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The Calibration of $^{90}$ Sr Ophthalmic Applicator by Measuring Electron Current (전류 측정 방식에 의한 안과용 $^{90}$ Sr 선원의 교정)

  • 이병용;신동오;김현자;홍성언;최은경;장혜숙
    • Progress in Medical Physics
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    • v.2 no.2
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    • pp.149-154
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    • 1991
  • We have designed and applied the calibrationmethod of $\^$90/Sr Ophthalmic Applicaton by measuring the electron currents. We considered the number of electrons which is emitted from the source, the area of the source, and the electron stopping power in the water, and those data were used for calculation. Film was used for evaluating the accurate source area. Average electron stopping power was obtained by analyzing ${\beta}$-ray energy spectrum. We compared between the result from our method and that from the TLD measurements. The calibration result from our method shows 63.3 ${\pm}$5.1 cGy/sec, while 50.7${\pm}$7.3 cGy/sec from TLD measurement. But the supplier's specification tells 46.89.4cGy/sec.

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Development of the Measurement Method of Extremely Low Level Activity with Imaging Plate (Imaging Plate를 이용한 극저준위 방사능 측정에 관한 연구)

  • Kwak, Ji-Yeon;Lee, K.B.;Lee, Jong-Man;Park, Tae-Soon;Oh, Pil-Jae;Lee, Min-Kie;Seo, Ji-Suk;Hwang, Han-Yull
    • Journal of Radiation Protection and Research
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    • v.29 no.4
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    • pp.231-236
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    • 2004
  • An imaging plate(IP) detector, a two-dimensional digital radiation detector that can acquire image of radioactivity distribution in a sample, has been applied in many fields; for industrial radiography, medical diagnosis, X-ray diffraction test, etc. In this study, the possibility of IP detector to be used lot measuring radioactivity of sample is explored using its high sensitivity, higher spatial resolution, wider dynamic range and screen uniformity for several kinds radiations. First, the IP detector is applied to measure the surface uniformity for area source. Surface uniformity is measured rapidly and nondestructively by measuring the radioactivity distribution of common standard area source$(^{241}Am)$. Next, the IP is employed to study the possibility of measuring an extremely low-level activity of environmental sample. For this study the screen uniformity, shield effect of background radiation, linear dynamic range and fading effect of the IP detector is investigated. The potato, banana, radish and carrot samples are chosen to measure ultra low-level activity of $^{40}K$ isotope. The efficiency calibration of IP detector is carried out using the standard source.

Development of a simple laboratory-made radioactive source to check the integrity of a gamma spectrometry system with HPGe detector (HPGe 검출기를 사용한 감마분광분석계의 점검선원 개발)

  • Lee, Mo Sung
    • Journal of Radiation Protection and Research
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    • v.38 no.2
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    • pp.119-123
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    • 2013
  • A simple laboratory-made radioactive source to check the integrity of a gamma spectrometry system with HPGe detector was developed. The check source consists of radium-riched soil which was ground in size of less than 0.154mm and contained in air tight cylinderical vial, and provides photons with 12 distinct energies. The spectra of the check source were measured once a month during one year, analyzed the charactreictics of their peaks. When the gamma spectrometry system was in normal state, the areas and FWHMs of the gamma rays with more than 3% gamma emission rate in radium and its decay products was constant within standard deviation 2% and 3%, respectively, except 77 keV peak. And it was found that this check source can play a sufficient role to check the integrity of a gamma spectrometry system using 10 peaks in the range of 77 to 2202 keV.

Verification of MCNP/ORIGEN-2 Model and Preliminary Radiation Source Term Evaluation of Wolsung Unit 1 (월성 1호기 MCNP/ORIGEN-2 모델 검증 및 예비 선원항 계산)

  • Noh, Kyoungho;Hah, Chang Joo
    • Journal of Nuclear Fuel Cycle and Waste Technology(JNFCWT)
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    • v.13 no.1
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    • pp.21-34
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    • 2015
  • Source term analysis should be carried out to prepare the decommissioning of the nuclear power plant. In the planning phase of decommissioning, the classification of decommissioning wastes and the cost evaluation are performed based on the results of source term analysis. In this study, the verification of MCNP/ORIGEN-2 model is carried out for preliminary source term calculation for Wolsung Unit 1. The inventories of actinide nuclides and fission products in fuel bundles with different burn-up were obtained by the depletion calculation of MCNPX code modelling the single channel. Two factors affecting the accuracy of source terms were investigated. First, the neutron spectrum effect on neutron induced activation calculation was reflected in one-group microscopic cross-sections of relevant radio-isotopes using the results of MCNP simulation, and the activation source terms calculated by ORIGEN-2 using the neutron spectrum corrected library were compared with the results of the original ORIGEN-2 library (CANDUNAU.LIB) in ORIGEN-2 code package. Second, operation history effect on activation calculation was also investigated. The source terms on both pressure tubes and calandria tubes replaced in 2010 and calandria tank were evaluated using MCNP/ORIGEN-2 with the neutron spectrum corrected library if the decommissioning wastes can be classified as a low level waste.

Borehole Disposal Concept: A Proposed Option for Disposal of Spent Sealed Radioactive Sources in Tanzania (보어홀 처분 개념: 탄자니아의 폐밀봉선원 처분을 위한 제안)

  • Salehe, Mikidadi;Kim, Chang-Lak
    • Journal of Nuclear Fuel Cycle and Waste Technology(JNFCWT)
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    • v.11 no.4
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    • pp.293-301
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    • 2013
  • Borehole Disposal Concept (BDC) was initiated by the South African Nuclear Energy Corporation (NECSA) with the view to improve the radioactive waste management practices in Africa. At a time when geological disposal of radioactive waste is being considered, the need to protect ground water from possible radioactive contamination and the investigation of radionuclides migration through soil and rocks of zone of aeration into ground water has becomes very imperative. This is why the Borehole Disposal Concept (BDC) is being suggested to address the problem. The concept involves the conditioning and emplacement of disused sealed radioactive sources in an engineered facility of a relatively narrow diameter borehole (260 mm). Tanzania is operating a Radioactive Waste Management Facility where a number of spent sealed radioactive sources with long and short half lives are stored. The activity of spent sealed radioactive sources range from (1E-6 to 8.8E+3 Ci). However, the long term disposal solution is still a problem. This study therefore proposing the country to adopt the BDC, since the repository requires limited land area and has a low probability of human intrusion due to the small footprint of the borehole.

Dose Effect of Tissue Compensator for 6 MV X-Ray (두경부 방사선조사시 3차원조직보상체에 의한 피부선량)

  • Lee, Ho-Jun;Choi, Tae-Jin;Kim, Ok-Bae
    • Radiation Oncology Journal
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    • v.10 no.2
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    • pp.147-153
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    • 1992
  • It is ideal thing to compensate tissue deficit without skin contamination in curvatured irradiation field of high energy photon beam. The 3-dimensional compensating technique utilizing tissue equivalent materials to ensure an adequate dose distribution and skin sparing effect was described. This compensator was made of paraffin ($70\%$) and stearin wax ($30\%$) compound. The parameters for evaluation of the effect on skin dose in application of compensator were considered in the size of the field, the thickness of the compensator and the source-to-axis distance. The results are as follows; the skin doses were not changed even though application of the compensator, but depended on the field size and the source-to-axis distance, and the skin doses were only slightly changed within $1\%$ relative errors as increasing the thickness of the compensator in these experiments.

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