• Proceedings of the Korean Nuclear Society Conference
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• 1996.05d
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• pp.113-117
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• 1996

원자력시설 및 동위원소 이용기관에서의 인체오염사고에 대비하여, 피부제염기준을 조사하였으며, 피부제염제의 개발을 위하여 실험용 쥐를 대상으로 Co-60 및 Cs-137에 대해 비눗물, EDTA 및 KAERI-CON의 제염효과를 비교하였으며, 가장 효율적인 제염방법을 제시하였다. 각 제염제의 제염실험결과 Co-60 보다 Cs-137에 대한 제염이 더 잘 이루어졌으며, 제염횟수의 증가에 따라 방사능잔류율도 급격히 낮아졌다. KAERI-CON은 Co-60의 경우 38-55%, Cs-137의 경우에는 44-50%까지 제염효율을 보임으로서 타 제염제보다 효과적임을 확인하였다.

• Journal of Nuclear Fuel Cycle and Waste Technology(JNFCWT)
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• v.13 no.3
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• pp.187-199
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• 2015

Decontamination is one of the crucial technologies that are applied during the decommissioning process of nuclear facilities to secure the safety of workers and to minimize the quantity of radioactive waste. Decontamination removes radionuclides on the surface of contaminated metal. Compared with decontamination for operational nuclear facilities, decontamination for nuclear power plants that are being decommissioned needs to remove the more and thicker surface using more aggressive agents or specially developed equipment. This paper analyzed the factors to be considered before planning the decontamination, representative decontamination technologies, and their application procedure,etc. ORCID

• Journal of Nuclear Fuel Cycle and Waste Technology(JNFCWT)
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• v.17 no.2
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• pp.213-226
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• 2019

Regulatory agency and licensee are preparing for the site restoration of Kori unit 1, the first commercial NPP in Korea, scheduled for 2031. Developing regulatory guidelines and strategies is essential for effective restoration work. Unfortunately, Korea does not have experience of site restoration of commercial NPPs. Therefore, it is important to review cases from experienced countries to establish a strategy and regulatory standards. The U.S. has had numerous soil remediation experiences using RESRAD and MARSSIM. However, formalized evaluation methodologies for subsurface soil have not yet been established in MARSSIM. This survey focused on subsurface soil remediation by reviewing the five decommissioned NPPs under regulation of the US NRC. Overall process of remediating a contaminated subsurface soil and groundwater was reviewed to identify considerations and lessons that could be applicable in Korea. In addition, an applied methodology for evaluation of contaminated subsurface soil and related major issues between regulatory agency and licensees were reviewed in detail to support establishment of remediation strategy for Kori unit 1.

• Journal of Nuclear Fuel Cycle and Waste Technology(JNFCWT)
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• v.15 no.3
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• pp.231-237
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• 2017

The present study researched and analyzed decontamination technology for decommissioning a nuclear power plant. The decision-making technique (EXPERT-CHOICE) was used to evaluate and select the optimal decontamination technology. In principle, this evaluation method is generally performed by a group of experts in the relevant field. The results of the weights were calculated by multiplying the weights with regard to each criterion and evaluation score. The evaluation scores were categorized into 3 ranges (high, medium, and low), and each range was weighted for differentiation. The level of the technology analysis was improved by additionally quantifying the weights with regard to each criterion and subdividing criteria into subcriteria. The basic assumption of the evaluation was that the weight values would decided on in an expert survey and assigned to each criterion. The evaluation criteria followed high weight for the 'High' range. Accordingly, H, M, and L were assigned weights of 10:5:1, respectively. This was based on the EXPERT-CHOICE optimal analysis. The minimum and maximum values were excluded, and the average value was used as the evaluation value for each scenario.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Marine Engineers Conference
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• 2006.06a
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• pp.297-298
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• 2006

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Surface Engineering Conference
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• 1998.05a
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• pp.49-50
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• 1998

• Proceedings of the Korean Radioactive Waste Society Conference
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• 2016.10a
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• pp.415-416
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• 2016

• Journal of Nuclear Fuel Cycle and Waste Technology(JNFCWT)
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• v.13 no.1
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• pp.45-53
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• 2015

Since the commercial operation of Kori Unit #1 nuclear power plant(NPP) started in 1978, 23 units at present are operating in Korea. Radioactive wastes will be steadily generated from these units and accumulated. In addition, the life-extension of NPPs, construction of new NPPs and decontamination and decommissioning research facilities will cause radioactive wastes to increase. Recently, Korea has revised the new classification criteria as was proposed by IAEA. According to the revised classification criteria, low-level, very-low-level and exempt waste are estimated to about 98% of total disposal amount. In this paper, current status of overseas cases and disposal method with new classification criteria are analyzed to propose the most reasonable method for estimating the amount of decommissioning waste when applying the new criteria.

• Korean Journal of Soil Science and Fertilizer
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• v.39 no.2
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• pp.59-64
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• 2006

To analyze the changes of soil physico-chemical properties after reclamation, we carried out an experiment for 75 samples of representative saline soils in South Korea. The more the years after reclamation is proceeded, the blighter the soil color is, soil horizon differentiation and structure is developed, but electrical conductivity(EC) decreased. After the soil survey, coarse textured soils were more quickly de-salined than the fine textured soils. In case of fine loamy textured Poseung series, it could be estimated that the series had Salic horizons in sub-order level of taxonomical classification. In other case of coarse loamy textured soil series, it could be estimated that the series had Sodic properties in sub-group level. Sodium contents of fine loamy textured soils were not decreased after reclamation, but those of coarse loamy textured Gwanghwal series reclaimed about 76 years ago were reclassified because of desalinization. To be desalined low to 4 dSm-1 of EC, it presumably takes about 108, or 12 years for fine loamy and coarse loamy textured soils, respectively.

• Proceedings of the KAIS Fall Conference
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• 2002.11a
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• pp.306-308
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• 2002

원자로냉각재계통(Reactor Coolant System) 및 사용 후 저장조정화계통(Spent Fuel Pool Purification System)에는 양ㆍ음이온 교환수지가 충진된 혼상 이온교환수지탑을 설치하여 계통수에 존재하는 방사성 핵종을 제거하고 있으며, 정화율을 나타내는 제염계수(Decontamination Factor)가 특정값 이하이면 수지를 교체하고 있다. 그러나 특정 핵종에 대한 제염계수가 수지 사용기간에 관계없이 기준값 이하로 나타나고 있고, 수지탑의 성능을 예측하고 있지 못하는 실정이다. 원자력발전소 1차 계통에 설치되어 불순물을 제거하는 이온교환 수지탑에 대한 연속화학평형모델에 적용한 결과 수지탑에서 이온 용출은 수지에 대한 이온 선택도 순서와 동일하고 냉각재계통에는 붕산이 주성분이므로 음이온수지에서 붕산이 가장 먼저 누출된다. 그리고 붕산으로 포화된 음이온수지의 음이온 불순물 제거능력은 저하되지 않으며, 리튬으로 포화된 양이온수지의 양이온 불순물 제거능력은 저하된다.