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원자력발전 및 방사선의 사회적 위험에 대한 인식분석 (Analysis of the Risk Perception of Nuclear Power Plant and Radiation)

  • 김정훈;김창수;임창선
    • 한국산학기술학회논문지
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    • 제13권8호
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    • pp.3570-3577
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    • 2012
  • 국가산업발전의 근간이 되며, 에너지 공급원의 하나인 원자력발전에 따른 일반인들의 위험도에 대한 연구는 원자력발전의 사회적 수용성 측면에서 매우 중요한 요소이다. 이에 본 연구는 일반인들이 인식하는 원자력발전과 방사선에 대한 사회적 위험 정도, 오개념 등을 파악하고, 인식 개선을 위해 요구되는 노력을 제시하기 위한 목적을 갖는다. 목적 달성을 위해 일반인 251명을 대상으로 인식을 분석하였다. 분석 결과, 일반인들은 원자력발전의 안전성에 대해 막연한 불안과 의혹을 가지고 있으며, 정부산하단체에 대한 신뢰가 낮은 것으로 나타났다. 연령이 낮을수록 원자력관련 정책결정에 기업이나 산업체의 영향력이 높은 것으로 인식하였다. 본 연구결과를 토대로 할 때, 일반인들이 가장 신뢰하는 대학 연구기관의 교수 및 과학자 집단을 통해 일반인들이 가지고 있는 오개념을 바로 잡고 내재적 인식변화를 모색해야 할 것이다.

Nuclear Corrosion: Achievements and Challenges

  • Feron, Damien
    • Corrosion Science and Technology
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    • 제15권3호
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    • pp.113-119
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    • 2016
  • Corrosion science faces new challenges in various nuclear environments. Three main areas may be identified where increases of knowledge and understanding have been done and are still needed to face the technical needs: (i) the extension of the service time of nuclear power plants from 40 years, as initially planned, to 60 years and probably more as expected now, (ii) the prediction of long term behaviour of metallic materials in nuclear waste disposal where the corrosion processes have to be predicted over large periods of time, some thousands years and more, (iii) the choice of materials for use at very high temperatures as expected in Generation IV power plants in environments like gas (helium), supercritical water, liquid metals or salts. Service time extension, deep geological waste repositories and high temperature reactors sustain researches and developments to model corrosion phenomena at various scales, from atoms to components.

Deployment of Radioactive Waste Disposal Facility with the Introduction of Nuclear Power Plants (NPP) in Kenya

  • Shadrack, A.;Kim, C.L.
    • Journal of Nuclear Fuel Cycle and Waste Technology
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    • 제1권1호
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    • pp.37-47
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    • 2013
  • This paper describes basic plans for the development of a radioactive waste disposal facility with the introduction of Nuclear Power Plants (NPPs) for Kenya. The specific objective of this study was to estimate the total projected waste volumes of low- and intermediate-level radioactive waste (LILW) expected to be generated from the Kenyan nuclear power programme. The facility is expected to accommodate LILW to be generated from operation and decommissioning of nuclear power plants for a period of 50 years. An on-site storage capacity of 700 $m^3$ at nuclear power plant sites and a final disposal repository facility of more than 7,000 $m^3$ capacity were derived by considering Korean nuclear power programme radioactive waste generation data, including Kori, Hanbit, and APR 1400 nuclear reactor data. The repository program is best suited to be introduced roughly 10 years after reactor operation. This study is important as an initial implementation of a national LILW disposal program for Kenya and other newcomer countries interested in nuclear power technology.

후쿠시마원전사고 이후 원전 경제성과 안전성(사회적 수용성)의 최적점 연구 (A Research on the Economic Feasibility of Korean Nuclear Power under the Condition of Social Acceptance after Fukushima Accident)

  • 김동원
    • 방사성폐기물학회지
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    • 제11권3호
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    • pp.207-212
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    • 2013
  • 2011년 3월 발생한 일본의 후쿠시마 원전 사고는 원전의 안전성 문제를 넘어 경제성까지 논란을 불러일으키고 있으며, 이러한 문제는 원전 확대에 대한 비판적 시각을 전 세계적으로 확대시키고 있다. 따라서 원전이 안전성을 충분히 유지하면서도 타 전원에 비해 경제성이 있다는 것을 입증한다면 현재는 물론 지속가능한 전원으로서의 원전의 역할을 기대할 수 있을 것이다. 후쿠시마 원전사고 이후 국민들이 실제로 느끼는 '사회적 안전성' 정도를 알아보기 위해 안전성 대신 일반국민의 수용성을 지표로 삼아 안전에 대한 비용을 얼마나 지불할 수 있느냐를 알아보기 위해 비용편익분석의 하나인 조건부가치측정법(CVM: contingent valuation method)을 이용하였다. 경제성과 안전성의 trade-off값을 설문조사를 통해 알아본 결과 발전원가 4.75원/kWh 인상효과를 가져왔다. 이를 현재 원전발전단가 39.11 원/kWh에 반영하면 43.86 원/kWh으로 석탄화력 발전원가 67 원/kWh과 비교해 여전히 경쟁력이 있는 것으로 나타났다. 이러한 결과는 2013년 말 수립예정인 제2차 에너지기본계획[1] 등에 기초자료로 중요한 정책적 시사점을 가져다 줄 것이다.

Design of Fault Tolerant Control System for Steam Generator Using Fuzzy Logic

  • Kim, Myung-Ki;Seo, Mi-Ro
    • 한국원자력학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 한국원자력학회 1998년도 춘계학술발표회논문집(1)
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    • pp.321-328
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    • 1998
  • A controller and sensor fault tolerant system jot a steam generator is designed with fuzzy logic. A structure of the : proposed fault tolerant redundant system is composed of a supervisor and two fuzzy weighting modulators. A supervisor alternatively checks a controlled and a sensor induced performances to identify Which Part, a controller or a sensor, is faulty. In order to analyze controller induced performance both an error and a charge in error of the system output an chosen as fuzzy variables. The fuzzy logic jot a sensor induced performance uses two variables : a deviation between two sensor outputs and its frequency, Fuzzy weighting modulator generates an output signal compensated for faulty input signal. Simulations show that the : proposed fault tolerant control scheme jot a steam generator regulates welt water level by suppressing fault effect of either controllers or sensors. Therefore through duplicating sensors and controllers with the proposed fault tolerant scheme, both a reliability of a steam generator control and sensor system and that of a power plant increase even mote.

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AN AXIOMATIC DESIGN APPROACH OF NANOFLUID-ENGINEERED NUCLEAR SAFETY FEATURES FOR GENERATION III+ REACTORS

  • Bang, In-Cheol;Heo, Gyun-Young;Jeong, Yong-Hoon;Heo, Sun
    • Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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    • 제41권9호
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    • pp.1157-1170
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    • 2009
  • A variety of Generation III/III+ reactor designs featuring enhanced safety and improved economics are being proposed by nuclear power industries around the world to solve the future energy supply shortfall. Nanofluid coolants showing an improved thermal performance are being considered as a new key technology to secure nuclear safety and economics. However, it should be noted that there is a lack of comprehensible design works to apply nanofluids to Generation III+ reactor designs. In this work, the review of accident scenarios that consider expected nanofluid mechanisms is carried out to seek detailed application spots. The Axiomatic Design (AD) theory is then applied to systemize the design of nanofluid-engineered nuclear safety systems such as Emergency Core Cooling System (ECCS) and External Reactor Vessel Cooling System (ERVCS). The various couplings between Gen-III/III+ nuclear safety features and nanofluids are investigated and they try to be reduced from the perspective of the AD in terms of prevention/mitigation of severe accidents. This study contributes to the establishment of a standard communication protocol in the design of nanofluid-engineered nuclear safety systems.

주요국의 원자력이용개발 정책동향 분석 (An Analysis on Policy Trends of the Use and Development of Nuclear Power in Nuclear Advanced Countries)

  • 차종희;조흥곤;양맹호
    • 기술혁신학회지
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    • 제6권4호
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    • pp.462-479
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    • 2003
  • The policy trends of use and the development of nuclear power in the United States, France, United Kingdom. Germany, Russia, China, Japan and Korea are briefly investigated. Nuclear power technology has been developed as the national policy in the nuclear-advanced countries. 50 years has passed since the declaration of "Atoms for Peace" by USA President Eisenhour in December 1953. Recently, it appears to revitalize the nuclear power program in world major countries in order to recover the shortage of electric power and to curb the excess emission of carbon dioxide as well as to secure competitiveness in electricity markets. Advanced countries are making new initiatives for the development of the fourth generation nuclear power system. Furthermore, wide-ranged use and development of nuclear power technologies are expected in district heating in commercial sectors, power in the space exploration, and propulsion power of large tankers and spaceships. High temperature gas cooled nuclear power reactor will be applied for mass production of hydrogen energy in the future.

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