There are now many seismic observatory stations, excluding the acceleration monitoring network for infrastructures, of more than 300 operated by several public and governmental organizations across South Korea. The features of the site and properties of the stations were not investigated, and they have been assumed or guessed to estimate the site-specific seismic responses during the 2016 Gyeongju and 2017 Pohang earthquake events. For these reasons, various and intensive geotechnical and geophysical investigations have been conducted to quantify the site characteristics at 15 seismic stations selected in southeastern Korea. The VS profiles were, at first, obtained by performing only a downhole seismic test (DHT) at 7 stations, and were compared with those from a surface wave method. Then, the shear wave velocity (VS) profiles were deduced by combining three types of in situ seismic methods composed of a cross-hole seismic test, DHTs, and full-waveform sonic loggings at the 8 other stations, especially to complement the application limits of DHT and reduce the depth-dependent uncertainty in VS profile. The representative site characteristic profiles for each station regarding VS and VP with borehole stratigraphy and density were determined based on robust investigations. Various site parameters related to seismic responses at the seismic stations of interest were obtained for the site-specific geotechnical information, which would be useful to earthquake engineering practices.

In this study, poly(amic acid) was prepared via a polycondensation reaction of 3,3'-dihydroxybenzidine and pyromellitic dianhydride in an N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone solution; reduced graphene oxide/polybenzoxazole (r-GO/PBO) composite films, which significantly increased the electrical conductivity, were successfully fabricated. GO was prepared from graphite using Brodie's method. The GO was used as nanofillers for the preparation of r-GO/PBO composites through an in situ polymerization. The addition of 50 wt% GO led to a significant increase in the electrical conductivity of the composite films by more than sixteen orders of magnitude compared with that of pure PBO films as a result of the electrical percolation networks in the r-GO during the thermal treatment at various temperatures within the films.

Disk type porous nickel membrane was fabricated by in-situ reduction/sintering process using compacted NiO/PMMA (PMMA; Polymethyl methacrylate) mixture at 800℃ in hydrogen atmosphere. The porosity (4958%) of these membrane was investigated as an amount of PMMA additive. The thermal decomposition and reduction behavior of NiO/PMMA were analyzed by TG/DTA in hydrogen atmosphere and the activation energy for the hydrogen reduction of NiO and thermal degradation of PMMA was calculated as 61.1 kJ/mol, evaluated by Kissinger method. Finally, the filtering performance and pressure drop were measured by particle counting system.

Synthesis and characteristics of Cu nanopowder were considered by in-situ characterization method using SMPS in pulsed wire evaporation process. With increasing pressure in chamber, particle size and degree of agglomeration increased by increase of collision frequency. Also, it was found from the XRD analyses and BET measurements that crystallite size and particle size decreased with elevating applied voltage. However, SMPS measurements and TEM observation revealed the increase of particle size and degree of agglomeration with increase of applied voltage. These results suggested that particle growth and agglomeration depend on overheating factor in chamber at the early stage and thermal coagulation in filtering system during powder formation until collection.

본 연구에서는 금속 칼날 마스크와 펄스형 레이저 증착장치를 이용하여 YBa2Cu3O7-δ/SrTiO3/YBa2Cu3O7-δ 다층박막 형태의 In-situ SIS ramp dege 형태의 접합을 제작하였으며, 이의 특성을 조사하였다. 접합은 RSJ 형태의 전류-전압 특성ㅇ르 나타내고 있으며, 온도 변화에 따른 접합의 normal resistance는 약 18 Ω으로 온도에 무관하게 일정한 값을 나타내었다. 접합형태를 이용하여 감도(transfer function, dV/dφ)가 약 22μV/φ0인 dc-SQUID센서를 제작하였으며, in-situ SIS ramp edge 형태의 접합이 센서로의 응용가능성을 충분히 가지고 있음을 보여 주었다.

An application of the final decommissioning plan for unit 1 of Kori NPP was submitted to NSSC on 14 May 2021. We have been implementing the project related to the radiological characterization for the plan since 2019. However, the project was not running smoothly due to the regulatory environment. The destructive sampling from the objects was not allowed, so only smear (swipe) samples are available. In this study, the sampling way and the analytical results of radionuclides are presented. In addition, we propose in-situ measurement using gamma camera and in-situ gamma spectroscopy to obtain more comprehensive radiological information on the object.

선진핵주기고준위폐기물처분시스템(A-KRS, Advanced Korean Reference Repository System)을 기반으로 한 공학규모 공학적방벽시스템 열-수리-역학적 복합거동 현장시험(In-DEBS, In-situ Demonstration of Engineered Barrier System)은 2012년부터 기획되었다. 한국원자력연구원의 자체기술로 전체 시스템 구성요소를 설계하고 제작하여 2016년 5월 한국원자력 연구원의 지하처분연구시설(KURT, KAERI Underground Research Tunnel)에 설치하였다. 2016년 7월에 정상운영을 시작하여 현재까지 양질의 열-수리-역학 데이터를 생산하고 있다. 이 시험은 국내에서 최초로 설치하여 운영되는 고준위폐기물 심층처분시스템 공학규모 현장시험으로써, 대규모 공학적방벽 제작기술 개발 및 검증, 처분시스템 설치방법 개발 및 검증, 국내산 벤토나이트의 장기 열-수리-역학 거동 자료 확보, 공학적방벽 국내산 벤토나이트 완충재의 열-수리-역학(THM, thermal-hydro-mechanical) 복합거동특성 현장시험 및 THM 복합모델링 기술 검증, 공학적방벽 완충재 THM 특성 측정 및 모니터링 기술 개발 등을 통한 국내 고준위폐기물 심층처분시스템 공학적방벽의 성능검증 기술개발을 최종 목표로 하고 있다. KURT 기반 In-DEBS의 성공적인 설치와 운영을 통해 공학규모 공학적방벽의 제작 및 설치 기술을 확보할 수 있을 뿐 아니라 여기에서 생산되는 데이터를 이용하여 처분기술개발의 핵심 분야인 공학적방벽 THM 복합모델링 기술의 개발 및 검증 능력도 갖추게 될 것이다. 따라서 향후에 수행될 우리나라 고유의 실규모 처분시스템 실증기술 개발을 위한 귀중한 정보를 제공해 줄 것으로 기대된다.