• Proceedings of the Korean Radioactive Waste Society Conference
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• 2004.06a
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• pp.248-249
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• 2004

하나로는 1995년 2월에 첫 임계(criticality)에 도달한 이후로 핵연료의 조사시험, 동위원소 생산, 중성자 빔을 이용한 연구, 중성자 방사화 분석 등에 활용되고 있다. 하나로에서 발생하는 폐기물은 성상에 따라 기체, 액체, 고체 폐기물로 분류되며, 모두 극저준위 폐기물이다. 고체 폐기물은 방문자 및 종사자들이 원자로실에 출입하여 업무 수행 과정에서 발생하며, 액체 폐기물은 계통의 누설, 보수 작업, 실험 장비 등의 세척으로 발생한다.(중략)

• Journal of Radiation Protection and Research
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• v.24 no.2
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• pp.101-108
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• 1999

The influence of the relative humidity, the temperature and the velocity of supply air on evaporation rate has been studied with non-boiling forced evaporation system in order to treat very low level radioactive liquid wastes produced from the decontamination and decommissioning activities. Experimental data on the evaporation rate have been obtained with the divers variables and experimental equation of air velocity was also obtained by the correlation of those data. The decontamination factor of this system was also obtained by the experimental data from a simulated liquid waste containing Cs-137 radio isotope ; $DF=10^4$. Since the commercial system will be operated for the treatment of the very low level radioactive liquid waste produced from decontamination & decommissioning of TRIGA Mark-II&III research reactor, the environmental assessment has been conducted to improve the operational safety. Exposure dose rate for an individual member of general public was assessed, and it showed that it was very lower than individual dose limits. The release of radioactivity of radioisotope material (Cs-137) to the environment was assessed, and result showed that it was $4.637{\times}10^{-14}\;{\mu}Ci/cc$.

• Journal of Radiation Protection and Research
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• v.26 no.4
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• pp.393-398
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• 2001

The non-combustible RI wastes disposed of in hospital every year emit ${\gamma}$-ray or ${\beta}$-ray but their activities are very low to the extent of background. Development of more simple methods is needed because the conventional detection methods are so ineffective and complex. In this study, to solve this problem, detection method using efficiency curve for ${\gamma}$-ray emitting radioactive wastes measurement is proposed and experimental detection efficiency equation is also determined through HPGe's standard specimen measurement. For ${\beta}$-emitting radioisotopes detection, new measurement method using detection efficiency estimated by Monte Carlo simulation and SBD measurements is also proposed. According to the results of this paper, the unknown activity of low-level radioactive wastes without LSC requiring the preparation of standard sample and measurement for standard source detection efficiency could be determined efficiently and simply about ${\pm}17%$ in errors by using the theoretical detection efficiency and the SBD measurement result.