• Proceedings of the Korean Radioactive Waste Society Conference
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• 2005.11a
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• pp.87-95
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• 2005

Laser sealing/cutting technique, one of the 4 core technologies to manufacture self-luminous glass tubes (SLGTs) has been developed. Through the analysis of commercial products it is found that Pyrex Is used for SLGTs. A CO2 laser, which is commonly used for glass work was used for the study The factors affecting the sealing/cutting were laser intensity, duration. Irradiation method, and pressure inside the tube. The whole Process is composed of 2 stages. In the first stage. both ends of the tubes are sealed while tritium is insected in the tubes. And the tritium sealed tubes are cut in the desired size in the second stage. Defocused beam was used for seal ing and focused beam was used for cutting. After the sealing/cutting, the tubes were heat treated to prevent fracture due to the residual heat stress.

• Proceedings of the Korean Radioactive Waste Society Conference
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• 2004.06a
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• pp.239-240
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• 2004

작년 2월에 착공식을 가진 월성의 WTRF (Wolsung Tritium Removal Facility)에서 2005년 후반기부터 매년 $2.6{\times}10^{16}$ Bq(7 MCi) 이상의 삼중수소가 생산될 예정이므로 이제 우리나라에서도 삼중수소를 활용하는 연구를 본격적으로 할 수 있게 되었다. 현재 우리나라는 삼중수소를 전량, 수입하여 37 MBq (1 mCi) 혹은 $3.7{\times}10^{10}$ Bq (1 Ci)미만의 매우 적은 양으로 생물, 생화학, 농학 및 의약품 합성연구 등의 연구에 이용하오 있는 정도이고, 삼중수소의 활용에 관한 국내의 연구는 거의 전무한 상태이다.(중략)