 2020

A technique for the reduction of pulse pile-up effect in digital pulse-shape discrimination (PSD) of neutrons and gamma-rays with organic scintillation detectors is presented. The technique is based on an electronic reduction of the effective decay-time constant of scintillation pulses while retaining the PSD information of the pulses. The experimental results obtained with a NE213 liquid scintillation detector in a mixed radiation field of neutrons and gamma-rays are presented, demonstrating a figure of merit (FOM) of 1.20 ± 0.05 with an energy threshold of 350 keVee (electron equivalent energy) when the effective length of the pulses is reduced to 50 ns.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2002.07c
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• pp.1562-1565
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• 2002

속중성자 피폭 시 실리콘 다이오드 내부에서 발생되는 변위 손상을 이용한 속중성자 탐지용 PIN 다이오드를 개발하고 중성자장에서 특성변화 및 감도 실험을 통하여 성능을 검증하였다. 시뮬레이션과 다양한 구조로 제작된 소자에 대한 방사선 실험을 거쳐 집합체 형태와 개별 PIN 다이오드를 제작한 다음 중성자 반응 특성과 감도 분석을 위한 중성자 방사선 실험을 수행하였다. 여러 개의 PIN 다이오드 샘플에 대한 중성자 특성변화를 실시간으로 측정하기 위해 디지털 정전류 구동 방식의 온라인 전자적 선량계 모듈을 제작하여 사용한 실험의 결과. 본 연구에서 개발한 PIN 다이오드 소자는 중성자 방사선에 대하여 우수한 감도 특성을 갖는다는 것과 입사 중성자에 대한 방향 의존성이 거의 없다는 사실을 알 수 있었다. 그리고 이어 수행된 300여 시간의 열화실험을 통하여 본 연구에서 제작된 PIN 다이오드 소자는 중성자 탐지소자로서의 사용 가능성이 충분함을 확인할 수 있었다.

• Communications for Statistical Applications and Methods
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• v.3 no.1
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• pp.243-255
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• 1996

The number of neutron signals from a neutral particle beam(NPB) at the detector, without any errors, obeys Poisson distribution, Under two assumptions that NPB scattering distribution and aiming errors have a circular Gaussian distribution respectively, an exact probability distribution of signals becomes a Poisson-power function distribution. In this paper, we show that the error rate in simple hypothesis testing for the limiting Poisson-power function distribution is not zero. That is, the limit of ${\alpha}+{\beta}$ is zero when Poisson parameter$\kappa\rightarro\infty$, but this limit is not zero (i.e., $\rho\ell$>0)for the Poisson-power function distribution. We also give optimal decision algorithms for a specified error rate.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• v.16 no.1
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• pp.18-20
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• 1984

The detection limit of boron has been lowered further in the capture gamma-ray measurement after preconcentration of boron by placing natural lithium brick in front of Ge(Li) detector. The experimental detection limit is found to be 0.30ppm, 0.18ppm, 0.045ppm and 0.090ppm for the samples of aluminum, steel, uranium dioxide and graphite, respectively. An alternate counting technique kas been also used for neglecting the error caused by the fluctuation of neutron flux during counting.

• Proceedings of the Korean Nuclear Society Conference
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• 1996.05a
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• pp.21-27
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• 1996

KAERI has recently developed the nuclear design code MASTER for the application to reactor physics analyses for pressurized water reactors. Its neutronics model solves the space-time dependent neutron diffusion equations with the advanced nodal methods. The major calculation categories of MASTER consist of microscopic depletion, steady-state and transient solution, xenon dynamics, adjoint solution and pin power and burnup reconstruction. The MASTER validation analyses, which are in progress aiming to submit the Uncertainty Topical Report to KINS in the first half of 1996, include global reactivity calculations and detailed pin-by-pin power distributions as well as in-core detector reaction rate calculations. The objective of this paper is to give an overall description of the CASMO/MASTER code system whose verification results are in details presented in the separate papers.