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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, 2005 Thailand Jong Kyung Kim Vice President, The Korean Nuclear Society Director General, Innovative Technology Center for Radiation Safety (iTRS)

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Overview of National Promotion Plan for the Utilization of Radiation and Radioisotopes in Korea

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  1. Overview of National Promotion Plan for the Utilization of Radiation and Radioisotopes in Korea January 23, 2005 Thailand Jong Kyung Kim Vice President, The Korean Nuclear Society Director General, Innovative Technology Center for Radiation Safety (iTRS) Professor, Dept. of Nuclear Engineering, Hanyang University, Korea

  2. CONTENTS • 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

  3. BACKGROUNDS

  4. Backgrounds Current Status of RT Objectives and Directions Main Areas R&D Fund Projection Conclusions 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) * Ministry of Science and Technology ** Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute

  5. Backgrounds Current Status of RT Objectives and Directions Main Areas R&D Fund Projection Conclusions Act for the Promotion of Radiation Radioisotope 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

  6. Backgrounds Current Status of RT Objectives and Directions Main Areas R&D Fund Projection Conclusions Essential Procedure: National promotion plan for the utilization of radiation technology in every 5 years Government Detailed action plans in every year

  7. Backgrounds Current Status of RT Objectives and Directions Main Areas R&D Fund Projection Conclusions The 5-year promotion plan must include: • 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

  8. Backgrounds Current Status of RT Objectives and Directions Main Areas R&D Fund Projection Conclusions Revision of the 2nd promotion plan • 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 Committee meeting held at Hanyang university (2004)

  9. Backgrounds Current Status of RT Objectives and Directions Main Areas R&D Fund Projection Conclusions Research and development • 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) Utilization promotion Education Supporting systems Public hearing held at Hanyang university (2004)

  10. Current Status of RT Utilization Foreign Domestic

  11. Cancer treatment Food irradiation Pollution purification Sterilization Diagnostic imaging Plant breeding Functional food Sewage purification Semiconductor processing Cross-linking High accurate inspection Nano material Radiation sensor Nondestructive test Foreign Status of RT Utilization Backgrounds Current Status of RT Objectives and Directions Main Areas R&D Fund Projection Conclusions Major applications of RT Bio-resource Medical Environmental Industry Hightech Radiation and Radioisotope

  12. Foreign Status of RT Utilization Backgrounds Current Status of RT Objectives and Directions Main Areas R&D Fund Projection Conclusions 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 RT utilization 119b$ (1.4% of GDP) 52b$ (1.2% of GDP) 75% 53% 47% 25% Nuclear power industry Nuclear power industry

  13. Foreign Status of RT Utilization Backgrounds Current Status of RT Objectives and Directions Main Areas R&D Fund Projection Conclusions RT utilization in China(1) • Change of annual production value from RT * including relevant productions such as ion implantation 2008 12.4b$ (estimated) 2003* 4.7b$ 1999 4.0b$ “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

  14. Foreign Status of RT Utilization Backgrounds Current Status of RT Objectives and Directions Main Areas R&D Fund Projection Conclusions RT utilization in China(2) • 6,000 enterprises and 50,000 workers (RT application) • More than 290 units of RI production and R&D (2003) “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

  15. Foreign Status of RT Utilization Backgrounds Current Status of RT Objectives and Directions Main Areas R&D Fund Projection Conclusions RT utilization in China(3) Medical • 1,000 types of radioisotopes are being used. • 80% of them domestically supplied Irradiation • 73 irradiation devises • 100,000 tons of foods irradiated a year (2003) Industrial • 71 industrial electron accelerators (4337.5 kW, 2004) • Large container inspection system (53.6M$, 2004) Agriculture • 629 mutation varieties had been bred. (2002) • Government has established 5-year breeding plan. “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

  16. Foreign Status of RT Utilization Backgrounds Current Status of RT Objectives and Directions Main Areas R&D Fund Projection Conclusions Current status of radioisotope production in the world • 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

  17. Domestic Status of RT Utilization Backgrounds Current Status of RT Objectives and Directions Main Areas R&D Fund Projection Conclusions RT Utilization in Korea Urgent need to promote R&D and utilization for advanced economic pattern “Investigation of RT Utilization in 2002”, Ministry of Science and Technology, 2003 RT utilization 536M$ (0.1% of GDP) 6% 94% Nuclear power industry

  18. Domestic Status of RT Utilization Backgrounds Current Status of RT Objectives and Directions Main Areas R&D Fund Projection Conclusions 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

  19. 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.) Domestic Status of RT Utilization Backgrounds Current Status of RT Objectives and Directions Main Areas R&D Fund Projection Conclusions 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

  20. Domestic Status of RT Utilization Backgrounds Current Status of RT Objectives and Directions Main Areas R&D Fund Projection Conclusions RI production in Korea 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 Long hot cell lines at KAERI “2004 Statistics of Radiation Practices in Korea”, Korea Radioisotope Association/ Ministry of Science and Technology, 2004

  21. Objectives and Directions ofthe New Promotion Plan

  22. Backgrounds Current Status of RT Objectives and Directions Main Areas R&D Fund Projection Conclusions Objectives of the New Promotion Plan Developing a detailed promotion plans for RT related R&D and utilization for the next 7 years (2 years + 5 years) based on the Act for the Promotion of Radiation and Radioisotope Utilization

  23. Backgrounds Current Status of RT Objectives and Directions Main Areas R&D Fund Projection Conclusions Directions of the New Promotion Plan • 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)

  24. Main Areas ofthe New Promotion Plan Research and development Utilization promotion Education Supporting systems

  25. Backgrounds Current Status of RT Objectives and Directions Main Areas R&D Fund Projection Conclusions 1. Research and Development • 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%)

  26. Backgrounds Current Status of RT Objectives and Directions Main Areas R&D Fund Projection Conclusions 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

  27. Backgrounds Current Status of RT Objectives and Directions Main Areas R&D Fund Projection Conclusions 1. Research and Development 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

  28. Backgrounds Current Status of RT Objectives and Directions Main Areas R&D Fund Projection Conclusions 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. IMPORT 257,445 Ci PRODUCTION 83,049 Ci “2004 Statistics of Radiation Practices in Korea”, Korea Radioisotope Association/ Ministry of Science and Technology, 2004

  29. Backgrounds Current Status of RT Objectives and Directions Main Areas R&D Fund Projection Conclusions 2. Utilization Promotion 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

  30. Backgrounds Current Status of RT Objectives and Directions Main Areas R&D Fund Projection Conclusions 3. Education Current status of RT-related education in Korea * Korea Radioisotope Association Department of nuclear engineering at universities Department of radiological technology at technical colleges Radiation science program in physics and chemistry fields Special training course for workers (KRIA*, work sites)

  31. Backgrounds Current Status of RT Objectives and Directions Main Areas R&D Fund Projection Conclusions 3. Education 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

  32. Backgrounds Current Status of RT Objectives and Directions Main Areas R&D Fund Projection Conclusions 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.

  33. Backgrounds Current Status of RT Objectives and Directions Main Areas R&D Fund Projection Conclusions 4. Supporting systems 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

  34. R&D Fund Projection

  35. Backgrounds Current Status of RT Objectives and Directions Main Areas R&D Fund Projection Conclusions Major considerations Continuous and concentrated investment from government at the beginning stage Government - R&D and infrastructure Non-government - industrial facilities Motivate private corporations to join voluntarily in the promotion plan Large amount of fund required for the establishment and operation of Advanced Radiation Application Research Center

  36. Backgrounds Current Status of RT Objectives and Directions Main Areas R&D Fund Projection Conclusions 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

  37. Backgrounds Current Status of RT Objectives and Directions Main Areas R&D Fund Projection Conclusions RT-related R&D fund projection 300 M$ 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) Nuclear Technology including RT (A) Radiation Technology (B) 256.0 239.3 250 223.6 208.9 195.3 182.5 200 166.7 164.8 162.3 158.2 150 76.8 100 71.8 64.8 54.7 60.6 51.1 37.9 38.9 43.4 36.6 50 0 2002* 2003* 2004* 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 Nuclear Technology (A) Radiation Technology (B) Ratio (B/Ax100)

  38. Backgrounds Current Status of RT Objectives and Directions Main Areas R&D Fund Projection Conclusions Conclusions Korea has developed an integrated RT promotion plan and detailed actions plans for the next 7 years (2005-2011). The ‘RT related R&D fund’ will increase by factor of 2 during the period of 2004-2011. We hope this integrated approach will result in a rapid development of radiation technologies in Korea.

  39. Thank you for your attention!

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