• 산업기술연구
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• 제22권A호
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• pp.127-135
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• 2002

In this study, the preliminary risk assessment for the underground storage tanks(UST) in Chunchon city was implemented using the geographical information system(GIS). The estimation variables, such as the installation year, storage capacity, the distances from streams, and from groundwater pumping wells, were selected to estimate the relative risk levels. The weighting factors were given to all the estimation variables. Cumulative scores were induced by the combination of all the scores of the corresponding variables using the buffering technique and the overlay analysis in ArcView. Using the these process, the relative risk level of each UST was estimated. Some sites in this study are simplified and reduced because the number of useable data are limited or too enormous. Thus the selection of the comprehensive estimation variables and the proper weighting values are required for the future study. The methodology in this study could be served not only for the preliminary risk assessment of UST but also for the selection of the proper location of new and old UST. And, it can be used for the effective management system of UST.

• Membrane and Water Treatment
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• 제11권2호
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• pp.167-172
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• 2020

The effectiveness of in situ sediment capping as a technique for heavy metal risk mitigation in Hyeongsan River estuary, South Korea was studied. Sites in the estuary were found previously to show moderate to high levels of contamination of mercury, methylmercury and other heavy metals. A 400 m x 50 m section of the river was selected for a thin layer capping demonstration, where the total area was divided into 4 sections capped with different combinations of capping materials (zeolite, AC/zeolite, AC/sand, zeolite/sand). Pore water concentrations in the different sites were studied using diffusive gradient in thin film (DGT) probes. All capping amendments showed reduction in the pore water concentration of the different heavy metals with top 5 cm showing %reduction greater than 90% for some heavy metals. The relative maxima for the different metals were found to be translated to lower depths with addition of the caps. For two-layered cap with AC, order of placement should be considered since AC can easily be displaced due to its relatively low density. Investigation of methylmercury (MeHg) in the site showed that MeHg and %MeHg in pore water corresponds well with maxima for sulfide, Fe and Mn suggesting mercury methylation as probably coupled with sulfate, Fe and Mn reduction in sediments. Our results showed that thin-layer capping of active sorbents AC and zeolite, in combination with passive sand caps, are potential remediation strategy for sediments contaminated with heavy metals.

• 한국토양환경학회지
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• 제4권1호
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• pp.35-47
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• 1999

구봉광산의 광미와 주변 밭과 논의 토양 및 하상퇴적물에서의 중금속과 시안의 분포 및 오염도에 대해 조사하였다. 광미 중의 As, Cd, Cu, Hg, Pb, Zn및 CN￣의 평균농도는 각각 6.93$\times$$10^{3}$, 56.9, 209, 5.03, 3.25$\times$$10^{3}$, 1.89$\times$$10^{3}$, 21mg/kg이었고 Kloke가 제안한 허용기준치를 이용하여 계산한 오염지수는 42~95이었으며 pH는 약알칼리성이었다. 광산과 인접한 밭 토양 중의 중금속과 시안 함량은 논 토양보다 높았다. 하상퇴적물 중의 중금속과 시안 함량은 광미 중의 분석치정도로 많이 검출되었다.

• 대한자원환경지질학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한자원환경지질학회 2004년도 International Symposium
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• pp.9-28
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• 2004

Concern about arsenic is increasing throughout the world, including areas of the United States. Elevated levels of arsenic above current drinking-water regulations in ground and surface water can be the result of purely natural phenomena, but often are due to anthropogenic activities, such as mining and agriculture. The current study correlates arsenic speciation in acid mine drainage and mining influenced water with the important water-chemistry properties Eh, pH, and iron(III) concentration. The results show that arsenic speciation is generally in equilibrium with iron chemistry in low pH AMD, which is often not the case in other natural-water matrices. High pH mine waters and groundwater do not 짐ways hold to the redox predictions as well as low pH AMD samples. The oxidation and precipitation of oxyhydroxides depletes iron from some systems, and this also affects arsenite and arsenate concentrations differently through sorption processes.

• 한국토양환경학회지
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• 제4권2호
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• pp.175-183
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• 1999

진곡광산의 광미와 주변 밭과 논의 토양에서의 중금속과 시안의 오염도에 대해 조사하였다. 광미 중의 As, Cd, Cu, Hg, Pb, Zn및 CN￣의 평균농도는 각각 3.94$\times$$10^3$, 14.3, 266, 6,13, 4.07$\times$$10^3$, 2.51$\times$$10^3$, 1.19mg/kg이었고 Kloke가 제안한 허용기준치를 이용한 오염지수는 32~58 이었으며 pH 는 약산성이었다. 토양오염공정시험법에 의한 중금속 농도는 광미와 인접한 일부 토양만을 제외하고는 토양환경보전법의 농경지 우려기준이하였다.

• 한국농공학회지
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• 제36권1호
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• pp.141-152
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• 1994

Our experiment investigated the degree of soil contaimination caused by oil leakage. Each soil sample was taken by boring 5, 8m below the test areas, located 5 to 30m from storage tanks at oil stations. According to the results from a series of laboratory tests(both soxhiet extract test and gas chromatograph test), Traces of a light oil were found in all samples except in Dj8, rocky soil and gasoline and petroleum were not detected. We concluded that soil contamination was caused by the corrosion of storage tanks or alternatively by oil overflow caused during the flooding of underground water seeping into the tank during heavy rain fall or the spillage caused by carelessness during lubrication. Old stations without a concrete box enclosing their metal tanks run a greater risk of oil leakage. To research the effect of oil leakage on plant growth and underground water, We examined the results of research conducted overseas. According to these results, when oil leakage occurs, plant growth is repressed and agricultural crops experience low productivity levels. Also, the contamination of underground water can be serious when oil spreads to the aquifer layer. As a result of these problems, to prevent oil leakage and minimize its contaminating effects at oil stations, it is necessary to improve facilities of storage tanks and have the monitoring system of oil leakage.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제50권3호
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• pp.494-503
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• 2018

As public acceptance of nuclear energy in Korea worsens due to the Fukushima accident and the earthquakes that occurred in the Gyeongju area near the Wolsong nuclear power plant (NPP), estimating the effects of earthquakes has become more essential for the nuclear industry. Currently, most countermeasures against earthquakes are limited to large-scale disasters. Minor-scale earthquakes used to be ignored. Even though people do not feel the shaking due to minor earthquakes and minor earthquakes incur little damage to NPPs, they can change the environmental conditions, for instance, underground water level and the conductivity of the groundwater. This study conducted a questionnaire survey of residents living in the vicinity of an NPP to determine their perception and acceptance of plant safety against minor earthquakes. The results show that the residents feel earthquakes at levels that can be felt by people, but incur little damage to NPPs, as minor earthquakes (magnitude of 2.0-3.9) and set this level as a standard for countermeasures. Even if a minor earthquake has little impact on the safety of an NPP, there is still a possibility that public opinion will get worse. This study provides analysis results about problems of earthquake measures of Korean NPPs and specific things that can bring about an effect of deterioration of public acceptance. Based on these data, this article suggests that active management of minor earthquakes is necessary for the sustainability of nuclear energy.

• 한국물환경학회지
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• 제36권6호
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• pp.592-610
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• 2020

In South Korea, the concept of water environment was expanded to include aquatic ecosystems with the Integrated Water Management implementation. Watershed-scale modeling is typically performed for hydrologic component analysis, however, there is a need to expand to include ecosystem variability such that the modeling corresponds to the social and political issues around the water environment. For this to be viable, the modeling must account for several distinct features in South Korean watersheds. The modeling must provide reasonable estimations for peak flow rate and apply to paddy areas as they represent 11% of land use area and greatly influence groundwater levels during irrigation. These facts indicate that the modeling time intervals should be sub-daily and the hydrologic model must have sufficient power to process surface flow, subsurface flow, and baseflow. Thus, the features required for watershed-scale modeling are suggested in this study by way of review of frequently used hydrologic models including: Agricultural Policy/Environmental eXtender(APEX), Catchment hydrologic cycle analysis tool(CAT), Hydrological Simulation Program-FORTRAN(HSPF), Spatio-Temporal River-basin Ecohydrology Analysis Model(STREAM), and Soil and Water Assessment Tool(SWAT).

• 한국수자원학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국수자원학회 2021년도 학술발표회
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• pp.415-415
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• 2021

농업시설의 확장과 함께 수자원으로서 지하수의 중요성이 점차 커지면서 지하수 수질 특성을 설명하기 위하여 강수량과 지하수 그리고 전기전도도의 상관관계를 정확하게 이해하는 것이 매우 중요하다. 많은 연구에서 선행 강수를 고려한 누적이동강수량을 사용하여 지하수위와 강수량의 상관관계를 분석하였다. 최근 기후변화로 인해 줄어든 강수일수와 강수량으로 인하여 지하수 수질 변동의 장기간 분석이 어려워짐에 따라 지하수 수질변동에 대한 강수량의 단기간 영향을 규명하기 위하여 지하수위 변동량과 강수량의 상관관계를 이해할 필요가 있다. 지하수위 변동량은 지하수 함양률 산정 및 함양 특성 분석 등 지하수 변동 특성을 분석하는 데 있어서 매우 중요한 자료이다. 본 연구에서는 충남 예산 효교리에서 2019년 7월 1일부터 2020년 6월 30일까지 지하수위와 전기전도도를 관측하였고 지하수위와 전기전도도 변동량을 강수량과 비교 분석함으로써 단기적인 변동 특성을 해석하고 상관관계를 도출하였다. 먼저, 강수량과 지하수위, 전기전도도의 시계열 분석을 통한 교차상관분석(cross-correlation)을 수행하여 자료 간에 지연 시간(lag time)을 산정하였다. 다음, 지연 시간을 고려하여 강수량과 지하수위 변동량의 상관성 분석과 강수량과 전기전도도 변동량의 상관성 분석을 수행하였다.

• 환경정책연구
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• 제4권1호
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• pp.39-67
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• 2005

토양오염에 관련된 토양환경보전법의 주요 용어인 토양, 토양오염, 토양오염부지, 정화에 대해 미국, 영국, 네덜란드, 독일, 덴마크의 주요 법에서 나타난 용어와 비교 분석하였다. 토양오염에 관련된 주요 용어의 정의는 국가별로 내용과 수준이 다르다. 이는 각국에서의 토양오염이 실태가 다르고 또한 사회적 문제에서 이들이 차지하는 비중이 동일하지 않으며, 국가별로 토양오염을 방지하고 토양오염의 위해성을 저감하기 위한 이들 국가들의 법과 사회의 발전 배경, 추구하는 토양환경보전정책의 목표와 접근방법이 같지 아니하기 때문일 것이다. 우리나라의 실정과 외국의 관련법, 이들 법의 마련 배경 등을 종합적으로 고려할 때, 토양환경보전법에서 다루는 토양의 정의는 신설되어야 할 것이고, 토양의 정의에는 토양화 과정을 거쳐 생성된 자연적인 지표층을 포함하고 지하수와 하수층을 제외하는 토양의 범위가 제시되는 것이 바람직할 것이다. 토양오염의 정의에는 위해성 평가의 개념(토양오염물질, 경로, 수용체), 토지 이용, 경제적 개념, 토양오염의 인정한계가 포함되어야 할 것이다. 토양오염의 발생주체에 따라 대상 부지의 토양오염여부가 결정될 수 있는 토양환경보전법 제2조 제1호는 대상 부지의 위해성에 의해서 토양오염여부가 결정되는 내용으로 변경해야 할 것이다. 토양오염부지의 정의는 i) 토양오염물질 등을 포함한 토양오염, ii) 위해성에 근거한 토양오염부지의 설정, iii) 토지 이용, iv) 토양오염부지 설정의 한계에 관한 개념을 적절하게 혼합하여 마련할 수 있을 것이다. 토양오염지역 정화의 정의에는 정화의 목표, 목적, 행위, 방법과 범위, 정화의 한계가 포함되어야 할 것이다. 금번 연구에서 제안하고 있는 용어의 정의는 우리 나라 토양오염지역의 조사, 복원, 해제에 관한 법, 제도의 효율성을 제고할 것이다.