• 방사성폐기물학회지
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• 제19권3호
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• pp.353-366
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• 2021

The solubilities of different multicomponent lanthanide oxide (Ln₂O₃) solid solutions including binary (Ln₁ and Ln₂ = La, Nd, Eu, or Tm), ternary (Ln₁, Ln₂, and Ln₃ = La, Nd, Eu, or Tm), and higher systems (Ln = La, Ce, Pr, Nd, Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb, and Lu) were studied after aging for four weeks at 60℃. Our recent study revealed that the phase transformations in binary ((La, Nd) and (La, Eu)) and ternary (La, Nd, Eu) systems are responsible for the formation of (La, Nd)(OH)₃, (La, Eu)(OH)₃, and (La, Nd, Eu)(OH)₃ solid solutions, respectively. The variations in the mole fractions of La³⁺, Nd³⁺, and Eu³⁺ in the sample solutions of these hydroxide solid solutions indicated that a thermodynamic equilibrium might account for the apparent La, Nd, and Eu solubilities. Conversely, the binary and ternary systems containing Tm₂O₃ as the heavy lanthanide oxide retained the oxide-based solid solutions, and their solubility behaviors were dominated by their congruent dissolutions. In the higher multicomponent system, the X-ray diffraction patterns of the solid phases, before and after contact with the aqueous phase indicated the formation of a stable oxide solid solution and their solubility behavior was explained by its congruent dissolution.

• 대한방사선기술학회지:방사선기술과학
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• 제28권1호
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• pp.13-17
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• 2005

최근 비파괴검사 현장에서 검사 중 검사장치 내 방사선원의 위치를 확인하지 못하여 방사선 과피폭 사고가 종종 발생하고 있다. 본 연구는 방사선원의 노출여부나 위치 미인지로 인한 방사선 사고를 예방하기 위해 방사선원위치를 감시할 수 있는 섬광필름을 개발하는데 있다. 섬광필름은 방사선 비파괴 검사 장비의 가이드튜브 내에 존재하는 선원의 위치를 육안으로 탐지할 수 있는 신소재이다. 연구를 통해 섬광필름의 발광성능을 평가하고 최적의 필름 설계를 꾀하였다. 필름에 적용된 발광물질은 무기 섬광체를 이용하였고, 다양한 층을 갖는 형태의 필름을 제작하여 성능을 평가하였다. 필름의 발광성능은 광도계를 이용하여 측정하였고, 비파괴 검사장비는 Ir-192 감마선 조사기를 사용하였다. 실험결과, 섬광필름의 발광은 육안으로 선원의 위치를 감시할 수 있었으며, 선원의 이동에 따라서 발광영역도 동시에 이동하면서 형성되었다. 또한, 섬광필름에 반사층을 두는 것은 광 이용률의 증대시켜 발광성능을 높이는 데 매우 효과적이었다. 섬광체와 분산용제의 혼합비에 따라서도 성능변화가 나타났으며, 일반적으로 섬광체의 양이 높을수록 발광성능은 높게 나타났다. 그러나 분산 특성이 변화로 혼합비는 일정 농도 이하로 제한되었다. 섬광체 중에서는 $Gd_2O_2S(Tb)$ 무기섬광체가 가장 높은 발광성능을 보여주었다. 개발된 섬광필름을 비파괴 검사 장비에 적용하게 된다면 방사선종사자에게 보다 안전한 작업환경을 제공할 수 있을 것이다.

• 한국초전도ㆍ저온공학회논문지
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• 제14권3호
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• pp.60-64
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• 2012

In this paper, an investigation of a room temperature active magnetic regenerative refrigerator is carried out. Experimental apparatus includes two active magnetic regenerators containing 186 g of Gd spheres. Four E-type thermocouples are installed inside the Active magnetic regenerator(AMR) to observe the instantaneous temperature variation of AMR. Both warm and cold heat exchangers are designed for large temperature span. The cold heat exchanger, which separates the two AMRs, employs a copper tube with length of 80 mm and diameter of 6.35 mm. In order to minimize dead volume between the warm heat exchanger and AMRs, the warm heat exchangers are located close to the AMRs. The deionized water is used as a heat transfer fluid, and maximum 1.4 T magnetic field is supplied by Halbach array of permanent magnets. The AMR plate, which contains the warm and the cold heat exchangers and the AMRs, has reciprocating motion using a linear actuator and each AMR is alternatively magnetized and demagnetized by a Halbach array of permanent magnet. Since the gap of the Halbach array of permanent magnets is 25 mm and two warm heat exchangers have the motion through it, a compact printed circuit heat exchanger (PCHE) is used as a warm heat exchanger. A maximum no-load temperature span of 26.8 K and a maximum cooling power of 33 W are obtained from the fabricated Active Magnetic Regenerative Refrigerator (AMRR).

• 한국초전도ㆍ저온공학회논문지
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• 제19권2호
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• pp.48-52
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• 2017

Discrepancy between a power supply current and an actual "spiral" coil current makes the conventional 4-probe measurement of a critical current ($I_c$) of a no-insulation (NI) high temperature superconductor (HTS) coil inaccurate and time-consuming. This paper presents a fast and accurate approach for $I_c$ measurement of NI HTS coils. With an NI HTS coil energized at a constant ramping rate, a complete analytic expression for the spiral coil current was obtained from a first-order partial differential equation that derived from an equivalent circuit model of the NI coil. From the analytic solution, both spiral coil current and radial leak current can be obtained simultaneously, which enables fast and accurate measurement of the NI coil $I_c$. To verify the proposed approach, an NI double-pancake (DP) coil, wound with GdBCO tapes of $6mm{\times}0.1mm$, was constructed and its $I_c$ was repeatedly measured with various ramping rates in a bath of liquid nitrogen at 77 K. The measured results agreed well with the calculated ones, which validates the proposed approach to measure $I_c$ of an NI HTS coil.

• Journal of Magnetics
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• 제10권2호
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• pp.41-43
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• 2005

We have investigated an optical waveguide isolator with a multimode interference section by wafer direct bonding, operating at a wavelength $1.55\;{\mu}m$. In order to fabricate the device for monolithic integration, the wafer direct bonding between a magnetic garnet material as a cladding layer and a semiconductor guiding layer has been achieved. We found that wafer direct bonding between InP and GGG $(Gd_3Ga_5O_{12})$ is effective for the integration of a waveguide optical isolator. The isolation ratio was obtained to be 2.9 dB in the device.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제51권1호
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• pp.13-30
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• 2019

This paper presents the recent improvements in the DeCART code for HTGR analysis. A new 190-group DeCART cross-section library based on ENDF/B-VII.0 was generated using the KAERI library processing system for HTGR. Two methods for the eigen-mode adjoint flux calculation were implemented. An azimuthal angle discretization method based on the Gaussian quadrature was implemented to reduce the error from the azimuthal angle discretization. A two-level parallelization using MPI and OpenMP was adopted for massive parallel computations. A quadratic depletion solver was implemented to reduce the error involved in the Gd depletion. A module to generate equivalent group constants was implemented for the nodal codes. The capabilities of the DeCART code were improved for geometry handling including an approximate treatment of a cylindrical outer boundary, an explicit border model, the R-G-B checker-board model, and a super-cell model for a hexagonal geometry. The newly improved and implemented functionalities were verified against various numerical benchmarks such as OECD/MHTGR-350 benchmark phase III problems, two-dimensional high temperature gas cooled reactor benchmark problems derived from the MHTGR-350 reference design, and numerical benchmark problems based on the compact nuclear power source experiment by comparing the DeCART solutions with the Monte-Carlo reference solutions obtained using the McCARD code.

• 핵의학기술
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• 제16권2호
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• pp.57-61
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• 2012

전신 뼈 검사에 이용되는 방사성의약품의 주된 집적부위는 뼈 무기질이며 그 섭취기전은 명백히 밝혀져 있지 않다. 전신 뼈 검사에서 일시적으로 미만성 간 섭취가 나타날 수 있으며, 간내 섭취의 원인은 다양하게 보고되고 있다. 본 연구에서는 전신 뼈 검사에서 $^{99m}Tc$-DPD의 미만성 간 섭취에 MRI 조영제가 미치는 영향을 알아보았다. 2010년 1월부터 12월 사이에 $^{99m}Tc$-DPD 전신 뼈 검사를 시행한 환자 중 982명을 연구의 대상으로 하였다. 982명의 환자는 전신 뼈 검사 이전에 MRI 조영제를 사용한 검사를 시행하였다. 혈액학검사 및 일반화학검사 소견을 조사한 결과 전신 뼈 검사에서 46명의 환자(남:여=39:7)가 미만성 간 섭취를 보였다. 추적 전신 뼈 검사를 시행하였으며, 이전에 보였던 미만성 간 섭취는 모두 소실되어 정상적인 소견을 보였다. 간기능 및 신기능 검사는 모두 정상이었다. 전신 뼈 검사에서 $^{99m}Tc$-DPD의 미만성 간 섭취에 MRI 조영제가 간접적인 영향을 주고 있다. $^{99m}Tc$-DPD의 미만성 간 섭취를 피하기 위해서 전신 뼈 검사는 MRI 조영제를 사용한 검사를 시행하기에 앞서서 먼저 시행하여야 하고, MRI 조영제를 사용한 검사가 있을 경우에는 조영제가 몸에서 제거된 후 검사를 시행하여야 할 것이다.

• 대한수의학회지
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• 제44권4호
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• pp.523-532
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• 2004

The present study was carried out to investigate the potential adverse effects of amitraz on pregnant dams after maternal exposure during the gestational days (GD) 1 through 19 in Sprague-Dawley rats. The test chemical was administered orally to pregnant rats at dose levels of 0, 3, 10, or 30 mg/kg/ day. During the test period, clinical signs, mortality, body weights, food consumption, serum biochemistry, gross findings, organ weights and reproductive findings on GD 20 were examined. In the 30 mg/kg group, an increase in the incidence of abnormal clinical signs and death, a suppression in the body weight gain, and a decrease in the food consumption were observed. A decrease in the liver weight and increases in the kidneys, adrenal glands and heart weights were also found. Serum biochemical investigations revealed increases in the aspartate aminotransferase (AST), total bilirubin, and chloride. In addition, an increase in the fetal death and decreases in the litter size and fetal body weight were seen at caesarean section. Inthe 10 mg/kg group, an increase in the incidence of abnormal clinical signs, decreases in the food consumption and liver weight, increases in the total bilirubin and chloride, and a decrease in the fetal body weight were observed. There were no adverse effects on clinical signs, mortality, body weights, food consumption, serum biochemistry, gross findings, organ weights and reproductive findings in the 3 mg/kg group. Based on the results, it was concluded that the 19-day repeated oral dose of amitraz to pregnant rats caused increases in the clinical signs, kidneys, adrenal glands and heart weights, AST, total bilirubin and chloride and decreases in the body weight gain, food consumption and liver weight at the dose levels of above 10 mg/kg/day. Under the present experimental conditions, the no-observed-adverse-effect level (NOAEL) of amitraz was considered to be 3 mg/kg/day.

• 한국세라믹학회지
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• 제42권12호
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• pp.787-792
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• 2005

A symmetrical LSCF $(La_{0.6}Sr_{0.4}Co_{0.2}Fe_{0.8}O_{3-\delta})\;ScSZ(89ZrO_2-10Sc_2O_3-1CeO_2)/LSCF$ electrochemical cell with a GDC (Gadolinium-Doped Ceria, $90CeO_2-10Gd_2O_3$) interlayer that was inserted between the LSCF cathode and ScSZ electrolyte was fabricated, and the electrochemical performance of these cells was evaluated. The GDC interlayer was deposited on a ScSZ electrolyte using a screen-printing technique. The GDC interlayer prevented the unfavorable solid-state reactions at the LSCF/ScSZ interfaces. The LSCF cathode on the GDC interlayer had excellent electrocatalytic performance even at $650^{\circ}C$. The Area Specific Resistance (ASR) was strongly dependent on the thickness and heat-treatment temperature of the GDC interlayer. The impedance spectra showed that the cell with a $15\~27{\mu}m$ thick GDC interlayer heat-treated at $1200^{\circ}C$ had the lowest ASR.

• 대한설비공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한설비공학회 2008년도 동계학술발표대회 논문집
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• pp.186-191
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• 2008

In this study, a room temperature AMRR (Active magnetic regenerative refrigerator) was fabricated, and experimentally investigated. Gadolinium (Gd) was selected as a magnetic refrigerant with Curie temperature of 293 K. Permanent magnet was utilized to magnetize and demagnetize the AMR. To produce large magnetic field above 1 T in the magnetic refrigeration space, a special arrangement of permanent magnets, so called Halbach array, is employed. Sixteen segments of the permanent magnets magnetized different direction, constitute a hollow cylindrical shaped permanent magnet. The AMR is reciprocated along the bore of the magnet array and produces cooling power. Helium is selected as the working fluid and a helium compressor is utilized to supply helium flow to the regenerator. The fabricated AMRR has different structure and compared to a convectional AMRR since it has an additional volume after the regenerator. Therefore, the cooling ability is generated not only by magnetocaloric effect of magnetic refrigerant but also by the pulse tube effect. It is verified that the cooling ability of AMR is increased due to the magnetocalric effect by the fact that the temperature span becomes $16^{\circ}C$ while the temperature span is only $8^{\circ}C$ when the magnetic field is not applied to the regenerator.