• 에너지공학
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• 제27권1호
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• pp.76-80
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• 2018

The objective of this research paper is to discuss the waste coffee residue disposal and its environmental effects on the environment. As we know, coffee is one of the most demand and swallowed beverages in the world, which leads to large quantities of solid waste. Which can be toxic and a lot of environmental problems occur. In developing countries, there is a lack of proper coffee waste residue management. The coffee beans and residues contain several organic compounds. The wastewater from coffee industry emitted several pollutants (highly concentrated) and it contaminates the soil, ground waters, aquatic life, and also human health. Hence it is essential to treat the coffee waste residues. Mean while, oyster shell waste and its disposal also a big environmental challenge in the coastal regions of southeast Korea. In this paper, we focused the treatment of coffee waste residue with oyster shell waste powder. Primarily, oyster shells are calcinated at higher temperatures and investigated the calcined CaO powder as an anti microbic agent to the bacteria presented in coffee waste residues. We successfully applied calcium oxide from oyster shell waste, as an antimicrobic agent.

• 한국방사성폐기물학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국방사성폐기물학회 2005년도 Proceedings of The 6th korea-china joint workshop on nuclear waste management
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• pp.290-299
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• 2005

Two decommissioning projects are carried out at the KAERI (Korean Atomic Energy Research Institute), one for the Korea research reactors, KRR-1 and KRR-2, and another for the uranium conversion plant (UCP). The concept of the management of the wastes from the decommissioning sites was reviewed with a relation of the decommissioning strategies, technologies for the treatment and the decontamination, and the characteristics of waste. All the liquid waste generated from KRR-1 and KRR-2 decommissioning site is evaporated by a solar evaporation facility and all the liquid waste from the UCP is treated together with lagoon sludge waste. The solid wastes from the decommissioning sites are categorized into three groups; not contaminated, restricted releasable and radioactive waste. The not-contaminated waste will be reused and/or disposed at an industrial disposal site, and the releasable waste is stored for the future disposal at the KAERI. The radioactive waste is packed in containers, and will be stored at the decommissioning sites till they are sent to a national repository site. The reduction of the radioactive solid waste is one of the strategies for the decommissioning projects and could be achieved by the repeated decontamination. By the achievement of the minimization strategy, the amount of radioactive waste was reduced and the disposal cost will be reduced, but the cost for manpower, for direct materials and for administration was increased.

• 지질공학
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• 제34권1호
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• pp.117-136
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• 2024

고준위방사성폐기물 심층처분은 국가의 안전과 환경 보호를 위해 필수적이며, 각 나라의 지질학적, 사회적 환경에 적합한 부지선정기준의 확립은 이 과정에서 중요한 단계이다. 논문의 목적은 고준위방사성폐기물의 심층처분 부지를 확보하는 과정에서 국가별로 적용되는 다양한 지질학적 및 사회적 선정기준을 비교분석하는 것이다. 이 연구에서는 고준위방사성폐기물 처분 선도국들이 설정한 부지선정기준을 중심으로 비교분석을 수행하였으며, 각 국가별 선정기준 분석결과, 국가별 지질조건 및 환경을 반영한 선정기준을 차별적으로 설정하였음을 확인하였다. 연구의 결과는 우리나라의 고준위방사성폐기물 심층처분 부지선정기준 마련에 중요한 기반 자료로 활용될 수 있을 것이며, 국가의 지속 가능한 발전과 환경 보호에 이바지하게 될 것으로 기대된다.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제39권6호
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• pp.697-702
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• 2007

Radioactive waste has been produced in the UK for many decades. Since the 1950' s much of this has been associated with civil nuclear power production and the nuclear weapons programme. There have been a number of unsuccessful attempts in the UK since the 1980s to deal with the waste and find suitable sites for its disposal. However, the UK Government has addressed this and in 2001 introduced the "Managing Radioactive Waste Safely" programme. The aim of this was to make decisions on the long-term radioactive waste management policy through stakeholder engagement. In 2006, it adopted a policy of geological disposal for higher activity wastes and following further consultations, is now at the stage of choosing how that policy should be implemented.

• 한국환경보건학회지
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• 제43권6호
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• pp.532-544
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• 2017

Objectives: Because the amount of medical waste (i.e., health-care waste) generated in Korea is rapidly increasing and social concern against its safety is widespread, a number of issues related with medical wastes are being discussed. The purpose of this study is to compare diverse medical waste management systems worldwide and propose future directions of a medical waste management system in Korea. Methods: Literature review was conducted mainly on the WHO, and developed countries such as the European Union (Germany, Belgium and UK), Japan and the United States. For these countries, the data with respect to their systems for medical waste management ranging from the definition of medical waste to the whole processes of collection, transportation and disposal were summarized and compared. Results: The terminology and classification of medical wastes were not consistent for WHO recommendation, EU, Japan, US and Korea. Comparison of the collection, storage, transportation and disposal of medical waste showed that Korea had rather stronger regulations for medical waste management compared to developed countries including Belgium (Flanders region), Germany, Japan and the US. Considering that developed countries adopt rather flexible disposal system especially for general medical wastes which pose lower possibility of infection, Korean government could consider diversifying disposal methods other than incineration. It may also be very important to try to reduce the amount of medical wastes and enough capacity for off-site incineration are secured. Conclusion: Our study of international comparisons suggests that it is necessary to continue to identify advantages and disadvantages of the current medical waste management systems and establish more effective one in Korea.

• 대한지역사회영양학회지
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• 제6권5호
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• pp.837-847
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• 2001

The main purposes of this study were to survey and assess the current situation surrounding solid waste generation in school foodservices, to identify and evaluate the measures(reduction and recycling programs) taken by the foodservices for waste disposal, and to suggest appropriate reform measures to improve the current status, especially in terms of environmental preservation. Questionnaires on solid waste management practices were mailed to 206 school foodservice dietitians in the Kyungbuk region : a 64.0%(N = 130) response rate was obtained. While there are food waste and packaging waste generated from the foodservice operations, about a third(34.1%) of the foodservice operations were responsible for the disposal of both the food wastes and packaging wastes. About 90% of school foodservice managers were responsible for managing solid wastes. The primary recycling methods of leftovers generated from the school food service operations were livestock feed(76.0%). About 60.0% of school foodservice managers conducted the food waste reduction program. The performance by the foodservice managers in reducing the food waste was not satisfactory in several fields, such as developing environmentally friendly menus or abiding by the standard recipe, etc. In addition, the government assistance system was not properly working in the food service management. In conclusion, we should focus on increasing the performance in reducing the food waste by the foodservice managers, strengthening and facilitating the government assistance system for the food waste management and to develop education methods and education materials for food waste management.

• 방사성폐기물학회지
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• 제15권4호
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• pp.301-312
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• 2017

The concept of deep borehole disposal (DBD) for high-level nuclear wastes has been around for about 40 years. Now, the Department of Energy (DOE) in the United States (U.S.) is re-examining this concept through recent studies at Sandia National Laboratory and a field test. With DBD, nuclear waste will be emplaced in boreholes at depths of 3 to 5 km in crystalline basement rocks. Thinking is that these settings will provide nearly intact rock and fluid density stratification, which together should act as a robust geologic barrier, requiring only minimal performance from the engineered components. The Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board (NWTRB) has raised concerns that the deep subsurface is more complicated, leading to science, engineering, and safety issues. However, given time and resources, DBD will evolve substantially in the ability to drill deep holes and make measurements there. A leap forward in technology for drilling could lead to other exciting geological applications. Possible innovations might include deep robotic mining, deep energy production, or crustal sequestration of $CO_2$, and new ideas for nuclear waste disposal. Novel technologies could be explored by Korean geologists through simple proof-of-concept experiments and technology demonstrations.

• 방사성폐기물학회지
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• 제2권1호
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• pp.23-34
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• 2004

To validate the previous conceptual design of cover system, construction of the engineered barrier test facility is completed and the performance tests of the disposal cover system are conducted. The disposal test facility is composed of the multi-purpose working space, the six test cells and the disposal information space for the PR center. The dedicated detection system measures the water content, the temperature, the matric potential of each cover layer and the accumulated water volume of lateral drainage. Short-term experiments on the disposal cover layer using the artificial rainfall system are implemented. The sand drainage layer shows the satisfactory performance as intended in the design stage. The artificial rainfall does not affect the temperature of cover layers. It is investigated that high water infiltration of the artificial rainfall changes the matric potential in each cover layer. This facility is expected to increase the public information about the national radioactive waste disposal program and the effort for the safety of the planned disposal facility.

• 방사성폐기물학회지
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• 제12권4호
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• pp.335-344
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• 2014

우리나라 중 저준위 방사성폐기물의 처분시설개발을 위해 Safety Case 종합프로그램을 구축하였다. Safety Case 종합프로그램은 단계별 처분시설 종합개발을 위한 안전성판단과 계획수립을 목적으로 IAEA 등 국제기준을 참고하여 국내 환경에 적합하도록 구축하였다. 처분시설 종합안전성 확보체계는 최적화전략, 강건성전략, 논증가능성전략 및 심층방어전략에 따라 안전목표와 안전원칙을 만족하도록 구성하였다. 처분시설의 안전성은 평가기반의 품질에 따라 불확실성 저감을 위한 단계별 안전성평가와 안전성 수준의 확인 및 의사결정판단을 위한 다양한 신뢰성증진을 통해서 확보하도록 하였다.

• 한국지반공학회논문집
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• 제33권10호
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• pp.25-31
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• 2017

완충재는 고준위폐기물을 처분하기 위한 공학적방벽 시스템에서 중요한 구성요소 중 하나이다. 완충재는 처분공내 사용후핵연료가 담긴 처분용기와 암반사이에 채워지는 물질로써 고준위폐기물의 안전한 처분을 위해 필수적인 요소라고 할 수 있다. 완충재는 지하수 유입으로부터 처분용기를 보호하고, 방사성 핵종 유출을 저지한다. 처분용기로부터 발생하는 고온의 열량은 완충재로 전파되기에 완충재의 열물성은 처분시스템의 안전성 평가에 매우 중요하다고 할 수 있다. 특히, 완충재의 설정온도는 고준위폐기물 처분시설의 설계에 큰 영향을 끼칠 수 있다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 온도변화에 따른 국내 경주산 압축 벤토나이트 완충재에 대한 열물성을 규명하고자 하였다. 열선법과 이중 탐침법을 이용하여 온도변화에 따른 압축 벤토나이트 완충재의 열전도도와 비열을 측정하였다. $22^{\circ}C$와 $110^{\circ}C$ 구간에서는 온도 증가에 따라 포화도가 변화되기에 열전도도와 비열은 급격하게 감소하는 경향을 보였으나 $110^{\circ}C$와 $150^{\circ}C$ 사이의 고온 구간에서는 열전도도와 비열의 추가 변화가 거의 발생하지 않았다.