• 제목/요약/키워드: Radioactive pollutants

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環境汚染의 解決을 위한 綜合科學的 接近方法 (I) (An Interdisciplinary Approach for the Solution of Enviromental polution)

  • 신현덕
    • 한국표면공학회지
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    • 제12권3호
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    • pp.207-216
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    • 1979
  • Environmental pollution or contaminations caused by various kinds of pollutants have become one of most serious problems of our time. Environ mental pollution is the unfavoralble alteration of our surroundings, through direct or indirect effects of changes in energy patterns, rediation levels, chemical and physical constitution and abundances of organisms. These changes may affect humans directly or through their supplies of water and of agicultural and other biological products, their physical objects or possessions, or their opportunities for recreation and appreciation of nature. Pollutants that meet the criteria of this definition of environmental pollution are numerous: gases (such as sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides) and paniculate matter (such as smoke particles, lead aerosols, and asbestos) in the atmosphere; pesticides and radioactive isotopes in the atmosphee and in waterways; sewage, organic. chemicals, and phosphates in water; solid wastes on land; excessive heating (thermal pollution) of rivers and lakes; and many others. Some of these pollutants are introduced into the environment naturally, others by human actions, and most in both ways. Our major concer is with environmental pollution resulting wholly or largely as a by-product of human activities, because these can be controlled most readily. Environmental pollution cannot be solved by science and technology alone. It should be handled by an interdisciplinary approach with combined methods of science and technology as wen as social science disciplines for the better solution of this critical problem. In this respect, introducing "Environmental Science," a new scientific approach for the solution of environmental problems, which is now widely accepted by most developed countries of the world will be very helpful for systematization of theoretical basis for a new scientific approach to environmental pollution. Environmental science is "the study of all systems of air, land, water, energy, and life that surround Man. It includes all sciences directed to the system-level of understanding of the environment, drawing especially upon such disciplines as meteorology, geophysics, oceanography, and ecology, and utilizing to the fullest knowledge and techniques developed in such fields as physics, chemistry, biology, mathematics and engineering as well as many social science disciplines, such as economics, such as economics, law, political science and public administration." The components of this discipline are not new, for they are drawn from existing areas of science within biology chemistry, physics, and geoscience. What is really new about environmental science, however, is it siewpoint - its orientation to global problems, its conception of the earth as a set of interlocking, interacting systems, and its interest in Man as a part of these systems.

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Estimation of natural radionuclide and exhalation rates of environmental radioactive pollutants from the soil of northern India

  • Devi, Vandana;Chauhan, Rishi Pal
    • Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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    • 제52권6호
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    • pp.1289-1296
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    • 2020
  • The estimation of radioactivity level is vital for population health risk assessment and geological point of view and can be evaluated as rate of exhalation and source concentration (226Ra, 232Th and 40K). The present study deals with the soil samples for investigation of radionuclides content and exhalation rates of radon -thoron gas from different sites in northern Haryana, India. Absorbed dose and associated index estimated in the present study are the measures of environmental radioactivity to inhalation dose. Effective doses received by different tissues and organs by considering different occupancy and conditions are also measured. Exhalation rates of radon and thoron are measured with active scintillation monitors based on alpha spectroscopy namely scintillation radon (SRM) and thoron (STM) monitors respectively. Sample height was optimized before measurement of thoron exhalation rate using STM. Average values of radon and thoron exhalation are found 16.6 ± 0.7 mBqkg-1h-1 and 132.1 ± 2.6 mBqm-2s-1 respectively. Also, a simple approach was also adopted, to evaluate the thoron exhalation which accomplished a lot of challenges, the results are compared with the data obtained experimentally. The study is useful in the nationwide mapping of radon and thoron exhalation rates for understanding the environmental radioactivity status.

자연환경 변화와 광물의 역할

  • 김수진
    • 한국암석학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 한국암석학회.한국광물학회 2000년도 공동학술발표회 논문집
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    • pp.3-11
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    • 2000
  • The earth environment consists of four spheres : geosphere, hydrosphere, atmosphere and biosphere. The geosphere consists mostly of minerals. It, however, contains some water and air in its shallow depth. Although hydrosphere and atmosphere consist predominantly of water and air, respectively, both contain some minerals. The biosphere consisting of various organisms is present in the interfaces of geosphere, hydrosphere and atmosphere. The natural environment of the earth is continuously changing by the interaction of four spheres. It suggests that out relevant environmental problems can not be revolved without understanding the natural relationship of these four spheres. Minerals in our environment are very important because they are the main constituent materials of the earth and they control our environment. The roles of minerals in our environment have not been understood even in the scientific society. Thus their roles have been neglected. Review of studies on the environmental mineralogy so far made at our laboratory and others show that minerals control the environment in various ways. Minerals neutralize the acid water as well as acid rain. Minerals in soils and rocks are major neutralizer of the acid rain. Salinization of sea water is attributed to the ionic substitution between minerals and sea water. Some minerals control the humidity of the air. Corals, the products of biomineralization, are the main carbon controller of the air. Minerals also adsorb heavy metals, organic pollutants and radioactive nuclides. Such remarkable functions for controlling the environment come from the mineral-water reaction and biomineralization. All these phenomena are subjects of the environmental mineralogy, a new field of earth science.

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중국산 표고(Lentinula edodes) 보습배지의 잔류농약, 중금속 및 방사능 안전성 분석 (Safety investigation of the moisturizing medium prepared using the Chinese oak mushroom (Lentinula edodes) based on the presence of residual pesticides, heavy metals, and radioactive materials)

  • 장은경;정상욱;장혜미;반승언
    • 한국버섯학회지
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    • 제20권1호
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    • pp.22-28
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    • 2022
  • 중국산 표고 보습배지에 대한 안전성을 검증하고 관리기준 마련의 기초자료를 제공하고자 잔류농약 321종, 중금속 7종, 방사능 3종을 분석하였다. 중국산 표고 보습배지 7건과 국내산 톱밥배지 3건에 대한 잔류농약을 검사한 결과 중국산 보습배지 3건에서 cypermethrin, iprodione이 검출되었으나 모두 기준치 이하로 나타났다. 중금속의 검사 결과에서는 Zn은 10건의 모든 시료에서 검출되었고 Cu는 9건, Ni은 4건에서 검출되었다. Pb과 Cd, Cr, Hg은 모든 시료에서 검출되지 않았다. 방사능 검사 결과는 모든 시료에서 불검출되었다. 또한 각각의 배지에서 표고 자실체를 발생시켜 잔류농약과 방사능을 검사한 결과에서는 모두 불검출되어 유해물질이 이행되지 않았다. 이번 연구에서 중국산 표고 보습배지에 대한 잔류농약, 중금속, 방사능의 위해성은 안전하게 나타났지만, 화학물질은 미량이라 할지라도 인체 내에 계속 농축되기 때문에 유해물질의 안전성에 대한 지속적인 검증과 오염원에 대한 체계적인 재배관리가 필요할 것으로 보인다.

월성원자력발전소의 항내 오염물 유출 특성에 관한 수리실험 (Hydraulic Experiment for Pollutant Discharge Characteristics in a Wolseong Nuclear Power Plant Port)

  • 양병모;민병일;박기현;김소라;이정렬;서경석
    • 방사성폐기물학회지
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    • 제14권2호
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    • pp.113-122
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    • 2016
  • 본 연구에서는 항 내부에서 부하되는 오염물질이 파랑 및 흐름 조건으로 인하여 항외로 유출되는 과정을 수리실험을 통해 알아보았다. 월성원자력발전소 항내에 오염물질이 부하 되었을 시, 실험인자를 변화시켜가며 추적자를 활용한 흐름거동 조사를 수행하였다. 각 실험의 결과는 지수 함수에 따른 항내 오염물이 감소하는 경향이 나타나며, 항외 유출에 걸리는 시간의 기울기는 각각 다른 결과를 보여주었다. 관측된 데이터로부터 회귀식을 도출한 결과, 흐름 관측의 경우 유입되는 모터의 회전 속도 30, 20, 10 rpm에서 좌측 항내의 오염물이 50% 유출률에 도달하는 시간은 각각 2.70, 10.40, 26.39 days를 보였다. 모터의 회전속도가 30 rpm인 실험에서 유출되는 감소 추세가 가장 뚜렷하게 나타났으며, 회전속도 10 rpm인 실험에서 기울기는 완만하였다. 파랑 관측의 우측 영역의 오염물이 50% 유출률에 도달하는 시간은 4.59 days로 나타났으며, 좌측영역의 경우 15.35 days의 결과를 보였다.

월성원전 연안역 해수유동 및 오염물 이동 수치실험 (Numerical Simulations of Water Circulation and Pollutant Transport near a Coastal Area of Wolsung NPPs)

  • 박건형;김기철;민병일;이정렬;서경석
    • 방사성폐기물학회지
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    • 제10권4호
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    • pp.255-262
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    • 2012
  • 원전이 위치한 동해 월성 연안역 주변에서 오염물 이동 확산에 대한 수치 모사를 수행하였다. 월성 연안역의 유속장 재현을 위한 해수유동 수치모형 실험은 EFDC(Environmental Fluid Dynamics Code) 모델을 사용하여 조위 시계열 검증 및 조화분석을 통한 검증을 실시한 결과 양호한 재현성을 나타내었다. 월성 주변해역의 유속장 산정 결과 창조류시에는 남향, 낙조류 시에는 북향으로 진행되는 결과를 알 수 있었다. 또한 국립수산과학원에서 관측한 수온, 염분의 자료를 이용하여 수치모델을 통한 계산값과 관측값을 비교한 결과 양호한 재현성을 나타내었다. 계산된 해수유동자료와 수온, 염분의 결과를 이용하여 오염물질의 확산특성을 해석하였다.

하나로 기체시료채취계통에서 생성된 응축수 억제를 위한 CFD 해석 (CFD Analysis to Suppress Condensate Water Generated in Gas Sampling System of HANARO)

  • 조성환;이종현;김대영
    • 방사성폐기물학회지
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    • 제18권2_spc호
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    • pp.327-336
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    • 2020
  • HANARO (High-flux Advanced Neutron Application Reactor)는 우라늄의 핵분열 연쇄반응에서 생성된 중성자를 이용하여 다양한 연구개발을 수행하는 열출력 30 MW 규모의 연구용 원자로이다. 탈기탱크는 HANARO의 부속시설에 설치되어 있다. 탈기탱크는 내부환경요인으로 인해 기체오염물질을 발생시킨다. 탈기탱크는 기체오염물질을 허용 가능한 수준 이하로 유지하기위해 필요하며 기체시료채취판넬의 분석기에 의해 모니터링 된다. 응축수가 발생하여 기체시료채취판넬의 분석기 내부로 유입된다면, 분석기의 측정 챔버 내부에 부식이 발생하여 고장을 야기한다. 응축수의 생성 원인은 탈기탱크에 존재하는 기체가 분석기로 유입되는 과정에서 탈기탱크와 분석기사이 온도 차이다. 응축수 생성을 억제하고 계통 내부에 생성된 응축수를 효율적으로 제거하기 위해 탈기탱크와 기체시료채취판넬 사이에 히팅시스템이 설치되었다. 이 연구에서 우리는 히팅시스템의 효율성을 알고자 한다. 또한 Wall Condensation Model을 이용하여 유체 입구온도, 외부온도 및 히팅 케이블 설정온도 변화에 따른 파이프 온도와 평균응축량의 변화를 모델링하였다.

Simulation analysis and evaluation of decontamination effect of different abrasive jet process parameters on radioactively contaminated metal

  • Lin Zhong;Jian Deng;Zhe-wen Zuo;Can-yu Huang;Bo Chen;Lin Lei;Ze-yong Lei;Jie-heng Lei;Mu Zhao;Yun-fei Hua
    • Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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    • 제55권11호
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    • pp.3940-3955
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    • 2023
  • A new method of numerical simulating prediction and decontamination effect evaluation for abrasive jet decontamination to radioactively contaminated metal is proposed. Based on the Computational Fluid Dynamics and Discrete Element Model (CFD-DEM) coupled simulation model, the motion patterns and distribution of abrasives can be predicted, and the decontamination effect can be evaluated by image processing and recognition technology. The impact of three key parameters (impact distance, inlet pressure, abrasive mass flow rate) on the decontamination effect is revealed. Moreover, here are experiments of reliability verification to decontamination effect and numerical simulation methods that has been conducted. The results show that: 60Co and other homogeneous solid solution radioactive pollutants can be removed by abrasive jet, and the average removal rate of Co exceeds 80%. It is reliable for the proposed numerical simulation and evaluation method because of the well goodness of fit between predicted value and actual values: The predicted values and actual values of the abrasive distribution diameter are Ф57 and Ф55; the total coverage rate is 26.42% and 23.50%; the average impact velocity is 81.73 m/s and 78.00 m/s. Further analysis shows that the impact distance has a significant impact on the distribution of abrasive particles on the target surface, the coverage rate of the core area increases at first, and then decreases with the increase of the impact distance of the nozzle, which reach a maximum of 14.44% at 300 mm. It is recommended to set the impact distance around 300 mm, because at this time the core area coverage of the abrasive is the largest and the impact velocity is stable at the highest speed of 81.94 m/s. The impact of the nozzle inlet pressure on the decontamination effect mainly affects the impact kinetic energy of the abrasive and has little impact on the distribution. The greater the inlet pressure, the greater the impact kinetic energy, and the stronger the decontamination ability of the abrasive. But in return, the energy consumption is higher, too. For the decontamination of radioactively contaminated metals, it is recommended to set the inlet pressure of the nozzle at around 0.6 MPa. Because most of the Co elements can be removed under this pressure. Increasing the mass and flow of abrasives appropriately can enhance the decontamination effectiveness. The total mass of abrasives per unit decontamination area is suggested to be 50 g because the core area coverage rate of the abrasive is relatively large under this condition; and the nozzle wear extent is acceptable.