• 한국식품영양과학회지
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• 제29권1호
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• pp.134-139
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• 2000

Angelica gigas Nakai (danggui) is a popular herb which has been used as a blood-building decoction for recovery from weakness in the Chinese medicine. Its demand increased in functional foods and pharmaceutical industries. For its hygiene, fumigation has been used, but the use of fumigants are going to be prohibited for food processing. In order to investigate gamma irradiation technique for hygiene of danggui, the immunomodulation activity of danggui after irradiation was examined. The water extract of irradiated danggui showed a strong mitogenic effect on splenocytes in vitro to the same level of lipopolysaccharide (LPS) and phytohemagglutinin (PHA). The effect was not different from that of non-danggui. It was tested whether there was any difference between irradiated and non-irradiated danggui in effects on the secretion of antibodies and graft versus host reaction in vivo. It turned out that intraperitoneal (i.p.) administration of the extract of irradiated danggui for 4 days remarkably increased the number of antibody-secreting cells in mice injected with sheep red blood cells (SRBC). Splenomegaly, due to graft versus host reacton, was also increased after 7 days i.p. administration of the extract of danggui in mice injected with allogeneic splenocytes. In these two in vivo test, the effect were not different from those of non-irradiated danggui. These results indicated that immunomodulation activity of danggui might be preserved after irradiation. In the other experiments (data not shown), the irradiated danggui was stable in active component analysis and safe in genetic toxicity test. In further research, the stability in other physiological activity of irradiated danggui will have to be proved before practical application of irradiation for hygiene.

• 대한기계학회논문집A
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• 제31권9호
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• pp.903-909
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• 2007

A fatigue capsule is one of the special capsules to investigate the fatigue characteristics of the nuclear materials during an irradiation test in a research reactor, HANARO. In this study, the performance test and the preliminary fatigue test results by using a cyclic load device newly developed for a fatigue capsule are described. In order to obtain the characteristics such as a realization and a controllability of the periodic wave shape and the relationship between the pressure and the load, a spring and rigid bar specimens are used. The fatigue test for the 316L stainless steel specimen with 1.8mm in diameter and 12.5mm in gage length is also performed under the same conditions as the temperature($550^{\circ}C$) of the specimen during irradiation tests. As a result of the test, the fracture of the specimen occurs at a total of 70,120 cycles(about 12 days), and the displacement in this case is 2.02 mm. It is expected that these results will be used for determining test conditions and a comparison of the in-pile fatigue test results.

• 한국식품과학회지
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• 제22권3호
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• pp.285-289
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• 1990

양송이의 신선도 연장을 위한 감마선조사가 버섯의 관능적 특성에 미치는 영향을 채점시험으로 평가해 보았다. $1{\sim}3kGy$의 감마선은 조사 직후 양송이의 견고도를 유의적으로 감소시켰으나(p<0.05), 시료의 외관, 향 및 맛에는 영향을 미치지 않았다. 저장기간 중$(9{\pm}1^{\circ}C,\;80{\pm}7%\;RH)$ 버섯의 관능적 품질평가에서 일간 저장된 시료는 외관(p<0.01), 조직 (p<0.01), 향(p<0.01) 및 맛(p<0.01)에 있어서 처리구간에 고도의 유의차를 나타내어 무처리 대조시료는 저장 후 1주 이내에 별질 되었으나 조사구는 17일 이후에도 식용이 가능한 것으로 평가되었다.

• 한국식품위생안전성학회지
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• 제11권3호
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• pp.221-225
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• 1996

For the purpose of improving hygienic quality of health-foods, sterilization effects of ${\gamma}$-ray and ozone on microoganisms associated with food cultured in the media and contaminated in Angelica keiskei powder were investigated. Ozone was immersed in water and sprayed in air, on the concentration of 3 mg liter-1 at an air flow rate of 5 liter min-3. Test strains cultured in the media completely inhibited by ${\gamma}$-ray at irradiation doses of 0.25~2 kGy. In the case of ozone, test bacteria inactivated after treatment of 10~20 minutes, but test mold, Aspergillus flavus was not effective. Strains contaminated in Angelica keiskei powder completely inhibited by ${\gamma}$-ray at irradiation doses of 2.5~7.5 kGy. However, when the powder was sprayed with ozonized air for 10hours, Bacillus subtilis and Staphylococcus aureus among five strains were eliminated.

• 한국방사성폐기물학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국방사성폐기물학회 2003년도 가을 학술논문집
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• pp.96-100
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• 2003

조사후시험시설에는 시설내의 부압기준을 다르게 설정하여 시설의 운전조건을 최적화로 유지하고 방사성물질을 처리하기 위한 오염배기를 포집하는 여과장치가 설치되어 있다. 필터 포집장치에 대해 관련된 효율시험과 검사를 주기적으로 수행하여 운전효율과 안전을 향상시키고 있다.

• 한국식품저장유통학회지
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• 제13권2호
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• pp.246-251
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• 2006

시판 유기질 퇴비(우분, 돈분, 계분 및 혼합분) 16종의 총 호기성 세균수, 대장균 및 대장균군 그리고 Salmonella에 대한 미생물 오염도를 파악하고, 미생물 오염도 저감화 및 위생성 향상을 위해 감마선을 조사한 후 미생물 사멸도를 측정하였다. 총 호기성 세균수는 우분, 돈분, 계분 및 혼합분의 경우 $10^4{\sim}10^\;CFU/g$으로 유의적인 차이를 나타내지 않았다. 대장균군은 16종의 시료 중 12종의 시료에서 $10^1{\sim}10^3\;CFU/g$의 분포를 나타내었고, 대장균은 3종의 시료에서 $10^1{\sim}10^2\;CFU/g$의 분포를 나타내었다. 또한 SS agar plate 분리 enteric group 미생물은 계분제품 중 1종에서만 검출되었다. 한편 총 호기성세균은 10 kGy 감마선 조사에 의해서 평균 4 log cycle 감소하였으며, 대장균군은 5 kGy 감마선 조사시 완전살균 수준의 감소효과를 나타내었다. E. coli와 SS agar plate 분리 enteric group은 3 kGy 감마선 조사에 의해 완전 사멸되었다. 유기질 퇴비 분포 미생물의 D값은 SS agar plate 분리 enteric group은 0.40 kGy, E. coli는 0.39 kGy의 범위를 나타내었다. 시판 유기질 퇴비는 3 kGy 수준에서 축분뇨발효 비료액의 병원성 미생물 공정규정을 충족할수 있으며, 위생화를 위해서는 5 kGy 수준으로 설정하는 것이 바람직할 것으로 사료된다.

• Macromolecular Research
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• 제14권6호
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• pp.640-645
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• 2006

Polyethylene of bimodal molecular weight distribution was irradiated with an electron beam. The thermal and mechanical properties were examined by DSC, small and wide angle X-ray scattering and static tensile test according to the crystal morphology of the irradiated samples. The crystal morphology change upon irradiation, as revealed by wide angle X-ray scattering, correlated well with the changes in melting enthalpy, whereas the lamellar thickness and the amorphous gap thickness remained virtually unchanged at irradiation doses up to 500 kGy. Crosslinks in the crystal domains became evident at an energy level of 250 kGy, resulting in reduced crystallinity and crystal size of the (110) and (200) planes. The samples became stiff and brittle with increased irradiation dose, which seem to be more relevant to the amount of cross links than the crystal morphology changes.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제52권10호
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• pp.2353-2360
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• 2020

An anodic electrophoretic deposition (EPD) technique is used to create a uniform TiO₂ thin film coating on boiling thin steel plates (1.1 mm by 90 mm). All of the effective parameters except time of the EPD method are kept constant. To investigate the effect of gamma irradiation on the critical heat flux (CHF), the test specimens were irradiated in a gamma cell to different doses ranging from 100 to 300 kGy, and then SEM and BET analysis were performed. For each coated specimen, the contact angle and capillary length were measured. The specimens were then tested in a boiling pool for CHF and boiling heat transfer coefficient. It was observed that irradiation significantly decreases the maximum pore diameter while it increases the porosity, pore surface area and pore volume. These surface modifications due to gamma irradiation increased the CHF of the nano-coated surfaces compared to that of the unirradiated surfaces. The heat transfer coefficient (HTC) of the nano-coated surfaces irradiated at 300 kGy increased from 83 to 160 kW/(㎡ K) at 885 kW/㎡ wall heat flux by 100%. The CHF of the irradiated (300 kGy) and unirradiated surfaces are 2035 kW/㎡ and 1583 kW/㎡, respectively, an increase of nearly 31%.

• 한국기계기술학회지
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• 제13권2호
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• pp.145-153
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• 2011

The irradiation tests of materials in HANARO have been performed usually at temperatures below $300^{\circ}C$ at which the RPV(Reactor Pressure Vessel) materials of the commercial reactors such as the light water reactor and CANDU are operated. As VHTR(Very High Temperature Reactor) and SFR(Sodium-cooled Fast Reactor) projects are being carried as a part of the present Gen-IV program in Korea, the requirements for irradiation of materials at temperatures higher than $500^{\circ}C$ are recently being gradually increased. To overcome the restriction in the use at high temperature of the existing Al thermal media, a new capsule with double thermal media composed of two kinds of materials such as Al-Ti and Al-graphite was designed and fabricated more advanced than the single thermal media capsule. At the irradiation test of the capsule, the temperature of the specimens successfully reached $700^{\circ}C$ and the integrity of Al, Ti and graphite material was maintained.

• Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
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• 제66권5호
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• pp.511-524
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• 2023

Objective : This animal model aimed to compare the rat group that received brain irradiation and did not receive additional treatment (only saline) and the rat group that underwent brain irradiation and received Granulocyte colony stimulating factor (G-CSF) treatment. In addition, the effects of G-CSF on brain functions were examined by magnetic resonance (MR) imaging and histopathologically. Methods : This study used 24 female Wistar albino rats. Drug administration (saline or G-CSF) was started at the beginning of the study and continued for 15 days after whole-brain radiotherapy (WBRT). WBRT was given on day 7 of the start of the study. At the end of 15 days, the behavioral tests, including the three-chamber sociability test, open field test, and passive avoidance learning test, were done. After the behavioral test, the animals performed the MR spectroscopy procedure. At the end of the study, cervical dislocation was applied to all animals. Results : G-CSF treatment positively affected the results of the three-chamber sociability test, open-space test and passive avoidance learning test, cornu Ammonis (CA) 1, CA3, and Purkinje neuron counts, and the brain levels of brain-derived neurotrophic factor and postsynaptic density protein-95. However, G-CSF treatment reduced the glial fibrillary acidic protein immunostaining index and brain levels of malondialdehyde, tumor necrosis factor-alpha, nuclear factor kappa-B, and lactate. In addition, on MR spectroscopy, G-CSF had a reversible effect on brain lactate levels. Conclusion : In this first designed brain irradiation animal model, which evaluated G-CSF effects, we observed that G-CSF had reparative, neuroprotective and anti-neurodegenerative effects and had increased neurotrophic factor expression, neuronal counts, and morphology changes. In addition, G-CSF had a proven lactate-lowering effect in MR spectroscopy and brain materials.