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Ductility Degradation Assessment of Baffle Former Assembly Considering the Stress Triaxiality Effect (응력 삼축성을 고려한 원자로 내부구조물 배플포머 집합체의 연성저하 평가)

  • Kim, Jong-Sung;Park, Jeong Soon;Kang, Sung-Sik
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Pressure Vessels and Piping
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    • v.12 no.2
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    • pp.50-57
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    • 2016
  • The study presents structural integrity assessment of ductility degradation of a baffle former assembly by performing finite element analysis considering real loading conditions and stress triaxiality. Variations of fracture strain curves of type 304 austenitic stainless steel with stress triaxiality are derived based on the previous study results. Temperature distributions during normal operation such as heat-up, steady state, and cool-down are calculated via finite element temperature analysis considering gamma heating and heat convection with reactor coolant. Variations of stress and strain state during long operation period are also calculated by performing sequentially coupled temperature-stress analysis. Fracture strain is derived by using the fracture curve and the stress triaxility. Finally, variations of ductility degradation damage indicator with the fracture strain and the equivalent inelastic strain are investigated. It is found that maximum value of the ductility degradation damage index continuously increases and becomes 0.4877 at 40 EFPYs. Also, the maximum value occurs at top and middle inner parts of the baffle former assembly before and after 20 EFPYs, respectively.

A Study on the Dose Analysis of Pottery Shards by Thermoluminescence Dating Method (TL 연대측정법을 이용한 토기 시편의 선량 분석)

  • Shin, Hyun-Sang
    • Analytical Science and Technology
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    • v.12 no.6
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    • pp.558-564
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    • 1999
  • A method for measuring archaeological dose of Packjae pottery shards using thermoluminescence dosimetry(TLD) has been studied. TL measurement has been achieved using quartz crystals in the size range of 90 to $125{\mu}m$ diameter extracted from the pottery shards. The stable temperature region of the TL glow curve which is devoid of anomalous fading components was identified by the plateau test and found to exist from 265 to $300^{\circ}C$. The archaeological dose of the pottery shards was estimated to be 7.43 Gy using the dose calibration curves obtained from sequential irradiation of $^{137}Cs$ gamma source to the samples and TL measurement of natural samples.

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Changes in Thermoluminescence of Mineral Separated from Irradiated Shellfish under Various Storage Conditions

  • Yi, Sang-Duk;Yang, Jae-Seung
    • Preventive Nutrition and Food Science
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    • v.6 no.1
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    • pp.23-28
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    • 2001
  • A study was carried out to establish a detection method of irradiated shellfish through thermoluminescence (TL). The TL intensity of first glow curves for irradiated bloody, freshwater, and short-neck shellfish increased from control until 5 kGy and increased slightly room 5 kGy until 10 kGy. Maximum TL temperatures of all irradiated samples tested were below 23$0^{\circ}C$, within temperature interval of 150~25$0^{\circ}C$ recommended for evaluation. Since just in control, glow curve ratios of G3 and G4 calculated from re-irradiated (1 kGy) bloody, freshwater and shortneck were over 0.5, detection in control was possible. However, as glow curve ratios after three months were below 0.5, detection by glow curve ratios after three months was impossible. Gl, which calculated from unirradiated samples, exhibited below 0.1, they were classified as unirradiated. In all samples, all the irradiated shellfish could be classified correctly as irradiated by hemaximum TL temperatures and shape of the second glow curve because those were shown in a lower temperature region than those of the first glow curve.

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Thermally Stimulated Currents in Gamma Irradiated Polymer (감마선에 조사된 중합체의 열자극 전류)

  • Chu, Sung-Sil
    • Journal of Radiation Protection and Research
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    • v.7 no.1
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    • pp.49-55
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    • 1982
  • Thermally stimulated currents of polymers have some properties as radiation dosimetry, especially polymer could be made as a good dosimeter in biological fields because of tissue equivalent material. We experimented the radiation response of polymers and attempted to apply it in clinical use. Polymers have the properties of thermoluminescence and thermally stimulated currents which are due to several kinds of charged particles such as dipoles, electronic trapped charges and mobile ions. Several peaks are datected in the thermally stimulated currents in polyethylene under vias field V, by heating from room temperature to $100^{\circ}C$ shortly after irradiation. As V increases, both the peak temperature $T_m$ and the activation energy H decreases, while the peak current $I_m$ increases. We plotted the $T_m-V\;and\;I_m-V$ curves and calculated the electron trap depth with the recombination operative TSC theory and compared the peak TSC with radiation doses.

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Line Image Correction of the Positron Camera in the Secondary Beam Course of HIMAC

  • Iseki, Yasushi;Mizuno, Hideyuki;Kanai, Tatsuaki;Kanazawa, Mitsutaka;Kitagawa, Atsushi;Suda, Mitsuru;Tomitani, Takehiro;Urakabe, Eriko
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society of Medical Physics Conference
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    • 2002.09a
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    • pp.195-198
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    • 2002
  • A positron camera, consisting of a pair of Anger-type scintillation detectors, has been developed for verifying the ranges of irradiation beams in heavy-ion radiotherapy. Images obtained by a centroid calculation of photomultiplier outputs exhibit a distortion near the edge of the crystal plane in an Anger-type scintillation detector. The images of a $\^$68/Ge line source were detected and look-up tables were prepared for the position correction parameters. Asymmetry of the position distribution detected by the positron camera was prevented with this correction. As a result, a linear position response and a position resolution of 8.6 mm were obtained over a wide measurement field.

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Protection of Radiation induced Somatic Damage by the Reduction of Oxidative Stress at Critical Organs of Rat with Naringenin Administration

  • Park, Ji Eun;Kang, Seong Hee;Kim, Hyun Mi;Kim, Suk Hee;Kang, Bo Sun
    • The Korean Journal of Food And Nutrition
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    • v.29 no.6
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    • pp.829-834
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    • 2016
  • Free radicals originate due to the radiolysis of cytoplasmic water with low "Linear Energy Transfer" (LET) radiations. Naringenin (Ng) is a natural antioxidative compound found in citrus fruits. This study revealed that Naringenin (Ng) reduced the radiation damage of critical organs by scavenging oxidative free radicals. In the study, Ng was orally administrated to rats daily for 7 consecutive days, prior to whole body exposure to gamma-rays. The scavenging efficacy was evaluated biochemically by measuring the concentration of cytotoxic byproducts and the activity of enzymes relevant to oxidative free radicals, after extracting the organs from the exposed rat. We observed increased levels of malondialdehyde (MDA) concentration, and decrease in the activities of superoxide dismutase (SOD) and catalase (CAT) in the exposed control group. However, pretreatment with Ng significantly reduced the MDA concentration, and increased the activities of SOD and CAT, as compared to the control group, due to the free radical scavenging by Ng. The results indicate that Ng administration prior to irradiation could protect critical organs from radiation damage.

Derris scandens Benth Extract Potentiates Radioresistance of Hep-2 Laryngeal Cancer Cells

  • Hematulin, Arunee;Meethang, Sutiwan;Ingkaninan, Kornkanok;Sagan, Daniel
    • Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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    • v.13 no.4
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    • pp.1289-1295
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    • 2012
  • The use of herbal products as radiosensitizers is a promising approach to increase the efficacy of radiotherapy. However, adverse effects related to the use of herbal medicine on radiotherapy are not well characterized. The present study concerns the impact of Derris scandens Benth extract on the radiosensitivity of Hep-2 laryngeal cancer cells. Pretreatment with D. scandens extract prior to gamma irradiation significantly increased clonogenic survival and decreased the proportion of radiation-induced abnormal nuclei of Hep-2 cells. Furthermore, the extract was found to enhance radiation-induced G2/M phase arrest, induce Akt activation, and increase motility of Hep-2 cells. The study thus indicated that D. scandens extract potentiates radioresistance of Hep-2 cells, further demonstrating the importance of cellular background for the adverse effect of D. scandens extract on radiation response in a laryngeal cancer cell line.

Overview of Milk Allergens and Allergic Reaction Reduction Methods (우유 알레르기의 특성 및 저감화 방법에 대한 고찰)

  • Kim, Ki-Hwan;Seol, Kuk-Hwan;Oh, Mi-Hwa;Park, Beam Young;Kim, Hyoun Wook
    • Journal of Dairy Science and Biotechnology
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    • v.31 no.1
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    • pp.67-73
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    • 2013
  • Food allergy is defined as adverse reactions toward food mediated by aberrant immune mechanisms. Cow's milk allergy is one of the most common food allergies in childhood. This allergy is normally outgrown in the first year of life, however 15% of allergic children remain allergic. Cow's milk allergy seem to be associated with casein (${\alpha}_{s1}$-CN), ${\beta}$-lactoglobulin and whey protein. In addition to this, many other milk proteins are antigenic and capable of inducing immune responses. Various food processing affects the stability, structure and intermolecular interactions of cow milk proteins, as a result reduction the allergenic capacity. Heating, hydrolysis, chemical, proteolytic and other processes such as gamma-ray irradiation, high pressure, using probiotics treatments of milk to obtain hypoallergenic milk have been developed to reduce allergic reactions.

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Effect of columnar defects on the irreversibility line in pristine and iodine-intercalated Bi$_2$Sr$_2$CaCu$_2$O$_{8+{\delta}} single crystals

  • Kim, Ki-Joon;Kim, Mun-Seog;Choi, Jae-Hyuk;Kang, W.N.;Lee, Sung-Ik;Ha, Dong-Han;Kim, Dong-Ho
    • 한국초전도학회:학술대회논문집
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    • v.10
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    • pp.45-50
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    • 2000
  • We have investigated the influence of columnar defects (CD) on the vortex dynamics in pristine and iodine-intercalated Bi$_2$Sr$_2$CaCu$_2$O$_{8+{\delta}} single crystals from do SQUID magnetization measurements. Especially, the temperature dependence of the irreversibility fields, H$_{irr}$(T), were studied. Anisotropy ratio ${\gamma}$, estimated from the fitting to the 2-dimensional melting model (A. Schilling et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 71 1899 (1993)) in higher fields than the matching field B$_{\phi}$ at low temperature region, turns out to be decreased by the iodine-intercalation and additionally by the heavy-ion irradiation.

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Stability in Effects of ${\gamma}$-Irradiated Chinese Medicinal Prescriptions on Protection of Mice from Radiation (감마선조사 한약의 방사선방호 효능 안정성)

  • 양정아;김성호;김세라;유영법;조성기
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Food Science and Nutrition
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    • v.29 no.3
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    • pp.506-512
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    • 2000
  • 건조 농산물을 비롯한 식품에 대한 방사선 조사가 허가, 시행되고 있으며, 그 적용 범위도 확대되고 있다. 이에 따라 건조 생약재의 위생화의 대체방법으로 방사선 조사 기술의 적용이 산업계로부터 요구되고 있다. 본 연구는 감마선 조사 생약재의 효능 변화 유무를 확인하기 위한 일환으로 수행되었다. 저자 등은 사물탕, 보중익기탕 및 삼령백출산 등이 방사선 방호 효과를 보이는 것으로 이미 보고한 바 있다. 본 실험에서는 감마선 조사(10 kGy)한 이들 한약제 각각의 방사선 방호 효과를 비조사 시료와 비교 평가하였다. 효과평가를 위하여 방사선 조사 마우스에서 소장움 생존시험, 내재성 비장집락 형성시험 및 apoptosis 측정을 시행하였다. 각 한약제의 감마선 조사 시료는 3가지 시험 모두에서 비조사 시료와 유사한 효과를 나타내었으며(p<0.05), 생체내 독성도 나타내지 않았다. 이는 생약재의 여러 가지 고유 효능 중 일부의 안정성으르 확인한 것으로 생각되며, 이 결과로 미루어 보아 감마선 조사 생약재의 효능 안정성은 한의학적 고유의 효능 비교 평가를 통하여 확인될 수 있을 것으로 사료된다. 한편, 저자 등은 감마선 조사 생약재의 유효성분 안정성 및 유전 독성학적 안전성을 확인하여 보고한 바 있다. 이들 결과를 토대로 향후 감마선 조사 행약재의 고유 효능의 안정성에 관한 체계적인 연구결과를 얻는다면 생약재의 위생화 수단으로 감마선 조사기술의 이용이 실용화될 수 있을 것으로 사료된다.

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