• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제53권5호
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• pp.1511-1518
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• 2021

In most countries, the thermal criteria for the engineered barrier system (EBS) is set to below 100 ℃ due to the possible illitization in the buffer, which will likely be detrimental to the performance and safety of the repository. On the other hand, if the thermal criteria for the EBS increases, the disposal density and the cost-effectiveness for the high-level radioactive wastes will dramatically increase. Thus, fundamentals on the thermal behavior of the buffer under the elevated temperatures is of crucial importance. Yet, the behaviors at the elevated temperatures of the bentonite under groundwater-saturated conditions have not been reported to-date. Here, we have developed an in-situ synchrotron-based method for the thermal behavior study of the buffer under the elevated temperatures (25-250 ℃), investigated dspacings of the montmorillonite in the Korean bentonite (i.e., Ca-type) at dry and KURT (KAERI Underground Research Tunnel) groundwater-saturated conditions (KJ-ii-dry and KJ-ii-wet), and compared the behaviors with that of MX-80 (i.e., Na-type, MX-80-wet). The hydration states analyzed show tri-, bi-, and mono-hydrated at 25, 120, and 250 ℃, respectively for KJ-ii-wet, whereas tri-, mono-, and de-hydrated at 25, 150, and 250 ℃, respectively for MX-80-wet. The Korean bentonite starts losing the interlayered water at lower temperatures; however, holds them better at higher temperatures as compared with MX-80.

• 터널과지하공간
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• 제30권4호
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• pp.271-305
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• 2020

열-수리-역학-화학적 복합거동의 영향은 고준위방사성폐기물 심층 처분시스템의 성능평가 및 안전성 평가 측면에서 중요하기 때문에 이를 분석하고 예측하기 위한 해석모델과 수치해석 기법이 필요하다. 하지만, 장기간에 걸쳐 발생하는 열-수리-역학-화학적 복합거동에 관련된 다양한 현상들이 비선형적 거동을 보이고 그 구성방정식들의 상관관계가 명확하지 않기 때문에 이를 정확하게 해석하고 예측할 수 있는 수치모델과 모델링 기법을 개발하는 것은 매우 어렵다. 뿐만 아니라, 개발된 수치모델과 모델링 기법을 검증하기 위해서는 오랜 시간동안 수행되어야 하는 고비용의 실험실 시험과 현장시험이 필요하기 때문에 열-수리-역학-화학적 복합거동 분석과 예측을 위한 수치모델과 모델링 기법의 개발뿐만이 아니라 검증 역시 쉽지 않다. 이러한 문제를 해결하여 효과적인 수치모델 및 해석기법 개발과 실험실 시험 및 현장시험 데이터를 활용한 검증을 수행하기 위해 국제공동연구 DECOVALEX(DEvelopment of COupled models and their VALidation against EXperiment) 프로젝트가 1992년부터 시작되었다. 한국의 경우, 한국원자력연구원이 2008년부터 DECOVALEX-2011, DECOVALEX-2015, 그리고 DECOVALEX-2019에 참여하였다. 본 기술 보고에서는 지난 3단계의 DECOVALEX 프로젝트에서 수행된 모든 과제의 주요 내용을 국내 암반 및 지반공학자들에게 소개하였다.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제45권1호
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• pp.41-52
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• 2013

Adequate design of engineered barriers, including canister, buffer and backfill, is important for the safe disposal of high-level radioactive waste. Three-dimensional computer simulations were carried out under different condition to examine the thermal and mechanical behavior of engineered barriers and rock mass. The research looked at five areas of importance, the effect of the swelling pressure, water content of buffer, density of compacted bentonite, emplacement type and the selection of failure criteria. The results highlighted the need to consider tensile stress in the outer shell of a canister due to thermal expansion of the canister and the swelling pressure from the buffer for a more reliable design of an underground repository system. In addition, an adequate failure criterion should be used for the buffer and backfill.

• The International Journal of Costume Culture
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• 제2권2호
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• pp.1-13
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• 1999

This study aimed to give an updated description of general clothing behavior patterns of the Korean elderly women. 430 women over 60 years old residing in Seoul wre surveyed with a questionnaire asking about their daily practices of clothing selection, disposal, recycling, quantity and place of purchase, and their background variables. Data were treated to SPSS for descriptive statistics, Chi-square analysis, ANOVA and Duncan's multiple range test. The result revealed that the wardrobe of the Korean aged women is by now fully oriented toward the western style. The subjects disposed of their clothing mainly because of their body size changes and had elementary fitting problems unsolved. They had clothing recycling experinces and turned out to be inactive clothing consumers with differing shopping places according to the types of clothing items to be purchased. The subjects'age and income level had significant effects on various facets of their clothing behavior.

• 한국방사성폐기물학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국방사성폐기물학회 2003년도 가을 학술논문집
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• pp.306-314
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• 2003

Engineered barrier test facility is specially designed to demonstrate the performance of engineered barrier system for the near-surface disposal facility under the domestic environmental conditions. Comprehensive measurement systems for the water content, temperature, matric potential are installed within each test cell. In this study, short-term monitoring of the behavior of multi-layered cover system is implemented with artificial rainfall system. The periodic measurement data are collected and analyzed by a dedicated database management system, and provide a basis for performance verification of the disposal cover design.

• 플랜트 저널
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• 제4권4호
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• pp.62-70
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• 2008

PGV(Plasma Gasification & Vitrification) system has been developed based on a pyrolysis melting gasification technology that provides the possibilities of acquiring renewable energy. As volume of wastes increases with the rapid industrialization and population growth, eco friendly disposal is drawing more social attention. Pyrolysis plasma technology is regarded as the best environmentally friendly process for the waste disposal among numerous waste disposal processes. Introduced in this paper is the behavior of the plasma torch and a computational fluid simulation dynamics is discussed for designing the melting furnace. Some PGV applications have also been discussed.

• 패션비즈니스
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• 제23권3호
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• pp.10-22
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• 2019

Eco-design is an environmental key point since consumers' consumption behaviors have huge impacts on the environment. The objective of this study was to investigate the various responses between Chinese and Korean consumers and to look into the effects that consumers' environmental awareness have on eco-design clothing product purchase, usage and disposal. The study comprised of literature review and empirical research conducted through on line survey (www .sojump.com) from 5-20th Jan 2019. 200 Chinese respondents and 200 Korean respondents were collected and structural equation modeling (SEM) was used to test the research hypotheses. The results suggested that consumers' environmental awareness positively influenced their three ecological dimensions about consumption. In addition, the positive relationship was also influenced by respondents' nationality. These results suggest that consumers' environmental awareness is an important responsibilities and could become more important retail mix for clothing marketers. Findings would also enable environmental organizations to understand eco behavior and to design appropriate strategic decisions to appeal eco-summers. Other findings and implications were also discussed.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제55권11호
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• pp.4032-4038
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• 2023

Cu, which exhibits excellent corrosion resistance in underground environments, has been investigated as a canister material for use in the deep geological disposal of spent nuclear fuels. In this study, the technical viability of atmospheric plasma spraying for producing Cu-coated canisters was investigated. A high-purity Cu film (millimeter scale) was deposited onto a stainless-steel substrate using a plasma gun with a shroud structure. Potentiodynamic polarization studies revealed that the Cu film exhibited a sufficiently low corrosion rate in the groundwater electrolyte. In addition, no pitting corrosion was observed on the Cu film surface after accelerated corrosion studies. A prototype cylindrical Cu film was fabricated on a 1/20 scale on a stainless-steel tube to demonstrate the scalability of atmospheric plasma spraying in producing Cu-coated canisters.

• 한국의류산업학회지
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• 제19권5호
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• pp.559-568
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• 2017

The purpose of this study was to identify the socio-psychological variables and demographic factors influencing the difficulty people may have in discarding fashion goods. In addition, differences of disposal behavior were investigated according to the degree of reported difficulty with which people discarded fashion goods. A total of 260 survey questionnaires were analyzed. Frequency, correlation, exploratory factor analysis, reliability, t-test and multiple regression analyses were used for data analysis using SPSS 22.0. The study results were as follows. First, the difficulty of discarding of fashion goods was positively affected by concern for the environment and the potential for creative reuse of fashion goods, whereas it was not influenced by interdependence. Second, there were differences in the difficulty with which people discarded fashion goods according to demographic factors such as gender and whether or not they held certain religious beliefs; however, there were no differences among other demographic factors. Third, the group demonstrating a high degree of difficulty in discarding fashion goods preferred certain disposal behaviors such as donating to religious organizations, schools, charities etc., exchanging with other people or bartering, reforming for other purposes, selling to secondhand shops or on the internet, storing without wearing it, or discarding it after salvaging reusable parts. The results of this study provide various guidelines for consumers and retailers of fashion products who are interested in the efficient disposal of fashion goods.

• 방사성폐기물학회지
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• 제4권2호
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• pp.197-207
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• 2006

고준위폐기물처분장의 공학적 성능은 공학적 방벽의 열적-수리적-역학적 거동에 의해 크게 좌우된다. 2002년에 제안된 기준처분시스템 완충재의 열적-수리적-역학적 거동 실증을 위해서, 엔지니어링 규모의 실증장치인 KENTEX를 제작설치 하였다. 이 실증실험은 2005년 5월 31일에 시작하여 현재 진행 중에 있다. 본 논문에서는 운전 중인 KENTEX시설과 이 시설에서 수행 중인실험 및 향후 연구내용을 소개하고, 또한 센서 설치 및 운전조건 결정을 위해 수행한 운전 전 T-H-M 모델 계산결과도 기술하였다. 한국형 기준처분시스템의 실증연구와 관련하여, KENTEX 실증실험은 향후 추진될 지하시험시설에서의 현장시험에 필요한 자료와 경험을 제공하고, 기준처분시스템의 열적-수리적-역학적 거동특성과 평가모델을 검증할 것이다. 실험적으로는 처분장 완충재로 사용되는 벤토나이트 블록의 제작 및 설치에 대한 엔지니어링 타당성을 보여 주는데 유용하게 활용될 것이다.