For the peaceful use of nuclear energy, the international community has devoted itself to fulfilling its obligations under the Safeguards Agreement with IAEA. In this regard, uranium in a radioactive waste drum should be analyzed and reported in terms of mass and 235U enrichment. In order to characterize radioactive wastes, gamma spectroscopy techniques can be effectively applied. In the case of high-resolution gamma spectroscopy, because an HPGe detector can provide excellent energy resolution, it can be applied to analyze a mixture having a complicated isotopic composition. However, other substances such as wood, concrete, and ash are mixed in radioactive waste with various form factors; hence, the efficiency calibration is difficult. On the other hand, In Situ Object Counting System (ISOCS) has a capability of efficiency calibration without standard materials, making it possible to analyze complex radioactive wastes. In this study, the analysis procedure with the ISOCS was optimized for quantification of radioactive waste. To this end, a standard radioactive waste drum at KEPCO NF and low-level radioactive waste drums at Korea Radioactive Waste Agency (KORAD) were measured. The performance of the ISOCS was then evaluated by Monte Carlo simulations, Multi-Group Analysis for Uranium (MGAU) code, and destructive analysis. As a result, the ISOCS showed good performance in the quantification of uranium for a drum with the homogenized simple geometry and long measurement time. It is confirmed that the ISOCS gamma spectroscopy technique could be used for control and accountancy of nuclear materials contained in a radioactive waste drum.

논문에서는 머신비전을 이용하여 컨베이어 시스템에서 이동하는 객체를 계수하는 알고리즘을 제안하였다. 영상처리를 이용한 객체 계수 시스템은 유동인구나 교통량 파악 등의 다양한 산업현장에서 사용되고 있으며, 주로 템플릿 매칭이나 기계학습의 방 법으로 검출하여 추적 후 계수한다. 하지만 빠르게 움직이는 컨베이어 벨트위의 물체를 검출하기 위해서는 연산에 소요되는 시간이 짧 아야 하므로 영역기반의 방법으로 영상처리를 하였다. 본 연구에서는 모양과 크기, 그리고 색깔이 비슷한 전복 치패를 계수하였다. 컨 베이어 시스템은 한 방향으로 동작하는 특성을 이용하여 첫 번째 영역에서 치패를 검출하여 정보를 얻은 것을 기반으로 다음 프레임 에서의 물체의 위치 범위를 계속적으로 변화하여 치패를 검출하고 각각의 획득한 정보를 비교하여 계수하였다. 치패가 간격을 두고 이 동 시에는 정확하게 계수됨을 확인하였으며, 치패가 붙어서 오는 경우에는 크기정보를 이용하여 계수하여 중복되거나 누락됨을 방지 하였다. 본 논문에서 제안한 알고리즘은 컨베이어 시스템 위에서 움직이는 다양한 객체 계수 제어에 적용할 수 있을 것이다.

The purpose of this study was to develop the national park visitor counting system using the ubiquitous sensor network. This system is composed of a sensor node, sink node, gateways, CDMA module, server, and clients. The results of the study were: 1) stable data transmission distance was possible within 100 meters between sensor nodes, 2) the developed counting sensor system showed a network communication stability level of 88.3 percent in 1.2m wide trails. When installed in concentrate use areas or forks of national parks, the visitor counting system will not only contribute to provide reliable visitor counting, but also to improve the quality of national park visitor service, to manage park facilities and natural resources more efficiently, to achieve an information oriented national park system.