• 방사성폐기물학회지
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• 제21권4호
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• pp.531-541
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• 2023

The Wolsong Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) operates an on-site spent fuel dry storage facility using concrete silo and vertical module systems. This facility must be safely maintained until the spent nuclear fuel (SNF) is transferred to an external interim or final disposal facility, aligning with national policies on spent nuclear fuel management. The concrete silo system, operational since 1992, requires an aging management review for its long-term operation and potential license renewal. This involves comparing aging management programs of different dry storage systems against the U.S. NRC's guidelines for license renewal of spent nuclear fuel dry storage facilities and the U.S. DOE's program for long-term storage. Based on this comparison, a specific aging management program for the silo system was developed. Furthermore, the facility's current practices-periodic checks of surface dose rate, contamination, weld integrity, leakage, surface and groundwater, cumulative dose, and concrete structure-were evaluated for their suitability in managing the silo system's aging. Based on this review, several improvements were proposed.

• Mycobiology
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• 제46권3호
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• pp.242-253
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• 2018

Onion (Allium cepa L.) is one of the major vegetable crops in Korea that are damaged and lost by pathogenic fungal infection during storage due to a lack of proper storage conditions. The aim of this study was to determine an appropriate control measure using thymol to increase the shelf life of onions. To control fungal infections that occur during low-temperature storage, it is necessary to identify the predominant fungal pathogens that appear in low-temperature storage houses. Botrytis aclada was found to be the most predominant fungal pathogen during low-temperature storage. The antifungal activity of the plant essential oil thymol was tested and compared to that of the existing sulfur treatments. B. aclada growth was significantly inhibited up to 16 weeks with spray treatments using a thymol solution. To identify an appropriate method for treating onions in a low-temperature storage house, thymol was delivered by two fumigation treatment methods, either by heating it in the granule form or as a solution at low-temperature storage conditions (in vivo). We confirmed that the disease severity was reduced up to 96% by fumigating thymol solution compared to the untreated control. The efficacy of the fumigation of thymol solution was validated by testing onions in a low-temperature storage house in Muan, Jeollanam-do. Based on these results, the present study suggests that fumigation of the thymol solution as a natural preservative and fungicide can be used as an eco-friendly substitute for existing methods to control postharvest disease in long-term storage crops on a commercial scale.

• 한국수자원학회논문집
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• 제41권7호
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• pp.737-746
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• 2008

강우-유출 및 저수지운영 모형의 최종 개발 목적은 가용한 관측자료를 이용하여 실무자가 하천의 유량예측 및 저수지운영 업무를 쉽고 정확하게 수행할 수 있도록 분석도구를 제공하는데 있다. 본 연구에서는 물관리 실무에서 홍수량 예측업무에 활용중인 단기 강우-유출 저류함수 모형을 확장하여 장기유출에 모의에 기여도가 높은 유효우량 및 침투량 산정기법을 개선하여 장기 유출분석이 가능하도록 저류함수기반의 장기 유출모형을 구축하였다. 개발된 모형의 적용가능성을 검토하기 위하여 낙동강 유역내 3개 댐유역(안동,합천,밀양)을 대상으로 연간 유출모의를 실시 하였으며, 현재 물관리 실무에서 장기유출모형으로 활용중인 SSARR모형과의 성능을 비교하였다. 수문곡선 비교 결과, SSARR 모형이 상대적으로 재현성 높은 결과를 보여주었지만, 본 연구에서 개발한 모형은 관측 가용한 자료만으로도 비교적 신뢰성 있는 장기유출모의가 가능하다는 점에서 향후 실무에서 유용하게 활용할 수 있을 것으로 사료된다.

• Tribology and Lubricants
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• 제34권5호
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• pp.197-207
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• 2018

Thermal deterioration of fuel due to long-term storage influences engine performance and causes malfunctions. Fuel stability is usually evaluated via heat resistance and thermal stability during a brief heat shock at high temperature; storage stability in this scenario means that there is very little change in the quality of the fuel during long-term storage. In addition, rubber-based products such as oil seals, O-rings, and rubber hoses can influence the quality of the fuel. When these rubber products are in contact with fuel, they can swell, mechanically weaken, and occasionally crack, thus leaking low molar weight rubber and additives including plasticizer and antioxidant into the fuel to degrade its properties and shorten its useful lifetime. This study determines the thermal stabilities of three kinds of synthetic fuels by evaluating their low temperature kinematic viscosities, chemical composition changes via GC analyses, gross heat of combustion, and color changes. We evaluate the compression set of O-rings by immersing one NBR and two FKM rubber O-rings in the three synthetic fuel samples in airtight containers at variable storage temperatures for six months; from this, we estimate the lifetimes of the O-rings using the Power law model. There were very little changes in the chemical compositions and gross heat of combustion after six months of the experiment. The lifetimes are thus dependent on the materials of the rubber products, and in particular, the FKM O-ring was calculated to have a theoretical lifetime of 200 to 5,700 years. These results indicate that the synthetic fuels maintain their physical properties even after long-term storage at high temperatures, and the FKM O-ring is suitable for long-term sealing of these fuels.

• Reproductive and Developmental Biology
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• 제34권3호
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• pp.241-246
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• 2010

The objective of this study was to investigate the effect of storage time on fresh boar semen in Androhep and Beltsville Thawing Solution (BTS). Boar semen samples extended in each extender were stored at $17^{\circ}C$ up to 4 days. Sperm motility kinematics was evaluated by computer assisted sperm analyzer (CASA) and capacitation status by chlortetracycline (CTC)/Hoechst 33258 staining. Sperm motility (%) was not decreased during storage in BTS and Androhep. No significant difference between extenders was observed. Only significant differences in kinematic parameters on linearity during storage were found. The percentage of dead sperm significantly decreased during storage (p<0.05). Also the percentage of noncapacitated, capacitated, and acrosome-reacted sperm significantly modified during storage (p<0.05). However, there was no significant difference between extenders except proportion of capacitated sperm. This finding supported that modification in these parameters was not significantly different between extenders during this short-term storage. Our finding strongly indicated that both Androhep and BIS maintained favorable conditions for motility, motility kinematics, and capacitation status during short-term storage. Despite modifications in some parameters were apparent during sperm storage in extenders, these may not affect the fertilizing capacity of boar semen.

• 한국수소및신에너지학회논문집
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• 제33권3호
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• pp.247-254
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• 2022

Slush hydrogen containing liquid and solid hydrogen is expected to achieve zero boil-off by suppressing boil-off gas because heat of fusion for solid absorbe the heat ingress from atmosphere. In this paper, quantitative analysis on storage cost considering specific energy consumption between 1,000 m³ class liquid hydrogen storage system with re-liquefaction and slush hydrogen storage system during equivalent zero boil off period. Even though approximately 50% of total storage capacity should be converted into solid phase during the initial cargo bunkering, total energy consumption to convert into slush hydrogen is relatively 25% less than re-liquefaction energy for boil off hydrogen during zero boil off period. That's because energy consumption of slush phase change take up only 1.8% of liquefaction energy. moreover, annual revenue requirement including CAPEX, OPEX and electric cost for slush hydrogen storage could be more reduced approximately 32.5% than those of liquid hydrogen storage and specific energy storage cost ($/kg-H₂) could also be lowered by about 41.7% compared with liquid hydrogen storage.

• 디지털융복합연구
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• 제10권8호
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• pp.159-172
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• 2012

최근 데이터 폭증으로 인한 시스템 및 스토리지 성능저하에 따른 upgrade와 용량증설 등의 요구가 거세지고 있어 단편적인 증설에 의한 해결보다는 보다 근원적이고 장기적 관점의 해결책이 요구되고 있다. 본 논문에서는 이에 대한 해결책으로 기업의 운영 중인 스토리지 시스템의 운영 상태와 데이터 가치 분석을 통한 정보수명주기 기반 스토리지 계층화 방안을 개선안으로 제시하고 구현하였다. 본 연구를 통해 체계화된 데이터 관리방안 수립과 정보수명주기 기반 계층화된 스토리지 시스템으로 재구성한 후 기존 대비 약 21%의 전체 Throughput이 개선되었고 장기적 관점에서 지속적인 품질유지 및 운영비용 절감에 매우 효과적임을 확인하였다.

• 한국산림과학회지
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• 제96권2호
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• pp.208-213
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• 2007

This study is designed to provide forest managers and landowners with tools to estimate the effect of forest management on carbon storage, investigating living tree biomass, detritus, and harvested wood products as variables. Thinning, selection cutting, and uncutting were applied to the three different forest types in New York, USA. Carbon storage of the original stands was 90, 56, and $101Mg\;ha^{-1}$ at the Allegheny hardwood forest, Northern hardwood forest, and Oak - black cherry forest, respectively. Among treatments, uncutting generally stored the greatest amount carbon. However, the rate of carbon storage was the smallest at the uncut treatment in all the sites. The 50% thinning, 50% selection, and 50% thinning treatments were the highest rate of carbon storage at the Allegheny hardwood forest, Northern hardwood forest, and Oak - cherry forest, respectively. In this study, only short term was applied to simulate carbon sequestration after silvicultural treatment. So, more research is needed to determine whether any silvicultural treatment can store significantly more carbon than no treatment over the long term.

• 한국발생생물학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국발생생물학회 2003년도 제3회 국제심포지움 및 학술대회
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• pp.74-74
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• 2003

In present study, attempts were made to preserve abalone (Haliotis discus hannai) sperm in liquid form at low temperature, to evaluate the effect of various diluents in short-term storage on sperm, and cryopreservation procedures were optimized for the cryoprotectants as well as freezing rates, in terms of the motility and survival rate, and the ultrastructural changes of sperm after short-term storage and cryopreservation were observed. The abalone sperm reached maximum motility until about 4min after activation. The motility was constant for about 16min, after which it dropped gradually, and about 50min later all motility ceased. Threshold activation of sperm was found in 40% artificial seawater (ASW), and motility increased as the concentration of ASW increased. In Hanks balanced salt solution without calcium (Ca-Free HBSS, 300 and 400 mOsmol/kg) and 10%, 20%, and 30% ASW the sperm was immotile, and motility once again restored incompletely only in HBSS of 300 and 400 mOsmol/kg, 20% and 30% ASW after 100% ASW was added. Sperm motility was extended following 20 days of cold storage only in 70% and 100% ASW. A high motility index of 3.5-4.5 was observed for the first 8 days in 70% and 80% ASW. In other diluents sperm motility was constant less than 10 days, and the motility index was obviously lower than that of sperm in 70% and 100% ASW. After 20 days of cold storage survival rates of 10.2%-20.7% were obtained in ASW and 300 mOsmol/kg HBSS, and that in 400 HBSS (65.3%) was significantly higher than others. The constant period of sperm motility stored in 70% ASW was longer obviously than that in 100% ASW after 6 days of storage, and the time to maximum motility of sperm stored in 70% increased gradually, while the difference in which of sperm in 100% ASW was not significant. The sperm plunged into liquid nitrogen all died except that sperm using 15% glycerol as cryoprotectant restored 10.4% of motility. The highest motility index (3.4) was obtained with 5% glycerol and freezing procedure: $50^{\circ}C$/min from $20^{\circ}C$ to $-80^{\circ}C$.

• 한국버섯학회지
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• 제12권1호
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• pp.29-34
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• 2014

본 연구는 다양한 조건에서 장기 보존한 느티만가닥버섯 균주의 균사 생존력과 재배성능 검증을 수행하였다. 균사 생존력은 장기 보존된 균주를 9, 21, 33, 45개월 단위로 해동하여 PDA 평판배지에 접종한 다음 1, 2, 3, 4, 5차 계대배양에 따른 균사 생장길이를 측정하여 검증하였다. 액체질소에 보존한 균사를 해동 직후 실시한 1차 계대배양에서는 동결보호제로써 Glycerol 10%를 단용으로 처리한 실험구에서 균사생장이 저조한 결과를 나타내었으나, 5차 계대배양에서는 버섯 균사의 생장력이 다른 실험구와 동일한 수준으로 회복되어, 저장방법에 따른 균사의 생존력에는 큰 영향이 없는것으로 판단된다. 그러나 느티만가닥버섯을 액체 질소에 장기간 보존하고자 할 때는 동결보호제로 사용되는 Glycerol 10%에 Trehalose 5%를 첨가하여 보존해야 균사의 생존력을 유지하는데 도움이 된다. 장기 저장에 따른 느티만가닥버섯 균주의 재배 성능 시험에서는 $4^{\circ}C$ 사면배지에 보호제로써 mineral oil을 사용하는 것이 사면배지 자체로 보존하는 것에 비해 수확량이 감소하는 결과를 나타내므로 장기 저장시에 mineral oil을 사용하는 것은 지양해야 할 것으로 판단된다.