Gamma imaging devices that can accurately localize the radioactive contamination could be effectively used during nuclear decommissioning or radioactive waste management. While several hand-held devices have been proposed, their low efficiency due to small sensors have severely limited their application. To overcome this limitation, a high-speed gamma imaging system is under development which comprises two quad-type detectors and a tungsten coded aperture mask. Each quad-type detector consists of four rectangular NaI(Tl) crystals with dimensions of 146×146 mm2 and 72 square-type photomultiplier tubes (PMTs). The detectors are placed in front and back to serve as scatter and absorber, respectively, for Compton imaging. In addition, a coded aperture mask was fabricated in rank 19 modified uniformly redundant array pattern and placed in front of the scatter for coded aperture imaging. The system offers several advanced features including 1) high efficiency achieved by employing large-area NaI(Tl) crystals and 2) broad energy range of imaging by employing a hybrid imaging combining Compton and coded aperture imaging. The imaging performance of the system was evaluated through experiments in various conditions with different gamma energies and source positions. The imaging system provides clear images of the source locations for gamma energies ranging from as low as 59.5 keV (241Am) to as high as 1,330 keV (60Co). The imaging resolution was within the range of 7.5–9.4°, depending on gamma energies, when a hybrid maximum likelihood estimation maximization (MLEM) algorithm was used. The developed system showed high sensitivity, as the 137Cs source at distance, incurring dose rate lower than background level (0.03 μSv/h above background dose rate), could be imaged in approximately 2 seconds. Even under lower dose rate condition (i.e., 0.003 μSv/h above background dose rate), the system was able to image the source within 30 seconds. The system developed in the present study broadens the applicable conditions of the gamma ray imaging in terms of gamma ray energy, dose rate, and imaging speed. The performance demonstrated here suggests a new perspective on radiation imaging in the nuclear decontamination and radioactive waste management field.

본 연구는 생활도로 속도관리 방안으로 선진국에서 추진되고 있는 Zone 30 제도를 우리나라의 도로 및 교통여건에 맞게 도입하고, 시범운영을 통해 시행의 효과를 분석하는 동시에 시행상의 문제점을 분석하여 향후 제도 확산을 사전에 대비하고자 하였다. 시범운영지역으로 선정된 곳은 경찰청 T/F에서 현장 조사 및 전문가 의견을 수렴하여 상가 밀집지역 주변도로 중 편도 2차로 이내의 도로이며, 보행자 통행량이 많고 보행자 사고율 또는 위험성이 높은 경기 고양시 일산구 장항2동 (면적 0.65km2)이다. 우선 Zone 30 제도 검토 측면에서 생활도로와 생활도로구역의 용어를 정의하고, 생활도로 유형화 및 운영방안을 수립하였으며, 시범사업은 대상지에 대한 정밀 조사를 통해 문제점 및 개선점을 도출하고, 그에 따른 시설개선도면을 작성하여 해당 지자체와 협의하여 시설을 설치완료하였다. 시설 설치 전과 후로 나누어 효과분석을 수행한 결과 차량 속도는 시행전에 비해 가로별로 5~15km/h 감소하였으며, 교통사고의 경우도 시행전 25건에서 시행후 19건으로 24%가 감소한 것으로 나타났다. 또한 속도관리 사업의 시행과정이 빠르고 시설비용이 저렴해 전국적인 확산시행이 유리하여 보행자사고 감소에 실질적 기여가 가능한 것으로 나타났다. 시범사업 연구결과를 토대로 생활도로구역 속도관리 사업추진 방안 등을 제시하였다.

To manage the data measured from Honam high-speed railroad(HSR) infrastructure(environmental noise reduction structures, track structures, catenary system), we are trying to establish an integrated database through analysis of the developed infrastructure technologies and standards, construction of prototypes on the fields and evaluation of infrastructure performance according to the increment of train speed. In this paper, integrated monitoring center for management of measured data is suggested.

In this paper, sensors and equipments for monitoring the weather in test-bed of Honam high-speed railroad are introduced, and integrated monitoring system linked to weather information and its management plan are suggested.