Since high-level radioactive wastes contain long-lived nuclides and emit high energy, they should be disposed of permanently through a deep geological disposal system. In Korea, the first (2016.07) and the second (2021.12) basic plans for the management of high-level disposal systems were proposed to select sites for deep geological disposal facilities and to implement business strategies. Leading countries such as Finland, Sweden and France have developed and applied safety cases to verify the safety of deep geological disposal systems. By examining the regulatory status of foreign leading countries, we analyze the safety cases ranging from the site selection stage of the deep geological disposal system to the securing of the permanent disposal system to the investigation, analysis, evaluation, design, construction, operation, and closure. Based on this analysis, we will develop safety case elements for long-term safety of deep geological disposal systems suitable for domestic situation. To systemically analyze data based on safety cases, we have established a database of deep geological disposal system regulations in leading foreign countries. Artificial intelligence text mining and data visualization techniques are used to provide database in dashboard form rather than simple lists of data items, which is a limitation of existing methods. This allows regulatory developers to understand information more quickly and intuitively and provide a convenient interface so that anyone can easily access the analyzed data and create meaningful information. Furthermore, based on the accumulated bigdata, the artificial intelligence learns and analyzes the information in the database through deep learning, and aims to derive a more accurate safety case. Based on these technologies, this study analyzed the legal systems, regulatory standards, and cases of major international leading countries and international organizations such as the United States, Sweden, Finland, Canada, Switzerland, and the IAEA to establish a database management system. To establish a safety regulation base suitable for the domestic deep geological disposal environment, the database is provided as data to refer to and apply systematic information management on regulatory standards and regulatory cases of overseas leading countries, and it is expected that it will play a key role as a forum for understanding and discussing the level of safety of deep geological disposal system among stakeholders.

Kori-1, the nuclear power plants in South Korea, first started operation in April 1978 and was suspended permanently in 2017. The saturation rate time of spent nuclear fuel generated by major nuclear power plants operating in Korea are getting closer. If we fail to dispose spent nuclear fuel, which is equivalent to high-level radioactive waste, the nuclear power plants will have to be shutdown. High-level radioactive waste is permanently disposed through a deep geological disposal system because it contains long-term half-life nuclides and emits high energy. To select the deep geological disposal site and construct the disposal facilities, it is necessary to establish appropriate regulatory policies accordingly. The status of database construction in OECD-NEA, NRC, SITEX, and IAEA, which provides safety regulations for deep geological disposal system, stipulates each requirement for dismantling nuclear power plants. However, details such as specific figures are not specified, and guidelines for the disposal of high-level radioactive wastes are not clearly distinguished. In Korea, the CYPRUS program, an integrated database system, has been developed to support comprehensive performance evaluation for high-level waste disposal. However, due to several difficult situations, maintenance and upgrades have not been performed, so the research results exist only in the form of raw data and the new research results have not been reflected. Other than that, there is no preemptive basis for regulating the deep geological disposal system. With real-time database, we can develop a regulatory system for the domestic deep disposal system by systematically analyzing the regulatory condition and regulatory case data of international organizations and foreign leading countries. The database system processed and stored primary data collected from nuclear safety reports and other related data. In addition, we used relational database and designed table to maximize time and space efficiency. It is provided in the form of a web service so that multiple users can easily find the data they want at the same time. Based on these technologies, this study established a database system by analyzing the legal systems, regulatory standards, and cases of major foreign leading countries such as Sweden, Finland, the United States, and Japan. This database aims to organize data for each safety case component and further prepare a safety regulatory framework for each stage of development of disposal facilities suitable for the domestic environment.

접목선인장은 우리나라 주요 수출 화훼 작목 중 하나이다. 접목선인장은 대부분 선박으로 수출되며 작은 병징만 나타나도 수출에 제약이 많고 경제적 손실도 발생하므로, 접목 과정에서 철저한 소독 과정이 요구된다. 현재 농가에서는 접목 칼을 토치로 소독하고 있으나, 유해가스로 인한 신체적 피해가 발생하고 있어 이를 대체할 소독 방식이 필요하다. 첫번째로 2번의 박테리아 검정 결과, 열탕 15초 소독이 가장 효과적으로 박테리아 증식을 억제하였다. R2A배지 검정 결과, 열탕 15 초 이상부터는 검출되지 않았으며, petrifilm에 분주하였을 때 는 0.33±1.29 CFU/mL이 발생하였다. 두번째로 모의 수송 과정 중 생체중 변화량의 경우, 분홍색 자구의 경우 무처리는 73.07b, 토치 소독은 92.18a, 열탕 15초 소독은 93.29a% initial 로 나타났다(p≤0.05). 세번째로 구경 변화량의 경우, 토치 소독과 열탕 15초 소독 모두 무처리보다 감소폭이 적어 품질 유지를 위해선 소독 과정이 반드시 필요하다고 판단된다. 마지막으로 소독 방식에 따른 최종 부패율은 무처리, 토치 소독, 열탕 15초 소독 각각 27.5±9.01, 28.33±11.55, 16.67±5.77% 가 나타났으므로 열탕 15초 소독이 가장 효과적이다. 따라서 열탕 15초 소독은 관행 소독 방식의 문제점을 해결할 수 있고, 접목 선인장의 품질 향상 및 부패 감소로 농가의 경제적인 이득 또한 향상시킬 수 있을 것으로 기대된다.

절화용 스프레이 국화(Dendranthema grandiflorum)는 다양한 화색, 화형을 가진 품종들이 많지만, 국내에서는 시장성이 낮은 편이다. 따라서 고품질 국화 생산을 통한 소비 확대가 필요하며 연중 균일하게 환경을 조절해주는 스마트팜 기술 을 활용하여 일정한 품질의 국화를 생산하는 것이 중요하다. 본 연구에서는 스마트팜과 관행농가에서 채화한 절화용 스프레이 국화 ‘헤나’의 절화수명과 품질을 비교 분석하였다. 절화 수명의 경우 스마트팜은 28.6±1.03일, 관행농가는 24.2±0.61로 스마트팜이 약 4.4일 길게 유지하였다. 절화중 변화율의 경우 스마트팜은 최대 117.95%까지 증가하였으며 27일간 초기 절화중보다 높은 절화중을 유지했다. 관행농가는 최대 116.65%까지 증가하였으며, 21일간 유지했다. 수분 흡수량의 경우 스마트팜은 절화수명 종료시점까지 10mL 이상을 흡수하였으나, 관행농가는 Day 12부터 10mL 이하만 흡수하였다. 수 분균형의 경우 스마트팜과 관행농가 모두 Day 2에 최고치를 나타냈으나, 급격히 감소하여 스마트팜은 Day 8에, 관행농가 는 Day 6에 음수값에 도달하였다. 화폭 변화율의 경우 스마트 팜은 최대 143.00%까지 증가하였으며, 관행농가는 최대 125.82% 까지 증가했다. 엽록소 함량의 경우 이 전 결과와는 달리 Day 0에는 관행농가가 약 7.56 SPAD value 만큼 더 높았으나, 절화수명 종료시점까지 스마트팜이 더 큰 폭으로 증가하였다. 종합적으로, 절화용 스프레이 국화를 스마트팜에서 채화할 경 우 절화수명 및 품질이 더 향상되었음을 알 수 있었다.

본 연구에서는 스마트팜과 관행재배 온실의 시설, 토양 분 석 및 3종류의 절화 스프레이 국화 ‘아비삭(Abishag)’, ‘포드 (Ford)’, ‘헤나(Henna)’ 의 생육 조건 등을 비교 분석했다. 스 마트팜에는 온도, 습도, CO2, 영양공급, 환기, 광을 탐지하는 16개의 자동 센서 채널들이 있다. 특히, 온도가 높아질 때 스 마트팜에서는 안개분사장치를 사용하지만 관행재배 온실에서 는 어떠한 장비 사용 없이 오직 측창만을 열어 온도를 낮춘 다. 따라서 스마트팜은 연중 균일한 환경을 유지하기 때문에 우수한 품질의 절화 국화를 생산할 수 있다. 그 결과 스마트 팜에서는 연간 3.5기작을 재배할 수 있고 m2당 연간 129본을 생산한다. 반면에 관행재배 온실에서는 연간 3기작, m2당 연 간 91본을 생산한다. 토양분석 결과 스마트팜은 유기물함량과 pH가 적정수준이었지만 관행재배 온실은 유기물함량이 초과 상태였다. 전기전도도는 관행재배 온실에서는 적정치보다 3.8 배 정도 높게 나타난 반면 스마트팜에서는 적정 수준을 유지 하고 있어 스마트팜에서의 토양관리가 좋은 것으로 나타났다. 세 품종 모두 스마트팜에서 재배 시 절화장, 엽 수, 줄기직경 이 더 우수한 결과값을 얻었다. 반면에, 엽록소 함량은 관행재 배 온실에서 더 높았다. 본 연구는 스마트팜과 관행재배 온실 에서 절화 스프레이 국화 3품종의 품질을 비교 검증하였다.

Entomopathogenic fungus is a useful control agent to sucking type insect such as whitefly and aphid. The fungi are influenced by some environmental factors such as relative humidity, temperature and UV and cause slow and fluctuation in pest control efficacy. Especially, UV kills conidia or spores of entomopathogenic fungi and a mycopesticide using fungi has short control period in field. UV intensity changes from season to season. Survival rate of entomopathognic fungi treated may differ from seasons and will show different control efficacy. Therefore, we conducted a study to estimate the persistence of an Isaria javanica isolate, which was already reported as sweet potato whitefly control agent, in potted greenhouse soil planted different crops. The number of survival spore decreased gradually and differ from seasons.

Insect pests have been a serious problem over many years and remain a major threat for food production. Although chemical pesticides are major pest control strategies, use of microorganisms such as entomopathogenic bacteria, fungi, viruses and nematodes have continuously increase last few decades to minimize the use of agrichemicals. According to BBC research, the global biocontrol market was about $2.1 billion in 2011, and this is expected to rise $3 ~ 4 billion by 2017. Over 50 entomopathogens are commercially produced and used augmentatively as microbial pesticides. About 175 biopesticide active ingredients and 700 products have been registered worldwide. Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt), Beauveria bassiana, Metarhizium spp., nuclear polyhedrosis virus and Steinernema spp. are the most popular control agents used in plant protection. Among the microbial control agents Bt products have more than 50% of market share. In Korea, only 13 environmentally-friendly crop protectants were registered for insect pest control in 2015. Market share is very low and has grown slowly. We will discuss how we can expand the market with our techniques.

To investigate the in vivo cognitive effects of syringic acid(SA), Y-maze and passive avoidance tests were performed in amyloid-β(Aβ)-induced cytotoxicity. Learning and memory impairment by Aβ neurotoxicity was partially recovered in Institute of Cancer Research(ICR) mice orally administered SA(10mg/kg of body weight). The SA treated group showed an inhibitory effect on acetylcholinesterase(AChE) that was extracted from mice brain tissue after in vivo tests. Aβ-induced oxidative stress was also examined by malondialdehyde(MDA) and 2',7,-dichlorofluorescein diacetate(DCF-DA) assays, and lipid peroxidation of brain homogenates and cellular oxidative stress were reduced by SA. In cell viability assays using 3-[4,5-dimethythiazol-2-yl]-2,5-diphenyl tetrazolium bromide(MTT), lactate dehydrogenase(LDH) leakage, and caspase 3/7 activity, the SA treated group showed relatively effective protection against Aβ-induced neurotoxicity compared to the others. Consequently, these results suggest that SA in black soybean seed coat extract might improve cognitive function because of its neuronal cell protective effects against oxidative stress and the inhibitory effect of AChE as a cholinergic enzyme.

Multiple starters consisting of two Bacillus amyloliquefaciens strains (MJ1-4 and EMD17), Pichiafarinosa SY80, and Rhizopus oryzae were used for Doenjang making. Bacillus strains were selected based on their abilities to inhibit toxinogenic fungi and Bacillus cereus, fibrinolytic activity, and their ability to confer good flavor to Cheonggukjang. P. farinosa SY80 and R. oryzae, previously isolated from soy sauce, were selected because they were not inhibited by two bacilli. Doenjang was prepared by inoculation of multiple starters (A1 Doenjang). Control Doenjang was prepared by inoculation of B. subtilis KACC 16750 (Natto strain) and Aspergillus oryzae KCCM 60166 (A2 Doenjang). Another control (A3 Doenjang) was prepared by inoculation of microorganisms present in rice straw. Doenjang samples were fermented for 70 days at 20℃. pH of 3 samples decreased from the initial value of 6.4 to 5.8~6.0 and titratable acidity (TA) increased from 0.6 to 1.1~1.3. The amount of amino-type nitrogen increased during fermentation. There were slight differences in moisture, crude-protein, and crude-fat contents after 70 days. Contamination of fungi was observed only in A3 Doenjang and B. cereus was not detected from all 3 samples. A1 Doenjang showed the highest fibrinolytic activity and A2 Doenjang the second. These results indicate that Doenjang made with carefully selected starters was functionally improved and microbially more safe.

고부가가치 식품 산업에서 블루베리의 산업적 활용 가능성을 확인하고자 주요 영양성분 분석, in vitro 항산화 활성, 그리고 아세트콜린에스터레이즈 (AChE) 효소 저해 활성을 연구하였다. 블루베리에 포함된 주요 미네랄 중 칼슘이 가장 풍부한 것으로 분석되었고, 아미노산은 주로 aspartic acid와 glutamic acid로 구성 되었다. 지방산의 분포는 76.78%의 포화지방산과 23.21%의 불포화 지방산으로 구성되었으며, vitamin C는 22.48 mg/100 g으로 분석되었고 주요 유리당으로서는 과당과 포도당이 검출되었다. 생리적인 활성 효과를 확인하고자 블루베리의 에탄올 추출물을 염산, 에틸아세테이트, 그리고 산성메탄올을 이용하여 분획하였다. Total phenolics 함량은 각각 1.65, 2.31 그리고 4.45 mg of GAE / g 어었으며, in vitro 항산화 효과로서의 FRAP assay와 MDA 생성 저해 효과는 안토시아닌 분획물에서 농도 의존적으로 증가하였다. 또한 에탄올 추출물, 비 안토시아닌 분획물 그리고 안토시아닌 분획물에서 모두 AChE 활성을 억제하는 것으로 나타났으나, 특히 블루베리의 안토시아닌 분획물에 의해 억제되는 양상이 우수한 것으로 확인되었다. 결과적으로 다양한 영양성분을 포함하는 블루베리의 안토시아닌 분획물은 우수한 in vitro 항산화 효과와 AChE 저해 활성을 가지는 것으로 확인되었다.

The Riptortus-Burkholderia symbiosis is a newly emerging insect-bacterium symbiotic system. This symbiosis system has a good merit as an experimental model system to produce the non-symbiotic (apo) and symbiotic (sym) host insect. In recent reported papers, the symbionts play important biological roles for the host insects. Meanwhile, juvenile hormone (JH) is one of major hormone synthesized corpora allata(CA) to control many physiology of insect. However, the study for cross-talk mechanism between symbionts and host hormones to control important physiological phenomenon of insects is almost none. In this study, we found that Riptortus speed up adult emerging and increase egg laying on presence of symbiont Burkholderia. Also we found that hexamerin proteins, which were controlled the expression by JH, were accumulated in sym-Riptortus hemolymph compare with apo-Riptortus. According as combined results, we hypothesized that the gut symbiont Burkholderia can control JH titer to conclude out beneficial effects such as development and reproduction of R. pedestris. To verify this hypothesis, we examined measurement of JH titer, expression of hexamerins as JH response genes and RNAi for hexamerin protein during whole Riptortus life on presence or absence of symbiont Burkholderia. All results demonstrated that gut symbiont controlled JH titer of Riptortus. Controlled JH amount by symbiont Burkholderia in host midgut regulated hexamerin protein expression for speeding up adult emerging and increasing egg production.

Various insect pests infest crops including vegetables and ornamentals during crop production. Chemical pesticides have generally used until recently to control pests. Many pests are very difficult to control using organic pesticides because of the development of insecticide resistance and their rapid population increase. Entomopathogens are the promising alternative control methods. Entomopathogenic fungi are good candidates to control sucking insects such as aphid, whitefly and mite because the fungi can infect without ingestion. Conidia or blastospores of fungal entomopathogens are sprayed onto target plant and/or insect, adhered on insect surfaces, and penetrated into hemocoel through insect cuticle. Then the fungus utilize insect nutrients and kill the host insect. During this process, fungus was influenced by environmental conditions such as temperature, relative humidity and UV light. These are causing slow mortality and preventing wider application and use of mycopescitide using entomopathogenic fungi. In addition, control efficacy with fungal entomopathogen differed fungal isolate and host insect. Therefore, we need to study selection of high virulence isolate, mass production, formulation and application techniques to develop mycopesticide.

Use of conidia or spores of entomopathogenic fungi are influenced by environmental conditions such as temperature and relative humidity and caused slow and fluctuation of mortality. In addition, although the fungi have the advantage of a restricted host range, this specificity is one of the limiting factors for their use. These factors are preventing wider application and use of these biocontrol agents. To mitigate such problems we selected an Beauveria bassiana Bb08 which kill green peach aphid with its liquid culture filtrate. In this study we conducted bioassay with the fungal culture filtrate and culture fluid to greenhouse pests such as cotton aphid, whitefly and thrips. Culture fluid showed high mortality against green peach aphid, as well as cotton aphid, sweet potato whitefly, and western flower thrips. However, control effect of culture filtrate varied with pests. Culture filtrate showed high mortality to cotton aphid. Mortality of western flower thrips with culture filtrate was slower than culture fluid including spores and sweet potato whitefly was much lower. These results indicated that the culture fluid of Beauveria bassiana Bb08 has potential to simultaneously control various greenhouse pests.

Sweetpotato whitefly (Bemisia tabaci), especially Q biotype, has been recognized one of the most destructive insect pests worldwide because of increased resistance to some insecticide groups requiring alternative strategies for its control. We studied the conidia production of entomopathogenic fungus Isaria javanica Pf04, which had been reported high virulence isolate against Q biotype of B. tabaci, using grain. Brown rice was most suitable for conidia mass production of the isolate of I. javanica. Conidia was produced high at 25 ~ 27.5℃. The isolate produced more spores when conidia suspension directly inoculated onto media than two-phase fermentation. When concentration of inoculum was high spore production was high, but increasing rate of conidia production was highest at low inoculum concentration (1×105 conidia/ml) as 6,700 times increase compared with 20 times increase at high inoculum concentration (1×108 conidia/ml). These results indicated that the isolate can produce more conidia with cheap agricultural product and can develop as a microbial pesticide to control sweetpotato whitefly.