• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• v.27 no.1
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• pp.133-140
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• 1995

본 논문은 가압경수형 원자력발전소내 비고정식 고밀도 사용후 핵연료 저장대의 지진해석을 수행하기 위해 현재 사용되고 있는 해석방법을 검토하고 있다. 석기서는 영광 3, 4호기 및 울진 3, 4호기 계통설계 경험을 통해 한국원자력 연구소가 보유하게 된 해석 기술을 근거로 하여 해석과정과 모델방법 등을 논의하였다. 비고정식 사용후 핵연료 저장대의 해석은 냉각수에 의한 수력학적 커플링 효과, 핵연료와 중성자 흡수체 및 저장대 구조물 사이의 간극에 의한 충돌, 마찰효과, 그리고 강체 미끌어짐 및 기울어짐 등의 복잡한 현상들을 고려해야 한다. 이러한 모델링 변수들에 대하여 현재의 방법과 규제기관의 추천사항을 비교, 검토하였으며 해석방법 개선 및 최근의 기술적 관심사항들에 대하여 논의하였다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Nuclear Society Conference
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• 1996.05d
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• pp.63-68
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• 1996

열형광 선량계(TLD)를 사용한 피부 선량평가는 베타선의 에너지를 구분함으로 정확히 평가된다. 이는 차폐체에 의한 감쇄효과를 이용하는 방법으로 본 논문에서는 7개의 두께가 다른 알루미늄 차폐체를 사용하였고, TLD로는 미국 Teledyne Isotopes사의 LiF$_{7}$ 선량계를 채택하였다. 비상 베타 선량계의 베타선에 대한 특성실험을 위해 한국 원자력연구소가 확보 하고 있는 PTB 표준선원인 $^{90}$ Sr/ $^{90}$ Y (E$_{max}$=2.27MeV, E$_{avg}$=0.8MeV), $^{204}$Tl(E$_{max}$=0.76MeV, E$_{avg}$=0.26MeV), $^{147}$ Pm (E$_{max}$= 0.225MeV, E$_{avg}$=0.06MeV)에 대한 조사를 하였다. 이런 결과로 비상 베타 선량계의 표준 베타선원에 대한 보정계수와 소자별 반응비를 구할 수 있었고, 이것을 이용하여 미지의 베타선원에 대하여 정확한 선량평가를 하기위한 알고리즘을 개발하였다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Nuclear Society Conference
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• 1998.05a
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• pp.514-519
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• 1998

범용 전산유체해석(computational fluid dynamics) 코드인 CFX를 이용하여 지지격자 형상에 따른 봉다발 부수로에서의 난류유동 수치해석을 수행하였다 ABB와 SIMENS가 각각 개발한 split vane이 부착된 지지격자와 원자력연구소가 개발중인 회전유동 발생장치가 부착된 지지격자를 포함하는 부수로 난류유동을 분석하였다. 각각의 지지격자 형상에 대해 부수로에서의 축방향 속도, 횡방향 속도, 난류 운동에너지, 와류크기와 압력강하 둥을 비교-분석하였다. 세가지 경우 모두 유사한 경향을 나타냈으나 SIMENS split vane의 유동 전향날개가 크기때문에 와류와 압력강하가 다소 크게 예측되었다. 난류 운동에너지와 와류크기는 지지격자 근처에서 현저히 증가한 후 급격히 감소하는 측정결과를 CFX예측결과에서도 확인할 수 있었다. CFX 예측결과는 지지격자 근처에서 실험 결과와 다소 큰 차이를 보였으나 비교적 부수로 유동특성을 잘 나타낸다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Nuclear Society Conference
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• 1997.05b
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• pp.538-545
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• 1997

기기 및 각종 지지부의 정착을 위해 사용되는 콘크리트 확장형 앵커(CEA Concrete Expansion Anchor)인 PRH Wedge, Selfdrilling 및 Hilti KBII, HSLG에 대해서 최근 Canada의 Mcmaster 대학과 Switzerland 의 Schann 연구소에서 앵커 성능시험이 수행되었다. 본 시험결과를 토대로 월성원자력 2,3,4호기 설계앵커인 PRH Wedge, Selfdrilling 및 Hilti KBII와 대체앵커인 HSLG 앵커의 사용범위에 대해서 살펴보았다. 또한 동일한 앵커에 대해서 수행된 성능시험이라 할지라도 시험결과는 시편크기, 콘크리트강도 등 시험적용 변수에 따라 달라질 수 있는데 보고에서는 시험시편(Concrete Structural Member)의 크기에 따른 앵커링 파괴강도 및 콘크리트 파괴형태의 고찰을 통해 기존의 앵커시험 및 사용기준인 ASTM E488-90 [5], ACI 355.1R [6] 둥 제규정과의 차이점에 대해 고찰하고자한다.

• Progress in Medical Physics
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• v.21 no.1
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• pp.78-85
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• 2010

The compatibility with GammaMed-12i brachytherapy machine for an Ir-192 encapsulated source (IRRS20, KAERI, Korea) manufactured by Korea atomic energy research institute (KAERI) has been investigated. As a mechanical testing of compatibility, precise measurement of step movement with channels, measurement of curvature of radius for wire, and emergency return testing were performed. Periodic measurements of air kerma strength for 45 days were carried out to evaluate decay characteristics of Ir-192 radioisotope and comparison of dose distributions in phantom between KAERI and old sources previously used were performed by film dosimetry. KAERI source has a good compatibility with GammaMed12i machine as a result of mechanical testing. There are in good agreement with calculated values in activity characteristics and there were small differences in dose distributions around the source in comparison between KAERI and old source.

• Journal of Radiation Protection and Research
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• v.25 no.1
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• pp.3-9
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• 2000

The Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute acquired the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory phantom for calibration of germanium detectors used for in vivo measurement of radionuclides deposited in human lungs. The manufacturer inscribed concentric circles as a phoswich detector positioning guides on the phantom's torso plate and its overlay plates, and provided the effective thickness of the chest wall for each plate measured at locations over the circles. However, since the germanium detectors are of different sizes, the areas considered for phoswich detectors were no. longer applicable for the locations of the germanium detectors on the phantom. Therefore, we re-evaluated the effective thickness of the phantom to determine if the manufacturer' s data are valid for germanium detectors in use for in vivo lung counting or if new values must be implemented. Differences no more than 3% in effective thickness were found between the germanium detector regions to be used at the Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute and the phoswich detector regions prescribed by the manufacturer.

• Journal of Radiation Industry
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• v.3 no.1
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• pp.25-29
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• 2009

Microarrays can be used to screen thousands of binding events in a parallel and high throughput fashion and are of major importance in disease diagnosis and drug discovery. The use of radioisotope is conventionally regarded as one of the most sensitive detection methods. Atherosclerosis is a common disorder affecting arterial blood vessels. It happens when fat, cholesterol, and other substances made in the arterial blood vessels form a hard substances called plaque. Lipoprotein-associated phospholipase $A_2$ ($Lp-PLA_2$), a phospholipase $A_2$ enzyme, is used as a marker for cardiac disease. The detection of $Lp-PLA_2$ was accomplished by using radioactive [$^3H-acetyl$] PAF as a substrate and a feasibility study on RI biochip application to detection of $Lp-PLA_2$, a risk factors of atherosclerosis was performed. Inhibitive activity of a native plant extract was also determined by using the RI biochip. It was found to be applicable to a high-throughput screening of inhibitors for developing atherosclerosis therapeutic agents.

• KOREAN JOURNAL OF CROP SCIENCE
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• v.25 no.1
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• pp.47-53
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• 1980

Of 1, 428 entries examined to locate gene sources resistant to Septoria brown spot from the Korean native soybean collection, most lines were evaluated as highly susceptible, showing numerous leaf spots with surrounding yellowing tissue, while 136 lines of the entries showed the leaf spots without the yellowing. However, leaf defoliation was so much higher in inoculated soybean plants than those of uninoculated, regardless of leaf yellowing that resistance to Septoria brown spot could not be characterized by the lesion type. Various yield composing characters were negatively correlated to the leaf defoliation, suggesting that early defoliation incited by Septoria brown spot might result in significant yield reduction in soybean.

• Analytical Science and Technology
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• v.19 no.4
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• pp.285-289
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• 2006

In this study, the effect of an acidic treatment on granular activated carbon (GAC) and activated carbon fibers (ACF) was investigated for a $Pb^{2+}$ and $Ni^{2+}$ ion adsorption. 1.0 M nitric acid solution was used as the acid solution for the surface treatment. Surface properties of the GAC and ACF were characterized by the pH, elemental analysis and pHpzc (pH of the point of zero charge). Their specific surface area and the pore structure were also evaluated by the nitrogen adsorption data at 77K. As a result, the acidic treatment led to an increase of the oxygen-containing functional groups. Furthermore, the adsorption capacity of the acid-treated GAC and ACF was improved in the order of acidic-ACF > untreated-ACF > acidic-GAC > untreated-GAC, though the decrease in specific surface area induced by a pore blocking of the functional groups was observed.

• Journal of Radiation Industry
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• v.17 no.3
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• pp.257-264
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• 2023

This study was conducted to evaluate the applicability of the Comet assay, which is widely used for the identification of irradiated meats, to detect irradiated beef cut, ground beef, and Tteokgalbi during freezing storage. Gamma-irradiation significantly increased the DNA damage in frozen beef cut and ground beef samples. Among those, DNA nuclei of samples irradiated with absorbed doses of 1kGy or more showed typical comet-shaped damage, convincing that the samples were irradiated. Meanwhile, DNA nuclei in non-irradiated beef cut and ground beef samples were also damaged according to storage time. In particular, since the damage of DNA nuclei in the non-irradiated samples frozen for three months was similar to that of samples irradiated with a dose of 0.5 kGy, it was considered difficult to detect whether these samples were irradiated by Comet assay analysis. Likewise, gamma-irradiation of Tteokgalbi increased DNA damage. However, significant damage to DNA nuclei was observed even in the non-irradiated samples. Therefore, the application of the analysis method to determine whether the Tteokgalbi sample was irradiated was not appropriate. In conclusion, these results suggest that Comet assay could be limitedly applied only to fresh meat with a short storage period and minimal processing.