• 대한환경공학회지
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• 제37권11호
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• pp.619-630
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• 2015

본 연구는 국내 폐금속 광산에 특화된 인체위해성평가 방법을 제시하고, 두 폐금속 광산 지역에 시범적으로 적용하여 광산별 중금속 오염물질(As, Cd, Cu, Pb, Zn)에 대한 인체위해도를 정량적으로 산출하고자 수행되었다. 이를 위해 폐금속 광산에 적합한 7가지 노출경로 등의 노출시나리오를 설정하고, 폐금속 광산 지역 거주 주민의 특성에 맞는 노출인자를 추출하여 인체위해성평가에 활용하였다. 또한 최종적으로 얻어진 발암 및 비발암 위해특성을 광산별, 노출경로별, 오염물질별, 수용체별로 비교 분석하였다. 두 광산 모두에서 총 초과발암위해도가 허용 가능한 위해도인 $1{\times}10^{-6}$의 값보다 크게 나타나서 발암위해성이 있는 것으로 판명되었으며, 두 광산에서의 발암위해성은 유사한 것으로 조사되었다. 또한 두 광산 모두에서 성인에 대한 위험지수가 1보다 큰 값을 보여 비발암위해성이 있는 것으로 나타났고, 어린이의 경우에는 위험지수가 1보다 작은 값을 보여 상대적으로 비발암위해성이 낮은 것으로 조사되었다. 비발암위해성은 대정광산에서 봉광산보다 상대적으로 큰 것으로 나타났다. 그리고 발암 및 비발암위해성을 유발하는 주요한 노출경로는 농작물섭취와 지하수섭취로 평가되었다. 어린이의 경우에는 성인에 비해 상대적으로 표토섭취와 표토피부접촉 경로에 의한 발암 및 비발암 위해성이 큰 것으로 조사되었다. 오염물질별 위해성을 살펴보면, 발암위해성은 As, 비발암위해성은 As, Cd, Pb 등으로부터 주로 유발되어 As가 발암 및 비발위해성의 주요한 오염물질로 조사되었다.

• 터널과지하공간
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• 제22권6호
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• pp.403-411
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• 2012

최근 국내에서는 폐광산 지반보강공사를 실시함에 있어 수압식 충전법을 적용하는 사례가 증가하고 있으나 효율적인 충전법 적용을 위해 현장 특성을 고려한 다양한 연구가 미흡한 실정이다. 본 연구에서는 수압식 충전공법의 충전효율 개선을 위한 선단장치 개발을 위하여 수조 모형실험 및 현장실험을 실시하였다. 수조 모형 실험을 통해 동일조건 하에서 선단장치 노즐각도 및 노즐형태 변화에 따른 충전효율을 평가하고, 이로부터 고안된 선단장치 모델을 현장실험에 적용한 결과, 노즐각 $90^{\circ}$관을 사용한 경우 일반적인 수직관을 사용한 경우에 비해 충전량이 약 18% 증가하는 것을 확인할 수 있었다. 이때 안식각은 $30.82^{\circ}$였다. 현장에서는 일반적으로 안식각을 $40^{\circ}$로 가정하고 충전공 간격을 5m에서 최대 10m 이내로 설계하였지만, 본 연구 결과에 따라 안식각을 $30^{\circ}{\sim}35^{\circ}$로 적용하면 충전공 간격을 최소 10m에서 최대 15m까지 넓히는 것이 가능하여 경제적이고 효율적인 채굴적 충전이 가능할 것으로 기대된다.

• 자원환경지질
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• 제52권1호
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• pp.29-35
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• 2019

이 연구는 폐석탄광 주변 토양을 대상으로 토양 내 비소 안정화를 위한 광산슬러지 펠렛의 적용성을 확인하고 효과적인 안정화 효율평가 방법을 제시하고자 하였다. 함태, 동원, 동해, 옥동탄광 주변 경작지에서 토양을 채취하여 비소 농도를 확인한 결과 함태탄광을 제외한 나머지 폐석탄광 주변 토양에서 토양오염우려기준을 초과하는 비소농도를 보였다. 광산슬러지 펠렛은 미강과 광산슬러지를 혼합하여 제조하다. 분말형태의 광산슬러지에 비해 광산슬러지 펠렛은 운반과 안정화 시공과정에서 분진의 발생이 발생하지 않아 적용성이 높고 광산슬러지가 갖는 비소 안정화 효율을 유지하고 있는 것으로 나타났다. 칼럼실험을 통해 폐석탄광 주변 토양 내 비소 안정화에 광산슬러지 펠렛의 활용 가능성을 평가한 결과 기존의 토양 안정화제로 주로 사용한 석회석과 제강슬래그 보다 더 효과적인 것으로 나타났으며, 토양 내 비소 안정화 효율 평가방법으로는 $0.43M\;HNO_3$또는 $1M\;NaH_2PO_4$용액을 이용한 용출법이 적합한 것으로 나타났다.

• 로봇학회논문지
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• 제15권4호
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• pp.341-349
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• 2020

Recently, interest in ground subsidence in urban areas has increased after a large sinkhole occurred near the high-story building area in Jamsil, Seoul, Korea, in 2014. If a massive sinkhole occurs in an urban area, it is crucial to assess its risk rapidly. Access to humans for on-site safety diagnosis may be difficult because of the additional risk of collapse in the disaster area. Generally, inspection using drones equipped with high-speed lidar sensors can be utilized. However, if the sinkhole is created vertically to a depth of 100 m, similar to the sinkhole in Guatemala, the drone cannot be applied because of the wireless communication limit and turbulence inside the sinkhole. In this study, a three-dimensional (3D) scanning system was fabricated and operated using a towed cable in a massive vertical sinkhole to a depth of 200 m. A high-speed lidar sensor was used to obtain a continuous cross-sectional shape at a certain depth. An inertial-measuring unit was applied to compensate for the error owing to the rotation and pendulum movement of the measuring unit. A reconstruction algorithm, including the compensation scheme, was developed. In a vertical hole with a depth of 180 m in the mining area, the fabricated system was applied to scan 0-165 m depth. The reconstructed shape was depicted in a 3D graph.

• 한국지하수토양환경학회지:지하수토양환경
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• 제18권7호
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• pp.63-72
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• 2013

This study estimated stabilization efficiency of As and heavy metal contaminated agricultural soil in abandoned mine through pot experiment. Also contaminants uptake of plant (lettuce) was compared as function of amendment (limestone, steelmaking slag and the mixture of these) addition. In soil solution analysis, concentration of contaminants in soil solutions which added limestone or steelmaking slag were lower than that of the mixture. Especially in As analysis, concentration with 5% (wt) addition of steelmaking slag showed the lowest value among those with other amendments. This seems that As stabilization happens through Fe adsorption during precipitation of Fe by pH increasing. Leachability of As in stabilized soil by TCLP was represented similar result with soil solution analysis. However leachability of heavy metals in stabilized soil was similar with that of non-stabilized soil due to dissolution of alkali precipitant by weak acid. Contaminants uptake rate by plant was also lower when limestone or steelmaking slag was used. However this study revealed that concentration of contaminants in soil solution didn't affect to the uptake rate of plant directly. Because lower $R^2$ (coefficient of determination) was represented in linear regression analysis between soil solution and plant.

• 한국환경농학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국환경농학회 2009년도 정기총회 및 국제심포지엄
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• pp.93-115
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• 2009

There are growing public concerns over crop and food safeties due to the elevated levels of heavy metals grown in contaminated soil. Heavy metals are classified as the chemical harmful risks for crop and food safety. With implementation of GAP, crop safety is controlled by many regulatory options for soil, irrigation water and fertilizers. Any attempt to retard the metal uptake by crops may be the best protocol to secure crop and food safety. This article reviews the management strategies for heavy metals in view of crop safety in Korea and demonstrates results from the field experiments to retard metal translocation from soil to crops by using chemical amendments and soil layer management methods. Major source of soil pollution by heavy metals has been related with mining activities. Risk assessment revealed that rice consumption and groundwater ingestion in the abandoned mining areas were the major exposure pathways for metals to human and the heavy metal showed the toxic effects on human health. Chemical amendments such as lime and slag retarded Cd uptake by rice (Oryza sativa L.) by increasing soil pH, lowering the phytoavailable Cd concentration in soil solution, immobilizing Cd in soil and converting the available Cd fractions into non-available fractions. The soil layer management methods decreased the Cd uptake by 76% and Pb by 60%. Either reversing the surface layer with subsurface layer or immobilization of metals with layer mixing with lime was considered to be the practical option for the in-situ remediation of the contaminated paddy soils. Combination of chemical soil amendments and layer management methods was efficient to retard the metal bioavailability and thus to secure crop safety for heavy metals. This protocol seems to be cheap, relatively easy to practice and practical in the agricultural fields. However, a long term monitoring work should be followed to verify the efficiency of this protocol.

• 한국지하수토양환경학회지:지하수토양환경
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• 제23권1호
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• pp.74-84
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• 2018

Pot experiments were conducted to assess the applicability of ferric chloride ($FeCl_3$) as a washing agent for laboratory scale in-situ soil washing of paddy soil contaminated with Pb. During the monitoring period for nearly 90 days, the concentrations of Fe and Mn in the soil solution were lower than that of control soil due to lime ($Ca(OH)_2$) amendment for pH recovery. Lime amendment also affected solubility and fractionation of Pb into soil matrix. The result showed that Pb concentrations of soil solution were consistently lower than that of control soil, and the concentration in the exchangeable fraction in washed soil decreased from 13 to 2 mg/kg. There was no significant difference of biomass yield of rice plant in each pots, and Pb contents in rice roots and grains in washed soil decreased to 50 and 78%, respectively, of the control soil. Therefore, $FeCl_3$ could be used as an acceptable in-situ washing agent for agricultural paddy soil if appropriate soil pH management is subsequently practiced.

• 터널과지하공간
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• 제27권6호
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• pp.357-365
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• 2017

광해방지 기술개발사업은 한국의 광산지역 특성에 최적화된 조사 및 설계, 충전효율화를 위한 설계 및 시공, 자동화 계측 및 모니터링을 위한 현장실증을 토대로 기술상용화 기반의 연구를 추진하여 왔다. 1, 2단계 광해방지 기술개발 로드맵('07~'16)에서는 지반침하 안정성 평가방법, 충전재 및 충전기술 개발, 계측장비 개발의 성과목표를 달성하였다. 향후에는 지반침하 위험지역에 대한 체계적인 관리를 위하여 4차 산업혁명 시대에 걸맞은 지반침하방지 신기술 발굴 및 도입을 통해 기술력을 향상시키고 이와 병행한 사업추진 기술인프라를 강화시켜 나가고자 한다.

• 한국지하수토양환경학회지:지하수토양환경
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• 제20권1호
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• pp.7-18
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• 2015

The characteristics of As and heavy metals depend on the oxidation/reduction condition of the soil environment. The most heavy metals are immobilized by the reduction condition whereas As, Fe and Mn become more soluble. Therefore this study estimated the stabilization efficiency of the agricultural paddy soil in the vicinity of the abandoned mine using a flooded column test including analysis of the soil solution, contaminants fractionation and rice grain. Limestone and steelmaking slag were used as amendments for stabilization of the contaminated soil. In an analysis of the soil solution, the mobile characteristics of Fe and Mn, which were used as electron acceptors of the microorganisms, were controlled by increasing the pH by adding alkali amendments. This means that the contaminants combined with Fe and Mn can be stable under flooded reduction condition. However, the concentrations of cationic heavy metals (Cd, Pb, and Zn) were also decreased without amendments because the carbonates produced from microbial respiration increased the pH of the soil solution. In the amended soil, the specific sorbed fraction of As and carbonates fraction of heavy metals were increased when compared to the control soil at the end of the column test. Especially in heavy metals, the increase of carbonates fraction seems to be influenced by alkali amendments rather than microbial respiration. Because of the stabilization effect in the flooded paddy soil, the contents of As and Zn in rice grain from amended soil were lower than that of the control soil. But additional research is needed because of the relatively higher Pb content identified in the rice grain from the amended.

• 한국지하수토양환경학회지:지하수토양환경
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• 제22권6호
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• pp.12-21
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• 2017

A pot experiment was conducted to investigate the transfer of As and cationic heavy metals (Fe, Mn, Zn, Cd and Pb) from soil to rice plant in soil condition with submerged and drained. During the ninety-day monitoring period for soil solution, solubility of reducible elements such as As, Fe and Mn in submerged condition were higher than that of Zn. On the contrary, concentration of Zn in drained condition was higher than that of reducible elements. The concentration of As, Cd, Pb and Zn in rice plant (root, stem, leaf and grain) showed similar pattern with soil solution. The As concentration in each part of rice plant, which cultivated in drained condition, measured 56%~94% lower than those in submerged condition. However, the contents of cationic heavy metals (Cd, Pb and Zn) were represented the opposite result with As. These results are due to mobility of As and cationic heavy metals under different soil drainage conditions which represent oxidation and reduction. Thus soil drainage control can be used as acceptable passive treatment methods to reduce transfer of inorganic contaminants from soil to rice plant. However more detailed examination on soil condition conversion is needed, because yield of rice was decreased when it cultivated in drained condition only. It also needed when soil is contaminated by As and cationic heavy metal because single drainage condition cannot reduce transfer of both kinds of contaminants all.