• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제42권1호
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• pp.79-88
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• 2010

Spent $UO_2$ nuclear fuel discharged from a nuclear power plant (NPP) contains fission products, U, Pu, and other actinides. Due to neutron capture by $^{238}U$ in the rim region and a temperature gradient between the center and the rim of a fuel pellet, a considerable increase in the concentration of fission products, Pu, and other actinides are expected in the pellet periphery of high burnup fuel. The characterization of the radial profiles of the various isotopic concentrations is our main concern. For an analysis, spent nuclear fuels originating from the Yeonggwang-2 pressurized water reactor (PWR) were chosen as the test specimens. In this work, the distributions of some actinide isotopes were measured from center to rim of the spent fuel specimens by a radiation shielded laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometer (LA-ICP-MS) system. Sampling was performed along the diameter of the specimen by reducing the sampling intervals from 500 ${\mu}m$ in the center to 100 ${\mu}m$ in the pellet periphery region. It was observed that the isotopic concentration ratios for minor actinides in the center of the specimen remain almost constant and increase near the pellet periphery due to the rim effect apart from the $^{236}U$ to $^{235}U$ ratio, which remains approximately constant. In addition, the distributions of local burnup were derived from the measured isotope ratios by applying the relationship between burnup and isotopic ratio for plutonium and minor actinides calculated by the ORIGEN2 code.

• 자원환경지질
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• 제27권4호
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• pp.345-361
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• 1994

Lens shaped titanomagnetite ore bodies in the Soyeonpyeong iron mine are embedded in amphibolites, which were intruded into Precambrian metasediments such as garnet-mica schist, marble, mica schist, and quartz schist. Mineral chemistry, K-Ar dating and hydrogen and oxygen stable isotopic analysis for the amphibolites and titanomagnetite ores were conducted to interpret petrogenesis of amphibolite and ore genesis of titanomagnetite iron ore deposits. Amphibolites of igneous origin have unusually high content of $TiO_2$, ranging from 0.94 to 6.39 wt.% with an average value of 4.05 wt.%. REE patterns of the different lithology of the amphibolite show the similar trend with an enrichment of LREE. Amphiboles of amphibolites are consist mainly of calcic amphiboles such as ferro-hornblende, tschermakite, ferroan pargasite, and ferroan pargasitic hornblende. K-Ar ages of hornblende from amphibolite and gneissic amphibolite were determined as $440.04{\pm}6.39Ma$ and $351.03{\pm}5.21Ma$, respectively. This indicates two metamorphic events of Paleozoic age in the Korean peninsula which are correlated with Altin orogeny in China. The titanomagnetite mineralization seems to have occurred before Cambrian age based on occurrence of orebodies and ages of host amphibolites. The Soyeonpyeong iron ores are composed mainly of titanomagnetite, ilmenite, and secondary minerals such as ilmenite and hercynite exsolved in titanomagnetite. The temperature and the oxygen fugacity estimated by the titanomagnetite-ilmenite geothermometer are $500{\sim}600^{\circ}C$ (ave. $550^{\circ}C$) and about $2{\pm}10^{-23}bar$, respectively. Hornblendes from ores and amphibolites which responsible for magnetite ore mineralization, have a relatively homogeneous isotopic composition ranging from +0.8 to +3.9 ‰ in ${\delta}^{18}O$ and from -87.8 to -113.3 ‰ in ${\delta}D$. The calculated oxygen and hydrogen isotopic compositions of the fluids which were in equilibrium with hornblende at $550^{\circ}C$, range from 2.8 to 5.9‰ in ${\delta}^{18}O_{H2O}$ and from -60.41 to -81.31 ‰ in ${\delta}D_{H2O}$. The ${\delta}^{18}O_{H2O}$ value of magnetite ore fluids are in between +6.4 to + 7.9 ‰. All of these values fall in the range of primary magmatic water. A slight oxygen shift means that $^{18}O$-depleted meteoric water be acted with basic fluids during immiscible processes between silicate and titaniferous oxide melt. Mineral chemistry, isotopic compositions, and occurences of amphibolites and orebodies, suggest that the titanomagnetite melt be separated immisciblely from the titaniferous basic magma.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제46권3호
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• pp.387-394
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• 2014

A Slowing Down Time Spectrometer (SDTS) system is a highly efficient technique for isotopic nuclear material content analysis. SDTS technology has been used to analyze spent nuclear fuel and the pyro-processing of spent fuel. SDTS requires an external neutron source to induce the isotopic fissile fission. A high intensity neutron source is required to ensure a high for a good fissile fission. The electron linear accelerator system was selected to generate proper source neutrons efficiently. As a first step, the electron generator of an 80-keV electron gun was manufactured. In order to produce the high beam power from electron linear accelerator, a proper beam current is required form the electron generator. In this study, the beam current was measured by evaluating the performance of the electron generator. The beam current was determined by five parameters: high voltage at the electron gun, cathode voltage, pulse width, pulse amplitude, and bias voltage at the grid. From the experimental results under optimal conditions, the high voltage was determined to be 80 kV, the pulse width was 500 ns, and the cathode voltage was from 4.2 V to 4.6 V. The beam current was measured as 1.9 A at maximum. These results satisfy the beam current required for the operation of an electron linear accelerator.

• 한국지형학회지
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• 제24권2호
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• pp.65-78
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• 2017

In this study, stable carbon isotopic analysis (22 specimens) and magnetic susceptibility analysis (23 specimens) were conducted out on the specimens collected from two points (trench DT1, DT2) in the floodplain of Jemincheon(hereinafter the Jemin plain) to reconstruct the Holocene Environments (Period I, Period II, Period III) of the Jemin plain in Gongju, Chungnam. The results were as follows: In Period I (approximately 7,480~4,940 yrs B.P.) and especially around 7,480~7,320 yrs B.P., it was cool-dry and there were two minor climate fluctuations. This period received a continuous flow of sediments, rather than massive amounts of sediments due to abrupt flooding, and therefore, there was almost no soilization process. Period II(approximately 4,940~2,600 yrs B.P.) was also relatively cool-dry. However, in Period II b, unlike I, the minor climate fluctuations were less pronounced. In this period, flooding and desiccation repeated, inducing soilization processes especially around 3,160 yrs B.P. In Stage III (~360 yrs B.P.), it was warm and humid compared to II b. However, in III a, there was no inflow of sediments due to irregular flooding, and in fact, soilization process was more manifested than during II b due to the impact of the desiccation environment. However, there were some mass movements from Bonghwang Mt. (a.s.l. 147m) caused by heavy rains and typhoon during III b (approximately 360 yrs B.P.), thus moving a large amount of debris (i.e. gravel), which resulted in sedimentation.

• 분석과학
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• 제25권5호
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• pp.300-306
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• 2012

미라는 뼈, 머리카락, 피부, 손톱 등 서로 다른 시기를 반영하는 생체 조직분석이 가능하며, 이를 바탕으로 식생활, 환경 등 당시 생활상을 복원할 수 있는 매우 중요한 자료이다. 본 연구에서는 문경 흥덕동 회곽묘에서 출토된 조선시대 미라에서 추출한 뼈 콜라겐과 머리카락 케라틴의 탄소와 질소 안정동위원소 분석을 수행하였으며, 국내 출토 미라에 안정동위원소 분석을 적용한 첫 사례이다. 우리가 섭취하는 식료의 종류에 따라 뼈와 머리카락 등 인체 조직에는 그 특유의 탄소와 질소 안정동위원소 정보가 기록되며, 그 비율은 시간이 경과하여도 변하지 않는 것으로 알려져 있다. 특히 뼈에서 추출된 콜라겐이라는 단백질은 생애 전주기의 평균 식생활을 추적할 수 있으며, 머리카락의 케라틴의 경우 길이에 따라 죽기 전 몇 달에서 몇 년의 식생활 정보를 담고 있다. 미라 조직의 안정동위원소 분석 결과 그 평균값은 다음과 같다(뼈 콜라겐(${\delta}^{13}C$=-19.0‰, ${\delta}^{15}N$=11.4‰), 머리카락 케라틴(${\delta}^{13}C$=-21.3‰, ${\delta}^{15}N$=14.3‰). 탄소 안정동위원소 값으로부터 생애 주기 동안 주로 $C_3$ 작물 위주의 식생활을 하였다는 것을 예측할 수 있었으며, 특히 질소 안정동위원소 값의 경우 머리카락의 값이 뼈 콜라겐의 값보다 2.9‰ 높게 나타난 것으로 미루어 볼 때 생애 전반에 걸친 영양 상태보다 죽기 전 몇 달 동안 육류 섭취 등으로 인한 단백질 섭취량이 높았다는 것을 추정할 수 있었다.

• 한국해양학회지:바다
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• 제23권1호
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• pp.32-48
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• 2018

대기 중 메탄의 해양 흡수와 방출 메커니즘은 생지화학 순환이 갖는 복잡성과 해양-대기 경계면에서 지역 규모 혹은 기작 단위에서의 관측 연구 부족으로 잘 알려져 있지 못하다. 그러나 다양한 시 공간적 규모에서 탄소 수지와 순환을 조절하는 해양 메커니즘에 대한 완전한 이해 없이는, 해양의 탄소 변동과 전 지구적 지역적 기후 변화에 미치는 영향을 예측하기란 불가능하다. 표층해양 및 해양대기에서 용존 메탄의 탄소동위원소 조성에 대한 정밀한 연속 관측은 해양-대기 경계면에서의 유 출입 및 생산 소모 과정에 대한 추가적인 정보를 제공한다. 본 연구는 최근 급격히 발전한 광학기반 동위원소 분석 기기들을 개괄적으로 소개하고, 표층 양 내 용존 메탄과 해양대기 메탄의 탄소동위원소 실시간 연속 측정으로의 적용을 위해, 현재 이들 기기들의 기술 및 활용 현황을 논의한다. 이어 레이저 광원의 흡수분광기 중 하나로, 사용이 최근 급증하고 있는 광공동 링다운분광기(CRDS, Cavity Ring Down Spectroscopy)기반 동위원소 분석기기를 예시로 하여 연속 관측 시스템의 운용, 최적화 조건, 보정법을 제안하며, 기체 시료로부터 실시간 관측된 메탄 농도 및 메탄 탄소동위원소의 관측 예를 소개하고자 한다. 이러한 가능성 검토를 통해 향후 해양 환경에서의 실시간 메탄 탄소동위원소 분석 연구의 방향을 제안하고자 한다.

• 자원환경지질
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• 제20권3호
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• pp.169-177
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• 1987

The Manjang copper magnetite-fluorite orebodies are imbedded within the limestone beds of the Hwajonri Formation. The ore deposits are characterized by magnetite-fluorite bearing skarn orebody in the west orebody and copper sulfide veins of the central and main orebodies. This study includes fluid inclusion geothermometry, salinity analysis, stable isotope analysis, and application of phase rule to mineral associations in skarn ore. Ore minerals are closely associated with the skarn silicates such as garnet, wollastonite and epidote. Magnetite and fluorite are remarkable in the west orebody whereas chalcopyrite is dominate in the central and main orebodies where pyrite and pyrrhotite also appear as sulfide gangues. Homogenization temperature and salinity of fluid inclusions are measured ranging between $240^{\circ}C$ and $350^{\circ}C$, 6.3~12.9 wt. percent in quartz and $220^{\circ}C$ and $350^{\circ}C$, 8.5~9.9wt. percent in fluorite, respectively. This indicates that the filling temperature and salinity are higher in quartz than in fluorite with the tendency of both to be linearly decreased suggesting an attribution of meteoric water to the mineralization. $T-fo_2$ diagram in the Ca-Fe-Si system at 1 kb and $Xco_2$=0.02 shows that the mineral assemblages with decreasing temperature are andradite-hedenbergite-calcite, hedenbergite-andradite-quartz, magnetite-andradite-quartz, and magnetite-quartz-calcite, indicating that magnetite crystallizes mostly late skarn stage at lower temperature. According to the carbon and oxygen isotopic values of the host limestone and calcite in ores, the sourec of carbon might be mixture of host limestone and deep seated carbons. Sulfur isotope data imply that ore fluids be relatively homogeneous in sulfur isotopic composition, mainly derived from igneous source.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제16권7호
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• pp.1139-1143
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• 2006

Various techniques and strategies have been developed for the identification of intracellular metabolic conditions, and among them, isotope balance-based flux analysis with gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (GC/ MS) has recently become popular. Even though isotope balance-based flux analysis allows a more accurate estimation of intracellular fluxes, its application has been restricted to relatively small metabolic systems because of the limited number of measurable metabolites. In this paper, a strategy for incorporating isotope balance-based flux data obtained for a small network into metabolic flux analysis was examined as a feasible alternative allowing more accurate quantification of intracellular flux distribution in a large metabolic system. To impose GC/MS based data into a large metabolic network and obtain optimum flux distribution profile, data reconciliation procedure was applied. As a result, metabolic flux values of 308 intracellular reactions could be estimated from 29 GC/ MS based fluxes with higher accuracy.

• 분석과학
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• 제17권5호
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• pp.434-437
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• 2004

Alpha track technology can provide useful isotopic information of boron in the primary coolant water. In the quantitative analysis using the alpha track analysis, the shape or area of sample on the solid track detector becomes very important, especially for the analysis of liquid samples. In this research, a multi-dot plate has been developed for this purpose. The multi-dot plate provides fixed standard shape of the sample solution that stays inside of the printed circle, and consequently increases the reproducibility of the boron analysis.

• 한국공간구조학회논문집
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• 제2권4호
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• pp.45-52
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• 2002

Research about spherical shells been applying most usually is achieved by many investigators already and generalized equation has been derived. But, existent research is limited in case that spherical shell's roof rigidity is isotropy or orthotropy, and research that consider periodicity of rigidity-distribution that can happen by doing spherical shell's roof system by lattice system is not gone entirely. The purpose of this paper is applying Galerkin method to spherical shell that model periodicity of roof rigidity distribution that appear by roof lattice form of large space structure and develop structural analysis program that formularize. Rigidity-model of this research selects that of spherical shell which has 2-way grid. In this paper, buckling-strength and deformation distribution of isotopic spherical shell and 2-way grid spherical shell obtained by developed program could confirm the reliability by comparison with result of existent research.