• 한국압력기기공학회 논문집
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• 제20권1호
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• pp.39-48
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• 2024

Research reactors are operated under ambient temperature and atmospheric pressure, which is much less severe conditions compared to those in typical nuclear power plants. Due to the high temperature, heat resistant materials such as austenite stainless steel should be used for the reactors in typical nuclear power plants. Whereas, as the effect of temperature is low for research reactors, materials with high resistance to neutron irradiation, such as zircaloy and beryllium, are used. Therefore, these conditions should be considered when performing integrity assessment for research reactors. In this study, a computational technique through finite element (FE) analysis was developed considering the operating conditions and materials of research reactor when conducting integrity assessment. Neutron irradiation analysis techniques using thermal expansion analysis were proposed to consider neutron irradiation growth and swelling in zirconium alloys and beryllium. A user subroutine program that can calculate the strain rate induced by neutron irradiation creep was developed for use in the commercial analysis program Abaqus. To validate the proposed technique and the user subroutine, FE analysis results were compared with hand-calculation results, and showed good agreement. Consequently, developed technique and user subroutine are suitable for evaluating structural integrity of research reactors.

• Journal of Plant Biology
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• 제5권1호
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• pp.1-6
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• 1962

1) Germination rate was rather irregular than decreasing as increasing dose of radiation and there were no differences between Kyong-Sam and Chuong-Bang of Chinese cabbage. 2) In R1 generation, abnormal leaves from seedling of irradiated seeds were observed. These were more apparent in X-ray irradiation than in thermal neutron. 3) Seedling height was inhibited with increasing dose of X-ray and thermal neutrons. Growth inhibition was more remarkable in X-ray than in thermal neutron. Kyong-Sam demonstrated more sensitivity than Chyong-Bang in both X-ray and thermal neutron. 4) Seedling height produced from seeds subjected to thermal neutrons showed small variation around its mean value, while in X-irradiation there was a greater deviaton from the mean value. 5) Fertility was decreased as increasing with dose, while the frequency of abortive pollen was increased. There were variability of the fertility and frequency of abortive pollen among plants or branches of a plant. 6) The mutants were obtained more in thermal neutron irradiation than in X-ray. The types of mutations obtained in Chinese radish of R2 generation were abnormal leaf, densely glowing leaf, degeneration in growing point and dwarf. The maximum frequency of phenotypic mutations was abnormal leaf mutation.

• 대한수의학회지
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• 제10권2호
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• pp.21-51
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• 1970

Series of experiments were conducted to determine lethal does of X-ray and Neutron on Toxoplasma gondii. strain RH and IRI. As well morphological changes of Toxoplasma gondii irradiated or not were compared by use of electron microscope. The pathogenicity test of the irradiated and nonirradiated Toxoplasma gondii was made in mice guinea-pigs, rabbits and pigs: The letahl dose of X-ray and Neutron on RH and IRI strain and the growth rate between two strains after irradiation were shown little differences. Morphological changes were not observed until 18th passage was made. After then, the growth rate was decreased apparently, and atrophied forms were frequently observed in electron microscope. Survival time of animals inoculated with irradiated strain was longer than that of animals giving non-irradiated strain, and Toxoplasma gondii were isolated from all the dead animals. But it is of interest that pigs survived after injection of Toxoplasma gondii remained health and much attempts were failed toisolate Toxplasma gondii remained health and much attempts were slaughtered them. Animals were succumbed after injection of Toxoplasma gondii without any relationship with serum titers. (HA antibody).

• 한국자원식물학회지
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• 제18권3호
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• pp.359-366
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• 2005

재배종담배(Nicotiana tabacum L. cv.), 야생종담배 (N. plumbaginifolia)와 벼종자(Orya sativa L, cv.)에 neutron빔을 각각 조사(irradiation)하여 발아, 식물체의 생장과 DNA의 변이에 미치는 영향을 검토하였다. 담배종자와 벼종자에 90, 180, 270, 360, 450, 540 Gy까지 조사로 발아율은 크게 감소하지 않았고, 생장에 있어 유의적인 차이는 없었다. 그러나 담배식물체에서 총 200개체 중 71개체(약 $36\%$)가 잎에서 형태 이상을 나타내었다. 또한 줄기색 변이체, 엽색변이체, 화형변이체를 유도하였다. 이 결과는 neutron빔이 유용한 돌연변이원으로서 가능성이 있음을 시사해 준다. Neutron빔을 조사한 후 생장한 담배식물체의 잎에 대하여 총 34개의 primer를 이용하여 RAPD 분석한 결과 20개의 primer에서 총 104개의 DNA 단편이 증폭되었고, 중성자 빔조사처리구에서만 출현하는 DNA 단편은 나타나지 않았다.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제43권1호
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• pp.19-24
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• 2011

These experimental studies are carried out to build a database for analyzing fuel performance in nuclear power plants. In particular, this study focuses on the mechanical and irradiation properties of three kinds of zirconium alloy (Alloy A, Alloy B and Alloy C) irradiated in the HANARO (High-flux Advanced Neutron Application Reactor), one of the leading multipurpose research reactors in the world. Yield strength and ultimate tensile strength were measured to determine the mechanical properties before and after irradiation, while irradiation growth was measured for the irradiation properties. The samples for irradiation testing are classified by texture. For the irradiation condition, all samples were wrapped into the capsule (07M-13N) and irradiated in the HANARO for about 100 days (E > 1.0 MeV, $1.1{\times}10^{21}\;n/cm^2$). These tests and results indicate that the mechanical properties of zirconium alloys are similar whether unirradiated or irradiated. Alloy B has shown the highest yield strength and tensile strength properties compared to other alloys in irradiated condition. Even though each of the zirconium alloys has a different alloying content, this content does not seem to affect the mechanical properties under an unirradiated condition and low fluence. And all the alloys have shown the tendency to increase in yield strength and ultimate tensile strength. Transverse specimens of each of the zirconium alloys have a slightly lower irradiation growth tendency than longitudinal specimens. However, for clear analysis of texture effects, further testing under higher irradiation conditions is needed.

• 대한기계학회논문집A
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• 제25권3호
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• pp.510-519
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• 2001

The tensile and fracture toughness tests have been conducted to investigate the degradations of mechanical properties induced mainly by neutron irradiations in Zr-2.5Nb CANDU pressure tube materials operated in Wolsung Unit-1. the tests were performed at room, 150, 200, 250, 300 $\^{C}$ for the irradiated and unirradiated specimens in hot cell. The specimens were directly machined from the tube retaining original curvature using specially designed electric discharge machine(EDM). From the tensile tests of the irradiated specimens, it was found that tensile strength was increased and total elongation was decreased compared to those of the unirradiated ones. The active voltages in the fracture toughness tests for the irradiated showed the discontinuous abrupt increases caused by crack jumping in lower temperature. In the crack resistance curves we found the stable crack growth in the unirradiated, whereas the unstable and three crack growth stages in the irradiated specimens due to the accumulated irradiation defects. The various fracture characteristic values in the irradiated are remarkably lower than those of the unirradiated. Through the fractography, we found in the irradiated that smaller dimple and shorter fissures than the unirradiated, and that the fractured surface had three regions that were flat, transition and slant/shear area. These can explain the difference in the crack growth characteristic values of the irradiated and the unirradiated ones.

• Journal of Plant Biology
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• 제6권3호
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• pp.6-14
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• 1963

삼배체 및 사배체 호맥종자를 중성자 및 감마선에 조사해서 파종하고 발아과정, 지상부와 지하부의 성장, 건중량의 배가 등을 조사하였다. 특히 종자함수량이 방사선감수성에 대한 역할을 관찰하였다. 사배체호맥은 이배체의 그것 보다 속중성자의 조사에 대해서 지항성이 더 강했다. 지하부는 이부체호맥에 있어서는 1120 rads, 사배체에 있어서는 1400 rads 이하인데 지하부 보다 중성자조사에 대한 감수성이 높았다. 조사량이 낮을 때는 건중량성장이 촉진되는 효과가 있었다. 종자함수량이 낮을수록 방사선감수성이 배가했으나 함수량이 28%에 달했을 때 다시 회복되어서 높아졌다. 조사시 종자함수량이 23%를 초과하였을 때에는 6 K rads의 조사량에 있어서 지하부의 신장성장이 촉진되는 현상이 나타났고 지하부의 건중량성장과 조사시의 종자함수량과의 관계는 사배체 호맥 보다는 이배체호맥이 더 큰 영향을 받는다는 사질을 보았다. 지하부의 신장량의 반감을 초래하는 조사량단위를 기준으로 할 때 N/X의 effectiveness ratio는 이배체호맥에 있어서는 약 20.0 이였고 사배체호맥은 약 18.2 였다.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제48권2호
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• pp.330-338
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• 2016

The U-Zr or U-TRU-Zr cylindrical metallic fuel slug used in fast reactors is known to swell significantly and to grow during irradiation. In neutronics simulations of metallic-fueled fast reactors, it is assumed that the slug has swollen and contacted cladding, and the bonding sodium has been removed from the fuel region. In this research, a realistic burnup-dependent fuel-swelling simulation was performed using Monte Carlo code McCARD for a single-batch compact sodium-cooled breed-and-burn reactor by considering the fuel-swelling behavior reported from the irradiation test results in EBR-II. The impacts of the realistic burnup-dependent fuel swelling are identified in terms of the reactor neutronics performance, such as core lifetime, conversion ratio, axial power distribution, and local burnup distributions. It was found that axial fuel growth significantly deteriorated the neutron economy of a breed-and-burn reactor and consequently impaired its neutronics performance. The bonding sodium also impaired neutron economy, because it stayed longer in the blanket region until the fuel slug reached 2% burnup.

• 한국산림과학회지
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• 제17권1호
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• pp.1-15
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• 1973

돌연변이수발(突然變異誘發)에 의(依)한 방법(方法)으로 중요조림수종(重要造林樹種)의 품종(品種)을 개량(改良)코자 Robinia pseudoacacia, Pinus densiflora, Pinus rigida, Pinus thunbergii 및 Larix leptolepis의 종자(種子)를 미국(美國) Brookhaven National Laboratory에 송부(送付)하여 X-ray와 thermal neutron를 조사처리(照射處理)하고 상기종자(上記種子)들의 발아율(發芽率)을 조사(調査)하는 한편 조사처리(照射處理)된 종자(種子)에서 얻어진 아까시나무 유묘(幼苗)의 몇몇 특성(特性)을 조사(調査)하였다. 1. Thermal neutron 3시간(時間)~9시간(時間) 조사처리(照射處理) 범위(範圍)에 있어서 조사처리시간(照射處理時間)의 증가(增加)에 따라 Robinia pseudoacacia, Pinus densiflora, Pinus thunbergii 및 Pinus rigida 종자(種子)의 발아율(發芽率)이 감소(減少) 되었으며 특(特)히 Larix leptolepis의 종자(種子)는 이와 같은 선량범위내(線量範圍內)에서 완전(完全) 치사(致死)하였다. 2. X-ray 10,000r~30,000r 범위(範圍)의 조사처리(照射處理)는 Pinus densiflora, Robinia pseudoacacia, Pinus rigida 종자(種子)의 발아율(發芽率)을 대단조해(大端阻害) 저하(低下)시켰고 특(特)히 Pinus thunbergii와 Larix leptolepis의 종자(種子)는 거의 치사(致死)케하였다. 3. 조사처리(照射處理)된 아까시나무의 생장상황(生長狀況)은 X-ray 및 thermal neutron 조사처리(照射處理)에 있어 선량(線量)의 증가(增加)에 따라 모두 생육(生育)이 저하(低下)되었으나 thermal neutron으로 3시간(時間) 조사처리(照射處理)된 개체(個體)들은 비교목(比較木)에 비(比)하여 14.9% 생육증가(生育增加)를 보였으며 또한 가시없는 개체(個體)가 상당(相當)히 출현(出現)되었다. 4. 조사처리(照射處理)된 아까시나무의 형태적(形態的) 변이(變異)에 있어서는 X-ray 및 thermal neutron 조사처리(照射處理)에 있어서 엽반입개체(葉搬入個體), 엽부정형개체(葉不整形個體), 백자개체(白子個體), 등(等)이 출현(出現)되었다. 5. Thermal neutron으로 조사처리(照射處理)된 아까시나무는 정상적(正常的)인 체세포분열(體細胞分裂)이 대부분(大部分)이나 비정상적(非正常的)인 세포분열(細胞分裂), 이핵세포(二核細胞), 이인세포(二仁細胞) 및 염색체괴(染色體塊) 등(等)을 관찰(觀察)할 수 있었다. 6. X-ray 및 thermal neutron 조사처리(照射處理)된 아까시나무의 pawdery mildew에 대(對)한 저항성(抵抗性)은 선량증가(線量增加)에 따라 감소(減少)되었다. 7. Thermal neutron 조사처리(照射處理)된 아까시나무의 기공장(氣孔長)은 비교목(比較木)과 대차(大差)가 없었고 단위면적당기공수(單位面積當氣孔數)는 처리목(處理木)이 감소(減少)되었다. 또한 엽전체(葉全體)의 후(厚) 및 엽표층(葉 表層)의 후(厚)는 thermal neutron 조사처리목(照射處理木)이 비교목(比較木)에 비(比)하여 증가(增加)되었으며 붕상조직(棚狀組織)의 폭(幅)은 비교목(比較木)보다 감소(減少)되었다.

• 한국전기전자재료학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전기전자재료학회 2002년도 하계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.62-66
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• 2002

The conventional floating zone(FZ) crystal and Czochralski(CZ) silicon crystal have resistivity variations longitudinally as well as radially The resistivity variations of the conventional FZ and CZ crystal are not conformed to requirement of dopant distribution for power devices and thyristors. These resistivity variations in conventional cystals limits the reverse breakdown voltage that could be achieved and forced designers of high power diodes and thyristors to compromise the desired current-voltage characteristics. So to produce high Power diodes and thyristors, Neutron Transmutation Doping(NTD) technique is the one method just because NTD silicon provides very homogeneous distribution of doping concentration. This procedure involves the nuclear transmutation of silicon to phosphorus by bombardment of neutron to the crystal according to the reaction $^{30}$ Si(n,${\gamma}$)longrightarrow$^{31}$ Silongrightarrow(2.6 hr)$^{31}$ P+$\beta$$^{[-10]}$ . The radioactive isotope $^{31}$ Si is formed by $^{31}$ Si capturing a neutron, which then decays into the stable $^{31}$ P isotope (i.e., the donor atom), whose distribution is not dependent on the crystal growth parameters. In this research, neutron was irradiated on FZ silicon wafers which had high resistivity(1000~2000 Ω cm), for 26 and 8.3hours for samples of HTS-1 and HTS-2, and 13, 3.2, 2.0 hours for samples of IP-1, IP-2 and IP-3, respectively, to compare resistivity changes due to time differences. The designed resistivities were approached, which were 2.l Ωcm for HTS-1, 7.21 Ω cm for HTS-2, 1.792cm for IP-1, 6.83 Ωcm for IP-2, 9.23 Ωcm for IP-3, respectively. Point defects were investigated with Deep Level Transient Spectroscopy(DLTS). Four different defects were observed at 80K, 125K, 230K, and above 300K.