• 한국환경농학회지
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• 제35권2호
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• pp.87-96
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• 2016

BACKGROUND: The objective of this study is to evaluate the soil quality to cultivate crops in urban garden.METHODS AND RESULTS: During the period of six month from March to August 2015, measured eight heavy metals, seven Organic items and Fluorine on seventeen urban sites and thirty-one suburban sites in Gwangju city.METHODS AND RESULTS: The average concentration and range of heavy metal in soil are 0.15 mg/kg(ND-0.6) for Cd, 14.9 mg/kg(1.5-33.3) for Cu, 4.4 mg/kg(0.4-71.8) for As, 0.05 mg/kg(ND-1.366) for Hg, 24.7 mg/kg(13.1-62.7) for Pb, 102.5 mg/kg(49.1-276.4) for Zn and 9.2 mg/kg(ND-90.1) for Ni but Cr⁶⁺ is not detected. The average value and range of soil fertility items are 253.5mg/kg(76.6-1766.0) for fluorine, 6.4(4.8-7.7) for pH, 20.3 g/kg(5.0-44.0) for orangic matters, 562.7 mg/kg (28.0-1672.0) for available phosphate, 0.6 cmol⁺/kg (0.1-2.3) for K, 9.7 cmol⁺/kg (2.7-22.0) for Ca, 3.0 cmol⁺/kg (0.9-7.4) for Mg, 1.0 ds/m(0.2-2.9) for conductivity. The concentration of Hg in Suburban area is 0.005 mg/kg lower than 0.134 mg/kg in urban area. Also, the concentration of As, Cd, Ni and Zn is lower than urban area as 32%, 37%, 51%, 71% respectively.CONCLUSION: According to SPI index of soil contamination, 39 sites are first degree and 8 sites are second degree and 1 site(41th) is fourth degree. Pb and Cd are not detected and As is detected tiny amounts in plants grown polluted soil, so heavy metals have not moved to plants.

• Safety and Health at Work
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• 제5권2호
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• pp.106-111
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• 2014

Background: The manufacture of paint involves a variety of processes that present with medical hazards. Safety initiatives are hence introduced to limit hazard exposures and promote workplace safety. This aim of this study is to assess the use of available control measures/initiatives in selected paint factories in Lagos West Senatorial District, Nigeria. Methods: A total of 400 randomly selected paint factory workers were involved in the study. A well-structured World Health Organization standard questionnaire was designed and distributed to the workers to elicit information on awareness to occupational hazards, use of personal protective devices, and commonly experienced adverse symptoms. Urine samples were obtained from 50 workers randomly selected from these 400 participants, and the concentrations of the heavy metals (lead, cadmium, arsenic, and chromium) were determined using atomic absorption spectroscopy. Results: The results show that 72.5% of the respondents are aware of the hazards associated with their jobs; 30% have had formal training on hazards and safety measures; 40% do not use personal protective devices, and 90% of the respondents reported symptoms relating to hazard exposure. There was a statistically significant (p < 0.05) increase in the mean heavy metal concentrations in the urine samples obtained from paint factory workers as compared with nonfactory workers. Conclusion: The need to develop effective frameworks that will initiate the integration and ensure implementation of safety regulations in paint factories is evident. Where these exist, there is a need to promote adherence to these practice guidelines.

• 한국해양공학회지
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• 제28권4호
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• pp.356-362
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• 2014

Wear and corrosion of the engine parts surrounded with combustion chamber is more serious compared to the other parts of the engine because temperature of the exhaust gas in a combustion chamber is getting higher and higher with increasing of using the heavy oil of low quality. Therefore, an optimum repair weldment as well as an available choice of the base metal for these parts are very important to prolong their lifetime in a economical point of view. It reported that there was an experimental result for repair weldment on the forged steel which would be generally used with piston crown material, however, it is considered that there is no study for the repair weldment on the cast steel of piston crown material. In this study, four types of electrodes such as 1.25Cr-0.5Mo, 0.5Mo Inconel 625 and 718 were welded with SMAW and GTAW methods on the cast steel which would be generally used with piston crown material. And the corrosion properties of weld metal, heat affected zone and base metal were investigated using electrochemical methods such as measurement of corrosion potential, anodic polarization curves, cyclic voltammogram and impedance etc. in 35% $H_2SO_4$ solution. In the cases of Inconel 625, 718, the weld metals and base metals exhibited the best and worst corrosion resistance respectively, however, 1.25Cr-0.5Mo and 0.5Mo indicated that corrosion resistance of the base metal was better than the weld metal. And the weld metal welded with electrodes of Inconel 625 revealed the best corrosion resistance among the electrodes, and Inconel 718 followed the Inconel 625. Hardness relatively also indicated higher value in the weld metal compared to heat affected zone and base metal. In particular, Inconel 718 indicated the highest value of hardness compared to other electrodes in the heat affected zone.

• 한국지하수토양환경학회지:지하수토양환경
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• 제10권1호
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• pp.43-57
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• 2005

주암댐에 유입된 호저퇴적물의 입도(2mm-200{\mu}m,\;200-100{\mu}m,\;100-50{\mu}m,\;50-20{\mu}m,\;<20{\mu}m)별 중금속(As, Cd, Cr, Cu, Ni, Pb, Zn)의 이동과 퇴적 후 중금속의 수직적 분산 특성을 규명하기 위하여 12개 지점의 호저퇴적물과 3개 지점의 코아시료를 채취하였으며, 코아시료는 2-5 cm 간격으로 절단하여 깊이별 간극수와 퇴적물의 중금속 함량을 측정하였다. 호저퇴적물의 퇴적속도를 측정하기 위하여 코아시료에 대한 $^{210}Pb$ 동위원소 연구를 수행하였다. 주암댐 호저 퇴적물의 중금속 및 미량원소의 함량은 퇴적위치와 상관없이 거의 일정한 함량을 보이며.,평균 함량은 $As\;14.9\;{\mu}g/g,\;Cd\;0.81\;{\mu}g/g,\;Cu\;30.7\;\;{\mu}g/g,\;Ni\;34.7\;{\mu}g/g,\;Pb\;63.3\;{\mu}g/g,\;Zn\;87.9\;{\mu}g/g$이다. Cu, Pb, Zn, Ni 및 Cd의 함량은 $20\;{\mu}m$ 이하 입도의 퇴적물에서 가장 높은 반면, As는 $2mm-200{\mu}m$ 혹은 $200-100\;{\mu}m$ 입도의 퇴적물에서 가장 높다. 간극수에 용해된 원소 중에서 가장 함량이 높은 것은 Fe와 Mn 이었으며, 코아시료의 상부로부터 심부로 갈수록 함량이 증가하는 수직적 분산특성을 나타낸다. 반면에 용존 Zn과 Cu함량은 코아시료의 최상부에서 가장 높게 나타나며, 이는 산화:환원 전위차에 따른 유기물질 및 산화광물의 용해작용과 관련이 있다. 코아시료의 퇴적물 내 Cu, Ni, Pb 및 Zn 함량은 0-4 cm구간에서 가장 높은 표면집적 현상이 관찰되며, Pb와 Cu 함량이 현저하게 높은 데, 이는 인위적인 오염에 기인하는 것으로 해석된다. $'unsupponed\;^{210}Pb'$을 이용하여 계산된 호저퇴적물의 퇴적 속도는 $\omega=0.91\;cm\;year^{-1}$ 이며, 이를 적용하면 주암댐이 완공된 이후 약 10 cm의 퇴적물이 평균적으로 퇴적된 것으로 추정된다. 이러한 자료는 주암댐 호수 바닥에 퇴적된 퇴적물의 관리방안을 마련하는 데 중요한 정보로 사용될 수 있을 것이다.

• 한국토양비료학회지
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• 제29권2호
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• pp.158-164
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• 1996

우리나라에서 재배되고 있는 약용작물인 당귀, 황기, 길경, 작약, 양유, 천궁, 시호 등의 생약재와 약초재배지 토양 254점을 채취하여 재배지의 토성을 분류하고 토성별 토양 및 생약재중 중금속함량을 분석 검토하여 얻어진 내용을 요약하면 다음과 같다. 1. 약용작물 재배지의 토성별 분포비율은 사양토 46.1%, 양토 26.0%, 양질사토 19.3%, 미사질양토 8.6%이었고 중립질인 양질토양(사양토, 양토, 미사질양토)에서 염농도, 유기물, 치환성 Ca 및 Mg함량이 높았던 반면 조립질인 사질토양(양질사토)에서는 유효태 $P_2O_5$함량이 높았다. 2. 토성별 토양의 중금속 함량은 크롬을 제외한 모든 성분이 양질사토보다 양질토양에서 높았다. 3. 당귀 생약재는 사양토에서 카드뮴, 양토에서 구리 및 크롬함량이 각각 높았고, 황기는 사양토에서 납 및 아연, 양토에서 구리 및 크롬함량이 높았다. 4. 길경 생약재는 양질사토에서 납함량이 높았고, 양유는 양질사토에서 아연, 사양토에서 납함량이 각각 높았고 작약은 사양토에서 납함량이 높게 나타났다. 5. 토성별 토양의 중금속함량과 생약재 간의 관계는 구리는 사양토 및 양토에서, 아연은 양토에서, 크롬은 사양토, 양토 및 양질사토에서 각각 유의성 있는 정의 상관을 보였다. 6. 토양 pH와 토양 중 Cd, Pb, Zn 및 Ni함량과는 정의 상관, CU함량과는 부의상관을 보였으며 생약재중 Cu함량과 정의 상관, Cd, Zn 및 Ni함량과는 부의 상관을 보였다.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제12권4호
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• pp.642-650
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• 1999

Options available for utilization of animal wastes include sources of plant nutrients, feed ingredients for farm animals, substrate for methane generation, and substrate for microbial and insect protein synthesis. The wastes have the most economic value for use as animal feed. Performance of animals fed diets containing animal wastes is similar to that of animals fed conventional diets. Processing of animal wastes to be used as animal feed is necessary for destruction of pathogens, improvement of handling and storage characteristics, and maintenance or enhancement of palatability. Feeding of animal waste has not adversely affected the quality and taste of animal products. In the USA copper toxicity has been reported in sheep fed high-copper poultry litter, but this is not a serious problem with cattle. Potential pathogenic microorganisms in animal wastes are destroyed by processing such as heat treatment, ensiling and deep stacking. Incidents of botulism, caused by Clostridium botulinum, have been reported in cattle in some countries, and this problem was caused by the presence of poultry carcasses in litter. This problem has not occurred in the USA. With appropriate withdrawal, heavy metal, pesticide or medicinal drug accumulation in edible tissues of animals fed animal wastes is not a problem. Feeding of animal wastes is regulated by individual states in the USA. The practice is regulated in Canada, also. With good management, animal wastes can be used safely as animal feed.

• 한국환경과학회지
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• 제22권12호
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• pp.1625-1631
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• 2013

In manufacturing of flatfish skin collagen peptide (FSCP) and flatfish protein hydrolysate (FPH) by reuse of dead flatfish from fish farm in Jeju island, the industrial process was optimized with the laboratory scale research and the on-field process. Segmented unit processes from raw material incoming to shipment were established to produce commercial product of FSCP and FPH. Total plate counts of FSCP were twenty five times of FPH, but food poisoning bacteria were not detected in two samples. FSCP and FPH were safe from heavy metal such as Pb(II), Cd(II) and Hg(II). The residual contents of antibiotics and disinfection matter in FSCP and FPH were not detected. The optimized process for mass production made the one-third of the running time and two times of the yield. From economic analysis, the production cost was estimated to 22,000 and 12,000 won/kg for FSCP and FPH, respectively. Therefore the product from the reuse of dead flatfish was expected to have a considerable competitive price and high added-value functional food material compared with other commercially available fish products.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제46권5호
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• pp.595-604
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• 2014

SILER (Seismic-Initiated event risk mitigation in LEad-cooled Reactors) is a Collaborative Project, partially funded by the European Commission in the $7^{th}$ Framework Programme, aimed at studying the risk associated to seismic-initiated events in Generation IV Heavy Liquid Metal reactors, and developing adequate protection measures. The project started in October 2011, and will run for a duration of three years. The attention of SILER is focused on the evaluation of the effects of earthquakes, with particular regards to beyond-design seismic events, and to the identification of mitigation strategies, acting both on structures and components design. Special efforts are devoted to the development of seismic isolation devices and related interface components. Two reference designs, at the state of development available at the beginning of the project and coming from the $6^{th}$ Framework Programme, have been considered: ELSY (European Lead Fast Reactor) for the Lead Fast Reactors (LFR), and MYRRHA (Multi-purpose hYbrid Research Reactor for High-tech Applications) for the Accelerator-Driven Systems (ADS). This paper describes the main activities and results obtained so far, paying particular attention to the development of seismic isolators, and the interface components which must be installed between the isolated reactor building and the non-isolated parts of the plant, such as the pipe expansion joints and the joint-cover of the seismic gap.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제53권11호
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• pp.3563-3579
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• 2021

Measured decay heat data of light water reactor (LWR) spent nuclear fuel (SNF) assemblies are adopted to train machine learning (ML) models. The measured data is available for fuel assemblies irradiated in commercial reactors operated in the United States and Sweden. The data comes from calorimetric measurements of discharged pressurized water reactor (PWR) and boiling water reactor (BWR) fuel assemblies. 91 and 171 measurements of PWR and BWR assembly decay heat data are used, respectively. Due to the small size of the measurement dataset, we propose: (i) to use the method of multiple runs (ii) to generate and use synthetic data, as large dataset which has similar statistical characteristics as the original dataset. Three ML models are developed based on Gaussian process (GP), support vector machines (SVM) and neural networks (NN), with four inputs including the fuel assembly averaged enrichment, assembly averaged burnup, initial heavy metal mass, and cooling time after discharge. The outcomes of this work are (i) development of ML models which predict LWR fuel assembly decay heat from the four inputs (ii) generation and application of synthetic data which improves the performance of the ML models (iii) uncertainty analysis of the ML models and their predictions.

• 한국식품과학회지
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• 제36권4호
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• pp.523-526
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• 2004

본 연구는 우리나라에서 유통되는 과일류 중 유해중금속 함량을 파악하여 각국의 모니터링 및 기준과 비교함으로써 안전성을 평가하고자 하였다. 9종(386건)의 과일류에 대하여 4개 금속(Hg, Pb, Cd, As) 함량을 수은은 Mercury Analyzer로 납, 카드뮴, 비소는 습식분해 후 ICP 및 AAS로 분석하였다. 본 연구결과로부터 알아 낸 국내에서 유통되는 과일류 중 유해중금속 평균함량은 Hg 0.001 mg/kg, Pb 0.013 mg/kg, Cd 0.006 mg/kg, As 0.017 mg/kg으로 외국에서 보고된 결과와 유사한 수준이었다. 또한 우리나라 국민이 과일류를 통해 섭취하는 수은, 납, 카드뮴 등 유해중금속량은 FAO/WHO에서 설정한 잠정주간섭취허용량(PTWI)의 약 1-2% 수준으로 낮게 나타났다.