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A new approach for modeling pulse height spectra of gamma-ray detectors from passing radioactive cloud in a case of NPP accident

  • R.I. Bakin;A.A. Kiselev;E.A. Ilichev;A.M. Shvedov
    • Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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    • v.54 no.12
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    • pp.4715-4721
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    • 2022
  • A comprehensive approach for modeling the pulse height spectra of gamma-ray detectors from passing radioactive cloud in a case of accident at NPP has been developed. It involves modeling the transport of radionuclides in the atmosphere using Lagrangian stochastic model, WRF meteorological processor with an ARW core and GFS data to obtain spatial distribution of radionuclides in the air at a given moment of time. Applying representation of the cloud as superposition of elementary sources of gamma radiation the pulse height spectra are calculated based on data on flux density from point isotropic sources and detector response function. The proposed approach allows us to obtain time-dependent spectra for any complex radionuclide composition of the release. The results of modeling the pulse height spectra of the scintillator detector NaI(Tl) Ø63×63 mm for a hypothetical severe accident at a NPP are presented.

Occupational and Environmental Safety Issues in South Korea and Their Implications for Health Experts (국내 주요 직업병 및 생활제품 위해 사건과 전문가의 역할)

  • Ahn, Jong-Ju
    • Journal of Environmental Health Sciences
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    • v.48 no.1
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    • pp.19-27
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    • 2022
  • The industrial development and socioeconomic structures of a society are inextricably linked to occupational accidents and diseases. Since the 1970s, a series of major occupational diseases have occurred in South Korea, such as mercury poisoning in Munsong-myeon, carbon disulfide poisoning at Wonjin Rayon, and leukemia at Samsung Electronics. These incidents have caused us to take a critical look at the level of worker safety and health management within companies and the government. These serve as symbolic and representational events. Doctors, lawyers, and labor activists concerned about employee safety and lives came together for years to struggle with the government and industry in order to determine what caused the diseases and to obtain compensation for victims. They finally achieved recognition for occupational diseases and recompense for losses. It is difficult to find similar cases to the baby powder asbestos talc cases and the radon bed case internationally, or there is no case where such a large number of consumers have been potentially harmed. It is also difficult to prove that the damage took place due to the victims' diverse geographic locations and ages, as well as the disease's long incubation period. Based on this premise, businesses and the government have been apathetic in acknowledging these diseases and compensating for damages, with few practical outcomes. Furthermore, unlike the large-scale occupational disease cases, only a few people including expert groups were organized and actively participated in the settlement of these issues, so it remains unfinished business for our society to address.

Risk Analysis of Lifting Work for Risk Assessment of Modular Construction (모듈러 건축 현장의 위험성평가를 위한 양중작업 위험요소 분석)

  • Jun, Young-HUN;Kim, Kyoon-Tai;Jeon, Eun-Bi
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Building Construction Conference
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    • 2021.05a
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    • pp.291-292
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    • 2021
  • In modular construction, it is insufficient for safety management of workers, and workers are still exposed to the risk of accidents due to work at high places for lifting and assembly work in modular construction sites. Therefore, it is necessary when preventive safety management through risk management of workers on modular construction sites. This study is a basic study for the risk assessment(checklist) of modular construction, and the purpose of this study is to analyze the risk factors of the module lifting work at the modular construction site. It is intended to identify the hazard risk factors and improvement measures of the existing lifting operation, by analyzing the case of the risk assessment of the existing RC method, and to identify the risk factors for each work process when lifting the module. In the future, the results of this study are expected to be utilized in the development of checklists for risk assessment as safety management plan for modular construction sites.

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A Case Study on the Structural Safety Assessment of Prestressed Concrete Beam Bridge (PSC 빔교의 구조안전성 검토 사례 연구)

  • 은충기;채원규;손영현;홍성욱
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Industrial Safety Conference
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    • 2002.11a
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    • pp.47-52
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    • 2002
  • 본 연구에서는 PSC 빔교의 안전성 검토에 대한 기초자료를 제공하기 위하여, PSC 빔교의 구조안전성 검토 과정 및 방법에 대한 사례를 연구하였다. PSC 빔교의 구조안전성 평가를 위하여 대상 PSC 교량을 선정하여 단면특성 계산, 하중계산, 구조체에 대한 모델링, 하중조합 등의 일련의 구조해석을 수행하였으며, 설계하중 작용시 구조물의 각 부재에 발생되는 최대 단면력을 산출하였다. 본 연구에서는 최종적으로 이들 구조해석 결과를 이용하여 PSC 빔교의 슬래브 및 슬래브와 PSC 빔의 합성단면에 대한 구조안전성을 강도설계법으로 검토하였다.

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A Case Study on the Structural Safety Assessment of Box Construction with Opening (Block-Out된 암거의 구조안전성 검토 사례 연구)

  • 은충기;채원규;김광일;손영현;홍성욱
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Industrial Safety Conference
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    • 2003.05a
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    • pp.48-53
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    • 2003
  • 최근 기존 암거구조물에 하수관로 등 추가적인 관로의 설치에 의해 암거 구조물이 손상을 입는 경우가 종종 발생되고 있으나, 현장여건상 이에 대한 구조적 안전성의 검토가 미비한 채 시공이 이루어지는 경우가 많다. 이에 본 연구에서는 기존 암거의 상단부에 흄관이 관통하였을 경우 block-out된 암거구조물의 구조적 거동을 검토하기 위하여, 암거구조물의 손상 인접부위의 종방향 및 횡방향 휨모멘트를 구조해석에 의해 산출하고, 이들 구조해석 결과에 의해 block-out된 암거의 손상 인접부위에 대한 구조안전성 검토를 수행하였다.(중략)

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A Study on rapid evaluation of reliability for acyclic non-linear graph (Acyclic non-linear graph의 빠른 신뢰도 계산방법에 관한 연구)

  • 이광원;이현규
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Safety
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    • v.13 no.2
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    • pp.136-144
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    • 1998
  • FTA is the most commonly used method among quantitative safety assessment. In case that the observing system become larger, a lot of terms should be calculated to accomplish FTA through complicated process. Many methods have been tried to reduce time, one of tries is How to calculate the reliability using graph theory after changing W to graph. This paper suggests an algorithm that can calculate more rapidly reliability and outset of system expressed by non-linear graph as like as FTA or CCA.

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A Study on the Fire Safety Measures of Korean Nuclear Power Plants (국내 원자력발전소 화재안전 대책에 관한 연구)

  • 김학중;손봉세;허만성
    • Proceedings of the Korea Institute of Fire Science and Engineering Conference
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    • 2003.04a
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    • pp.259-264
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    • 2003
  • The fire protection system of Nuclear Power Plants(NPPs) is an integrated system that is applied multi-field technology. So, it needs synthetic design and analysis, that is, the plan of fire protection, fire compartment, fire detection, fire suppression, and success of safety shut down, etc. In case of a fire in NPPs, secure the safety of reactor and minimize the radioactivity contamination. For this purpose, perform the fire risk analysis and make up the deducted problem through the improvement of design or the change of operation process.

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Seatbelt alarm lamp lam-function improvement: Red-X a case application (시트벨트 경고등 점등불량 개선: Red-X 적용사례)

  • Moon, Chan-Oh;Kim, Chang-Eun
    • Journal of the Korea Safety Management & Science
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    • v.9 no.6
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    • pp.171-179
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    • 2007
  • The objective of this GM Red-X project was to reduce customer complaints on Kalos, Lacetti, Magnus as reported through 2004.1 - 2005.1 warranty performance. Seatbelt alarm lamp mal-function problem is connected with safety. So it is critical issue. Seatbelt alarm lamp mal-function which caused by buckle occurred 22 cases from 2004.1 to 2005.1.

A Case Study on the Structural Safety Assessment of T-Type Piers (T형 교각의 구조안전성 검토 사례 연구)

  • 은충기;채원규;손영현;김광일;홍성욱
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Industrial Safety Conference
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    • 2002.05a
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    • pp.95-100
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    • 2002
  • 본 연구에서는 교각구조물의 안전도 평가를 위하여 먼저 대상구조물을 선정하고, 현장조사에 의해 구조물의 제원 및 손상도를 조사하였으며, 구조해석 결과에 의해 휨에 대한 안전성 검토 및 전단에 대한 안전도 검토를 강도설계법에 의해 수행하였다. 본 연구에서 수행된 풍하중을 고려한 교각구조물의 구조안전도 평가 사례는 차후의 교각구조물 안전성 검토에 대한 기초자료로 사용될 수 있을 것으로 사료된다.(중략)

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A Primary Study on the Improving Railroad Safety (철도안전확보 방안에 관한 소고)

  • 문대섭;이용상;김대훈
    • Proceedings of the KSR Conference
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    • 2000.05a
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    • pp.17-23
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    • 2000
  • In Korea, the number of railroad accidents is decreasing, but the scale of railroad accidents tend to be growing large. On considering the opening of the high speed railway in 2004, the problem of railroad safety is very important. The purpose of this study is to make plans for improving railroad safety of Korea. To make this plan, we generally analyzed the future railway traffic, and reviewed annual statistics of railroad accidents trend and case studies of foreign railway accidents.

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