• Journal of Radiation Protection and Research
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• 제41권1호
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• pp.1-6
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• 2016

Background: It is very difficult to set a regulatory guidance or criteria for the protection of non-human species from the ionizing radiation, because there are no generally or internationally accepted methods for demonstrating the compliance with such criteria. It is needed that Korea develop the primary dose rate standards for the protection of both aquatic and terrestrial biota in the near future. Materials and Methods: The potential dose rates due to both external and internal radiation exposures to marine organisms such as plaice/flounder, gray mullet, and brown seaweed collected within territorial seas around the Korean Peninsula were estimated. Results and Discussion: The total dose rates to plaice/flounder, gray mullet and brown seaweed due to $^{40}K$, a primordial radionuclide in marine environment, were found to be 0.2%, 0.08% and 0.3% of approximately the values of the Derived Consideration Reference Levels (DCRLs, i.e. $1-10mGy{\cdot}d^{-1}$), respectively, as suggested by the International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP) publication 124. The total dose rates to marine fishes and brown seaweed due to anthropogenic radionuclides such as $^{90}Sr$, $^{137}Cs$ and $^{239+240}Pu$ were considered to be negligible compared to the total dose rate due to $^{40}K$. The external exposure to benthic fish due to all radionuclides was much higher than that of pelagic fish. Conclusion: From this study, it is recommended that the further study is required to develop a national regulatory guidance for the evaluation of doses to non-human species.

• 방사성폐기물학회지
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• 제3권3호
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• pp.213-229
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• 2005

심부 및 천부 지질 환경을 갖는 지하 모암 내의 방사성 폐기물 처분장으로부터 유출된 핵종은 다양한 인공 및 지하 매질을 거쳐 궁극적으로 인간 생태환경으로 도달하게 된다. 그 결과로 인간에게 주는 피폭선량률을 정량적으로 계산하는 것은 처분안전성 평가의 최종 단계가 된다. 방사성폐기물에 포함된 핵종에 대해 붕괴사슬을 고려하고 방사성폐기물처분 시스템의 주요한 부분을 이루는 생태계를 구획으로 모델링 한 후 이들 구획간의 핵종이동에 대한 전이계수를 적용하여 동적 구획모델을 기반으로 하는 AMBER를 이용한 케이스화일로서 ACBIO템플릿을 개발하고 이를 이용하여 각 핵종별 선량환산인자를 평가해 보았다.