• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• v.50 no.3
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• pp.319-326
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• 2018

Since the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster, concern and worry about multiunit accidents have been increasing. Korea has a higher urgency to evaluate its site risk because its number of nuclear power plants (NPPs) and population density are higher than those in other countries. Since the 1980s, technical documents have been published on multiunit probabilistic safety assessment (PSA), but the Fukushima accident accelerated research on multiunit PSA. It is therefore necessary to summarize the present situation and draw implications for further research. This article reviews journal and conference papers on multiunit or site risk evaluation published between 2011 and 2016. The contents of the reviewed literature are classified as research status, initiators, and methodologies representing dependencies, and the insights and conclusions are consolidated. As of 2017, the regulatory authority and nuclear power utility have launched a full-scale project to assess multiunit risk in Korea. This article provides comprehensive reference materials on the necessary enabling technology for subsequent studies of multiunit or site risk assessment.

• Journal of Korean Society on Water Environment
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• v.23 no.4
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• pp.440-447
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• 2007

This paper is dealing with recent hot issues related with copper toxicity and its criteria, which was caused by a new government policy relocating some industries discharging priority-water quality pollutants from the watershed of Han River to other regions. Author is not interested in arguments between two sides of anti- and pro-policy but would like to go over status of copper pollution and its management and regulatory policy in Korea. From the data of published Research Journals and Reports, it can be concluded that copper is very common metal not only in the effluent from publically owned wastewater treatment plants, but also as a non-point source pollutant in the rainfall runoff. In addition, there have been very few studies personal interests, not by National Fund Basis. In order to enforce a new regulation, national-wide macro and micro-mass balance work of heavy metals should be performed in advance. In particular, background concentration and measurement errors have to be clearly defined before a new standard or criteria is established. The new standard has to be acceptable in terms of the best available technology and cost.

• Korea Trade Review
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• v.46 no.3
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• pp.99-117
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• 2021

Korea's FTA e-commerce regulations are evolving into a standardized norm. However, "location of computing facilities", which was not covered by Korea's existing FTA, was newly established in Korea's first Mega FTA, RCEP. China, a member of RCEP, restricts data movement and requires data localization through its Cybersecurity law. These facts have led to start this study with interest in data-related regulations. It examined country-specific and regulatory characteristics in the process of forming digital trade norms, using the TAPED established by Burri et al. (2020). It also analyzed the current status of introducing norms related to 'data flow', 'data localization' and 'data protection' of the EU, USA and China, which are leading the formation of e-commerce trade norms. Finally, the legal review was conducted to compare the exact meaning of the wording expressed in each agreement for the six recently enacted Mega FTAs and Digital Economic Agreements. These findings are meaningful in that they provided implications for the effectiveness of RCEP and the direction of negotiations on Korea's digital trade norms.

• Electronics and Telecommunications Trends
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• v.29 no.4
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• pp.147-156
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• 2014

우리나라는 전파관리 비용 충당 및 전파진흥을 목적으로 전파사용료 제도를 도입한 이후, 부과 기준 및 법제도 개정을 지속적으로 추진하여 왔다. 그럼에도 가용주파수 대역의 확대, 전파기술 발전에 따른 전파이용 환경의 변화로 인해 전파자원 관리비용 체계의 재평가 및 조정의 필요성이 높아지고 있다. 이에 해외 선진국의 전파자원 관리비용의 목적 및 법적 성격, 부과 체계, 운용현황 등을 살펴봄으로써 국내 제도와의 비교를 통해 전파산업 발전과 이용자 편익 증진을 위한 합리적인 조정방안을 모색하고자 하였다. 미국은 FCC의 규제활동과 관련한 비용의 보전을 위해 규제수수료를 매년 부과하고 있으며, 무선통신 외에도 유선통신, 지상파방송, 위성방송, CATV 등을 포함하므로 전파를 사용하는 무선국 시설자에게 부과하는 우리나라의 전파사용료 보다 부과대상의 범위가 훨씬 광범위하다. 이러한 전제 하에 미국 FCC의 규제수수료를 중심으로 제도의 특성과 현황을 살펴보고 바람직한 시사점을 도출하고자 하였다.

• The Korean Journal of Pesticide Science
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• v.18 no.1
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• pp.48-51
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• 2014

Since the year of 2006 when the extended revision of the Codex Classification of Foods and Animal Feeds was undertaken, considerable progresses have been made in revising the Classification. This paper aimed to summarize the present status on revision of the Codex Classification of Foods and Animal Feeds, focusing remarkable achievements such as 1) the draft revision of the Codex Classification for the fruit commodity group and 2) the draft Principles and Guidance on the Selection of Representative Commodities for the Extrapolation of Maximum Residue Limits for Pesticides to Commodity Groups, adopted by the Codex Alimentarius Commission in 2012. Additionally, it included information on lists of crop group or subgroup which are holding at Step 7 and were adopted at Step 5, and further have not been yet discussed by the Codex Committee on Pesticide Residues. These information will be very helpful for a pesticide regulatory regime.

• The Korean Journal of Air & Space Law and Policy
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• v.5
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• pp.77-100
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• 1993

The paper is to study and analyze the major issues and current problems of space law and policy to suggest the direction of Korean aerospace policy for future development facing the 21st century of air and space industry. It briefs the development of aerospace science and space law. It also outlines the special characteristics and present status of space law. It further reviews the regulatory regime of commercial space carriers, international telecommunication satelite and space environmental problems. Finally, it suggests the future directions of Korean space policy to develop as one of leading space countries in the 21st century.

• Journal of Environmental Impact Assessment
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• v.9 no.2
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• pp.155-161
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• 2000

Environmental impact assessment(EIA), the only preventive system to manage development projects destroying the nature and ecosystem systematically, has been accomplished since the late 1970. EIA connotes intrinsic limits predicting uncertain future with the aid of present data. Furthermore, EIA has been used as not decision-making tools but regulatory means. Therefore, EIA has been criticized severely. In order to present direction of development of EIA, we analyzed problems of management of EIA, and concluded measures as follows are needed. 1. Control of investigation of environmental impact statements 2. Development of evaluating methods and publication 3. Fostering of institute for research and investigation of EIA 4. Construction of harmony of environment and development 5. Upgrade of state of proxy executing EIA.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Food Hygiene and Safety Conference
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• 1994.06a
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• pp.41-49
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• 1994

The meanings, classification, and regulatory status of 'natural food colorants' are discussed. Nowadays the technological advances for processing Cochineal color is flourishing here and aboard, makes highly concentrated products (e.g., 95% Carminic acid) is comercially available. Application of carminic acid for a food system needs target-specific formulation, mixing with alumn, tartaric acid, and other salts to stabilize the color hue in food system. On the other hand, carmine, the aluminium-lake of carminic acid, is more convenient product to be used and would give more strong color. Of these reasons Carmine is much popular product than Cochineal extract in Western and European countries. We insist that carmine should be also certified as natural colorant together with Cochineal extract in Korea. Authors expect that several kinds of anthraquinone colorant (Lac and Kermes) would be introduced in Korean market in near furture.

• 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2011.11a
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• pp.149.2-149.2
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• 2011

This paper conducted an analysis of economic effects of offshore wind power in Korea with benefit/cost analysis. The existing feed-on tariff, which was too low to support wind power development, was recently replaced with a Renewable Portfolio Standard(RPS), effective from 2012. According to the new regulatory policy, The Korean government has announced a strategy to draw investments worth for offshore wind farms with a total capacity of 2.5 GW over the next eight years, which is expected the change of cost and benefit. After overview the offshore wind power development status, The effects on cost can be divided by economic, environmental and social factors. Each factor will be calculated and combined by both evaluating index and using Quantification methods. At the end, the implication for the evaluation of feasibility of offshore wind power of Korea will be done.

• Proceedings of the Korea Society for Energy Engineering kosee Conference
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• 2003.05a
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• pp.415-423
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• 2003

Korea Electric Power Research Institute(KEPRI) had worked a comprehensive Plant Lifetime Management (PLiM) project for a CANDU plant in corporation with Korea Hydro and Nuclear Power(KHNP). The project had been performed to understand the aging status of major components screened from the plant and to address provisions for the continued operation over its design life. A feasibility of the continued operation was reviewed in the aspects of technology, economics, and regulatory environments. This paper introduces general approach of aging assessment, screening of critical components and an experience of aging assessment for an example of fuel channel that is the most critical component in CANDU plant.