• 한국방사선학회논문지
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• 제12권2호
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• pp.133-138
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• 2018

양성자가속기연구센터(KOMAC)의 100-MeV 양성자 선형가속기에서 생성된 고에너지 양성자를 사용하여 천연 텅스텐과 핵반응을 일으켰다. 핵반응을 통해 생성된 다양한 핵종으로 부터의 감마선은 HPGe 검출기 감마선 분광시스템을 사용하여 측정하였다. 감마선 표준선원은 에너지 교정 및 검출기의 효율 측정에 사용되었다. 측정된 스펙트럼에서 관찰된 감마선을 분석한 결과 방사성 핵종은 $^{167}Re$, $^{178}Re$, $^{179}Re$, $^{180}Re$, $^{181}Re$, $^{182}Re$, $^{184}Re$, $^{172}Ta$, $^{174}Ta$, $^{178}Ta$, $^{182}Ta$, $^{184}Ta$, $^{175}W$, $^{176}W$, $^{177}W$ 및 $^{179}W$ 으로 총 16 종류의 핵종이 생성되었다. 이 연구의 결과는 미래의 핵융합, 천체 물리학 및 핵의학 응용 분야에 적용될 것으로 생각된다.

• 공업화학
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• 제9권1호
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• pp.121-128
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• 1998

삼중수소를 함유하는 수소동위원소 시설의 운용이나 취급 또는 핵융합소재의 관리기술분야에서는 기체크로마토그래피 분리법이 중요한 분석 및 농축기술중의 하나로 활용되고 있다. 수소, 중수소 및 삼중수소의 수소동위원소 혼합기체시료를 상용 기체크로마토그래피를 사용하여 분리하였다. 기체시료는 특별히 제작된 진공-시료주입장치를 통해 액체질소온도의 분위기로 유지된 분리컬럼을 통과하는 비활성 캐리어 기체의 흐름을 주입하였다. 10% 함량의 염화망간으로 부분-비활성화한 산화알루미늄 고정상에서 수소동위원소들이 완전히 분리됨을 확인할 수 있었다. 그리고 이성질체피크의 억제와 분리 용리시간이 단축되어 실제 수소동위원소의 분리 및 농축기술에 유용하게 적용할 수 있는 비교적 우수한 분리조건을 얻었다.

• 한국방사선학회논문지
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• 제9권1호
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• pp.55-59
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• 2015

양성자핵반응에 대한 연구는 현재 핵융합로의 재료 개발을 비롯하여 양성자치료 분야 등을 중심으로 활발하게 이루어지고 있다. 본 연구는 100 MeV 양성자 빔을 이용한 $^{27}Al(p,3p+n)^{24}Na$ 반응을 통하여 발생되는 지발 감마선(2754, 1386 keV) 스펙트럼을 고순도 HPGe 검출기를 이용하여 측정하였다. 실험에 사용되어진 양성자 빔은 양성자가속기연구센터(KOMAC)에 설치되어 있는 100 MeV 양성자선형가속기를 사용하였다. 측정된 감마선은 기존에 알려진 결과들과 비교분석하였다. 측정된 감마선의 강도는 고에너지 감마선 검출효율을 결정하는데 매우 중요한 정도를 제공 할 것으로 생각되어 진다.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제55권3호
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• pp.919-926
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• 2023

To analyze the cause of the destruction of thin, carbon-backed lithium fluoride targets during a measurement of the fusion of ⁷Li and ¹⁷O, we estimate theoretically the lifetimes of carbon and LiF films due to sputtering, thermal evaporation, and lattice damage and compare them with the lifetime observed in the experiment. Sputtering yields and thermal evaporation rates in carbon and LiF films are too low to play significant roles in the destruction of the targets. We estimate the lifetime of the target due to lattice damage of the carbon backing and the LiF film using a previously reported model. In the experiment, elastically scattered target and beam ions were detected by surface silicon barrier (SSB) detectors so that the product of the beam flux and the target density could be monitored during the experiment. The areas of the targets exposed to different beam intensities and fluences were degraded and then perforated, forming holes with a diameter around the beam spot size. Overall, the target thickness tends to decrease linearly as a function of the beam fluence. However, the thickness also exhibits an increasing interval after SSB counts per beam ion decreases linearly, extending the target lifetime. The lifetime of thin LiF film as determined by lattice damage is calculated for the first time using a lattice damage model, and the calculated lifetime agrees well with the observed target lifetime during the experiment. In experiments using a thin LiF target to induce nuclear reactions, this study suggests methods to predict the lifetime of the LiF film and arrange the experimental plan for maximum efficiency.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제56권2호
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• pp.546-551
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• 2024

As an effective methods of plasma heating, neutral beam injection (NBI) systems based on negative hydrogen ion sources will be utilized in future magnetic-confinement nuclear fusion experiments. Because of the collisions between the fast negative ions and the neutral background gas, the positive ions are inevitable created in the acceleration region in the negative NBI system. These positive ions are accelerated back into the ion source and become high energy backstreaming ions. In order to explore the characters of backstreaming ions, the track and power deposition of backstreaming H⁺ beam is estimated using the experimental and simulation methods at NNBI test facility. Results show that the flux of backstreaming positive ions is 1.93 % of that of negative ion extraction from ion source, and the magnet filed in the beam source has an effect on the backstreaming positive ions propagation.

• 분석과학
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• 제30권5호
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• pp.252-261
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• 2017

천연방사성핵종을 함유한 물질들은 인간 활동에 의해 인위적인 조작과정을 거치면서 농축되는 경우 방사선 노출에 따른 위해를 증가시킬 수 있다. 본 연구는 다양한 전처리 방법 및 분석 방법 간 비교를 통해 분석정확도를 평가하고 실내 건축자재 중 $^{232}Th$, $^{235}U$, $^{238}U$의 천연방사성핵종을 분석하기 위한 최적의 분석 방법을 확립하고자 하였다. ICP-MS를 이용한 실내 건축자재 중 천연방사성핵종 분석방법을 확립하기 위하여, 인증표준물질 5종을 왕수, 불산, 과염소산의 습식산화법과 용융법의 전처리법에 따른 U, Th의 분석 정확도 및 정밀도를 평가하였고, 최적의 전처리법으로써 용융법과 $Fe(OH)_3$ 공침법을 선정하였다. 확립된 분석방법을 석고보드, 벽돌, 시멘트, 페인트, 타일과 벽지 총 51 종의 실내 건축자재 시료에 적용하여 천연방사성핵종의 농도를 정량 분석하였다. 또한 동일한 시료에 대해 감마분광분석법 중 간접측정법을 사용하여 $^{238}U$, $^{232}Th$의 농도를 정량하고 ICP-MS 분석 결과와 비교하였다.

• Journal of Welding and Joining
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• 제11권1호
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• pp.52-61
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• 1993

Laser welding of ASTM no. 1060 Al plate with a pulsed Nd: YAG laser of 200W average power was performed for end capping of KMRR nuclear fuel elements In this research, we performed basic welding experiments. Firstly, laser output parameters which affect laser welding parameters were studied by changing laser input parameters for effective welding of 1060 Al plates. We found that laser power density and pulse energy are important parameters for smooth bead shape. Secondly, welding parameters which affect weld width-to-depth ratio were studied by changing power density and pulse energy, shielding gas, and defocusing. We found that power density must be higher than 0.3 Mw/cm$^{2}$ pulse energy must be higer than 3 J. travel speed must not exceed 200mm/sec, laser focus must be existed beneath 2-3mm from plate surface and helium is proper shielding gas. Thirdly, we studied the weld defects of Al-1060 such as crack and porosity in lap-joint welding. We designed new welding geometry for crack free welding of Al-1060 plates, and obtained crack free weldment but with lack of fusion. However, with Ti, Zr grain refiner elements, we can weld Al plates without solidification hot crack. Finally, we studied the origin of porosity by changing shielding gas. And we found that porosity was resulted from entrapment of shielding gas by the collapsing keyhole.

• Journal of Welding and Joining
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• 제7권3호
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• pp.28-35
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• 1989

It was reported that the toughness for welded region was influenced by various factors such as the gradient for prior austenite grain size, the variation of microhardness and the characteristic microstructure depending on distance from the fusion boundary. Therefore, in order to evaluate the fracture strength of the weldment in which the microstructures change continuously, it is important to assess the peculiar strength of each microstructure in welded region. It was known that the small punch(SP) test technique which was originally developed to study the irradiation damage effect for the structures of nuclear power plant was also useful to investigate the strength evaluating of nonhomogeneous materials. In this paper, by means of a small punch test technique the possibility of evaluating strength of parent and welded region in SS41 and SM53B steels was investigated. The obtained results are summerized as follows: 1) The small punch test which showed markedly the ductile-brittle transition behavior in this experiment may be applied to evaluation for the fracture strength of welded region. 2) It was shown that the ductile-brittle regime lied in Region III(plastic membrane stretching region) of the flow characteristics observed in SP test. 3) The SP test technique which shows a more precipitous energy change transition behavior than the other test technique is able to estimate the more precise transition temperature. 4) It could be seen that in comparision with the structure of parent the structure of weld HAZ in SS41 steel was improved while it in SM53B steel was deteriorated.

• 한국방사선학회논문지
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• 제15권2호
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• pp.257-263
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• 2021

본 연구는 한국원자력연구원에서 보유하고 있는 100 MeV 선형가속기를 사용하여 천연텅스텐과의 핵반응으로 부터 발생시켜 발생되는 감마선을 측정하여 natW(p,xn)176Re 핵반응에 대한 상대핵반응단면적을 도출하였다. 일반적으로 반감기가 짧은 동위원소에 대한 연구는 항상 짧은 시간 내에 방사능의 강도가 급격하게 작아지는 경향을 보이기 때문에 측정자체가 매우 어려운 것이 현실이다. 특히 176Re의 경우는 반감기가 5.3 분으로 상대적으로 매우 짧은 방사성핵종 중의 하나이다. 본 연구에서는 이런 짧은 반감기를 가지는 176Re 동위원소로부터 발생되는 109.08 keV 감마선을 고순도 Ge검출기를 이용하여 측정하였다. 얻어진 상대 측정값들은 1967년에 Richard G.에 의해 발표된 8 ~ 14 MeV 양성자에너지 영역에서의 결과와 이를 기반으로 계산에 의한 핵반응단면적에 대한 평가한 2019년 A. J. Koning의 결과인 TENDL-2019값과 비교분석하였다. 이 연구의 결과는 미래의 에너지원으로 알려져 있는 핵융합로의 설계, 천체 물리학, 핵의학 및 양성자치료 분야에 요긴하게 활용될 것으로 생각된다.

• 한국지진공학회논문집
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• 제24권1호
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• pp.1-8
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• 2020

In 2016, an earthquake occurred at Gyeongju, Korea. At the Wolsong site, the observed peak ground acceleration was lower than the operating basis earthquake (OBE) level of Wolsong nuclear power plant. However, the measured spectral acceleration value exceeded the spectral acceleration of the operating-basis earthquake (OBE) level in some sections of the response spectrum, resulting in a manual shutdown of the nuclear power plant. Analysis of the response spectra shape of the Gyeongju earthquake motion showed that the high-frequency components are stronger than the response spectra shape used in nuclear power plant design. Therefore, the seismic performance evaluation of structures and equipment of nuclear power plants should be made to reflect the characteristics of site-specific earthquakes. In general, the floor response spectrum shape at the installation site or the generalized response spectrum shape is used for the seismic performance evaluation of structures and equipment. In this study, a generalized response spectrum shape is proposed for seismic performance evaluation of structures and equipment for nuclear power plants. The proposed response spectrum shape reflects the characteristics of earthquake motion in Korea through earthquake hazard analysis, and it can be applied to structures and equipment at various locations.