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Evaluation of Radiation effective dose by Naturally Radionuclides in the Soil of Busan

부산지역 토양 내 천연방사성핵종 분석 및 유효선량율 평가

  • Kim, Jung-Hoon (Dept. of Radiological Science, Catholic University of Pusan) ;
  • Kim, Chang-Soo (Dept. of Radiological Science, Catholic University of Pusan) ;
  • Lim, Chang-Seon (Department of Radiological Science, Konyang University)
  • 김정훈 (부산가톨릭대학교 방사선학과) ;
  • 김창수 (부산가톨릭대학교 방사선학과) ;
  • 임창선 (건양대학교 방사선학과)
  • Received : 2014.02.18
  • Accepted : 2014.06.12
  • Published : 2014.06.30
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Abstract

The presence of $^{238}U$, $^{232}Th$ and $^{40}K$, which are naturally residing radionuclides, in the ordinary soil of Busan, the 2nd largest city in Korea, was anlayzed and the residents' radiation exposure to ordinary soil was evaluated. Regarding the measurement methods, to conduct a detailed analysis of the naturally residing radionuclides in the soil of Busan, this study divided the 16 administrative districts into a lattice structure with 3 spots, and collected a total of 48 soil samples (July 2012 and April 2013). ICP-MS was used to analyze the concentration of the radioactivity of $^{238}U$ and $^{232}Th$ in the soil, and a HpGe detector, a gamma ray detector, was used to analyze the radioactivity of $^{40}K$. The measurement values of this study were compared with the concentration of radioactivity of East Asian regions. The concentration of $^{238}U$ nuclides in Korea was lower than the mean, whereas the concentration of $^{232}Th$ and $^{40}K$ nuclides was higher than the mean. The higher mean concentrations of $^{232}Th$ and $^{40}K$ than the mean were attributed to the many granite areas that contain a great deal of naturally occurring radionuclides.

본 논문에서는 대한민국의 제2의 도시인 부산지역의 일반토양을 대상으로 천연방사성핵종인 $^{238}U$, $^{232}Th$, $^{40}K$을 분석하고 이를 바탕으로 일반토양에 의한 거주민의 방사선피폭을 평가하였다. 측정방법으로는 부산지역의 토양 내 천연 방사성 핵종을 정밀 분석하기 위하여 16개의 행정구역을 중심으로 각 지역에서 세 개의 지점을 격자구조로 분리하였으며 이후 총 48개의 토양 시료를 2012년 7월부터 2013년 4월까지 채취하였다. 토양 중 $^{238}U$, $^{232}Th$는 ICP-MS를 사용하여 방사능 농도를 분석하고, $^{40}K$는 감마선 분석 검출기인 HpGe 검출기를 사용하여 방사능 농도를 분석하였다. 이 후 이를 바탕으로 동아시아 지역의 방사능 농도와 비교해 본 결과 $^{238}U$ 핵종은 우리나라가 평균보다 낮은 농도를 나타낸 반면 $^{232}Th$, $^{40}K$핵종은 높은 값을 나타냈다. 이는 한국의 지질대가 천연방사성핵종이 많이 포함되어 있는 화강암지대가 많기 때문이라 판단된다.

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