KRICT한국화학연구원 화학안전연구센터

Chemical accident prevention / response technology research

The development of chemical accidents prevention & response technology provides the core technology not only for the reinforced controls of chemicals and chemical accidents, but also for reducing the social unrest against them.

Research on monitoring technology of chemical accident substance
- Development of environmental monitoring techniques for Hazardous substances in chemical accidents
- Development of chemical accident substance monitoring system for workplace safety management
Development of chemicals accident response technology
- Development of a manual for handling hazardous substances leaks
- Development of scale-up technology for response to chemical accidents (neutralizer) and evaluation of test bed
Development and dissemination of chemical safety programs and culture
- Development of an ‘Integrated Chemical Management System’
- Dissemination and operation of software programs for chemical management system

Chemical Prediction and Reduction for Environment Health

A society that can be relieved from chemical safety issues requires reliable technologies to develop and use safer chemicals along with science-based risk prediction and reduction methods, and to communicate with peopled for the safety appropriately. We, Chemical Safety Research Center at KRICT, are pursuing those core technologies and open platforms for the chemical industry and the public to relight and share the value of chemicals beyond the chemophobia.

Chemical Analysis
(Internal collaboration)
- Support for analysis of physicochemical properties of chemicals and products under REACH/ the Act on the Registration and Evaluation of Chemicals
- Support for the protocol development of chemical analysis
- Support for the hazardous substance identification
Risk Assessment
(External & internal collaboration)
- Risk prediction technology for various chemical products
- Exposure assessment and modeling techniques for workers, consumers, and the environment
- Environmental fate of chemicals and monitoring technology
- Chemical mixture risk assessment and combined toxicity prediction technology based on computational chemistry
Risk Control
- Risk characterization and reduction technology for safer chemicals
- Product design support for safe workplace and eco-friendly product development
- Application of risk reduction technology for the public and the environment

Technical Support for Chemical Safety in Industry

Chemical safety research should be based on a scientific understanding of the root of the problem, rather than the problem itself. From the aspect of industrial support, Chemical Safety Research Center performs research the platform technology for providing ultimate solutions and countermeasures that consider the safety of the public and the environment in the beginning of product development process.