• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제45권7호
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• pp.929-940
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• 2013

Environmental fatigue of the metallic components in light water reactors has been the subject of extensive research and regulatory interest in Korea and abroad. Especially, it was one of the key domestic issues for the license renewal of operating reactors and licensing of advanced reactors during the early 2000s. To deal with the environmental fatigue issue domestically, a systematic test program has been initiated and is still underway. The materials tested were SA508 Gr.1a low alloy steels, 316LN stainless steels, cast stainless steels, and an Alloy 690 and 52M weld. Through tests and subsequent analysis, the mechanisms of reduced low cycle fatigue life have been investigated for those alloys. In addition, the effects of temperature, dissolved oxygen level, and dissolved hydrogen level on low cycle fatigue behaviors have been investigated. In this paper, the test results and key analysis results are briefly summarized. Finally, an on-going test program for hot-bending of 347 stainless steel is introduced.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제51권4호
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• pp.1060-1068
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• 2019

This work aims to establish a model of a primary water stress corrosion crack growth rate of Alloy 690 material for the head penetration nozzles of Korean pressurized water reactors. The test material had an inhomogeneous microstructure with bands of fine-grains and intragranular carbides in the matrix of coarse-grains, which was similar to the archive materials of the head penetration nozzles. The crack growth rate was measured from the strain-hardened materials as a function of the stress intensity factor in simulated primary water at various temperatures and dissolved hydrogen contents. The effects of strain-hardening, temperature, and dissolved hydrogen on the crack growth rate were analyzed independently, and were then introduced as normalizing factors in the crack growth rate model. The crack growth rate model proposed in this work provides a key element of the tools needed to assess the progress of a stress corrosion crack when detected in thick-wall Alloy 690 components in Korean reactors.

• 한국수소및신에너지학회논문집
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• 제12권1호
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• pp.29-38
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• 2001

Zr-Mn-Ni 3성분계 합금으로서 $ZrMn_2Ni_x$ (x=0.0, 0.3, 0.6, 0.9 and 1.2) 합금을 제작하여 이들의 수소저장특성과 전기화학적 특성을 조사한 결과 $ZrMn_2Ni_x$ 모든 조성에서 C14 Laves phase가 형성되었다. 여러 합금 중에서 $ZrMn_2Ni_{0.6}$ 합금이 비교적 활성화가 빨리 이루어졌고(약 11회 싸이클 후), 방전용량이 가장 컸다(최대 45mAh/g). 모든 합금에서 6M KOH 전해질에 Zr이 가장 잘 용해되었다. $ZrMn_2Ni_{0.6}$ 합금은 다른 합금들에 비해 Mn과 Ni이 더 많이 용해되었다. $ZrMn_2Ni_{0.6}$ 합금이 비교적 활성화가 빨리 이루어지고 방전용량이 컸는데, 이에 따른 활발한 충 방전으로 인하여 Zr, Mn, Ni이 많이 용해되어 나온 것으로 사려된다.

• Environmental Engineering Research
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• 제12권5호
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• pp.238-243
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• 2007

The Fenton reaction, which refers to the reaction between ferrous ions and hydrogen peroxide to produce the OH radical, has not been widely applied to the disinfection of microorganisms despite being economic and environmentally friendly. Cho et al. have previously proposed the neutral photo ferrioxalate system as a solution to the problems posed by the Fenton reaction in acidic conditions, but this system still requires an external hydrogen peroxide supply. In the present study, we developed a simple disinfection technology using the photo or solar ferrioxalate reaction without the need for an external hydrogen peroxide supply. E. coli was employed as the indicating microorganism. The study results demonstrated the effectiveness of the photo ferrioxalate system in inactivating E. coli without any external hydrogen peroxide supply, as long as dissolved oxygen is supplied. Furthermore, the solar ferrioxalate system achieved faster inactivation of E. coli than an artificial light source at similar irradiance.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제28권12호
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• pp.2454-2458
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• 2007

Exploring the basic concepts for the design of CO2-philic molecules is important due to the possibility for “green” chemistry in supercritical CO2 as substitute solvent systems. The Lewis acid-base interactions and C?H…O weak hydrogen bonding were suggested as two key factors for the solubility of CO2-philic molecules. We have performed high level quantum mechanical calculations for the van der Waals complexes of CO2 with trimethylphosphate and trimethylphosphine oxide, which have long been used for metal extractants in supercritical CO2 fluid. Structures and energies were calculated using the MP2/6-31+G(d) and recently developed multilevel methods. These studies indicate that the Lewis acid-base interactions have larger impact on the stability of structure than the C?H…O weak hydrogen bonding. The weak hydrogen bonds in trimethylphosphine oxide have an important role to the large supercritical CO2 solubility when a metal is bound to the oxygen atom of the P=O group. Trimethylphosphate has many Lewis acid-base interaction sites so that it can be dissolved into supercritical CO2 easily even when it has metal ion on the oxygen atom of the P=O group, which is indispensable for a good extractant.

• Journal of Welding and Joining
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• 제18권2호
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• pp.232-232
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• 2000

The hydrogen attack characteristics of 3Cr-1Mo-V steel as simulated weld heat affected state were studied in this paper. The hydrogen attack susceptibility was evaluated by the ratios of Charpy impact absorbed energy at 0℃($vE_{0HA}$/$vE_{0}$) and reduction of area by tensile test ($RA_{HA}$/RA) before and after exposure to hydrogen at 600℃ under 450kgf/㎠ for 300hr. The values of $vE_{0HA}$/$vE_{0}$ and $RA_{HA}$/RA were aggravated as the peak temperature of the simulated heat affected zone(HAZ) raised. These results were due to the increase of the possession of bubbles along the grain boundaries, which were resulted in the reduction of grain boundary area to be precipitated carbides due to grain coarsening and the carbon dissolved in the martensite-austenite constituent near by the prior austenite grain boundary. The possession ratio of methane bubbles formed along prior austenite grain boundaries were increased with raising the peak temperature. (Received February 22, 2000)

• Journal of Welding and Joining
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• 제18권2호
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• pp.105-111
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• 2000

The hydrogen attack characteristics of 3Cr-1Mo-V steel as simulated weld heat affected state were studied in this paper. The hydrogen attack susceptibility was evaluated by the ratios of Charpy impact absorbed energy at 0℃({TEX}$vE_{0} {HA}_/vE_{0}${/TEX}) and reduction of area by tensile test({TEX}$RA_{HA}/RA${/TEX}) before and after exposure to hydrogen at 600℃ under 450kgf/㎠ for 300hr. The values of {TEX}$vE_{0} {HA}_/vE_{0}${/TEX} and {TEX}$RA_{HA}/RA${/TEX} were aggravated as the peak temperature of the simulated heat affected zone(HAZ) raised. These results were due to the increase of the possession of bubbles along the grain boundaries, which were resulted in the reduction of grain boundary area to be precipitated carbides due to grain coarsening and the carbon dissolved in the martensite-austenite constituent near by the prior austenite grain boundary. The possession ratio of methane bubbles formed along prior austenite grain boundaries were increased with raising the peak temperature.

• 한국지하수토양환경학회지:지하수토양환경
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• 제17권4호
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• pp.44-50
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• 2012

A new type of chemical oxidation technology utilizing micro bubble ozone oxidizer and a pneumatic fracturing equipment was developed to enhance field applicability of a traditional chemical oxidation technology using hydrogen peroxide as an oxidizer for in-situ soil remediation. To find an efficient way to dissolve gaseous ozone into hydrogen peroxide, ozone was injected into water as micro bubble form then dissolved ozone concentration and its duration time were measured compared to those of simple aeration of gaseous ozone. As a result, dissolved ozone concentration in water increased by 31% (1.6 ppm ${\rightarrow}$ 2.1 ppm) and elapsed time for which maximum ozone concentration decreased by half lengthened from 9 min to 33 min. When the developed pneumatic fracturing technology was applied in sandy loam, cracks were developed and grown in soil for 5~30 seconds so that the radius of influence got longer by 71% from 392 cm to 671 cm. The remediation system using the micro bubble ozone oxidizer and the pneumatic fracturing equipment for field application was made and demonstrated its remediation efficiency at petroleum contaminated site. The system showed enhanced remediation capacity than the traditional chemical oxidation technology using hydrogen peroxide with reduced remediation time by about 33%.

• 한국지하수토양환경학회지:지하수토양환경
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• 제6권2호
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• pp.49-56
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• 2001

방향족 탄화수소계 화합물중 하나인 benzene은 대수층내에서 물리, 화학, 생물학적 작용에 의하여 분해될 수 있다. 본 연구의 목적은 주상실험을 통하여 세 가지 서로 다른 형태의 분해를 분석하는 것이다. 사질토양에서 benzene의 이동특성을 고찰하기 위하여 KCl및 benzene을 추적자로 사용한 서로 다른 네 가지 경우 (case 1: 과산화수소수와 미생물을 모두 적용하지 않은 경우, case 2: 과산화수소만, case 3: 미생물만, case 4: 과산화수소와 미생물을 모두 적용)의 주상실험이 수행되었다. 모든 경우의 주상실험에서 도출된 KCl 및 benzene의 파과곡선에서 첨두농도의 도달시간은 거의 일치하였고 benzene의 첨두농도가 KCl의 값보다 매우 낮았다. 이 결과로부터 benzene의 운송에서 가장 큰 영향을 미치는 것은 지연현상이 아닌 비가역 흡착 및 분해에 의한 감쇄작용임을 알 수 있었다. 흡착 및 분해에 의한 benzene의 감쇄작용은 과산화수소 및 미생물을 첨가하였을 때 증가하였다. 모든 경우의 주상실험에서 용존산소는 benzene의 농도가 증가할수록 감소하였으며 이것은 bengene의 분해에 의하여 용존산소가 소모되었음을 의미한다. 미생물을 첨가한 주상실험 결과 (case 3과 case 4) 침출수에서의 미생물의 농도는 초기 주입농도보다 매우 낮았고, benzene이 파과한 후에도 시간이 지남에 따라 증가하였으며 이것은 토양 표면으로의 가역 및 비가역 흡착에 의한 미생물의 지연현상에 기인한 것이라고 사료된다.

• 자원환경지질
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• 제51권2호
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• pp.77-85
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• 2018

원전 시설 주변 및 심지층 폐기물 처분장 인근 환경은 우라늄으로 오염될 가능성이 높으며, 오염된 우라늄은 지하수를 따라 먼 곳까지 이동 및 확산될 수 있다. 이러한 오염 우라늄의 이동 및 확산을 효과적으로 제어하기 위해서는 지하 환경에서 우라늄의 생지화학적 거동을 이해할 필요가 있다. 일반적으로 토양 및 지질 매체 내에 다양한 종류의 미생물이 생존하고 있으며, 이들의 활동은 핵종들의 산화 환원 반응 및 그에 따른 용해도 변화와 밀접히 연관되어 있다. 우리는 유기물 대신 수소 가스를 전자공여체로 사용하여 고체 매질에 대한 용존 우라늄의 수착 및 침전 거동을 살펴보았다. 화강암을 고체 매질로 사용한 회분식 실험에서는 수소의 영향이 관찰되지 않았으나, 벤토나이트를 사용한 조건에서는 수소의 영향으로 5~8% 우라늄 농도 감소가 관찰되었다. 이러한 결과는 벤토나이트 토착미생물이 수소를 전자공여체로 활용하여 우라늄 거동(감소)에 영향을 준 것으로 보인다. 또한, 폐기물 처분환경의 고열 및 고방사선 조건에서도 벤토나이트 토착미생물은 강한 내성을 보였으며, 이는 향후 자연산 벤토나이트가 처분장 완충재로 사용될 경우 핵종-생지화학 반응이 주요 기작 중의 하나가 될 것으로 예상된다.