• 한국방사성폐기물학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국방사성폐기물학회 2005년도 춘계 학술대회
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• pp.56-66
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• 2005

In response to the increasing emphasis being placed on the importance of international cooperation as part of global efforts to cope with growing non proliferation, and security, concerns in the nuclear field, the Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Mohamed ElBaradei, appointed an international group of experts to consider possible multilateral approaches to the nuclear fuel cycle. The mandate of the Expert Group was three fold: ${\bullet}$ To identify and provide an analysis of issues and options relevant to multilateral approaches to the front and back ends of the nuclear fuel cycle; ${\bullet}$ To provide an overview of the policy, legal, security, economic, institutional and technological incentives and disincentives for cooperation in multilateral arrangements for the front and back ends of the nuclear fuel cycle; and ${\bullet}$ To provide a brief review of the historical and current experiences and analyses relating to multilateral fuel cycle arrangements relevant to the work of the Expert Group. The overall purpose was to assess MNAs in the framework of a double objective: strengthening the international nuclear non proliferation regime and making the peaceful uses of nuclear energy more economical and attractive. The Group identifies options for MNAs - options in terms of policy, institutional and legal factors - for those parts of the nuclear fuel cycle of greatest sensitivity from the point of view of proliferation risk. It also reflects the Groups deliberations on the corresponding benefits and disadvantages (pros and cons) of the various options and approaches. Although the Expert Group was able to agree to forward the resulting report to the Director General, it is important to note that the report does not reflect agreement by all of the experts on any of the options, nor a consensus assessment of their respective value. It is intended only to present options for MNAs, and to reflect on the range of considerations which could impact on the desirability and feasibility of those options.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제54권10호
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• pp.3672-3681
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• 2022

This study investigates the environmental footprint impacts of nuclear energy consumption in the presence of environmental technology and globalization of the ten largest ecological footprint countries from 1990 up to 2017. By considering a set of methods that can help solve the issue of cross-sectional dependence, we employ the Lagrange multiplier bootstrap cointegration method, Driscoll-Kraay standard errors for long-run estimation and feasible generalized least squares (FGLS) and panel-corrected standard errors (PCSE) for robustness. The finding revealed significant negative effects of nuclear energy consumption, environmental-related technology, population density and significant positive effects of globalization and economic growth on ecological footprint. These results are also robust by assessing the long-run impacts of predictors on carbon footprint and CO₂ emissions as alternate ecological measures. These conclusions provide the profound significance of nuclear energy consumption for environmentally sustainable development in the top ten ecological footprint countries and serve as an important reference for ecological security for other countries globally.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제56권1호
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• pp.180-188
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• 2024

This research examined consumption-based carbon emission reduction by nuclear energy consumption and environmental tax while considering the context of trade globalization in the highest five emitter nations from 1990 to 2020. This study used various empirical methodologies, including preliminary analysis to check the stationarity and cointegration, the CS-ARDL for long-run analysis, CCEMG, AMG for robustness, and the D-H causality test for short-term pairwise causation. The results indicated that nuclear energy consumption, environmental tax, and trade globalization help to mitigate consumption-based carbon emissions while economic growth and population density boost carbon emissions. Furthermore, the results also found two-way casual connection exists between nuclear energy consumption, population density, and consumption-based carbon emissions. Thus, the results emphasize the need for government policies that encourage nuclear energy and environmental tax as a strategy to reduce carbon emissions and achieve and maintain environmental development.

• 원자력산업
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• 제3권4호통권14호
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• pp.58-62
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• 1983

다음 글은 한국원자력산업회의의 초청으로 내한한 일본원자력산업회의 삼일구전무가 지난 6월 28일 신라호텔에서 가진 특별강연의 요지이다. 세계에서 원자력산업 제3위의 자리를 굳히고 있는 일본의 오늘이 있기까지의 생생한 경험담은 우리에게 지산지석이 될 것으로 믿어여기에 소개한다.

• 기술혁신학회지
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• 제16권4호
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• pp.1163-1186
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• 2013

핵융합 가속기와 같은 거대과학은 장기간의 대규모 예산 투자 및 인력, 그리고 관련 첨단기술이 필요하다는 공통점을 가지고 있다. 이처럼 대규모의 예산과 시설을 필요로 하면서 실패 가능성을 안고 있는 거대과학의 특성 상 대부분의 사업이 정부 주도로 이루어지고 있지만, 사실 그 내면을 살펴보면 뛰어난 기술력을 가진 중소기업들과 협력 관계 형성을 통해 사업을 수행하고 있는 경우가 많다. 그러나 기업의 거대과학 산업생태계 진입이 자유롭지 못하고, 또 한 번 거대과학에 진입한 기업도 단일 품목 납품이후 개발된 기술의 판로를 찾지 못해 기술력이 사장되는 경우가 많은 것이 현실이다. 따라서 본 논문에서는 이러한 문제의식을 바탕으로 핵융합 가속기 산업생태계 활성화를 위한 전략을 제안하고, 어느 정책과제를 우선해서 추진해야 하는지에 대해 AHP(Analytic Hierarchy Process) 기법을 이용하여 대안을 제시하고자 한다. 실증분석 결과 핵융합 가속기 산업생태계 활성화를 위해 도출된 진입(Approach), 유지(Care), 확장(Expansion), 기반(Infra) 등의 네 가지 정책대안에 대한 시급성 및 효과성을 기준으로 우선순위를 분석하였고, Care-Approach-Expansion-Infra 순으로 나타났다. 이러한 연구결과는 향후 정부에서 핵융합 가속기 산업생태계 활성화 전략을 추진할 때 한정된 재원을 가지고, 어느 정책과제를 우선해서 추진해야 할지에 대한 정책방향을 제시하는데 그 의의를 둘 수 있다.

• 기술혁신연구
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• 제12권1호
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• pp.271-285
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• 2004

The purpose of this paper is an application of AHP in the problem of exportable nuclear technology selection based on data gathered from nuclear experts. In this paper, the decision criteria for evaluating export competitiveness of nuclear technologies are identified and the hierarchical structure of decision making process is developed systematically. Subsequently the values of weights for relative importance among decision criteria are derived using AHP methodology, and the score of importance of nuclear technologies with respect to each criterion is evaluated. Finally the score indicating exportability of each nuclear technology is quantified in order to prioritize then. We discuss implications of our results with a viewpoint of national nuclear technology policy.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제51권6호
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• pp.1689-1695
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• 2019

This study suggests a simple economic model to analyze electricity grid that consists of different power sources. The substitutability of renewable energy for nuclear power in Korean electricity transmission network is investigated by suggested model. The monthly data from January 2006 to December 2013 reported by Electricity Power Statistics Information System (EPSIS) of Korea Power EXchange (KPX) are used. To estimate the elasticities of substitution among four power sources (i.e. coal, natural gas, nuclear power, and renewable energy), this paper uses the trans-log cost function model on which local concavity restrictions are imposed. The estimated Hicks-Allen and Morishima elasticity of substitution shows that renewable electricity and nuclear power are complementary. The results also evidenced that renewable electricity and fossil fueled thermal power generation are substitutes.

• 방사성폐기물학회지
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• 제20권4호
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• pp.533-540
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• 2022

Because of the massive development of nuclear power plants in China in recent years, China is facing the challenge of radioactive waste disposal. China has established complete regulatory requirements for radioactive waste disposal, but it also has encountered problems and challenges in low-level radioactive waste disposal in terms of management, selection of disposal facility sites, and implementation of a site selection plan. Three low-level radioactive waste disposal facilities that have been operated in China are described, and their activity limits, locations, and capacities are also outlined. The connotations of "regional" and "centralized" disposal policies are discussed in light of the characteristics of the radioactive waste. The characteristics and advantages of the regional and centralized disposal policies are compared. It is concluded that the regional disposal policy adopted in 1992 can no longer meet the current disposal needs, and China should adopt a combination of the two disposal policies to solve the problem of radioactive waste disposal.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제50권5호
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• pp.767-772
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• 2018

Public acceptance is a major issue that will determine the future of nuclear energy. In this article, we review relevant studies and identify several common patterns of nuclear public acceptance. Based on these patterns and four categories of factors, we propose hypotheses on the impact of different socioeconomic factors on the public opinion of nuclear energy. These factors were demographic and social influences, politico-economic, energy conditions, and nuclear accidents and natural risks. We tested these hypotheses using a data set including survey results on public opinion of nuclear energy in 59 countries from 1987 to 2014. Results of the regression analysis generally verified the proposed hypotheses, especially regarding the positive impact of education or geological suitability and the negative effect of improved living standards and democracy on nuclear acceptance. We propose policy recommendations, including a better focus on education and communication and a thorough consideration of the social and geological conditions a country needs to make before deciding to go nuclear. Potential weaknesses of this study are also discussed, including the possible causal relation between independent variables and the binary nature of the dependent variable.

• 의정연구
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• 제24권2호
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• pp.5-38
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• 2018

문재인 정부 출범 후 한반도 외교지형에는 지각변동이 진행되고 있다. 무엇보다도 교착 상태에 빠져 있던 북핵 문제 해결, 그리고 한반도의 적대 상태 종식을 향한 새로운 동력이 생성되고 있다. 이러한 거대한 변화가 진행되고 있는데는 '운전자론'으로 표현되는 문재인 정부의 창의적인 외교정책에 힘입은 바가 크다. 하지만 문재인 정부의 외교정책은 과거 보수정권의 외교정책과의 연속성 또한 보이고 있다. 문재인 정부는 한미동맹의 중요성을 지속적으로 강조하면서 북핵문제 등의 해결에 있어 미국과의 굳건한 공조체제를 유지할 것임을공개적으로 천명하고 있다는 점에서 특히 그러하다. 사실 외교정책의 연속성 유지는 국내적 합의 기반 구축, 대외적 신뢰 제고, 기대-현실 간극의 부작용 완화 등에 기여할 수 있다는 점에서 긍정적인 효과를 수반할 것으로 기대된다.