• Journal of the Korean Society of Radiology
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• v.14 no.5
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• pp.503-510
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• 2020

Concrete is one of the most widely used materials as the shielding structures of a nuclear facilities. It is also the most generated radioactive waste in quantity while dismantling facilities. Since the concrete captures neutrons and generates various radionuclides, radiation measurement and analysis of the sample was fulfilled prior to dismantle facilities. An HPGe detector is used in general for the radiation measurement, and effective correction factors such as geometrical correction factor, self-absorption correction, and absolute detector efficiency have to be applied to the measured data to decide exact radioactivity of the sample. Correction factors are obtained by measuring data using a standard source with the same geometry and chemical states as the sample under the same measurement conditions. However, it is very difficult to prepare standard concrete sources because concrete is limited in pretreatment due to various constituent materials and high density. In addition, the concrete sample obtained by core drill is a volumetric source, which requires geometric correction for sample diameter and self absorption correction for sample density. Therefore in recent years, many researchers are working on the calculation of effective correction factors using Monte carlo simulation instead of measuring them using a standard source. In this study we calculated, using Geant4, one of the Monte carlo codes, the correction factors for the various diameter and density of the concrete core sample at the gamma ray energy emitted from the nuclides ¹⁵²Eu and ⁶⁰Co, which are the most generated in radioactive concrete.

• Analytical Science and Technology
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• v.35 no.3
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• pp.116-123
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• 2022

Polymer bags, metallic canisters, and glass bottles have been used as containers for analyzing the volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in air. In this study, various sampling containers were compared to investigate the short-term stability of VOCs, that is, from the time they are sampled to the time they are analyzed. Polyvinyl fluoride (PVF), polypropylene (PP), polyester aluminum (PE-Al) bags, canisters, and glass bottles were used as sample containers. A 100 nmol/mol standard gas mixture of benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, m-xylene, styrene, and o-xylene was used for the VOC comparison. Changes in the concentrations of samples stored for 10~20 day in each container were measured using a thermal desorption-gas chromatograph-flame ionization detector (TD-GC-FID). As a result, VOCs stored in a canister and two kinds of amber glass bottles have shown immaterial decreases in concentration in one week, and more than 80 % of the initial concentration was maintained for two weeks. In the case of polymer bags, the concentration of all VOCs, except benzene and toluene, were remarkably decreased below 70% of the initial concentration in one day. Particularly, ethylbenzene, xylene, and styrene have shown dramatic decreases in concentration below 30 % of the initial concentration in all polymer bags in one day.

• 월간산업보건
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• s.223
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• pp.32-32
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• 2006

• Analytical Science and Technology
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• v.14 no.3
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• pp.244-252
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• 2001

A comprehensive analytical method of endocrine distruptors[i.e., nonylphenol(NP), octylphenol(OP), bis(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate(BEHP)] is fish samples was developed using two internal standards. This method employed closed culture tube extraction with dichloromethane and solvent exchange to iso-hexane and SPE(2g) aminopropyl column, followed by determination on gas chromatograph linked to mass spectrometer(GC/MS) operated in the single ion monitoring(SIM) mode. The recoveries of nonylphenol and octyphenol in the range of $0.2{\sim}20{\mu}g/g$ using 1-phenyl decanol as one internal standard were over 75%, and recovery of bis(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate in the range of $0.4{\sim}40{\mu}g/g$ using bis(2-ethylbutyl)phthalate(BEBP) as the other internal standards was showed over 102%. The present method was applied to fish samples from Korea and UK. The range of concentrations for nonylphnol(NP) and bis(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate in Korean fish were $0.02{\sim}0.06{\mu}g/g$ in 2 samples and $0.18{\sim}2.03{\mu}g/g$ in 9 samples respectively, but bis(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate(BEHP) in UK samples was found $2.99{\mu}g/g$ in just 1 sample. But octylphenol(OP) was not dected in any samples by this method. This two internal standard method provides a more precise analytical tool to investigate endocrine disruptors in a biological matrices of limited quantity.

• Journal of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.15 no.4
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• pp.191-197
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• 1971

Ruthenium content in highly purified palladium metal (99.9%) was determined by counting $^{105}Rh$ nuclide which was produced by $^{104}Ru(n,{\gamma};{\beta}^-)^{105}Rh$ nuclear reaction. Palladium sample and ruthenium standard were irradiated by neutron with the Pneumatic Transfer System of TRIGA MARK II reactor. Palladium and ruthenium were dissolved by treating with aqua-regia and by fusing with sodium peroxide flux respectively. $^{105}Rh$ was separated through anion and cation exchange resin columns. The ruthenium content was determined by comparing the $^{105}Rh$ activities, obtained from the palladium sample, with that from pure ruthenium standard. The detection limit of ruthenium by the present method is about 1 ppm of ruthenium in 10 mg of palladium, which is approximately 40 times more sensitive than that of the conventional radioactivation method which employs $^{102}Ru(n,{\gamma})^{103}Ru$ nuclear reaction.

• Korean Journal of Food Science and Technology
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• v.34 no.3
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• pp.390-395
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• 2002

Concentrations of minerals (Ca, K, Mg, Na, Se, Zn, Fe, and Mn) in 50 different Korean foodstuffs were determined through neutron activation analysis. To check the accuracy of this method, the U.S. NIST standard reference materials were analyzed. Anchovy, sesame, perilla, and laver were found to contain relatively higher concentrations of Ca, Mg, Fe, and Zn than the other foodstuffs.

• Journal of Environmental Impact Assessment
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• v.25 no.6
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• pp.532-541
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• 2016

The National Environmental Specimen Bank (NESB) has been collecting broad leave samples to monitor environmental pollution from five different designated sampling areas. In order to ensure the reproducibility and comparability of the results, all the procedures from selecting trees and pooling leaves to make the representative sample are defined in the standard operation procedures(the SOP). The representative samples were subjected to the chemical analyses for some heavy minerals and Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons(PAHs). The uncertainty levels involved in each step of the SOP, that is, the sampling and the chemical analysis, were derived using the Robust ANOVA, which enables the relative comparison among the different levels of pollutants concentrations with confidence. Furthermore, the effect of the varying degrees of precipitation on the pollutants concentration of the leaves was also examined. Overall, the biological difference estimated from the duplicate samples was found to exceed the variation across the site, implying even aerial deposition over site. Samples from Gwanak Mt. showed highest heavy metal concentrations than the other sites. Washing off effect of the pollutants adhering in the form of particles on the leaf surface was found to be affected by the cumulative precipitation.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Postharvest Science and Technology of Agricultural Products Conference
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• 2003.10a
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• pp.216.3-217
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• 2003

본 연구에서는 우유에 탈지분유 또는 4종의 쌀을 각각 2%(w/v)첨가하여 커드상의 요구르트를 만들고, 대조군(우유로만 만든 요구르트)과 비교하여 쌀의 첨가가 젖산균의 산생성 및 커드상 요구르트의 품질(관능성, 저장성에 미치는 영향을 조사하였으며, HPLC를 이용하여 몇 가지 유기산을 분석하였다. 쌀의 첨가로 젖산균의 산생성이 대조군보다 촉진되었는데 현미의 촉진효과가 가장 현저하였다. 접종된 4종의 젖산균(Lacttobacillus 3종, Leuconostoc 1종) 중에서는 Lenc. mesenteroides 와 L. bulgaricus 의 산생성도가 높았다. HPLC에 의한 유기산 분석의 결과를 보면 우유나 2% 현미를 첨가한 우유에 L. bulgaricus를 접종하여 24시간 발효하는 동안 lactic acid 는 젖산균에 의해 생성되어 그 양이 현저하게 증가하였으나, 우유 중에 들어있는 citric acid 는 젖산균에 의해 이용되어 그 양이 현저히 감소하였다. 커드상 요구르트의 관능성은 쌀의 첨가로 표준시료보다 다소 저하되었으며, 쌀 첨가시료 중에서는 통일벼 참가시료가 다른 시료보다 우수하였다. 커드상의 요구르트를 2주일 간 5$^{\circ}C$냉장고에 저장하는 동안 산생성과 pH, 생균수에 거의 변화가 없어 저장성은 매우 우수한 것으로 나타났다.

• Journal of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.34 no.1
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• pp.63-68
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• 1990

The chemical ingredients such as $SiO_2,\;Al_2O_3,\;MgO,\;Fe_2O_3,\;CaO$ and $TiO_2$in silica minerals were determined by X-ray fluorescence spectrometry using a matrix correction method. The synthesized standards mixed with reagent grade oxides and the sample were diluted by fusing with 16 times $Li_2B_4O_7$. The matrix effects correlated among the ingredients were corrected by the empirical coefficient method based on the Lucas-Tooth and Pyne model. The analytical results showed relatively good agreement between the different sets of coefficients but were improved with increasing the number of standard. The accuracy of this method was also examined with the standard reference material of NIST.

• Proceedings of the Korean Radioactive Waste Society Conference
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• 2004.06a
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• pp.418-418
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• 2004

풀, 토양 또는 지하수와 같은 환경시료 중에 포함된 미량 우라늄을 분석하기 위하여 핵분열 트랙 기입법을 이용하였다. 시료 전처리 방법으로 지하수 시료는 질산 산성으로 만든 후, 토양시료는 질산과 불산을 이용하여 용액화 하였으며, 풀 시료는 전기로를 이용하여 회화한 후, 질산과 불산을 이용하여 용액화 하였다. 이 환경시료 전처리용액들을 각각 0.1mL를 0.9mL Collodion 분산용액에 섞은 후, 우라늄 표준용액과 함께 플라스틱 판($6{\times}6\textrm{cm}^2$) 위에 10$\mu\textrm{\ell}$씩 점적, 건고 시키고 핵분열 트랙기입법을 이용하여 우라늄 농도를 분석하였다. 핵분열 트랙기입법을 위한 중성자조사는 한국원자력연구소 하나로 연구용원자로(열중성자 선속: $2.7{\times}10^{13}n/\textrm{cm}^2{\cdot}sec^{-1}$)에서 10분간 하였으며, 6.25M NaOH 용액($60^{\circ}C$)을 이용하여 10분간 화학 에칭 하였다. 고체트랙검출기 표면에 생성된 핵분열 트랙들은 광학현미경과 image analyzer system을 이용하여 관찰하고 계수하였다. 시료와 같이 점적한 우라늄 표준용액을 이용하여 우라늄 농도에 대한 단위면적당 트랙 수의 상관관계를 구하였으며, 이를 이용하여 시료 내 우라늄 농도를 결정하였다. 본 실험의 결과에 대한 검증을 위하여 동일 시료용액을 분리관을 이용한 전처리 과정을 거친 후 ICP-MS를 이용하여 분석하였다. 우라늄의 선택적 분리를 위하여 U-TEVA 추출크로마토그래피 분리관을 이용하였다. 본 연구의 핵분열 트랙기입법을 이용하여 환경시료를 분석하는 방법은 일반적인 분광법을 이용할 경우, 문제가 되는 방해 원소의 분리를 위한 전처리 과정이 불필요한 장점을 가지고 있으며, 1ng 정도의 미량 우라늄을 분석할 수 있었고, ICP-MS 결과와 20% 오차 이내에서 일치하였다.