SCI papers [Google Scholar]

Under Review

1. Seungjae Jo, Dongwook Kim, Jaehyun Cho*, Radiation Shielding Design Methodology for a 15,000 TEU Molten Salt Reactor–Powered Container Ship, Nuclear Engineering and Technology, under review. 

2. Seunghyeon Hwang, Sunghyon Jang, Jaehyun Cho*, Systematic Source Term Risk Assessment Methodology Using Integrated Uncertainty Quantification of Release Mass and Frequency, Progress in Nuclear Energy, under review.

3. Juhyeob An, Jaehyun Cho*, Determination of Feasible Design Ranges for the Passive Emergency Core Cooling System of a Small Modular Reactor under LOCA Conditions, International Journal of Energy Research, under review.

4. Jiyeong Seo, Jaehyun Cho*, Sensitivity Analysis of Dose Exceedance Distances to Key User-Defined MACCS Input Parameters: A Case Study on the OPR1000, Progress in Nuclear Energy, under review.
   
   

2026

1. Seungjae Jo, Jaehyun Cho*, Advanced Radiation Shielding Methodology for the Lead-Bismuth Cooled Fast Reactor Using a Multi-Threaded Two-Step Source Approach, Progress in Nuclear Energy, August 2026. (Q1, 8.5%)

2. Hyojun Yi, Jaehyun Cho, Kyeonmin Kim, Seunghyoung Ryu, PQNet: Probabilistic Quantile Network for multivariate surrogate modeling in nuclear thermal-hydraulics, Nuclear Engineering and Technology, July 2026. (Q1, 15.9%)

3. Yunho Kim, Seunghyeon Hwang, Jaebeol Hong, Hyun-bin Chang, Gyeongyeol Kim, Jaehyun Cho*, Comparative Analysis of Containment Response to Hydrogen Combustion under a Station Blackout for Different PWR Designs, Korean Journal of Chemical Engineering, March 2026.

4. Yunho Kim, Jaehyun Cho*, Development of a Risk Profile for Accident Sequences Considering Release-to-Impact Correlation, Progress in Nuclear Energy, January 2026. (Q1, 8.5%)

2025

5. Hyoeun Lee, Eunhyun Ryu, Yonhong Jeong, Jaehyun Cho*, Sensitivity Analysis of Plutonium Production Potential in the Research Reactor Using Monte Carlo Based Neutron Transport Solver, International Journal of Energy Research, November 2025. (Q1, 2.4%)

6. Hyoeun Lee, Jaehyun Cho*, Introducing Radiation Target Level for the Shielding Design of a Nuclear-Powered Container Ship and Its Determination Process Using MCNP6 Code, Progress in Nuclear Energy, November 2025. (Q1, 8.5%)

7. Wasin Vechgama, Jaehyun Cho*, Classification of radioactive material release timing for emergency preparedness, Progress in Nuclear Energy, November 2025. (Q1, 8.5%)

8. Jaewhan Kim, Jaehyun Cho, Sooyong Park, Jinkyun Park, SAMG-based human reliability analysis method in support of level 2 PSA. Part II: Methodology and application, Nuclear Engineering and Technology, August 2025. (Q1, 13.2%)

9. Jaewhan Kim, Jaehyun Cho, Sooyong Park, Jinkyun Park, SAMG-based human reliability analysis method in support of Level 2 PSA. Part I: Table-top eXercise experiment, Nuclear Engineering and Technology, May 2025. (Q1, 13.2%)

10. Kyungha Ryu, Seonggyu Cho, Taeho Roh, Sangkyo Kim, Taekook Park, Taehyun Lee, Jongwon Park, Jaehyun Cho*, Enhancing equipment qualification testing facility for nuclear power plants: Achieving rapid temperature and pressure increase during design basis events, Nuclear Engineering and Technology, Jan 2025. (Q1, 13.2%)
    
    2024

11. Seungjae Jo, Sanghwan Kim, Jaehyun Cho*, A Fast Variance Reduction Technique for Efficient Radiation Shielding Calculations in Nuclear Reactors, Energies, September 2024.

12. Wasin Vechgama, Jaehyun Cho*, Realistic estimation framework of radioactive release distributions into the environment during nuclear power plant accidents, Nuclear Engineering and Technology, August 2024. (Q1, 13.2%)
    
    2022

13. Jaehyun Cho, Sang Hun Lee, Young Suk Bang, Suwon Lee, Soo Yong Park, Exhaustive Simulation Approach for Severe Accident Risk in Nuclear Power Plants: OPR-1000 Full-Power Internal Events, Reliability Engineering and System Safety, September 2022. (Q1, 8.7%) 

14. Kyungho Jin, Jaehyun Cho (Corresponding Author), Sung-yeop Kim, Machine Learning-based Categorization of Source Terms for Risk Assessment of Nuclear Power Plants, Nuclear Engineering and Technology, September 2022. (Q1, 13.2%) 

15. Jaehyun Cho, Sang Hun Lee, Jaehwan Kim, Framework to Model Severe Accident Management Guidelines into Level 2 Probabilistic Safety Assessment of a Nuclear Power Plant, Reliability Engineering and System Safety, January 2022. (Q1, 8.7%) 

16. Kyung Ha Ryu, Yong-Hoon Shin, Jaehyun Cho (Corresponding Author), Jungho Hur, Tae Hyun Lee, Jong-Won Park, Jaeyoung Park, Numerical Investigation on the Hydraulic Loss Correlation of Ring-type Spacer Grids, Nuclear Engineering and Technology, March 2022. (Q1, 13.2%) 

17. Seunghyoung Ryu, Hyeonmin Kim, Seung Geun Kim, Kyungho Jin, Jaehyun Cho, Jinkyun Park, Probabilistic deep learning model as a tool for supporting the fast simulation of a thermal-hydraulic code, Expert Systems with Applications, August 2022. (Q1, 8.2%)
    
    2021

18. Jaehyun Cho, Sang Hoon Han, Identification of Risk-Significant Components in Nuclear Power Plants to Reduce Cs-137 Radioactive Risk, Reliability Engineering and System Safety, July 2021. (Q1, 12.07%) 

19. Young A Suh, Kiwon Song, Jaehyun Cho (Corresponding Author), Fuzzy-technique-based Expert Elicitation on the Occurrence Probability of Severe Accident Phenomena in Nuclear Power Plants, Nuclear Engineering and Technology, May 2021. (Q1, 16.18%)

20. Seung Ki Shin, Jaehyun Cho, Jinkyun Park, Do we have a domain-specific group culture?, Reliability Engineering and System Safety, April 2021. (Q1, 12.07%, 2021)
    
    2020

21. Jaehyun Cho, Yochan Kim, Jaewhan Kim, Jinkyun Park, Dong-San Kim, Realistic estimation of human error probability through Monte Carlo thermal-hydraulic simulation, Reliability Engineering and System Safety, January 2020. (Q1, 12.5%) 

22. Hyeonmin Kim, Jaehyun Cho, Jinkyun Park, Application of a Deep Learning Technique to the Development of a Fast Accident Scenario Identifier, IEEE Access, January 2020. (Q2, 40.06%) 

23. Sang Hun Lee, Seung Jun Lee, Seo Ryong Koo, Athi Varuttamaseni, Meng Yue, Ming Li, Jaehyun Cho, Hyun Gook Kang, Optimization of software development life cycle quality for NPP safety software based on a risk-cost model, Annals of Nuclear Energy, January 2020. (Q2, 27.94%)
    
    2019

24. Jaehyun Cho, Sung Min Shin, Seung Jun Lee, Wondea Jung, Exhaustive test cases for the software reliability of safety-critical digital systems in nuclear power plants, Nuclear Engineering and Design, October 2019. (Q1, 22.06%)
    
    2018

25. Jaehyun Cho, Sang Hoon Han, Dong-San Kim, Ho-Gon Lim, Multi-Unit Level 2 Probabilistic Safety Assessment: Approaches and Their Application to a Six-Unit NPP Site, Nuclear Engineering and Technology, April 2018. (Q1, 19.12%) 

26. Ham Jaehyun, Jaehyun Cho, Jaewhan Kim, Hyun Gook Kang, RCD success criteria estimation based on allowable coping time, Nuclear Engineering and Technology, November 2018. (Q1, 19.12%) 

27. Seung Jun Lee, Sang Hun Lee, Tsong-Lun Chu, Athi Varuttamaseni, Meng Yue, Ming Li, Jaehyun Cho, Hyun Gook Kang, Bayesian Belief Network Model Quantification Using Distribution-Based Node Probability and Experienced Data Updates for Software Reliability Assessment, IEEE Access, October 2018. (Q1, 14.52%) 

28. Kyung Ha Ryu, Byoung Min Ban, Tae Hyun Lee, JeongHyeon Lee, Sang Huk Lee, Jaehyun Cho, Sung-ho Ko, Ji Hyun Kim, Natural circulation characteristics under various conditions on heavy liquid metal test loop, International Journal of Thermal Sciences, October 2018. (Q1, 15.12%) 

29. Hyun Gook Kang, Sang Hun Lee, Seung Jun Lee, Tsong-Lun Chu, Athi Varuttamaseni, Meng Yue, Steve Yang, Heung-seop Eom, Jaehyun Cho, Ming Li, Development of a Bayesian belief network model for software reliability quantification of digital protection systems in nuclear power plants, Annals of Nuclear Energy, October 2018. (Q2, 39.71%) 

30. Jaehwan Kim, Jaehyun Cho, Technical Challenges in Modeling Human and Organizational Actions under Severe Accident Conditions for Level 2 PSA, Reliability Engineering and System Safety, August 2018. (Q1, 12.5%) 

31. Jinkyun Park, Jae-Yoon Jung, Gyunyoung Heo, Yochan Kim, Jaewhan Kim, Jaehyun Cho, Application of a process mining technique to identifying information navigation characteristics of human operators working in a digital main control room – Feasibility study, Reliability Engineering and System Safety, March 2018. (Q1, 12.5%) 

32. Douglas Fynan, Jaehyun Cho, Kwang-Il Ahn, Cooldown procedure success criteria map for the full break size spectrum of SBLOCA, Nuclear Engineering and Design, January 2018. (Q1, 22.06%)
    
    2017

33. Jaehyun Cho, Seung Jun Lee, Wondea Jung, Fault-weighted quantification method of fault detection coverage through fault mode and effect analysis in digital I&C systems, Nuclear Engineering and Design, May 2017. (Q2, 43.94%) 

34. Jaehyun Cho, Jin Hee Park, Dong-San Kim, Ho-Gon Lim, Quantification of LOCA core damage frequency based on thermal-hydraulics analysis, Nuclear Engineering and Design, April 2017. (Q2, 43.94%) 

35. Hee Eun Kim, Han Seong Son, Bo Gyung Kim, Jaehyun Cho, Sung Min Shin, Hyun Gook Kang, Input-Domain Software Testing for Failure Probability Estimation of Safety-Critical Applications in Consideration of Past Input Sequence, IEEE Access, October 2017. (Q1, 15.88%) 

36. Yong-Hoon Shin, Jaehyun Cho, Jueun Lee, Heejae Ju, Sungjune Sohn, Yeji Kim, Hyunyub Noh, Il Soon Hwang, Experimental studies and computational benchmark on heavy liquid metal natural circulation in a full height-scale test loop for small modular reactors, Nuclear Engineering and Design, May 2017. (Q2, 43.94%)

Book

1. Benchmarking of Thermal-Hydraulic Loop Models for Lead-Alloy Cooled Advanced Nuclear Energy Systems – Phase I: Isothermal forced convection case, NEA/NSC/WPFC/DOC(2012)17. 

2. Developing a Bayesian Belief Network Model for Quantifying the Probability of Software failure of a Protection System, NUREG/CR-7233, Jan. 2018. 

3. 원자력발전소 확률론적안전성평가, 이승준 외 8명, 한국전자도서출판, ISBN 979-11-86799-51-2. 

Patents

1. Il Soon Hwang, et al., PASCAR : Proliferation-resistant, Accident-tolerant, Secure and Capsular Autonomous Reactor, Korean Patent No. 10-1016710-0000, 2011. 

2. Jaehyun Cho, Seung Jun Lee, Wondea Jung, System and method for quantifying the fault detection rate, Korean Patent No. 10-1736230-0000, 2017. 

3. Jaehyun Cho, Seung Jun Lee, Sung Min Shin, Wondea Jung, Joon-Eon Yang, Method of Guarantee for Software Failure, Korean Patent No. 10-1985783-0000, 2019. 

4. Jaehyun Cho, Sang Hoon Han, Ho-Gon Lim, Dong-San Kim, LEVEL 2 PROBABILISTIC SAFETY ASSESSMENT METHOD FOR EVALUATING RISK OF MULTIPLE NUCLEAR POWER PLANT, Korean Patent No. 10-2003696-0000, 2019. 

Software

1. Jaehyun Cho, et al., CRES 1.0, C-2020-051819, 2020. 

2. Jaehyun Cho, et al., ASASIN 1.0, C-2020-047325, 2020. 

3. Sang Hoon Han, el al., AIMS-L2 1.0, C-2020-010998, 2020.