As Korea has relatively small land area and large population density compared to other countries considering the DGD concept such as Finland and Sweden, improvements of disposal efficiency in the viewpoint of the disposal area might be needed for the current disposal system to alleviate the difficulties of site selection for the HLW repository. In this research, we conduct a numerical investigation of the disposal efficiency enhancement for a high-level radioactive waste (HLW) repository through three design factors: decay heat optimization, increased thermal limit of buffer, and double-layer concept. In the optimized decay heat model, seven SNFs with the maximum and minimum decay heat depending on actual burn-up and cooling time are iteratively combined in a canister. Thermal limit of buffer is assumed as 100°C and 130°C for reference and high-efficiency repository concepts, respectively. By implementing an optimized decay heat model and a single-layer concept with a thermal limit of buffer set at 100°C, the disposal efficiency increases to 2.3 times of the improved Korean Reference disposal System (KRS+). Additionally, incorporating either an increased thermal limit of buffer to 130°C or a double-layer concept leads to a further 50% improvement in disposal efficiency. By integrating all three design factors, the disposal efficiency can be enhanced up to five times that of the KRS+ repository. Our analysis of rock mass stability reveals that increasing the thermal limit of buffer can generate rock spalling failure in a wider area. However, when accounting for the effect of confining stress by swelling of buffer and backfill using the Mohr-Coulomb failure criteria, the rock mass failure only occurred at the corner between the disposal tunnel and deposition hole when the thermal limit of buffer was increased and a single-layer concept was applied. The results given in this study can provide various options for designing the high-efficiency repository in accordance with the target disposal area and quality of the rock mass in the potential repository site.

Discontinuum-based numerical methods can contain the multiple discontinuities in a model and reflect the thermal, hydraulic and mechanical characteristics of discontinuities. Therefore, discontinuum methods can be appropriate to simulate the model which require the detailed analysis of the coupled thermo-hydro-mechanical processes in fractured rock such as geothermal energy, CO2 geo-sequestration, and geological repository of the high-level radioactive waste. TOUGH-3DEC, the three-dimensional discontinuum simulators for the coupled thermo-hydro-mechanical analysis, was developed by linking the integral finite difference method TOUGH2 and the explicit distinct element method 3DEC to describe the coupled thermo-hydro-mechanical processes in both porous media and discontinuity. TOUGH2 handles thermo-hydraulic analysis by the internal simulation module, and 3DEC performs mechanical study based on the constitutive models of porous media and discontinuity with coupling the thermal and hydraulic response from TOUGH2. The thermal and hydraulic couplings are the key processes and should be carefully verified by sufficient cases, so this study performed the thermomechanical and hydro-mechanical simulations which are modelling the analytic solutions including the uniaxial consolidation, fracture static opening, and the heating of a hollow cylinder problems. Each thermo-mechanical and hydro-mechanical verification case is also validated by comparing with the results of the other continuum and discontinuum-based numerical methods. TOUGH-3DEC results follow the analytic solutions and show better accuracy than the continuum-based numerical methods in the static fracture opening problem. The developed TOUGH-3DEC simulator can be expanded to coupled thermo-hydro-mechanical-chemical analysis in fractured rock mass, and the simulator needs to be verified by more complicated coupled processes problems which require in the chemical coupling.

To decrease area of the repository for high-level radioactive waste, enhancing the disposal efficiency is needed for public acceptance. Previous studies regarding the performance assessment of KRS and KRS+ repository did not consider area-based variations of the geothermal gradient and rock thermal properties in Korea. This research estimated deposition hole spacing based on performance assessment of a repository using the distribution of geothermal gradient and rock thermal properties in Korea to increase disposal efficiency. Distributions of geothermal gradient, rock thermal properties were investigated based on 2019 Korea geothermal atlas published by Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources (KIGAM). Effect of thermal performance parameters was analyzed using coupled thermal-hydraulic numerical simulations, and effect of rock thermal conductivity and deposition hole spacing on the maximum temperature of buffer was relatively large. In addition, distribution maps of thermal performance of a repository and deposition hole spacing were plotted using thermal performance parameters-maximum temperature of buffer regression equations and GIS data given by KIGAM. In the regions showing the highest maximum temperature of buffer in Korea, required deposition hole spacings were 10.5 m, 10.0 m, 10.1 m, respectively for KJ-II, MX-80, and FEBEX bentonite cases, and thereby additional disposal area of 40%, 33.3%, and 34.7% were required compared to that of the KRS+ repository. On the other hand, high disposal efficiency can be obtained in the regions showing the low maximum temperature of bentonite buffer. The methodology provided in this research can be used as one of the references for the selection of domestic candidate repository sites. Additional mechanical performance analysis should be conducted using distributions of mechanical properties of rock mass in Korea.

안정적인 선원 수급을 위해서는 선원의 임금 보장이 필수적이다. 하지만 선원들이 임금을 제대로 받지 못하는 임금체불 분쟁 이 발생하고 있다. 본 연구에서는 선원 임금체불을 해결하기 위해 블록체인 기반 스마트 컨트랙트를 이용하여 임금지불 자동체결시스템 을 설계하였다. 설계한 시스템은 정보등록부, 매칭처리부, 평점관리부, 스마트 컨트랙트를 배포하기 위한 임금 송금 등으로 구성된다. 매 칭처리부는 선원과 선주의 자동알림설정을 위해 임금, 선종/어업, 직위, 면허 등 4가지 변수의 가중치 합이 임계값보다 넘으면 전송되도록 설계하였다. 또한, 평상시 근로조건을 상호 간 잘 이행해 나갈 수 있는 매개체 역할을 위해 평균과 중앙값을 조합하여 평점관리방식을 제 시하였다. 스마트 컨트랙트는 중개자 없이 당사자 간 근로계약을 자동으로 이행하게 함으로써 선주에 의한 임금체불 문제뿐만 아니라 선 원에 의한 선불금 사기, 무등록 직업소개소업자의 횡령, 선원수첩 위조 등의 문제들이 자연히 해결될 것이다. 이러한 시스템 설계가 상용 화되어 제도적으로 활성화될 경우, 선원에게는 안정적인 임금보장과 더불어 선주에게는 인력수급의 어려움이 해결될 것으로 기대된다. 향후 본 시스템 개발을 위해 로컬 환경에서 테스트할 예정이다.

Due to the high risk of personal injury and property damage, the safety of maritime transport is an important concern for everyone involved. Ship navigation officers usually look up a ship's collision profile for safety-at-sea information before entering an unknown coastal area. Near-ship collisions are very important when assessing the potential risk of shipping. This paper undertakes a ship encounter risk assessment, involving analyses of the trajectory data of merchant ships and then extracts ship encounter data, creates a probabilistic model to determine whether an encounter event is a near miss, and suggests risk indicators. The proposed method will be useful for navigators to plan safe passages.

제주해역은 많은 상선 및 어선들이 항해를 하고, 자망, 트롤 등 다양한 어구를 활용하여 어로활동을 하고 있다. 그 동안 해양폐기물 수집은 주로 제주도 해안 및 연안해역에서 시행되고 있으나, 연근해 해역에서 발생되는 해양폐기물 발생에 대한 수집 및 연구가 미미하였다. 이에 본 연구는 제주대학교 실습선을 이용하여 제주도 북서해역에 침전한 해양폐기물을 수거하고 각 폐기물별로 관련 선박의 항적을 분석하였다. 또한 일정 구역 및 선박 체류시간별로 얼마나 많은 해양폐기물을 투기하고 있는지 분석하기 위해 선박자동식별장치 항적데이터를 활용하여 대상해역에 선박이 체류한 시간을 추출하여, 어선업종별로 1 ㎢ 단위구역에서 시간당 해양폐기물 발생양을 분석 하였다. 분석 결과 연근해 해역은 어선기인 폐어구가 대다수였으며, 그중 자망 및 통발 어구가 많은 비율을 차지하고 있었다. 본 연구에서 단위구역에서 시간당 해양폐기물 발생량은 자망어업이 평균 0.94 kg, 통발어업이 3.49 kg, 저인망어업이 0.10 kg, 연승어업이 0.11 kg, 기타어업이 0.02 kg으로 산출되었다. 이 결과를 활용하여 향후 연근해 수중환경 정화시 해양폐기물 발생이 높은 해역위주로 해양폐기물 수거가 가능할 것이다.

The objective is to investigate effect of liposome coated hemicellulose on softening of carrot. To encapsulate hemicellulose in nanoliposome, 2% hemicellulase and 2% lecithin were processed by using high-speed homogenizer (10,000 rpm, 3 min) and ultrasonification (200 W, 54%). The carrot were cut into cylinder type (3×1 cm) and then immersed in distilled water (DW, control), hemicellulase (He) and nanoliposome coated hemicellulose (He/NL) for 48 h at 4oC. The final concentration of hemicellulose is 1% (w/v). The droplets properties of He, NL, He/NL analyzed using zeta-sizer. Moreover, the carrots treated different immersed solutions were characterized by measuring hardness, color, microstructural observation and enzyme activity (glucose contents). For the results, hardness of carrot immersed in He or He/NL solution decreased after 48 h by 47% or 31% (outline of carrot) and 35% or 31% (center of carrot) respectively compared to control (7,240 g). The total color difference value of all samples increased over immersion time. For microstructural observation, cell was destroyed after 24 h at He solution. For the enzyme activity, glucose contents of carrot in He solution increased than it in He/NL at 0 h sample however the enzyme activity was no significant difference with immersion time.

Blanching and freezing of beef are important techniques used in developing frozen home meal replacement (HMR) products. These pre-thermal treatments minimize the deterioration of beef during storage. Beefs are washed, defatted, sliced (5.0×0.5×0.5 cm, fiber direction), and blanched by immersion in hot water for 2 min. Thereafter, the blanched beefs are spin-dried and frozen by individual quick freezing (IQF) method. Finally, the frozen beefs are packed using two methods: vacuum packages and air-containing packages. Packed beefs are stored at -12oC, -18oC, and -24oC for nine months. One in every three months, they are thawed in a microwave (400W). While thawing, vacuum-packed samples possess lower thawing loss than air-containing-packed ones. Compared to raw beef, blanched beef have a higher L* and lower a* value. However, less changes are observed after blanching the beefs as the enzymes get inactivated in the blanching process. Shear force of beef also increase through blanching. Moreover, vacuum-packed samples have maintained their hardness to a greater extent than the air-containing-packed samples. All the samples have met microbial safety standards. Thus, it is inferred that vacuum-packaging and -18oC storage temperatures are the best condition for maintaining beef that is later developed into HMR product.

본 연구는 열수침지 및 과열증기 처리한 당근을 IQF 방 법으로 급속 냉동 한 다음 -12, -18, -24 o C에서 24주 동안 저장한 후 해동하여 이화학적 및 영양학적 특성과 미생물 학적 변화를 분석하여 열처리 및 냉동 저장의 최적 공정 과정을 확립하고자 하였다. 대체적으로 과열증기 처리한 당근보다 열수침지 처리한 당근의 ΔE이 큰 값을 나타내었 고, 열처리 후 생당근에 비해 전단력이 감소하였으나 급속 냉동 후 저장 기간에 따른 유의적인 차이를 나타내지 않았 다(p>0.05). 열처리 후 생당근에 비해 총균수가 감소되었지 만 냉동 저장시 일정한 경향을 보였고, 열수침지 처리한 당근의 비타민 C 손실양이 과열증기 처리한 당근보다 더 많았다. 열수침지 처리 후 감소한 유리당의 함량은 저장 기간에 따른 변화는 없던 반면, 과열증기 처리 후 급속 냉 동 한 당근의 유리당 함량은 증가하였다. 당근의 유기산의 함량은 열수침지 처리 후 감소하였으나 과열 침지 처리 후 oxalic acid와 malic acid 함량은 증가하는 경향을 보였다. 이를 통해 열처리 후 영양 성분의 손실이 더 적은 과열증 기법의 공정 과정이 열수침지법보다 더 적절한 것으로 보 인다. 또한 -12 o C에서 저장한 당근의 비타민 C가 6개월 후 모두 파괴되었던 것을 통해 비타민 C의 파괴를 최소화하 기 위해서는 이보다 더 낮은 온도에서 냉동 저장해야 할 것이라 사료된다.