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Background: Whole-body counters are widely used to evaluate internal contamination of the internal presence of gamma-emitting radionuclides. In internal dosimetry, it is a basic requirement that quality control procedures be applied to verify the reliability of the measured results. The implementation of intercomparison programs plays an important role in quality control, and the accuracy of the calibration and the reliability of the results should be verified through intercomparison. In this study, we evaluated the reliability of 2 whole-body counting systems using 2 calibration methods. Materials and Methods: In this study, 2 whole-body counters were calibrated using a reference male bottle manikin absorption (BOMAB) phantom and a Radiation Management Corporation (RMC-II) phantom. The reliability of the whole-body counting systems was evaluated by performing an intercomparison with International Atomic Energy Agencyto assess counting efficiency according to the type of the phantom. Results and Discussion: In the analysis of counting efficiency using the BOMAB phantom, the performance criteria of the counters were satisfied. The relative bias of activity for all radionuclides was -0.16 to 0.01 in the Fastscan and -0.01 to 0.03 in the Accuscan. However, when counting efficiency was analyzed using the RMC- II phantom, the relative bias of 241Am activity was -0.49 in the Fastscan and 0.55 in the Accuscan, indicating that its performance criteria was not satisfactory. Conclusion: The intercomparison process demonstrated the reliability of whole-body counting systems calibrated with a BOMAB phantom. However, when the RMC-II phantom was used, the accuracy of measurements decreased for low-energy nuclides. Therefore, it appears that the RMC-II phantom should only be used for efficiency calibration for high-energy nuclides. Moreover, a novel phantom capable of matching the efficiency of the BOMAB phantom in low- energy nuclides should be developed.

Background: The determination of the amount of radionuclides and internal dose for the worker who may have intake of radionuclides results in a variation due to uncertainty of measurement data and ingestion information. As a result of this, it is possible that for the same internal exposure scenario assessors could make considerably different estimation of internal dose. In order to reduce this difference, internal exposure scenarios for nuclear facilities were developed, and intercomparison were made to determine the harmonization of dose assessment results among the assessors. Materials and Methods: Seven cases on internal exposures incidents that have occurred or may occur were prepared by referring to the intercomparison excercise scenario that NRC and IAEA have carried out. Based on this, 16 nuclear facilities concerned with internal exposure in Korea were asked to evaluate the scenarios. Each result was statistically determined according to the harmonization discrimination criteria developed by IDEAS/IAEA. Results and Discussion: The results were evaluated as having no outliers in all 7 cases. However, the distribution of the results was spread by various causes. They can be divided into two wide categories. The first one is the distribution of the results according to the assumption of the intake factors and the evaluation factors. The second one is distribution due to misapplication of calculation method and factors related to internal exposure. Conclusion: In order to satisfy the harmonization criteria and accuracy of the internal exposure dose evaluation, it is necessary that exact guidelines should be set on low dose, and various intercomparison cases also be needed including high dose exposure as well as the specialized education. The aim of the blind test is to make harmonization evaluation, but it will also contribute to securing the expertise and high quality of dose evaluation data through the discussion among the participants.

Background: The main goal of experiments is to compare various operational and technical characteristics of D-Shuttle semiconductor personal dosimeters of the Japanese company “Chiyoda Technol Corporation” and Harshaw thermoluminescent dosimeters (TLD) manufactured by “Thermo Fisher Scientific” and DTL-02 of the Russian Research and Production Enterprise (RPE) “Doza” by their occupational and calibration exposure at various dose equivalents from 0.5 to 20 mSv of gamma-radiation. Materials and Methods: Besides dosimeters DTL-02, D-Shuttle and Harshaw TLD, there were also used: (1) the primary reference radionuclide source Hopewell Designs IAEA: G10-1- 12 with 137Cs isotope (an error is not more than 6% and activity is 20 Ci), and (2) the verification device UPGD-2M of RPE “Doza” and installed in the National Center for Expertise and Certification of the Republic of Kazakhstan (Kapchagai, the National Center for Expertise and Certification). Results and Discussion: The main results of researches are the following: (1) TLDs for Harshaw 6600 and DVG-02TM have an approximately equal measurement accuracy of the individual dose equivalents in the range from 0.5 to 20 mSv of gamma-radiation. (2) Advantages of dosimeters for Harshaw 6600 are due to the high measurement productivity and opportunity to indicate the dose on the skin Hp(0.07). Advantages of DVG-02TM consist of operation simplicity and lower cost than of Harshaw 6600. (3) D-Shuttles are convenient for use in the current and the operational monitoring of ionizing radiation. Measurement accuracy and 10% linearity of measurements are ensured when D-Shuttle is irradiated with dose equivalents below 1 mSv at the equivalent dose rate not higher than 3 mSv∙ hr–1. This allows using D-Shuttle at a routine technological activity. Conclusion: The obtained results of experiments demonstrate advantages and disadvantages of D-Shuttle semiconductor dosimeters in comparison with two TLD systems of DVG-02TM and Harshaw 6600.

국내 최초로 국내 원자력 관련 기관을 대상으로 내부피폭방사선량 상호비교 프로그램을 실시하여 국내 내부선량 평가 결과의 조화성을 분석하였다. 이를 위하여 섭취경로, 흡수형태, 방사능 입자크기(AMAD) 및 섭취시점을 모르는 경우에 대한 내부선량 평가문제를 개발하였으며, 세 종류의 문제에 각 세 문항씩 총 9문항을 제시하였다. 이번 상호비교 프로그램에는 원자력의학원, 방사선보건연구원, 원자력발전소(고리, 영광, 울진)의 내부선량평가 담당자 7명이 참가하여 문제에 대한 답안을 제출하였으며, 각 문제별 참가자 답안의 기하평균에 대한 각 참가자 답안의 상대 비 분포는 5.75×10-4 ~ 9.81이었고, 평가과정에서 극히 일부의 답안을 제외할 경우 참가자 답안의 기하평균에 대한 각 참가자 답안의 상대 비는 0.216 ~ 3.12의 분포를 보였다.

The intercomparison exercise on internal dose assessment has been carried out for the purpose of the evaluation for harmonization of internal dosimetry between the nuclear-related institutes in Korea. The exercises of 9 items on internal dose assessment have been developed for the unknown internal dosimetric parameters such as the intake pathway, absorption type, AMAD, and intake time of a radionuclide. Solutions to these exercises were reported by 7 participants from 5 institutes. The range of the ratio between the ndividual values and the geometric mean value of the evaluated doses for the exercises was 5.75×10-4 ~ 9.81. But without the extreme partial solution, the range of the ratio was 0.216 ~ 3.12.

증발산은 토양 표면에서 일어나는 증발 과정과 식물의 광합성으로 인해 발생하는 증산 작용을 포함한 수문 기상인자로 수문 순환과정에서 중요한 역할을 차지한다. 현재 국내외에서는 증발산을 산정하고 공간적인 거동을 파악하기 위한 연구가 활발히 진행되고 있지만 특정 지역에서의 토지 피복의 차이나 식생으로 인해 거동을 이해하는데 많은 제약이 따른다. 본 연구에서는 고해상도의 영상을 제공하는 Landsat 위성이 기반이 되는 원격탐사 기반 에너지 수지 모형인 Mapping EvapoTRanspiration with Internalized Calibration (METRIC) 모형과 MODerate resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) 위성 기반의 Penman-Monteith 알고리즘으로 산정된 증발산의 공간 분포를 비교하였다. 토지 피복별로 분류한 후 두 공간 분포를 비교하여 침엽수림과 활엽수림에서 가장 높은 상관관계를 갖는 것을 확인하였고 두 모형에 대한 적용성이 높음을 알 수 있다. 본 연구를 바탕으로 원격탐사 기반 고해상도 증발산 지도를 제작하여 시공간적 변동성과 계절 변화에 따른 거동을 파악할 수 있을 것이다.

Evapotranspiration (ET) including evaporation from a land surface and transpiration from photosynthesis of vegetation is a hydrological factor that has an important role in water cycle. However, there is a limitation to understand it due to heterogeneity of land cover and vegetation. In this study, Mapping EvapoTRanspiration with Internalized Calibration (METRIC) model, one of the energy balance models, and MODerate resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) satellite based well-known Penman-Monteith algorithm were compared. Two ET maps were categorized and compared by land cover classification. The results represented overall applicability of the two models with the highest correlation coefficients in needleleaf and broadleaf forests. This study will be useful to estimate remote sensing based ET maps with high resolution and to figure out spatio-temporal variability and seasonal changes.

Currently, TM images has a very high practical value and widely used in all aspects of agricultural. Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) remote sensing platform mounted ADC-Lite multi-spectral sensor has consistent channels response functions with TM sensor in TM2, TM3 and TM4, demonstrated to compete with TM sensor, due to low operational cost, high operational flexibility, high spatial resolution of imagery (0.018m with flight altitude 50m) and heterogeneity both at time and spatial-scale. In order to make sure whether it has widely used as TM sensor, moreover, the aim of this work is to assess ADC-Lite performance such as its adaptability and practicability. In this paper, ADC-Lite multi-spectral data, ground truth ASD hyperspectral and Leaf area index (LAI) data were acquired in soybean planting area, Jiaxiang County, Shandong Province on September18th, 2015. Since the ADC-Lite has different spatial scales with TM, this paper used TM simulation data transformed by ground truth ASD data, constructed LAI inversion model by empirical model based on two sensors and ground measured data, using 5 vegetation indices: ratio vegetation index (RVI), normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI), soil adjust vegetation index (SAVI), difference vegetation index (DVI) and triangular vegetation index (TVI). Determination coefficient R2, root mean square error (RMSE) and the estimation accuracy (EA) 3 indicators were acquired to assess the model. This work suggests that the established model of ADC-Lite sensor with TM simulation sensor has high consistency in accuracy. NDVI linear regression model derived from both of them presented a strong correlation with ground-measured LAI. It’s preliminarily shown that ADC-Lite images assess soybean LAI is feasible. This is anticipated to have tremendous implications that ADC-Lite can be made supplement for existing satellites, aerial and ground sensing, provide important information for Crop condition monitoring and critical data to support crop maturity, nutrition monitoring and fertilization management.

국제원자력기구 (IAEA)가 주관하는 EMRAS (Environmental Modeling for RAdiation Safety) 프로그램의 도시오염 평가분과에서 설계한 가상의 도심에서 방사능 분산장치의 폭발로 인한 피폭선량 결과비교에 국내모델 METRO-K의 계산결과가 참여하였다. 본 논문에서는 동 분과에서 수행된 수많은 계산결과 중에서 극히 일부분만을 집중적으로 논의하였다. 참가모델 (METRO-K, RESRAD-RDD, CPHR)이 수행한 예측결과의 차이는 다른 수학적 접근방식, 적용값, 평가자의 이해 등에 기인하였다. 비록 최종결과 (예로 영향을 주는 모든 오염표면으로부터 받게 되는 피폭선량률)는 유사할지 모르지만 오염표면 기여에 대한 이해등에 있어서는 큰 차이를 나타냈다. 이는 평가자가 경험한 사회적, 문화적 차이 뿐 아니라 방사능테러에 대한 정보와 이해 부족으로 판단된다. 따라서 이러한 정보가 부족한 상황에서는 평가자의 경험과 주관적 판단이 무엇보다 중요하다는 사실을 알 수 있었다. 방사능테러에 대한 약간의 추가적 정보를 획득할 수 있다면 METRO-K는 기존 모델을 확장하여 만일의 경우 도심에서 발생할 수 있을지 모르는 방사능테러에 따른 대응행위 결정지원에 충분히 활용할 수 있음을 EMRAS 프로그램을 통해 확인할 수 있었다.

The METRO-K is a model for a radiological dose assessment due to a radioactive contamination inthe Korean urban environment. The model has been taken part in the Urban Remediation WorkingGroup within the IAEA’s (International Atomic Energy Agency) EMRAS (Environmental Modeling forRAdiation Safety) program. The Working Group designed for the intercomparison of radioactivecontamination to be resulted from the explosion of a radiological dispersal device in a hypothetical city.This paper dealt intensively with a part among a lot of predictive results which had been performed inthe EMRAS program. The predictive results of three different models (METRO-K, RESRAD-RDD, CPHR)were submitted to the Working Group. The gap of predictive results was due to the difference ofmathemathical modeling approaches, parameter values, understanding of assessors. Even if final results(for example, dose rates from contamintaed surfaces which might affect to a receptor) are similar, theunderstanding on the contribution of contaminated surfaces showed a great difference. Judging fromthe authors, it is due to the lack of understanding and information on radioactive terrors as well as thesocial and cultural gaps which assessors have been experienced. Therefore, it can be known that theexperience of assessors and their subjective judgements might be important factors to get reliableresults. If the acquisition of a little additional information is possible, it was identified that the METRO-Kmight be a useful tool for decision support against contamination resulting from radioactive terrors byimproving the existing model.

The authors' previous study found an interannual covariability between actual evapotranspiration (ET) and the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) over northern Asia. This result suggested that vegetation controls interannual variation in ET. In this prior study, NDVI data from the Pathfinder AVHRR Land (PAL) dataset were analyzed. However, studies of NDVI interannual change are subject to uncertainty, because NDVI data often contain errors associated with sensor- and atmosphere-related effects. This study is aimed toward reducing this uncertainty by employing NDVI dataset, from the Global Inventory Monitoring and Modeling Studies (GIMMS) group, in addition to PAL. The analysis was carried out for the northern Asia region from 1982 to 2000. 19-year interannual change in PAL-NDVI and GIMMS-NDVI were both compared with interannual change in model-assimilated ET. Although the correlation coefficient between GIMMS-NDVI and ET is slightly less than for PAL-NDVI and ET, for both NDVI datasets the annual maximum correlation with ET occurs in June, which is near the central period of the growing season. A significant positive correlation between GIMMS-NDVI and ET was observed over most of the vegetated land area in June as well as PAL-NDVI and ET. These results reinforce the authors' prior research that indicates the control of interannual change in ET is dominated by interannual change in vegetation activity.

We analyzed evaporation data in the Japanese Ocean Flux Data Sets with Use of Remote Sensing Observations (J-OFURO) Ver.2. There exists huge evaporation in Gulf Stream, Kuroshio Extension, the ocean dessert and the southern part of the Indian Ocean. The temporal variation of evaporation is overwhelmingly large, of which the standard deviation is more than 120(mm), in the Kuroshio Extension region. Also, the result of harmonic analysis gives that this large variation is closely related to annual variation. In addition, the first EOF mode shows long-term variation showing the maximum amplitude between 1992 and 1994 and remarkable decrease after 1994, and large amplitude in the equatorial region and northeast of Australia. The second and third modes were strongly influenced by El Nino. Moreover, we compared J-OFURO2 evaporation product with other products. We used six kinds of data sets (HOAPS3 and GSSTF2 of satellite data, NRA1, NRA2, ERA40 and JRA25 of reanalysis data) for comparison. Most products show underestimation in the most regions, in particular, in the northern North Pacific, mid-latitudes of the eastern South Pacific, and high-latitudes of the South Pacific compared with J-OFUR02. On the other hand, JRA25 and NRA2 show large overestimation in the equatorial regions. RMS difference between NRA2 and J-OFURO2 in the Kuroshio Extension was significantly large, more than 120(mm).

A new protocol for dosimetry in external beam radiotherapy is published by the Japan Society of Medical Physics (JSMP) in 2002. The protocol deals with proton and heavy ion beams as well as photon and electron beams, in accordance with IAEA Technical Report Series No. 398. To establish inter-institutional uniformity in proton beam dosimetry, an intercomparison program was carried out with the new protocol. The absorbed doses are measured with different cylindrical ionization chambers in a water phantom at a position of 30-mm residual range for a proton beam, that had range of 155 mm and a spread out Bragg peak (SOBP) of 60-mm width. As a result, the intercomparison showed that the use of the new protocol would improve the +/- 1.0 % (one standard deviation) and 2.7 % (maximum discrepancy) differences in absorbed doses stated by the participating institutions to +/- 0.3% and 0.9 %, respectively. The new protocol will be adopted by all of the participants.

1986년 11월에 Fiji의 수도 Suba에서 개최된 제7차 APMP 준비위원회 회의에서 한국표준과학연구원이 전리방사선 측정의 지역상호비교 프로그램을 주관하도록 결정되었다. KRISS의 방사선연구실은 공식적인 서신교환을 통하여 Australia, China, India, Japan 그리고 Malaysia등 5개국이 X-선 선량계측표준의 지역상호비교 연구에 참여할 수 있는 계기를 마련하였다.

In the 7th Steering Committee Meeting held in November 1986 in Suba, Fiji, the steering committee made a decision that the Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science (KRISS) coordinates the program of the regional intercomparison of ionizing radiation measurement. Through mutual communications with the Radiation Laboratory at KRISS, five countries (Australia, China, India, Japan and Malaysia) agreed to participate in the X-ray dosimetry standards intercomparison under the auspices of KRISS.

Accurate measurements of ozone precursors are required to understand the process and extent of ozone formation in rural and urban areas. Nonmethane hydrocarbons (NMHCs) have been identified as important ozone precursors. Identification and quantification of NMHCs are difficult because of the large number present and the wide molecular weight range encountered in typical air samples. A major plan of the research team of the Climate and Air Quality Taiwan Station (CATs) was the measurement of atmospheric nonmethane hydrocarbons. An analytical method has been development for the analysis of the individual nonmethane hydrocarbons in ambient air at ppb (v) and subppb(v) levels. The whole ambient air samples were collected in canisters and analyzed by GC-FID with $Al_2O_3$/KCl PLOT column. Our targeted for quantitative analysis 43 compounds that may be substantial contributors to ozone formation. The retention indices and molar response factors of some commercially available $C_2{\sim}C_{10}$ hydrocarbons were determined and used to identify and quantify air samples. A quality assurance program was instituted to ensure that good measurements were made by participating in the International Nonmethane Hydrocarbon Intercomparison Experiments (NOMHICE).