• 한국재료학회지
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• 제31권8호
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• pp.465-470
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• 2021

Deuterium is a crucial clean energy source required for nuclear fusion and is a future resource needed in various industries and scientific fields. However, it is not easy to enrich deuterium because the proportion of deuterium in the hydrogen mixture is scarce, at approximately 0.016 %. Furthermore, the physical and chemical properties of the hydrogen mixture and deuterium are very similar. Therefore, the efficient separation of deuterium from hydrogen mixtures is often a significant challenge when using modern separation technologies. Recently, to effectively separate deuterium, studies utilizing the 'Kinetic Quantum Sieving Effect (KQS)' of porous materials are increasing. Therefore, in this review, two different strategies have been discussed for improving KQS efficiency for hydrogen isotope separation performance using nanoporous materials. One is the gating effect, which precisely controls the aperture locally by adjusting the temperature and pressure. The second is the breathing phenomenon, utilizing the volume change of the structure from closed system to open system. It has been reported that efficient hydrogen isotope separation is possible using these two methods, and each of these effects is described in detail in this review. In addition, a specific-isotope responsive system (e.g., 2nd breathing effect in MIL-53) has recently been discovered and is described here as well.

• 한국재료학회지
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• 제30권12호
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• pp.655-659
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• 2020

Hydrogen isotopes (i.e. deuterium and tritium) are supplied to the tokamak in the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) fuel cycle. One important part of the ITER fuel cycle is the recycling of unused fuel back to the tokamak, as almost 99 % of fuel is unburned during fusion reaction. For this, cryogenic distillation has been used in the isotope separation system (ISS) of ITER, but this technique tends to be energy-intensive and to have low selectivity (typically below 1.5 at 24 K). Recently, efficient isotope separation by porous materials has been reported in the so-called quantum sieving process. Hence, in this study, hydrogen isotope adsorption behavior is studied using chemically stable ZIF-11. At low temperature (40 K ~ 70 K), the adsorption increases and the sorption hysteresis becomes stronger as the temperature increases to 70K. Molar ratio of deuterium to hydrogen based on the isotherms shows the highest (max. 14) ratio at 50 K, confirming the possibility of use as a potential isotope separation material.

• 융합신호처리학회논문지
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• 제22권3호
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• pp.91-98
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• 2021

기초과학연구원 중이온가속기구축사업단에서는 희귀동위원소(Rare Isotopes, RI) 빔의 생성 및 분리를 위한 ISOL(Isotope Separation On Line) 시스템의 설치 및 성능시험이 진행 중에 있다. ISOL 표적/이온원에서 생성된 다양한 RI 빔은 빔 전송장치 및 분리 장치를 거쳐 사용자가 원하는 RI 빔만 선별되어 ISOL 후단의 초전도 선형가속기로 전송된다. ISOL 시스템에서는 특정 RI 빔을 분리하기 위해 두 개의 분리 장치가 설치되어 있으며 EPICS(Experimental Physics and Industrial Control System)에 의해 제어가 이루어진다. 본 연구에서는 ISOL RI 빔 분리 장치 중 하나인 A/Q 분리기에서 다가(n+) RI 빔의 질량선별을 위해 이극자석의 자기장을 측정하기 위한 EPICS IOC(Input-Output Control)를 개발하였으며, 홀 프로브(Hall Probe)를 이용한 자기장 측정 실험을 통해 A/Q 분리기의 운전 안정성에 대해 평가하였다.

• 대한핵의학회지
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• 제20권1호
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• pp.75-83
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• 1986

Various TSH RIA kit components were prepared. Conditions for $^{125}I$ labelling of h-TSH were optimized by diminishing the amount of chloramine-T, ertending reaction time and lowering reaction temperature. Yield, specific activity, and immunological activity could be maintained moderately under such mild reaction conditions. The mixture of polyethyleneglycol(PEG) and second antibody worked effectively as a B/F separation agent. Even though the mixture was made with more diluted PEG and second antibody than those of using the sole component separately, the tine required for the B/F separation was shorter in case of using the mixture. The sequential saturation technique was efficient than those of applying ordinary equilibrium saturation technique in assay sensitivity and assay precision points of view.

• 대한화학회지
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• 제27권3호
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• pp.189-193
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• 1983

리튬동위원소의 분리 실험이 염산과 양이온 교환 수지를 사용하여 행하여졌다. 이 실험에서는 porous sulfonated styrene-divinylbenzene copolymer와 Dowex 50w-x8의 양이온 교환수지가 사용되었다. 리튬의 양은 원자 흡광 분석기를 사용하여 측정되었다. 리튬 동위 원소의 상대적 질량은 질량 분석기로 측정하였다. 동위 원소의 분리인자는 분별된 용출액의 동위 원소 조성으로 부터 계산되었다. 분리 인자의 값은 염산과 porous sulfonated styrene-divinylbenzene copolymer system에서 1.0020이었고, 염산과 Dowex 50w-x8 system에서 1.0011${\om}$0.0002이었다. 이와 같은 결과로부터 우리들은 분리 인자의 값이 Dowex 50w-x8에서 보다 porous sulfonated styrene-divinylbenzene copolymer에서 더 크게 나타남을 알 수 있었다.

• 한국수소및신에너지학회논문집
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• 제22권3호
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• pp.372-379
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• 2011

A nuclear fusion fuel cycle plant is composed of various subsystems such as a hydrogen isotope storage and delivery system, a tokamak exhaust processing system, and a hydrogen isotope separation system. Korea shares in the construction of its ITER fuel cycle plant with the EU, Japan, and the US, and is responsible for the development and supply of the storage and delivery system. The authors thus present details on the development status of hydrogen isotope storage technologies for nuclear fusion fuel cycle plants. We have developed various hydride beds of different size. We have realized a hydrogen delivery rate of 12.5 $Pam^3/s$ with a typical 1242g-ZrCo bed.

• 한국수소및신에너지학회논문집
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• 제23권1호
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• pp.56-64
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• 2012

The ITER fuel cycle is designed for DT operation in equimolar ratio. It involves not only a group of fuelling system and torus cryo-pumping system of the exhaust gases through the divertor from the torus in tokamak plant, but also from the exhaust gas processing of the fusion effluent gas mixture connected to the hydrogen isotope separation in cryogenic distillation to the final safe storage & delivery of the hydrogen isotopes in tritium plant. Tritium plant system supplies deuterium and tritium from external sources and treats all tritiated fluids in ITER operation. Every operation and affairs is focused on the tritium inventory accountancy and the confinement. This paper describes the major fuel cycle processes and interfaces in the tritium plant in aspects of upcoming technologies for future hydrogen and/or hydrogen isotope utilization.

• 한국수소및신에너지학회논문집
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• 제24권2호
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• pp.128-135
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• 2013

The nuclear fuel cycle plant is composed of various subsystems such as a fuel storage and delivery system (SDS), a tokamak exhaust processing system, a hydrogen isotope separation system, and a tritium plant analytical system. Korea is sharing in the construction of the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) fuel cycle plant with the EU, Japan, and the US, and is responsible for the development and supply of the SDS. Hydrogen isotopes are the main fuel for nuclear fusion reactors. Metal hydrides offer a safe and convenient method for hydrogen isotope storage. The storage of hydrogen isotopes is carried out by absorption and desorption in a metal hydride bed. These reactions require heat removal and supply respectively. Accordingly, the rapid storage and delivery of hydrogen isotopes are enabled by a rapid cooling and heating of the metal hydride bed. In this study, we designed and manufactured a vertical-type hydrogen isotope storage bed, which is used to enhance the cooling performance. We present the experimental details of the cooling performances of the bed using various cooling parameters. We also present the modeling results to estimate the heat transport phenomena. We compared the cooling performance of the bed by testing different cooling modes, such as an isolation mode, a natural convection mode, and an outer jacket helium circulation mode. We found that helium circulation mode is the most effective which was confirmed in our model calculations. Thus we can expect a more efficient bed design by employing a forced helium circulation method for new beds.

• 암석학회지
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• 제21권4호
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• pp.431-439
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• 2012

원소의 고순도분리는 동위원소계 연구의 기초가 된다. 이 기술보고에서는 Sm-Nd 연대측정법에 중요한 원소군인 Sm과 Nd의 원소분리에 자주 이용되고 있는 HDEHP를 이용한 테플론분말(란탄-레진)법과 Sm-Nd 동위원소계 및 La-Ce 동위원소계의 연구를 위한 원소분리법인 ${\alpha}$-HIBA(${\alpha}$-Hydroxy Isobutyric acid)법의 장단점을 한국지질자원연구원(KIGAM), 기초과학지원연구원(KBSI), 극지연구소(KOPRI) 및 일본 나고야대학과 같은 각 기관별 용리곡선을 통해 비교 소개하였다. 동위원소 지구화학연구를 위한 이 고순도의 원소분리법 비교는 Sm-Nd계 및 La-Ce계 동위원소 지구화학연구자의 실험법 선택에 많은 도움을 줄 것이다.

• 분석과학
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• 제7권2호
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• pp.201-204
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• 1994

리튬 동위원소의 분리를 위하여, 양이온 교환 컬럼 크로마토그래피를 수용액 이온 교환시스템 중에서 수행하였다. 실험에는 길이 50cm, 안 반지름 6mm의 파이렉스 유리 컬럼을 사용하였다. 컬럼 크로마토그래피에서 용리액으로는 염산 숙신산 혼합용액을 사용하여 1.0068의 분리인자 값을 얻었다. 이 실험으로부터 가벼운 $^6Li$는 수지상에 농축되고, $^7Li$는 용액상에 농축됨을 확인하였다.