overview of national promotion plan for the utilization of radiation and radioisotopes in korea...

Overview of National Promotion Plan for the Utilization of Radiation and

Radioisotopes in Korea

January 23, 2005Thailand

Jong Kyung KimVice President, The Korean Nuclear Society

Director General, Innovative Technology Center for Radiation Safety (iTRS)Professor, Dept. of Nuclear Engineering, Hanyang University, Korea

Backgrounds Current Status of RT (Radiation Technology)

Utilization Objectives and Directions Main Areas of the Promotion Plan

Research and Development Utilization Promotion Education Supporting Systems

R&D Fund Projection Conclusions

CONTENTS

BACKGROUNDS

History of RT promotion plan in Korea

1st RT promotion plan (MOST*/KAERI**, 1997)

2nd RT promotion plan (MOST*/Hanyang University, 2001)

“Act for the Promotion of Radiation and Radioisotope Utilization” effective (December 2002)

Related “enforcement ordinance” effective (June 2003)

Revision of the 2nd RT promotion plan (MOST*/Hanyang University, 2004)

BackgroundsCurrent Status of RT Objectives and DirectionsMain AreasR&D Fund ProjectionConclusions

* Ministry of Science and Technology** Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute

Act for the Promotion of RadiationRadioisotope Utilization No. 6814 (2002)

Ultimate Goal:To promote

for enhancing the human life of quality and industrial competitiveness.


The utilization of radiation technologies

Its related R&D activities

Essential Procedure:


National promotion plan for the utilization ofradiation technology in every 5 years

Detailed action plans in every year

Government

Policy objectives Plan for the effective promotion of RT

related R&D and the utilization of research outcomes

Plan for education and supply of RT experts Plan for financial support

The 5-year promotion plan must include:


Why? Significant changes in domestic and international

environments since the 2nd promotion plan (2001) Detailed annual plans for 5-year period required by

the Act (2002)

50+ experts from 32 organizations Worked for 6 months

Revision of the 2nd promotion plan

Committee meeting held at Hanyang university (2004)


4 committees and public hearing

Final report: ”Establishment of Integrated Promotion Plan and Its Action Plans for Utilization, Research and Development of Radiation and Radioisotope” (August 2004)

Public hearing held at Hanyang university (2004)

Research anddevelopment

Utilizationpromotion

Education

Supportingsystems


Current Status of RT Utilization

Foreign Domestic

Major applications of RT

Foreign Status of RT Utilization

Radiation and Radioisotope

Medical Environment

al

Hightech

Industry

Bio-resource

Diagnostic imaging

Cancer treatment

Nondestructive test

Semiconductor processing

Pollution purification

Food irradiation

Sewage purification

Plant breeding

Sterilization

Nano material

Radiation sensor

High accurate inspection

Functional food

Cross-linking


Agriculture15b$

(13%) Industry55b$

(46%)Medicine

49b$(41%)

53%75%

25%

Nuclear power industry

119b$(1.4% of GDP)

52b$(1.2% of GDP)

Agriculture1b$

(2%)

Industry39b$

(75%)

Medicine12b$

(23%)

RT utilization RT utilization


47%


RT utilization in USA and Japan

"Economic scale of utilization of radiation", Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology, 39(9) and 39(10), 2002



RT utilization in China(1)


Change of annual production value from RT

* including relevant productions such as ion implantation

“New headway in application of isotope and radiation techniques in China”, Proceedings of Congress on Radioisotope and Radiation Utilization in China, Japan and Korea, Beijing, Nov29-Dec1, 2004

1999

4.0b$

2003*

4.7b$

2008

12.4b$(estimated)

6,000 enterprises and 50,000 workers (RT application) More than 290 units of RI production and R&D (2003)




ResearchInstitutes40(14%)

Factories230(79%)

Colleges/Univsrsities

20(7%)





Medical

Irradiation

Industrial

Agriculture

1,000 types of radioisotopes are being used.80% of them domestically supplied

73 irradiation devises100,000 tons of foods irradiated a year (2003)

71 industrial electron accelerators (4337.5 kW, 2004)Large container inspection system (53.6M$, 2004)

629 mutation varieties had been bred. (2002)Government has established 5-year breeding plan.


• Most of commercial reactors belong to government.

• Canada is the largest RI-production country in the world.

• Organization is separately installed for the enhancement of RI production in the world-class RI production countries: Canada, South Africa, Russia, Belgium, Argentina and Netherlands.

“Beneficial Uses and Production of Isotope,” OECD/NEA, 2000

Current status of radioisotope production in the world

Cyclotron17%

Cyclotron(PET)47%

Accelerator8%

Researchreactor28%



“Investigation of RT Utilization in 2002”, Ministry of Science and Technology, 2003

94%

6%

RT utilization


536M$(0.1% of GDP)

Medical161M$(30%)

Radiationdiagnosticequipment

113M$(21%)

RI built-ineqipment26.8M$(5%)

Radiationgenerator

129M$(24%)

NDT107M$(20%)

RT Utilization in KoreaUrgent need to promote R&D and utilization for advanced economic pattern

Domestic Status of RT Utilization


Size of RT industry (2003)

2,126 organizations (6.4% increase over 2002) 26,189 workers (3% increase over 2002)


“Statistics of Radiation Practices in Korea in 2004”, Korea Radioisotope Association/ Ministry of Science and Technology, 2004


257,445 Ci of RI and RI-loaded instruments (23M$) 302 radiation generators (118M$) High-tech, high-price equipments are all imported. (e.g., gamma camera, SPECT, PET, PET-CT, etc.)

Import of RT equipment (2003)



GE PET-CT scanner (left) and Cyber-knife (right) installed at Korea Institute of Radiological & Medical Sciences

“Statistics of Radiation Practices in Korea in 2004”, Korea Radioisotope Association/ Ministry of Science and Technology, 2004

RI production: 83,049 Ci (2003)

(15.8% increase over 2002)

Significantly expanded production capacity using the "HANARO" research reactor and cyclotrons

Started to produce Ca-45, Sc-46, Si-30, Kr-79, Ho-166 and Ir-192 at commercial level

RI production in Korea


Long hot cell lines at KAERI

“2004 Statistics of Radiation Practices in Korea”, Korea Radioisotope Association/ Ministry of Science and Technology, 2004


Objectives and Directions ofthe New Promotion Plan

Objectives of the New Promotion Plan

Developing a detailed promotion plans forRT related R&D and utilizationfor the next 7 years (2 years + 5 years)based on the Act for the Promotion of Radiation and Radioisotope Utilization


Stick to the objectives of the Act Keep a good balance between RT industry and nuclear

power industry by encouraging RT related R&D and utilization

Promote R&D of core technologies Establish a basis (justification) for the expansion of financial

investment and experts education Establish a basis to achieve the objectives of

NuTRM (Nuclear Technology Road Map, 2003)

Directions of the New Promotion Plan


Main Areas ofthe New Promotion Plan

Research and development Utilization promotion Education Supporting systems

Major action plans developed for Industrial applications Bio-resource applications (Agricultural) Medical applications Fundamental technologies

R&D priorities assessed considering Economical and social effect (30%) Technological effect (25%) Urgency (25%) Others (20%)

1. Research and Development


Major action plans

Industrial applications Focusing on R&D and industrialization led by the Advanced

Radiation Application Research Center (to be initiated in 2005)

Bio-resource applications (Agricultural) Focusing on food/ bio-resource development, public health

enhancement, and clean resource production led by Advanced Radiation Application Research Center



Major action plans (continued)

Medical applications Focusing on development of nuclear medicine, new material for

radiotherapy, diagnostic imaging, medical physics, and radiation protection

Fundamental technologies Focusing on advanced fundamental technology, development of next-

generation radiation detector and establishment of radiation application facilities



2. Utilization Promotion

Characteristics of RT market

Small amount but numerous items Dominated by foreign brands

Most of radiation detectors used in NPP are imported. Most of radioisotopes are imported.

IMPORT257,445 Ci

PRODUCTION83,049 Ci

“2004 Statistics of Radiation Practices in Korea”, Korea Radioisotope Association/ Ministry of Science and Technology, 2004


Major action plans

Promote the production and distribution of radioisotopes Establish a distribution center for the production and distribution of

radioisotopes Perform a feasibility study to build a new RI production reactor Perform a feasibility study of producing Co-60 using CANDU

reactors

Establish localized RT utilization centers at major research institutes/universities

Promote RT user groups Collect and distribute RT related information Support new domestic RI products

2. Utilization Promotion


Current status of RT-related education in Korea

* Korea Radioisotope Association

3. Education

Department of nuclearengineering at universities

Department of radiologicaltechnology at technical

colleges

Radiation science program inphysics and chemistry fields

Special training course forworkers (KRIA*, work sites)


Major action plans

Educational infrastructure Develop RT-related training courses and training materials Establish integrated radiation experiment facilities at major

universities High level education

Establish professional graduate schools Develop training courses for university students Develop training courses for facility users (e.g., training courses for

HANARO utilization, training courses for radioactivity analysis, etc.) Develop a medical physics program and its related courses

Special courses Develop on-line and internet (international network) training courses

3. Education


4. Supporting systems

Background

Excessively strict regulations could hold back the utilization of the radiation technologies

Public acceptance (PA) is still a hot issue for promoting the nuclear energy and radiation technologies even after significant effort (i.e. budget spent)


Demonstration against the construction of a nuclear waste plant in Buan, Korea.

Major action plans

Establish detailed action plans for the systems stated in the Act Radiation user association, supervisory research institution,

information management institution, RT industry support, etc.

Optimize the safety regulations by introducing broad scope licensing, risk informed regulations

Establish a comprehensive strategic plan to promote nuclear energy and radiation technologies to the general public

Establish an independent nuclear promotion center Establish a dedicated department in the government

4. Supporting systems


R&D Fund Projection

Continuous and concentrated investment fromgovernment at the beginning stage

Government - R&D and infrastructureNon-government - industrial facilities

Motivate private corporations to joinvoluntarily in the promotion plan

Large amount of fund required for the establishment andoperation of Advanced Radiation Application Research Center

Major considerations


Assumptions

The nuclear R&D fund will increase by 7% every year after 2005 considering additional financial resources and inflation.

The portion of the RT-related R&D fund (in the nuclear R&D fund) will increase from 24% (2004) to 30% (2010).

Additional RT-related R&D fund will be 7.7 M$ in 2006. Fund for the supervisory research institution (2.5M$) Fund for the advanced radiation detector project (4.2M$) Fund to improve radiation safety regulations (0.4M$)

* The research fund mentioned above includes only the research fund from the government


A: Estimates of annual research funds based on the decision of Nuclear Committee in July 2000* The status of research fund from RT-related mid/long-term nuclear project (2002-2004)

RT-Related R&D fund increases by factor of 2 during the period of 2004-2011: 38.9M$(2004) 76.8M$(2011)

50

100

150

200

250

300Nuclear Technologyincluding RT (A)

Radiation Technology (B)

Nuclear Technology (A)

Radiation Technology (B)

Ratio (B/Ax100)

2002* 2003* 2004* 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 20110

162.3 158.2 164.8 166.7 182.5 195.3 208.9 223.6 239.3 256.0

36.6 37.9 38.9 43.3 51.1 54.7 60.6 64.8 71.8 76.8

23% 24% 24% 26% 28% 28% 29% 29% 30% 30%

162.3

36.6

158.2

37.9

164.8 166.7

182.5

195.3

208.9

223.6

239.3

256.0

76.871.864.860.654.751.143.438.9

M$

RT-related R&D fund projection


Conclusions

Korea has developed an integrated RT promotion plan anddetailed actions plans for the next 7 years (2005-2011).

The ‘RT related R&D fund’ will increase by factor of 2during the period of 2004-2011.

We hope this integrated approach will result in a rapiddevelopment of radiation technologies in Korea.


Thank you for your attention!

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