• 한국원자력학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국원자력학회 1996년도 춘계학술발표회논문집(4)
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• pp.17-22
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• 1996

Individual internal monitoring program by in-vivo measurement technique at the Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute includes the capability for the assessment of uranium and americium lung burdens. This capability is an important part of the health and safety program. This article addresses the lung burden assessment portion of our in vivo measurement capabilities.

• 한국방사성폐기물학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국방사성폐기물학회 2005년도 춘계 학술대회
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• pp.248-254
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• 2005

본 연구에서는 음이온 교환수지와 Sr-Spec 수지를 사용하여 $^{90}Sr,\;^{241}Am$ 및 Pu 동위원소들에 대하여 축차적으로 분리하는 정량법을 제시하였다. Pu 동위원소는 음이온 교환수지를 이용하여 분리하였다. 아메리슘 및 스트론튬은 옥살산 공침법을 사용하여 토양 메트릭스 성분으로부터 분리하였다. 아메리슘은 철공침법을 사용하여 스트론튬으로부터 분리한후 음이온 교환수지를 사용하여 란탄나이드 성분으로부터 순수분리하였다. 스트론튬은 Sr-Spec 수지를 사용하여 순수분리하였다. Pu 및 Am 동위원소는 알파스펙트로메타로 정량하였고 Sr-90은 액체섬광계수기를 사용하여 베타선을 측정하였다. 본 연구에서 고찰된 $^{90}Sr,\;^{241}Am$ 및 Pu 동위원소 분석법을 IAEA 기준시료에 적용하여 분석법의 타당성을 검증하였다.

• 분석과학
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• 제18권6호
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• pp.469-474
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• 2005

본 연구에서는 음이온 교환수지와 Sr-Spec 수지를 사용하여 토양중 $^{90}Sr$, $^{241}Am$ 및 Pu 동위원소들에 대하여 축차적으로 분리하는 정량법을 제시하였다. 플루토늄은 음이온 교환수지를 이용하여 분리하였고, 아메리슘 및 스트론튬은 옥살산 공침법 및 Sr-Spec 수지를 사용하여 순수 분리하였다. Pu 및 Am 동위원소는 알파 스펙트로메트리법으로 정량하였고, Sr-90은 액체섬광계수기를 사용하여 정량하였다. 본 연구에서 고찰된 $^{90}Sr$, $^{241}Am$ 및 Pu 동위원소 분석법을 IAEA 기준시료에 적용하여 분석법의 타당성을 검증하였다.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제18권3호
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• pp.194-199
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• 1986

수용액중에 극미량의 Am의 거동이 pH변화에 따라 변화하는 것을 원심분리법으로 조사하였다. 이 연구에서 평형시간을 2~3주 연장, 방사성 코로이드 형성에 있어서의 시간효과를 조사하였다. 또한 실리카겔 및 Fe$^{3+}$ 등 외부 물질을 첨가하여 그 효과를 조사하였으며, 또한 진한 전해질물질의 효과도 아울러 조사하였다. 그 결과, pH 6에서 Am은 불순입자, 또는 용기벽과 이온 흡착과정으로 급속히 흡착이 일어났다. 외부물질의 첨가는 Am의 흡착을 촉진하였으며, 진한 전해질물질의 첨가로 흡착이 방해되었다. pH 7에서 Am은 pH 6조건과는 전혀 다른 거동을 나타내었다. 일부 Am은 용기 기벽에서 빠른 흡착이 일어났으며, 1~2일 후에 일부는 탈착되었다.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제41권1호
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• pp.99-106
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• 2009

The contents of transuranic elements ($^{237}Np$, $^{238}Pu$, $^{239}Pu$, $^{240}Pu$, $^{241}Am$, $^{244}Cm$, and $^{242}Cm$) in high-burnup spent fuel samples ($35.6{\sim}53.9\;GWd/MtU$) were determined by alpha spectrometry. Anion exchange chromatography and diethylhexyl phosphoric acid extraction chromatography were applied for the separation of these elements from the uranium matrix. The measured values of the nuclides were compared with ORIGEN-2 calculations. For plutonium, the measurements were higher than the calculations by about $2.6{\sim}32.7%$ on average according to each isotope, and those for americium and curium were also higher by about $35.9{\sim}63.1%$. However, for $^{237}Np$, the measurements were lower by about 52% on average for the samples.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제49권4호
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• pp.881-885
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• 2017

This work presents a new technique for discriminating between alpha particles of different energy levels. In a first study, two groups of alpha particles emitted from radium-226 and americium-241 sources were successfully separated using a CR-39 microfilm of appropriate thickness. This thickness was adjusted by chemical etching before and after irradiation so that lower-energy particles were stopped within the detector, while higher-energy particles were revealed on the back side of the detector. The number of tracks on the front side of the microfilm represented all alpha particles incident on that side from the two sources. However, the number of tracks on the back side of the microfilm represented only the long-range alpha particles of higher energy that arrived at that side. Therefore, by subtracting the number of tracks on the back side from the number of tracks on the front side, one could easily determine the number of tracks for the short-range alpha particles of lower energy that remained embedded in the microfilm. Discrimination of the two energy levels is thus achieved in a simple, fast, and reliable process.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제34권1호
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• pp.80-89
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• 2002

A laboratory investigation of the behavior of radioactive metals under the various waste combustion atmospheres was conducted to predict the parameters that influence their partitioning behavior during waste incineration. Neodymium, samarium, cerium, gadolinium, cesium and cobalt were used as non-radioactive surrogate metals that are representative of uranium, plutonium, americium, curium, radioactive cesium, and radioactive cobalt, respectively. Except for cesium, all of the investigated surrogate metal compounds converted into each of their stable oxides at medium temperatures from 400 to 90$0^{\circ}C$, under oxygen- deficient and oxygen-sufficient atmospheres (0.001-atm and 0.21-atm $O_2$). At high temperatures above 1,40$0^{\circ}C$, cerium, neodymium and samarium in the form of their oxides started to vaporize but the vaporization rates were very slow up to 150$0^{\circ}C$ . Inorganic chlorine (NaCl) as well as organic chlorine (PVC) did not impact the volatility of investigated Nd$_2$O$_3$, CoO and Cs$_2$O. The results of laboratory investigations suggested that the combustion chamber operating parameters affecting the entrainment of particulate and filtration equipment operating parameters affecting particle collection efficiency be the governing parameters of alpha radionuclides partitioning during waste incineration.

• 방사성폐기물학회지
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• 제19권1호
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• pp.9-27
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• 2021

As an example of research activities in decontamination for decommissioning, new data are presented on the options for corrosion layer dissolution during the decommissioning decontamination, or persulfate regeneration for decontamination solutions re-use. For the management of spent decontamination solutions, new method based on solvent extraction of radionuclides into ionic liquid followed by electrodeposition of the radionuclides has been developed. Fields of applications of composite inorganic-organic absorbers or solid extractants with polyacrylonitrile (PAN) binding matrix for the treatment of liquid radioactive waste are reviewed; a method for americium separation from the boric acid containing NPP evaporator concentrates based on the TODGA-PAN material is discussed in more detail. Performance of a model of radionuclide transport, developed and implemented within the GoldSim programming environment, for the safety studies of the LLW/ILW repository is demonstrated on the specific case of the Richard repository (Czech Republic). Continuation and even broadening of these activities are expected in connection with the approaching end of the lifespan of the first blocks of the Czech NPPs.

• 방사성폐기물학회지
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• 제20권4호
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• pp.371-382
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• 2022

Carbonates are inorganic ligands that are abundant in natural groundwater. They strongly influence radionuclide mobility by forming strong complexes, thereby increasing solubility and reducing soil absorption rates. We characterized the spectroscopic properties of Am(III)-carbonate species using UV-Vis absorption and time-resolved laser-induced fluorescence spectroscopy. The deconvoluted absorption spectra of aqueous Am(CO₃)₂^- and Am(CO₃)₃^3- species were identified at red-shifted positions with lower molar absorption coefficients compared to the absorption spectrum of aqua Am³⁺. The luminescence spectrum of Am(CO₃)₃^3- was red-shifted from 688 nm for Am³⁺ to 695 nm with enhanced intensity and an extended lifetime. Colloidal Am(III)-carbonate compounds exhibited absorption at approximately 506 nm but had non-luminescent properties. Slow formation of colloidal particles was monitored based on the absorption spectral changes over the sample aging time. The experimental results showed that the solubility of Am(III) in carbonate solutions was higher than the predicted values from the thermodynamic constants in OECD-NEA reviews. These results emphasize the importance of kinetic parameters as well as thermodynamic constants to predict radionuclide migration. The identified spectroscopic properties of Am(III)-carbonate species enable monitoring time-dependent species evolution in addition to determining the thermodynamics of Am(III) in carbonate systems.

• Mass Spectrometry Letters
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• 제2권4호
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• pp.80-83
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• 2011

Isotope ratio analysis of nuclear materials in individual particles is of great importance for nuclear safeguards. Although secondary ion mass spectrometry (SIMS) and thermal ionization mass spectrometry (TIMS) are utilized for the analysis of individual uranium particles, few studies were conducted for the analysis of individual uranium-plutonium mixed oxide particles. In this study, we applied SIMS and inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) to the isotope ratio analysis of individual U-Pu mixed oxide particles. In the analysis of individual U-Pu particles prepared from mixed solution of uranium and plutonium standard reference materials, accurate $^{235}U/^{238}U$, $^{240}Pu/^{239}Pu$ and $^{242}Pu/^{239}Pu$ isotope ratios were obtained with both methods. However, accurate analysis of $^{241}Pu/^{239}Pu$ isotope ratio was impossible, due to the interference of the $^{241}Am$ peak to the $^{241}Pu$ peak. In addition, it was indicated that the interference of the $^{238}UH$ peak to the $^{239}Pu$ peak has a possibility to prevent accurate analysis of plutonium isotope ratios. These problems would be avoided by a combination of ICP-MS and chemical separation of uranium, plutonium and americium in individual U-Pu particles.