• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제55권8호
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• pp.2935-2940
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• 2023

A polystyrene phantom was developed following the guidance of the International Atomic Energy Association (IAEA) for gamma knife (GK) quality assurance. Its performance was assessed by measuring the absorbed dose rate to water and dose distributions. The phantom was made of polystyrene, which has an electron density (1.0156) similar to that of water. The phantom included one outer phantom and four inner phantoms. Two inner phantoms held PTW T31010 and Exradin A16 ion chambers. One inner phantom held a film in the XY plane of the Leksell coordinate system, and another inner phantom held a film in the YZ or ZX planes. The absorbed dose rate to water and beam profiles of the machine-specific reference (msr) field, namely, the 16 mm collimator field of a GK Perfexion^TM or Icon^TM, were measured at seven GK sites. The measured results were compared to those of an IAEA-recommended solid water (SW) phantom. The radius of the polystyrene phantom was determined to be 7.88 cm by converting the electron density of the plastic, considering a water depth of 8 g/cm². The absorbed dose rates to water measured in both phantoms differed from the treatment planning program by less than 1.1%. Before msr correction, the PTW T31010 dose rates (PTW Freiberg GmbH, New York, NY, USA) in the polystyrene phantom were 0.70 (0.29)% higher on average than those in the SW phantom. The Exradin A16 (Standard Imaging, Middleton, WI, USA) dose rates were 0.76 (0.32)% higher in the polystyrene phantom. After msr correction factors were applied, there were no statistically significant differences in the A16 dose rates measured in the two phantoms; however, the T31010 dose rates were 0.72 (0.29)% higher in the polystyrene phantom. When the full widths at half maximum and penumbras of the msr field were compared, no significant differences between the two phantoms were observed, except for the penumbra in the Y-axis. However, the difference in the penumbra was smaller than variations among different sites. A polystyrene phantom developed for gamma knife dosimetry showed dosimetric performance comparable to that of a commercial SW phantom. In addition to its cost effectiveness, the polystyrene phantom removes air space around the detector. Additional simulations of the msr correction factors of the polystyrene phantom should be performed.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제22권2호
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• pp.101-107
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• 1990

PIXE(Proton Induced X-ray Emission)법을 수도물, 적포도주, 소변 및 흑분시료의 미량원소분석에 적용하여 보았다. SNU 1.5-MV 탄뎀 반데 그라프 가속기에서 얻은 1.202 MeV 양성자빔을 시료에 조사시켰으며 X-선 스펙트럼은 Si(Li) 스펙트로미터로 측정하였다. 분석의 감도를 높이기 위해 수도물은 증발법을 사용하여 농축하였다. 표준시료로서 흑분에는 Ni가루를 섞었고 다추 시료에는 yttrium용액을 첨가하였다. PIXE 스펙트럼은 AXIL(Analytical X-ray Analysis by Iterative Least-squares) 컴퓨터 프로그램을 사용하여 분석하였는데, 최소자승법은 Marquardt 알고리즘에 기초하고 있다. 수도물에서는 Mg, Al, Si, Ti, Fe, Zn등과 같은 원소들이 ppm이하의 함량으로 분석되었다 농축을 하지 않은 적포도주 시료에서는 Ti 원소가 3 ppm의 함량으로 검출되었다. 결론적으로 표준시료를 쓴 상대측정법에 의한 수용액시료분석에 PIXE법이 적합함을 입증할 수 있었으며, 정확한 X-선 발생단면적을 사용하고 시료준비기술을 개발하면 이 분석법을 향상시킬 수 있으리라 기대한다.

• 한국방사성폐기물학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국방사성폐기물학회 2004년도 Proceedings of the 4th Korea-China Joint Workshop on Nuclear Waste Management
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• pp.150-164
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• 2004

According to the Korean long-term plan for nuclear technology development, KAERI is conducting a few R&D projects related to the proliferation-resistant back-end fuel cycle. The R&D activities for the back-end fuel cycle are reviewed in this work, especially focusing on the study of the partitioning and transmutation(P&T) of long-lived radionuclides. The P&T study is currently being carried out in order to develop key technologies in the areas of partitioning and transmutation. The partitioning study is based on the development of pyroprocessing such as electrorefining and electrowinning because they can be adopted as proliferation-resistant technologies in the fuel cycle. In this study, various behaviors of the electrodeposition of uranium and rare earth elements in the LiCl-KCl electrorefining system have been examined through fundamental experimental work. As for the transmutation system, KAERI is studying the HYPER (HYbrid Power Extraction Reactor), a kind of subcritical reactor which will be connected with a proton accelerator. Up to now, a conceptual study has been carried out for the major elemental systems of the subcritical reactor such as core, transuranic fuel, long-lived fission product target, and the Pb-Bi cooling system, etc. In order to enhance the transmutation efficiency of the transuranic elements as well as to strengthen the reactor safety, the reactor core was optimized by determining its most suitable subcriticality, the ratio of height/diameter, and by introducing the concepts of optimum core configuration with a transuranic enrichment as well as a scattered reloading of the fuel assemblies.

• 한국항공우주학회지
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• 제38권1호
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• pp.87-93
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• 2010

과학기술위성 3호 대용량 메모리를 SEU로부터 보호하기 위해서 4비트 심볼을 이용하는 RS(10,8) 코드를 개발 하였다. 따라서 32비트 데이터에 대해서 8비트의 페리티를 추가 하였으며 1 심볼에 대해서 에러를 복구할 수 있다. 또한 우리별 3호의 결과를 이용하여 예상되는 SEU 발생률과 스크럽 주기를 계산하였다. 이 결과를 바탕으로 한국원자력 의학원에 있는 Cyclotron 양성자 가속기를 이용하여 SEU 시험을 수행 하였다.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제48권2호
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• pp.360-367
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• 2016

A windowless spallation target can provide a neutron source and maintain neutron chain reaction for a subcritical reactor, and is a key component of China's nuclear waste transmutation of coupling accelerator and subcritical reactor. The main issue of the windowless target design is to form a stable and controllable free surface that can ensure that energy spectrum distribution is acquired for the neutron physical design when the high energy proton beam beats the lead-bismuth eutectic in the spallation target area. In this study, morphology and flow characteristics of the free surface of the windowless target were analyzed through the volume of fluid model using computational fluid dynamics simulation, and the results show that the outlet cross section size of the target is the key to form a stable and controllable free surface, as well as the outlet with an arc transition. The optimization parameter of the target design, in which the radius of outlet cross section is $60{\pm}1mm$, is verified to form a stable and controllable free surface and to reduce the formation of air bubbles. This work can function as a reference for carrying out engineering design of windowless target and for verification experiments.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제54권11호
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• pp.4310-4321
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• 2022

The concept of dense granular-flow target (DGT) for the China Initiative Accelerator Driven Subcritical system (CiADS) is an attractive choice for high heat removal ability, low chemical toxicity, and radiotoxicity. A wobbling hollow beam is proposed to enhance the homogeneity of temperature rise of flowing particles in beam-target coupling zone. In this paper, the design procedure of target and beam parameters was discussed firstly. Then we simulated the heat deposition and transfer of the scanning beam in DGT to study the effect of beam parameters. The results show the flux density of proton beam plays a crucial role in the distribution of temperature rise while the contributions from scanning frequency heat transfer are also obvious. Moreover, heat transfer in transversal directions is insignificant, resulting in a low heat flux towards the sidewalls of DGT. This work not only contributes to the design of DGT, but also beneficial for understanding the beam-target coupling in porous materials.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제55권10호
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• pp.3768-3774
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• 2023

The purpose of the target system for the muon spin rotation, relaxation, and resonance (µSR) facility at the Rare isotope Accelerator complex for ON-line experiments (RAON) is to induce the production of a significant number of surface muons in thermally stable experiments. The manufactured target system was installed at RAON in the Sindong area near Daejeon in 2021. The design was made conservatively with a sufficient margin of safety through ANSYS calculations; however, verification experiments had to be performed on the ANSYS calculations. Because the 600-MeV proton beam has not yet been provided, an alternative way to reproduce the calculation conditions was required. The radio frequency (RF) heating method, which has not yet been applied to the target verification experiment but has several advantages, was used. It was observed that the RF heating method has promise for testing the thermal stability of the target, and whether the target system design process was performed conservatively enough was verified by comparing the RF heating experiments with the ANSYS calculations.

• Journal of Radiation Protection and Research
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• 제36권2호
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• pp.59-63
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• 2011

가속기 기반 중성자 표준장은 검출기 및 도시메터 교정, 핵자료 생산, 동위원소 생산등 에 필수적으로 필요한 기반 장비이다. 가속기 기반 중성자 표준장 실험실을 설계하는데 있어서 원하는 에너지의 직접적인 중성자 이외에 산란되어서 입사하는 산란 중성자를 줄이는 것은 매우 중요하다. 따라서 그러한 조건을 얻어내기 위하여 다양한 조건을 가정하여 MCNPX 모사계산을 수행하였다. 우선은 기존의 실험실 조건에서 양성자 운동방향인 0도 방향에 있는 중성자 Flux 측정용 공기로 이루어진 가상의 Chamber에 직접 입사하는 중성자 flux와 벽이나 바닥에 충돌을 한 후에 입사하는 간접적인 산란 중성자 flux를 각각 계산하였다. 그 결과 충돌 한 후에 0도 방향의 Chamber에 입사하는 산란 중성자 flux 중에 바닥에 충돌을 한 후 0도 방향의 Chamber로 입사하는 산란 중성자 flux가 가장 많다는 것을 알 수 있었다. 따라서 바닥의 콘크리트만을 없앴을 때와 콘크리트를 제거하고 땅을 1m 정도 파내려갔을 때를 가정하여 재계산을 하였고 그 결과 콘크리트를 없애고 땅을 1m 정도 파면 바닥에 충돌하고 Chamber로 들어오는 산란 중성자 flux가 다른 곳에 충돌하고 들어오는 것보다 낮아지는 정도까지 줄어드는 것을 알 수 있었다.

• 한국의학물리학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국의학물리학회 2002년도 Proceedings
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• pp.157-160
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• 2002

The dosage of intra-operative BNCT using near-threshold $^{7}$ Li(p,n)$^{7}$ Be direct neutrons was evaluated with the calculation method validated with the phantom experiment. The production of both neutrons by near-threshold $^{7}$ Li(p,n)$^{7}$ Be and gamma rays by $^{7}$ Li(p,p'gamma)$^{7}$ Li in a Li target was calculated using Lee's method and their transport in the phantom was calculated with MCNP-4B. As a result, the region satisfying the requirements of the protocol in intra-operative BNCT for brain tumors in Japan was acknowledged to be comparable to present BNCT, for the proton energy of 1.900 MeV for example. A boron-dose enhancer (BDE) introduced in this study to increase $^{10}$ (n,$\alpha$)$^{7}$ Li dose in a living body was effective. The void used to increase doses in deep regions was also valid with the BDE. It was found that intra-operative BNCT using near-threshold $^{7}$ Li(p,n)$^{7}$ Be direct neutrons is feasible.

• 한국의학물리학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국의학물리학회 2002년도 Proceedings
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• pp.267-268
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• 2002

Microbeam is a new avenue of radiation research especially in radiation biology and radiation protection. Selective irradiation of an ionizing particle to a targeted cell organelle may disclose such mechanisms as signal transaction among cell organelles and cell-to-cell communication in the processes toward an endpoint observed. Bystander effect, existence of which is clearly evidenced by application of the particle microbeam to biological experiments, suggests potential underestimation in the conventional risk estimation at low particle fluence rates, such as environment of space radiations in ISS (International Space Station). To promote these studies we started the construction of our microbeam facility (named as SPICE) to our HVEE Tandem accelerator (3.4 MeV proton and 5.1 MeV $^4$He$\^$2+/). For our primary goal, "irradiation of single particle to cell organelle within a position resolution of 2 micrometer in a reasonable irradiation time", special features are considered. Usage of a triplet Q magnet for focussing the beam to submicron of size is an outstanding feature compared to facilities of other institutes. Followings are other features: precise position control of cell dish holder, design of the cell dish, data acquisition of microscopic image of a cell organelle (cell nucleus) and data processing, a reliable particle detection, soft and hard wares to integrate all these related data, to control and irradiate exactly determined number of particles to a targeted spot.