• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제36권2호
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• pp.196-202
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• 2004

KAERI (Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute) is at present preparing a preliminary performance assessment to set up the HLW disposal concept of Korea. The solubility of the radionuclides contained in HLW is necessary as a source term in order to predict their potential migration in both the near and far fields. The solubility of actinides (Th, Am, U, Np and Pu) for a reference deep groundwater of Korea has been calculated using a geochemical code with thermodynamic data selected by a peer review of existing thermodynamic databases and literature. The solubilities from the experimental study and/or field observations from natural analogue studies are compared. The sensitivity of solubility to the variability of three main parameters of groundwater (pH, Eh, and carbonate concentration) is also investigated. The results of the sensitivity analysis show that the solubility of actinides strongly depends on the parameters considered. Within the range of parameter values studied (pH=7 to 10, Eh=-0.4 to -0.1V, and carbonate concentration=1.E-5 to 1.E-2 mol/L), the solubility of each actinide exists between 1.4E-10 and 1.6E-6 mol/L for Am, 4.9E-9 and 2.8E-6 mol/L for Th, 3.2E-9 and 5.7E-4 mol/L for U, 1.1E-9 and 1.0E-7 mol/L for Np, and 4.0E-11 and 2.8E-6 mol/L for Pu, respectively.

• 한국수산과학회지
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• 제56권4호
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• pp.462-472
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• 2023

We investigated the physio-chemical and geochemical parameters in the spraying shellfish aquacultures (Yeoja and Gangjin Bay) to establish the systematic strategy for effective environmental management. Spatial variation of each parameter showed partially significant difference (P<0.05) between Yeoja and Ganjin Bay, inferring the discriminative progress (i.e., accumulation and degradation) of the autochthonous organic matter within the aquaculture environments. We additionally integrated various properties (e.g., water/sediment quality, natural hazard, and biological health) which may affect the biological growth within the aquaculture habitats based on the biogeochemical cycles related to environmental components and aquaculture species. We used a screening approach (i.e., one out-all out; OOAO) which can permit the assessment of the health levels of aquaculture species, the scoring for other parameters (seawater, sediment, and natural hazard) as three levels (excellent, moderate and poor) depending on the complex interactive properties occurring in the aquaculture environments. Actual, discriminative scores obtained via our case studies may confirm that these stepwise processes are effectively evaluated for optimal health conditions within the aquaculture habitats. Thus, this approach may provide valuable insights for effective environmental management and sustainable growth of aquaculture operation.

• 자원환경지질
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• 제35권6호
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• pp.553-565
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• 2002

본 연구는 시흥 동연아연 및 나주 덕음 금은 폐광산 주변 오염 논토양을 대상으로 시기별 중금속의 수직적 분포 및 함량변화를 실내 microcosm실험을 통하여 조사하였으며 산화환원 환경 변화에 따른 중금속의 지구화학적 거동 양상을 평가하고자 하였다. 두 지역의 원 논토양은 광물학적 구성, 중금속 함량 및 pH와 같은 지구화학적 특성이 차이를 나타내었으며 특히 덕음에서 상대적으로 낮은 중금속 함량에 비해 높은 교환성 형태의 비율로 중금속 용출이 높을 것으로 예상되었다. 18주의 침수기간동안 microcosm토양 상하부는 산화환원 환경 차이를 유지하였으며 pH의 경우 시흥의 상하부 토양 및 덕음의 하부 토양에서는 중성-알칼리성을 유지하였으나 덕음 상부는 3.2-3.8의 강산성을 나타내었다. 용존 Fe, Mn은 상부에 비해 하부에서 높은 농도를 보여 환원성 용해현상에 의한 용출거동을 나타내었다. Pb 및 Zn는 산화환경인 상부에서 그 용출이 높게 나타나며 pH가 높은 시흥의 경우 상층수/토양 경계면에 철 및 망간이 풍부한 층이 형성되고 중금속의 이동을 억제하는 트랩역할을 하여 용출정도가 낮았다. 반면 pH가 낮은 덕읍에서는 원 토양의 상대적으로 낮은 중금속 함량에 비해 그 용출정도가 높았으며 침수 및 배수의 시기별 화학적 존재 형태의 변화도 나타났다. 강산성의 논토양에서는 침수기에 토양 상층부에서 벼작물의 중금속 흡수도가 증가할 수 있으며 배수후에는 교환성 형태의 증가로 역시 그 흡수도가 높아질 것으로 예상된다.

• 한국지하수토양환경학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국지하수토양환경학회 2004년도 총회 및 춘계학술발표회
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• pp.472-472
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• 2004

Numerous studies on urban groundwater have been carried out in many other countries. Urban groundwater shows a unique hydrologic system because of complex urban characteristics such as road pavement, sewers and public water supply systems. These urban facilities may change the characteristics of groundwater recharge but contaminate its quality as well. There have been several researches on urban groundwater in Seoul. Seoul has been industrialized very rapidly so that the city has large population. The recent population in Seoul amounts to more than ten millions, corresponding to a very high density of about 17, 000 people/km$^2$. Therefore, many factors affect the groundwater quality and quantity in Seoul. Nowadays, groundwater in Seoul is being extracted for construction, industrial use, and drinking and so on. There are 15, 714 wells in Seoul and its annual usage is 41, 425, 977m$^3$(in 2001). Therefore, systematic studies are needed to properly manage and use the groundwater in Seoul. The purposes of this study in progress are to identify geochemical characteristics of groundwater in Seoul and to determine the extent of groundwater contamination and its relationship with urban characteristics. For this study, groundwater was sampled from more than 400 preexisting wells that were randomly selected throughout the Seoul area. For all samples, major cations together with Si, Al, Fe, Pb, Hg For 200 samples among them, TCE, PCE, BTEX were also analyzed by GC. Our study shows that groundwater types of Seoul are distributed broadly from Ca-HCO$_3$ type to Ca-Cl＋NO$_3$ type. The latter type indicates anthropogenic contamination. Among cations, Ca is generally high in most samples. In some samples, Na and K are dominant. The dominant anions change widely from HCO$_3$ to Cl＋NO$_3$. The anion composition is considered to effectively indicate the contribution of distinct anthropogenic sources. In addition, major ions are positively proportional to total dissolved solid (TDS) except K and NO$_3$. Thus, we consider that TDS may be used as an effective indicator of the extent of pollution. However, the increase of TDS may result from increased water-rock interaction. To determine the extent of groundwater contamination, it is needed to figure out the baseline water quality in Seoul. Furthermore, detailed geochemical studies are required to find out pollution sources and their corresponding hydrochemical parameters.

• 한국수산과학회지
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• 제43권2호
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• pp.146-158
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• 2010

In order to evaluate the characteristics of sediments and pollution by organic matter and metallic elements in intertidal sediments along the southwestern coast of Korea, we measured various geochemical parameters, including the mean grain size (Mz), water content (WC), ignition loss (IL), chemical oxygen demand (COD), acid volatile sulfide (AVS), and metallic elements (Al, Fe, Cu, Pb, Zn, Cd, Cr, Mn, Hg, As), in intertidal surface sediments. The Mz of the surface sediments ranged from 2.1 to 8.3$\phi$, indicating that the surface sediments consist of various sedimentary facies, such as sand, slightly gravelly mud, sandy mud, and silt. The IL and COD in surface sediment ranged from 0.8 to 5.5% (mean $2.9\pm1.2%$) and from 3.9 to $13.8\;mgO_2/g{\cdot}dry$ (mean $8.5\pm2.6\;mgO_2/g{\cdot}dry$), respectively, which were lower than the values for surface sediment in areas near fish and shellfish farms or industrial complexes. No AVS was detected at any sampling station, despite various sedimentary facies. Most of metallic elements in surface sediments showed relatively good positive correlations with Mz and IL, which imply that the concentrations of metallic elements are mainly controlled by grain size and the organic matter content. The concentrations of metallic elements, except As, at some stations were considerably lower than those in the Sediment Quality Guideline (Effect Range Low, ERL) proposed by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) in the United States. Similarly, the geoaccumulation index (Igeo) class indicated that pollution by metallic elements in intertidal surface sediment, except As, was moderate or non-existent. Our results imply that the intertidal surface sediments along the southwestern coast of Korea are not polluted by organic matter and metallic elements and are healthy for benthic organisms.

• 한국수산과학회지
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• 제43권6호
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• pp.723-734
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• 2010

To understand temporal variations in geochemical characteristics of intertidal surface sediments around Byeonsan Peninsula (in the middle of the western coast, Korea) after the construction of Saemanguem dyke, the sedimentation rate and various geochemical parameters, including mean grain size (Mz), water content (WC), ignition loss (IL), chemical oxygen demand (COD), and acid volatile sulfide (AVS), were measured along four transects (A.D lines) at monthly intervals from February 2008 to March 2009. The average monthly sedimentation rate ranged from -5.3 to 3.8 mm/month (mean $-0.8{\pm}2.7\;mm$/month), which showed an erosion-dominated environment in the lower part of the intertidal zone. In addition, surface sediments were eroded in summer and autumn, but were deposited in spring and winter. The Mz of surface sediments ranged from -0.8 to $3.4{\varnothing}$ (mean $2.8{\pm}0.5{\varnothing}$), indicating that the surface sediments consist of coarser sediments (sand and slightly gravelly sand). The Mz of surface sediments did not show large monthly and/or seasonal variations, although the sedimentation rates of surface sediment showed large seasonal variation. This may be due to lateral shifting and effective dispersion of surface sediments by wind, tide, and longshore current. The concentrations of IL and COD in the surface sediments ranged from 0.2 to 2.9% (mean $1.4{\pm}0.4%$) and from 0.2 to $18.5\;mgO_2$/g-dry (mean $3.9{\pm}3.4\;mgO_2$/g-dry), respectively, which were slightly higher in spring than in the other seasons. This may be related to spring blooms of phytoplankton in seawater and/or benthic microalgae in surface sediments. On the other hand, no AVS concentrations were detected in surface sediments at any of the sampling stations during the study period.

• 광물과 암석
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• 제34권2호
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• pp.121-131
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• 2021

마그네슘(magnesium; Mg)은 탄산염 광물이 침전된 과거의 환경 조건을 유추하기 위한 지화학 지시자로 활용되어오고 있다. Mg를 신뢰도 높은 지화학 지시자로 활용하기 위해서는 Mg의 화학종을 근거로 한 Mg의 광물 함유 기작이 반드시 규명되어야만 하며, 관련 실험 연구들은 주로 고해상도(high resolution)의 방사광가속기(synchrotron) X-선 흡수 분광(X-ray absorption spectroscopy; XAS) 기법을 통해 Mg의 화학종을 유추한다. 그러나, Mg가 미량 함유된 광물의 XAS 스펙트럼 해석의 높은 불확실성 때문에 화학종 유추가 어려운 경우가 많다. 양자역학 밀도범함수이론(density functional theory; DFT)은 결정구조에 대한 흡수 스펙트럼을 예측할 수 있기 때문에, XAS 스펙트럼 해석의 불확실성을 줄일 수 있다. 이번 논문에서는 DFT 기반의 제일원리 내각 준위 분광법(ab initio core-level spectroscopy method)을 통해 Mg 규산염 및 (수)산화광물에 대한 Mg K-edge 흡수 스펙트럼을 계산하여 Mg의 배위 결합 환경을 나타내는 구조 인자와의 상관관계를 분석하였다. 계산 결과, DFT 계산으로 얻은 Mg 규산염 및 (수)산화물의 이론 Mg K-edge 흡수 스펙트럼은 기존 XAS 실험으로 얻어진 스펙트럼의 주요 형태를 상당 부분 재현해낼 수 있었다. 계산으로 얻은 광물의 제일원리 Mg K-edge 흡수 스펙트럼의 흡수-끝(absorption edge)과 평균 Mg-O 결합거리 및 Mg 유효배위수를 비교 분석한 결과, 약한 양의 상관관계를 보여주었다. 이번 연구 결과는 DFT 계산이 다양한 광물 내 Mg의 화학종에 대한 표준 스펙트럼 세트를 제공할 수 있는 강력한 도구임을 보여주며, 추후 탄산염 광물에 함유된 정확한 Mg의 화학종을 동정하는데 DFT 계산이 큰 역할을 할 수 있음을 제시한다.

• 지질공학
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• 제18권4호
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• pp.555-566
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• 2008

불소 오염이 심각한 곳으로 파악된 충북 보은 삼승면 일대 지역의 오염의 현황과 원인 규명을 위하여 수리지구화학적 연구와 물암석 반응 실험 연구가 수행되었다. 조사 지역 암반 지하수의 불소 함량은 최대 3.9 mg/L에 이르며, 먹는물 수질기준의 불소 항목(1.5 mg/L)을 초과율은 23%에 이른다. 불소 이온의 평균 함량은 1.0 mg/L이나, 낮은 값으로의 왜도(1.3)가 크기 때문에 중앙값은 평균에 비하여 크게 적은 0.5 mg/L으로 나타난다. 불소 농도는 화강암 분포 지역에서 심부 지하수에 해당하는 $NaHCO_3$ 유형 지하수에서 상대적으로 높게 나타나고 있다. 불소와 질산염 이온($NO_3$)은 뚜렷한 부의 상관관계를 나타내고 있어 불소는 지표 오염과 상관없는 지질기원이며, 상대적으로 심부 암반 지하수에 부화되었을 가능성을 지시한다. 이것은 조사 지역의 암석을 사용한 실내 실험에서 확인되었다. 순수흑운모 화강암 반응 실험 결과 불소 함량은 96시간 후에 최대 1.2 mg/L까지 증가하였다. 그러나 불소 농도와 지하수 관정 심도, 지구화학적으로 물암석 반응의 정도를 지시할 수 있는 인자($Na^+$, $HCO_3$, pH 등)들의 값과는 뚜렷한 상관관계를 나타내고 있지 않았다. 이는 불소 이온이 물암석 반응 정도와 상관없이 함불소 광물의 국지적인 분포에 영향을 받을 수 있다는 것을 암시한다. 고농도의 불소를 함유하는 지하수의 공간분포는 선구조 분포와 연관되어 있음을 보여주고 있어, 물암석 반응이 상당히 진행되어 불소 함량이 높은 심부 암반 지하수가 선구조 분포 지역의 파쇄대를 통하여 배출되었음을 지시한다. 하지만, 선구조 분포와 불소 농도는 전체적으로는 일치하지 않아, 파쇄대의 분포가 불규칙적이고, 심부 지하수와 천부 지하수의 혼합과 정도 불균질함을 지시하는 것으로 추정된다.

• Ocean and Polar Research
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• 제36권1호
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• pp.25-37
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• 2014

To understand the degradation processes of organic matter related to sulfate reduction by Sulfate Reduction Bacteria (SRB) in the tidal flat sediments of Hwang-do and Sogeun-ri, Tae-an Peninsula in Chungnam-do, biogeochemical characteristics were analyzed and highlighted using specific microbial biomarkers. The organic geochemical parameters (TOC, ${\delta}^{13}C_{org}$, C/N ratio, long-chain-n-alkane) indicate that most of the organic matter has been derived from marine phytoplankton and bacteria in the fine-grained sediment of Sogeun-ri, although terrestrial plant components have occasionally been incorporated to a significant degree in the coarse-grained sediment of Hwang-do. The concentration of sulfate in pore water is a constant tendency with regard to depth profile, while methane concentration appears to be slightly different with regard to depth profile at the two sites. Especially, the sum of bacteria fatty acid (a-C15:0 + i-C15:0 + C16:1w5) confirms that the these concentrations in Sogeun-ri are related to the degradation of Benzene, Toluene, Ethylbenzene and Xylene (BTEX) compounds from the crude oil retained in the sediments as a result of the Hebei Spirit oil-spill accident in 2007. The methane-related microbial communities as shown by lipid biomarkers (crocetane, PMI) are larger in some sedimentary sections of Hwang-do than in the Sogeunri tidal flat. These findings suggest that methane production by microbiological processes is clearly governed by SRB activity along the vertical succession in organic-enriched tidal flats.

• 한국수산과학회지
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• 제46권6호
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• pp.886-891
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• 2013

We analyzed surface sediments to explain the substrate characteristics of sea cucumber Stichopus japonicus habitat. The analyses included grain-size determination, water content (WC), loss on ignition (IL), chemical oxygen demand (COD), and acid volatile sulfide (AVS) content. We obtained data on sea cucumber density, weight, and length at each station in a marine farming area in the middle of Korea's Taean coast on the West (Yellow) Sea in May, 2012. The apparent density of S. japonicus was high in coarse and bimodal sediments, whereas it was low in fine and unimodal sediments. The mass of S. japonicus was greater in fine than in coarse sediments, showing a different trend from sea cucumber density. The values for WC, IL, COD, and AVS in surface sediments were higher in areas with high densities of S. japonicus than in areas with low sea cucumber densities. In particular, the concentration of AVS was much higher than the value proposed in Japanese criteria for areas with high S. japonicus density.