자기공명(magnetic resonance, MR)영상에서 주로 발생하는 Rician 노이즈는 영상의 화질을 저하하는 주요 요소 중의 하나이다. 본 연구에서는 노이즈 제거에 효율적이라고 잘 알려진 총변이(total variation, TV) 알고리즘을 모 델링하여 Rician 노이즈 레벨에 따른 파라미터를 최적화하고자 한다. 시스템은 8채널 기반의 3.0 T 장치를 활용하였 고 물 팬텀 영상을 획득하여 각각 Rician 노이즈를 0.05, 0.10, 0.15, 그리고 0.20 값을 부가하였다. TV 알고리즘 은 Rudin-Osher-Fatemi 모델을 기반으로 모델링하였고 최적화를 수행하기 위하여 반복수 파라미터를 조정하여 획득된 영상에 적용하였다. 결과적으로 Rician 노이즈 레벨을 0.05, 0.10, 0.15, 그리고 0.20을 사용하였을 때 각 각 30, 40, 80, 그리고 120 반복수를 기반으로 한 TV 노이즈 알고리즘에서 가장 우수한 신호 대 잡음비(signal to noise ratio, SNR)와 대조도 대 잡음비(contrast to noise ratio, CNR) 결괏값이 도출되었다. 또한, 최적화된 반복수를 적용한 TV 알고리즘을 사용한 MR 영상에서 기존의 위너 및 중간값 필터를 사용하였을 때 비하여 SNR과 CNR 모두 우수한 값을 획득할 수 있었다. 특히 기본적으로 획득된 MR 영상보다 최적화된 TV 알고리즘을 적용한 영상의 평균 SNR과 CNR은 각각 3.11 및 3.31배 향상됨이 증명되었다. 결론적으로, 노이즈 제거 효율이 우수한 TV 알고리즘의 최적화된 파라미터를 활용한다면 MR 영상에서의 활용 가능성이 클 것으로 기대한다.

The decommissioning of Kori Unit 1 is expected to generate a large amount of clearance waste. Disposing of a large amount of clearance waste is economically costly, so a recycling method has emerged. However, clearance waste recycling is expected to cause many conflicts among various stakeholders. In the previous study, possible conflicts were selected in consideration of the domestic environment and major issues. Based on this, this study classifies stakeholders involved in conflicts by group, and suggests ways to enhance understanding by stakeholder and enhance reliability. In this study, stakeholders are classified into four groups that share the same conflicts, and each of the following measures is suggested. 1) Stakeholder Engagement. 2) Common understanding of radiation risks, dialogue between the public/recycling industry/ regulatory agency. 3) Incentives to promote recycling clearance waste. 4) Reliable outlet store for recyclable clearance waste. The above understanding enhancement measures are presented so that a solution to conflict can be smoothly derived when designing a clearance waste-related consultative body composed of interested parties in the future. As a more specific solution, measures to enhance stakeholder trust can be suggested for each understanding enhancement measure. Reliability enhancement measures are also presented so that they can be applied to each stakeholder group, and these are as follows. 1) Write a stakeholder engagement plan, Measures for stakeholder participation in measuring the radioactivity concentration of clearance waste. 2) Active use of easy-to-understand radioactivity comparison data, Expansion of information on environmental radiation dose to public, nuclear/radiation education, Held a tour event at the nuclear power plant decommissioning site, New website for clearance waste information disclosure. 3) Incentives for recycling industries in which the Ministry of Environment or KHNP partially bears the losses that occur when the sales rate is low. Incentives are provided to consumers by including recyclables of clearance waste for Green Card’s green consumption points. 4) Online outlets open for recyclable clearance waste with easy-to-understand radioactivity comparison data. It is expected that if the above-mentioned reliability enhancement measures are used, it will be possible to secure the trust of stakeholders and reduce the gap between stakeholders in the future clearance-related consultative body.

The decommissioning of Kori unit 1 is just around the corner. Accordingly, it is required to construct a hot cell facility for decommissioning nuclear power plants to analyze the characteristics of intermediate-level waste and low-level waste generated in the decommissioning process. In this study, a Design Base Accident (DBA) scenario of the facility is developed. To identify and characterize potential hazards at the facility, a Preliminary Fact Sheet (PFS) is filled out and consider external events in consideration of the surrounding site environment. The external event screening and evaluation method is based on the external event evaluation method covered in the probabilistic risk assessment. In PFS, only natural and artificial hazards that may have a meaningful impact on the facility are considered as the sources of the accident, and accident prevention and mitigation systems, etc., which exist in each compartment or facility, are described. Based on PFS and external events, potential hazard assessment is systematically performed using each potential hazards, impact and defense function identified using the preliminary hazard analysis (PHA) methodology. The potential hazard analysis methodology applied to this assessment is a qualitative assessment method consistent with the US DOE Hazard Analysis methodology (DOE 1992b; DOE 1994b). After that, the potential mitigation functions that can be used under normal, abnormal and accident conditions are examined, and the contribution of public and workers to safety is evaluated. The results of the PHA are basic data that prioritize potential hazards and can be used to develop potential accident scenarios. Among potential hazards generally considered for non-reactor facilities, only possible accidents during operation of the facilities are selected as potential hazards. The level of potential hazards is obtained by qualitatively examining the frequency and consequence estimates for each hazard or accident scenario developed in PHA. Based on the results of the potential hazards assessment, representative accidents that require further quantitative analysis are screened. Selected accidents are DBA and are the most dangerous and most significant impacts on workers.