• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제53권4호
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• pp.1304-1310
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• 2021

Two-phase flow, especially gas-liquid two-phase flow, has a wide application in industrial field. The diagnosis of two-phase flow parameters, which directly determine the flow and heat transfer characteristics, plays an important role in providing the design reference and ensuring the security of online operation of two-phase flow system. Computer tomography (CT) is a good way to diagnose such parameters with imaging method. This paper has proposed a novel image reconstruction method for thermal neutron CT of two-phase flow with improved simulated annealing (ISA) algorithm, which makes full use of the prior information of two-phase flow and the advantage of stochastic searching algorithm. The reconstruction results demonstrate that its reconstruction accuracy is much higher than that of the reconstruction algorithm based on weighted total difference minimization with soft-threshold filtering (WTDM-STF). The proposed method can also be applied to other types of two-phase flow CT modalities (such as X(𝛄)-ray, capacitance, resistance and ultrasound).

• 기술사
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• 제42권3호
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• pp.35-40
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• 2009

After the yield of North Korea conducted underground the first nuclear test in 2006, which was less than a kiloton, it launched a vehicle on this April 9 again, which is believed to be a Taepo-dong 2 missile, defying international warnings that the move would violate U.N. resolutions, from Musudan-ni, North Korea. Its development and proliferation of ballistic missile and nuclear bomb technology pose a threat to the northeast Asian region and to international peace and security. In the other launching the missile, a newspaper reported that "While the launch was dubbed a failure by the U.S., it was an improvement over the North Koreans' July 2006 test of the Taepodong-2, said Green of the Center for Strategic and International Studies. "It was definitely better than last time, but it's still not an operational system," Green said.

• 한국정보처리학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정보처리학회 2016년도 춘계학술발표대회
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• pp.274-276
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• 2016

2014년 12월, 한국수력원자력의 사이버테러, 이란의 원자력 농축시설을 대상으로 한 사이버공격 등 국내외에서 원자력시설을 대상으로 한 사이버공격이 발생하고 있다. 이에 따라, 사이버보안 중요성이 증가하면서 방사선 재해방지와 공공의 안전을 위한 효과적인 규제체계의 필요성이 증가하였다. 한국원자력통제기술원은 개정된 방사능방재법에 따라 2014년부터 사이버보안 정기검사를 수행하고 있으며, 정기검사에 활용할 취약점 점검툴을 통해 정기검사의 효과성 및 수행능력을 향상시키고자 한다.

• International Journal of Aerospace System Engineering
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• 제3권2호
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• pp.14-21
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• 2016

This paper presents research on predicting the possible intercept time for a Nodong missile based on its flight trajectory. North Korea possesses ballistic missiles of various ranges, and nuclear warhead miniaturization tests and ballistic missile launch tests conducted last year and in previous years have made these missiles into a serious security threat for the international community. With North Korea's current miniaturization skills, the range of the nuclear capable Nodong missiles can be adjusted according to their use goals and operating environment by using a variety of adjustment methods such as payload, fuel mass, Isp, loft angle, cut-off, etc., and therefore precise flight trajectory prediction is difficult. In this regards, this research performs model simulations of the flight trajectory of North Korea's domestically developed Nodong missiles and uses these as a basis for predicting the possible intercept times for major ballistic missile defense systems such as PAC-3, THAAD, and SM-3.

• 한국압력기기공학회 논문집
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• 제8권3호
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• pp.1-6
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• 2012

The containment Integrated Leakage Rate Testing(ILRT) of nuclear power plants in Korea is performed in accordance with NSSC(Nuclear Safety and Security Commission) code 2012-16 and ANSI/ANS 56.8-1994. Nuclear power plants in Korea and the United States are to apply same test criteria, ANSI/ANS 56.8-1994, except type A testing time. NPPs in Korea apply 24 hours according to NSSC code 2012-16, but NPPs in United States apply 8 hours according to 10CFR50 App. J for type A test. So, there are many difficulties in order to perform ILRT in Korea. In this study, I review the impact on the ILRT results and the effect of ILRT due to type A testing time. The future, we will continue study to enhance the test reliability and improve these problems.

• 한국정보처리학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정보처리학회 2020년도 춘계학술발표대회
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• pp.188-190
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• 2020

최근 4차 산업혁명과 더불어 센서 네트워크와 같은 최신 무선통신 기술들의 기반시설 적용을 위한 연구들이 활발하게 이루어지고 있다. 원자력시설 또한, 보안 및 비상대응 시스템에 무선통신을 적용하기 위한 연구들이 진행되고 있으며, 미국과 UAE의 경우 이미 원자력시설에 무선통신을 적용하여 사용하고 있다. 그러나 무선통신의 경우, 물리적인 네트워크 접근 경로가 존재하지 않기 때문에 통신 경로에 대한 접근통제가 불가능하며 광범위한 지역에 네트워크를 설치하는 경우 중계 단말 수량의 증가로 인한 접근통제 취약점이 발생할 가능성이 있다. 이와 같은 무선통신의 특성 때문에 원자력시설의 필수디지털자산에 무선 네트워크를 적용 시 현재의 통신 경로 접근통제 등의 유선 통신을 기준으로 작성된 접근통제 규제기준으로는 무선통신에 대한 접근통제를 이행하기에는 부족함이 있다. 이에 본 논문에서는 무선 네트워크 접근통제를 위한 규제 기준 개선안을 제시한다.

• Strategy21
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• 통권31호
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• pp.57-84
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• 2013

North Korea's continuous threats and provocative behaviors have aggravated tension on the Korean peninsula particularly with the recent nuclear weapons test. South Korea's best way to cope with this situation is to maintain the balance among three policy directions: dialogue, sanctions, and deterrence. Among the three, I argue that deterrence should be prioritized. There are different sources of deterrence such as military power, economic power, and diplomatic clouts. States can build deterrence capability independently. Alternatively, they may do so through relations with other states including alliances, bilateral relations, or multilateral relations in the international community. What South Korea needs most urgently is to maintain deterrence against North Korea's local provocations through the enhancement of independent military capability particularly by addressing the asymmetric vulnerability between militaries of the South and the North. Most of all, the South Korean government should recognize the seriousness of the negative consequences that North Korea's 'Nuclear shadow strategy' would bring about for the inter-Korea relations and security situations in Northeast Asia. Based on this understanding, it should develop an 'assertive deterrence strategy' that emphasizes 'multi-purpose, multi-stage, and tailored deterrence whose main idea lies in punitive retaliation.' This deterrence strategy requires a flexible targeting policy and a variety of retaliatory measures capable of taking out all targets in North Korea. At the same time, the force structures of the army, the air force, and the navy should be improved in a way that maximizes their deterrence capability. For example, the army should work on expanding the guided missile command and the special forces command and reforming the reserve forces. The navy and the air force should increase striking capabilities including air-to-ground, ship-to-ground, and submarine-to-ground strikes to a great extent. The marine corps can enhance its deterrence capability by changing the force structure from the stationary defense-oriented one that would have to suffer some degree of troop attrition at the early stage of hostilities to the one that focuses on 'counteroffensive landing operations.' The government should continue efforts for defense reform in order to obtain these capabilities while building the 'Korean-style triad system' that consists of advanced air, ground, and surface/ subsurface weapon systems. Besides these measures, South Korea should start to acquire a minimum level of nuclear potential within the legal boundary that the international law defines. For this, South Korea should withdraw from the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty. Moreover, it should obtain the right to process and enrich uranium through changing the U.S.-South Korea nuclear cooperation treaty. Whether or not we should be armed with nuclear weapons should not be understood in terms of "all or nothing." We should consider an 'in-between' option as the Japanese case proves. With regard to the wartime OPCON transition, we need to re-consider the timing of the transition as an effort to demonstrate the costliness of North Korea's provocative behaviors. If impossible, South Korea should take measures to make the Strategic Alliance 2015 serve as a persisting deterrence system against North Korea. As the last point, all the following governments of South Korea should keep in mind that continuing reconciliatory efforts should always be pursued along with other security policies toward North Korea.

• 방사성폐기물학회지
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• 제21권4호
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• pp.489-502
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• 2023

This article presents the crucial role played by the French underground research laboratory (URL) in initiating the deep geological repository project Cigéo. In January 2023, Andra finalized the license application for the initial construction of Cigéo. Depending on Government's decision, the construction of Cigéo may be authorized around 2027. Cigéo is the result of a National program, launched in 1991, aiming to safely manage high-level and intermediate level long-lived radioactive wastes. This National program is based on four principles: 1) excellent science and technical knowledge, 2) safety and security as primary goals for waste management, 3) high requirements for environment protection, 4) transparent and open-public exchanges preceding the democratic decisions and orientations by the Parliament. The research and development (R&D) activities carried out in the URL supported the design and the safety demonstration of the Cigéo project. Moreover, running the URL has provided an opportunity to gain practical experience with regard to the security of underground operations, assessment of environmental impacts, and involvement of the public in the preparation of decisions. The practices implemented have helped gradually build confidence in the Cigéo project.

• Strategy21
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• 통권44호
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• pp.5-27
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• 2018

The purpose of this paper is to look at USN's efforts to rebuild its combat power in the face of a reemergence of great powers competition, and to propose some recommendations for the ROKN. In addition to the plan to augment its fleet towards a 355-ships capacity, the USN is pursuing to improve exponentially combat lethality(quality) of its existing fleet by means of innovative science and technology. In other words, the USN is putting its utmost efforts to improve readiness of current forces, to modernize maintenance facilities such as naval shipyards, and simultaneously to invest in innovative weapons system R&D for the future. After all, the USN seems to pursue innovations in advanced military Science & Technology as the best way to ensure continued supremacy in the coming strategic competition between great powers. However, it is to be seen whether the USN can smoothly continue these efforts to rebuild combat strength vis-a-vis its new competition peers, namely China and Russian navy, due to the stringent fiscal constraints, originating, among others, from the 2011 Budget Control Act effective yet. Then, it seems to be China's unilateral and assertive behaviors to expand its maritime jurisdiction in the South China Sea that drives the USN's rebuild-up efforts of the future. Now, some changes began to be perceived in the basic framework of the hitherto regional maritime security, in the name of declining sea control of the USN as well as withering maritime order based on international law and norms. However, the ROK-US alliance system is the most excellent security mechanism upon which the ROK, as a trading power, depends for its survival and prosperity. In addition, as denuclearization of North Korea seems to take significant time and efforts to accomplish in the years to come, nuclear umbrella and extended deterrence by the US is still noting but indispensible for the security of the ROK. In this connection, the naval cooperation between ROKN and USN should be seen and strengthened as the most important deterrents to North Korean nuclear and missile threats, as well as to potential maritime provocation by neighboring countries. Based on these observations, this paper argues that the ROK Navy should try to expand its own deterrent capability by pursuing selective technological innovation in order to prevent this country's destiny from being dictated by other powers. In doing so, however, it may be too risky for the ROK to pursue the emerging, disruptive innovative technologies such as rail gun, hypersonic weapon... etc., due to enormous budget, time, and very thin chance of success. This paper recommends, therefore, to carefully select and extensively invest on the most cost-effective technological innovations, suitable in the operational environments of the ROK. In particular, this paper stresses the following six areas as most potential naval innovations for the ROK Navy: long range precision strike; air and missile defense at sea; ASW with various unmanned maritime system (UMS) such as USV, UUV based on advanced hydraulic acoustic sensor (Sonar) technology; network; digitalization for the use of AI and big data; and nuclear-powered attack submarines as a strategic deterrent.

• 한국과 국제사회
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• 제2권1호
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• pp.69-92
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• 2018

북한은 2006년 1차 핵실험을 시작으로 2017년 9월까지 총 6차례의 핵실험을 감행하였다. 북한은 미국의 대북적대시 정책에 대응하기 위한 일환으로 체제수호와 방어적 차원에서 핵무장력 담보 전략을 전개하고 있다. 그러나 북한 핵실험의 전략적 목표가 북미협상을 통해 북한체제 위기를 극복하고 그들의 한반도 사회주의통일을 위한 핵무장력을 완성하는 데 있음은 주지의 사실이다. 북한의 계속된 핵실험은 한반도평화를 위협하는 직접적인 요인이 되고 있으며, 동북아안보 역학구도에 간접적인 요인으로 작용하고 있다. 유엔안보리는 이러한 북한의 무모한 핵실험에 대해 지난 10년 이상 6차례의 유엔안보리 결의로 대북제재조치를 단행해 왔다. 그러나 북한 김정은 정권은 유엔과 미국 등 국제사회의 대북제재 조치에도 불구하고 핵 경제병진노선을 고수하겠다는 입장이다. 유엔과 미국의 대북제재조치가 북한에 대한 효과적인 영향을 주지 못한 것은 북한이 강도높은 핵실험으로 격상시키는데 요인으로 분석된다. 2017년 미국의 트럼프 행정부가 대북제재 조치 수단 가운데 하나인 대북 군사옵션은 한반도에서의 전면전과 국지전 양상으로 예상된다. 미 트럼프 행정부는 이전의 미국 행정부의 대북제재 조치 양상과는 다르게 세컨더리 보이콧이라는 외교압박전술을 시도하고 있다. 그럼에도 불구하고 북한은 유엔과 미국의 대북제재조치에 대해 북 미 간 전면적인 군사대결 입장을 밝히며 '벼랑끝 전술'로 맞서고 있다. 북한은 당분간 체제생존차원에서 핵 경제병진노선을 추진할 것으로 판단된다. 북한체제는 미 중 간의 현실주의적 국가전략 추진으로 체제붕괴 변수가 나타날 수 있다는 점에서 북한의 전략적 선택의 폭은 좁아진다.