• 지질공학
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• 제23권4호
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• pp.477-491
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• 2013

단양지역 지하수 100개공을 대상으로 자연방사성물질인 우라늄과 라돈의 산출특징을 규명하고, 주요 성분들과의 관련성을 요인분석을 통하여 해석하였으며, 지질별 자연방사성물질의 정밀함량분포도를 작성하였다. 단양지역 지하수는 대부분 Ca-Na-$HCO_3$가 우세한 유형을 보여 칼슘-나트륨-중탄산형의 지하수의 특징을 가진다. 우라늄의 함량은 0.02~251.0 g/L 범위이며, 평균 $3.85{\mu}g/L$인데 미국의 음용기준치(MCL)인 $30{\mu}g/L$를 초과한 지하수는 1%에 불과하다. 백악기 화강암과 선캄브리아기 변성암 지역의 지하수에서 우라늄 함량이 높게 나타나며, 퇴적암류에서는 상대적으로 낮다. 라돈 함량은 13~28,470 pCi/L 범위, 평균 2,397 pCi/L인데, 전체의 15%가 미국의 음용제안치(AMCL)인 4,000 pCi/L를 초과한다. 라돈은 백악기 화강암류 지하수에서 가장 높고, 퇴적암 지하수에서 상당히 낮다. 우라늄과 라돈은 서로 관련성이 없다. 자연방사성물질은 pH, 심도, Eh, EC 및 주요 성분들과 의미있는 상관성은 보여주지 않는다. 요인분석 결과에 의하면, 우라늄과 라돈간의 상관계수는 0.15를 보여 이들의 거동특성은 서로 관련성이 거의 없다. 그 외에 이들은 여타 수질성분과 무관하다. 다만 라돈은 $SiO_2$와 0.68, $HCO_3$와는 -0.48의 상관계수를 나타낼 뿐이다. 요인분석 결과에 의하면 특정한 요인이 자연방사성원소의 거동특성에 크게 영향을 주지 않으므로 이들은 다소 독립적인 거동특성을 보여준다. 지질에 따른 자연방사성물질 정밀함량분포도는 향후 전국적인 자연방사성물질의 분포와 지질특성에 관한 데이터베이스 구축에 유용하게 활용될 예정이다.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제55권11호
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• pp.4096-4101
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• 2023

Radon is a radioactive gas produced from the uranium-238 series. Radon gas affects public health and is the second cause of lung cancer. The study samples were collected from one area of the city of Jazan, southwest of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The influence of engineering and physical parameters on the emanation coefficient of gas and other gas parameters was studied. Parameters for radon were measured using a CR-39 Solid-State Nuclear Track Detector (SSNTD) through a sealed emission container. The results showed that the emanation coefficient was affected directly by the change in the grain size of the soil. All parameters of measured radon gas have the same behavior as the emanation coefficient. The relationship between particle size and emanation coefficient showed a good correlation. The values of the emanation coefficient were inversely affected by the mass of the sample, and the rest of the parameters showed an inverse behavior. The results showed that increasing the volume of the container increases the accumulation of radon sons on the wall of the container, which increases the emission factor. The rest of the parameters of radon gas showed an inverse behavior with increasing container size. The results concluded that changing the engineering and physical parameters has a significant impact on both the emanation coefficient and all radon parameters. The emanation coefficient affects the values of the radiation dose of an alpha particle.

• 환경정책연구
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• 제5권2호
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• pp.49-67
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• 2006

선진 외국에서 먹는물 중 방사성물질의 관리동향에 대한 고찰은 다음과 같다. 미국은 1974년 안전한 음용수법에 규제안을 설정한 후, 30년 이상 개정하여 현재 우라늄 MCL은 $30{\mu}g/L$, 라돈 AMCL 4,000pCi/L 또는 MCL 300pCi/L, 라듐-226과 라듐-228의 합 5pCi/L로 설정하여 관리하고 있다. 캐나다는 우라늄을 $20{\mu}g/L$로 잠정적으로 설정하였다. WHO는 2004년 9월 우라늄과 라돈의 가이드라인을 각각 $15{\mu}g/L$과 100Bq/L로 개정 하였다. 선진 외국은 먹는물 중 방사성물질에 대하여 수십년간 연구조사결과를 토대로 수질기준을 정하였고, 지속적으로 개선 및 보완을 하여 관리하고 있음을 알 수 있었다.

• 한국지하수토양환경학회지:지하수토양환경
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• 제14권5호
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• pp.51-61
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• 2009

본 연구에서는 부산지역 지하수수질측정망 80개소를 대상으로 방사성물질의 특성을 연구하였다. 우라늄의 전체 평균 농도는 $4.33\;{\mu}g/L$이였고, 최대 평균농도는 $171.55\;{\mu}g/L$이였다. 미국 먹는물기준인 $30\;{\mu}g/L$을 초과한 곳은 1곳, WHO 권고기준인 $15\;{\mu}g/L$을 초과한 곳은 4곳으로 나타났다. 라돈의 전체 평균농도는 169 pCi/L이였고, 최대 평균농도는 1,850 pCi/L이였다. 미국 먹는물기준인 4,000 pCi/L WHO 권고기준인 2,700 pCi/L을 초과한 곳은 단 한곳도 없었다. 전알파의 전체 평균농도는 0.3pCi/L이였고 최대 평균농도는 6.9 pCi/L로 다른 방사성물질에 비하여 미미한 수준으로 나타났다. 지하수중에서 방사성물질의 평균 농도는 낮은 편이지만 미량이나마 검출되는 바 국민건강상 위해를 예방하기 위하여 먹는물 수질기준 둥 관리대책 마련의 필요성이 요구된다. 또한 우라늄이 고농도로 검출되는 일부 지점에 대해서는 정밀한 검토를 거쳐 폐공 조치 등 적절한 조치가 필요할 것으로 판단된다.

• Environmental Analysis Health and Toxicology
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• 제17권4호
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• pp.273-284
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• 2002

At present, the health risks associated with the natural radionuclides of ground water have become a concern as potential social problems. However, there are no regulatory actions or control strategies for such risks. Therefore, we have investigated and discussed the risks and associated management strategies for radionuclides in other countries. US EPA has proposed MCL (300 pCi/L) and AMCL (4,000 pCi/L) for radon, and 30 ppb for uranium, 15 pCi/L for gross-alpha and 5 pCi/L for radium as final MCLs. Also, Canada, WHO and European countries have their inherent management levels. Finally, we suggested several criteria for setting guidelines in our countries including exposure related criteria such as geological distribution, occurrence, exposure probability distribution, exposure population and multimedia exposure assessment, acceptable risk, and cost -benefit analysis. The national-scale exposure and risk assessment, and economic analysis should be conducted for producing and aggregating the representative information on these criteria.

• 한국지하수토양환경학회지:지하수토양환경
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• 제18권4호
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• pp.19-31
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• 2013

To figure out the decay characteristics of naturally occurring radionuclides, eight sampled groundwaters from a monitoring borehole having high levels of uranium and radon concentrations in a two mica granitic area have analyzed by liquid scintillation counters (LSC) for over 1 year. In December 2011, three groundwater samples (DJ1, DJ2, DJ3) were obtained from each aquifer system located at -20 m, -40 m, -60 m of the monitoring borehole below the ground surface, respectively. Five samples (DJ4, DJ5, DJ6, DJ7, DJ8) were additionally gained from each aquifer positioned -20 m, -40 m, -60 m, -100 m, -105 m of the borehole in February 2012, respectively. Temporal variation characteristics of uranium and radon concentrations have showed over maximum 2.1 times and 1.4 times fluctuations of the values in the same sampling intervals over time, respectively. The intervals of -40 m and -105 m in the borehole have the highest values of uranium and radon concentrations, respectively. This may imply that the concentrations of naturally occurring radionuclides such as uranium and radon in groundwater have been changed over time and indicate that the qualities of groundwaters from the aquifers developed at each interval in the borehole are different each other. This discrepancy, moreover, could be caused by behaviour differences between uranium which is in ionic status having a half life of 4.6 billion years and is transported along with the flowing groundwater, and radon which is in gaseous status having a 3.82 day's half life in the aquifer systems. Physicochemical characteristics of groundwaters from the aquifer systems could be identified by the results of the on-situ measuring items such as pH and Eh, and the major ionic contents. The CPM values of eight groundwater samples analysed by LSC over one year have shown not to follow the theoretical decay curve of the radon. The CPM values of the samples have ranged from 2 to 7.5 after it had passed two months when the theoretical CPM values of the radon started zero since the initial analysis. Alpha and beta particle spectrums have shown the peaks of radium-226, however they have not revealed any peaks of radon and it's daughter products such as polonium-218 and 214, bismuth-214 for the late stage of the analysis. This implies that the groundwater from the borehole may contain radium-226 having a half life of 1,600 years which decays continuously.

• 지질공학
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• 제28권4호
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• pp.631-643
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• 2018

대전지역의 지질별 지하수의 우라늄, 라돈함량을 파악하기 위하여 80개의 지하수를 채취하였다. 지질별 지하수의 우라늄 함량 중앙값은 복운모화강암지역은 $11.14{\mu}g/L$, 흑운모화강암지역은 $0.90{\mu}g/L$, 옥천 층군은 $0.47{\mu}g/L$으로 복운모화강암지역에서 월등히 높았다. 지질별 지하수의 라돈 함량 중앙값은 복운모화강암지역은 114.3 Bq/L, 흑운모 화강암지역은 61.6 Bq/L, 옥천층군은 42.2 Bq/L로 나타나 지질별 지하수의 우라늄 함량 차이만큼 현지하지는 않았다. 연구지역 복운모화강암의 우라늄 평균함량은 3.78 mg/kg으로 흑운모화강암의 3.20 mg/kg보다 약간 높지만 지하수의 우라늄 함량은 월등히 높다. 이는 복운모화강암은 흑운모화강암에 비하여 풍화에 약하여 광물내 우라늄이 지하수로 쉽게 용출되는 것으로 설명될 수 있으나 추가 연구가 필요하다. 지하수의 우라늄 함량에 비해서 복운모화강암과 흑운모화강암지역 지하수의 라돈 함량에 큰 차이가 없는 것은 복운모화강암지역은 풍화에 약하기 때문에 지하수내 라돈이 대기로 쉽게 빠져나가기 때문으로 판단된다. 연구지역 복운모화강암지역 지하수의 우라늄 함량이 $30{\mu}g/L$를 초과하는 비율은 23.8%로 국내 쥬라기화강암의 초과율인 6.7%보다도 높으나 라돈함량이 148 Bq/L를 초과하는 비율은 31.0%로 국내 쥬라기화강암지역의 초과율인 31.7%와 비슷하다.

• 한국지하수토양환경학회지:지하수토양환경
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• 제16권6호
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• pp.133-142
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• 2011

A total of 247 samples were collected from groundwater being used for drinking-water supply, and hydrogeochemistry and radionuclide analysis were performed. In-situ analysis of groundwaters resulted in ranges of $13.7{\sim}25.1^{\circ}C$ for temperature, 5.9~8.5 for pH, 33~591 mV for Eh, $66{\sim}820{\mu}S/cm$ for EC, and 0.2~9.4 mg/L for DO. Major cation and anion concentrations of groundwaters were in ranges of 0.5~227.6 for Na, 1.0~279.3 for Ca, 0.0~9.3 for K, 0.1~100.1 for Mg, 0.0~3.3 for F, 0.9~779.1 for Cl, 0.3~120.4 for $SO_4$, 0.0~27.4 for $NO_3$-N, and 6~372 mg/L for $HCO_3$. Uranium-238 and radon-222 concentrations were detected in ranges of N.D-$131.1{\mu}g/L$ and 18-15,953 pCi/L, respectively. In case of some groundwaters exceeding USEPA MCL level ($30{\mu}g/L$) for uranium concentration, their pH ranged from 6.8 to 8.0 and Eh showed a relatively low value(86~199 mV) compared to other areas. Most groundwaters belonged to Ca-(Na)-$HCO_3$ type, and groundwaters of metamorphic rock exhibited the highest concentration of Na, Mg, Ca, Cl, $NO_3$-N, U, and those of plutonic rock showed the highest concentration of $HCO_3$, and Rn. Uranium and fluoride from granite areas did not show any correlation. However, uranium and bicarbonate displayed a positive relation of some areas in plutonic rocks($R^2$=0.3896).

• 한국건축시공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국건축시공학회 2018년도 춘계 학술논문 발표대회
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• pp.224-225
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• 2018

Modern people are more interested in the indoor environment as they spend more time indoors than in the past. Among the air pollutants in the indoor air, ladon gas is a colorless, tasteless, odorless, inert gas produced by nuclear decomposition of naturally occurring uranium in rocks and soils. It has been proven that ladon gas is introduced into the room through cracks on the floor of the building or basement wall, and it causes various diseases such as lung cancer when exposed to radon during human breathing. The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) specifies 4pCi / L as a necessary measure for radon, and the Korea Environmental Protection Agency has implemented comprehensive indoor radon management measures since 2007. Therefore, in this study, we intend to adsorb and reduce radon in indoor air pollutants.

• 자원환경지질
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• 제31권3호
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• pp.215-222
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• 1998

The radon (Rn-222) potential of metropolitan subway stations and soils in Seoul city were delineated using alpha-track filter and EDA-200 radon detectors, respectively. The uranium (U) and thorium (Th) contents were also determined using a Multi Channel Analyzer to identify the sources of radon gas. The average U concentrations in Seoul varies according to basement rock types. For example, there is $9.40{\pm}10.11ppm$ in the Precambrian metasedimentary rock (PM), $9.08{\pm}2.85ppm$ in the Jurassic Kwanaksan granite (JK) and $4.94{\pm}1.43ppm$ in the Jurassic Seoul granite (JS). Uranium contents in soil samples are $10.30{\pm}4.74ppm$ in JK, $10.10{\pm}7.43ppm$ in PM and $6.69{\pm}3.95ppm$ in JS and these closely reflect the content of uraniferous minerals. The levels of soil radon are $604{\pm}273pCi/L$ in JK, $502{\pm}275$ in JS and $262{\pm}211pCi/L$ in PM. The soil radon concentrations are shown to reflect soil permeability and porosity rather than their U contents. The mean indoor radon contents in subway stations are $1.50{\pm}0.62pCi/L$ on the 4th line, $1.41{\pm}0.95pCi/L$ on the 3rd line, $0.84{\pm}0.13pCi/L$ on the 1st line and $0.80{\pm}0.25pCi/L$ on the 2nd line. The subway stations located in the JK have the highest average radon concentration with $2.04{\pm}0.65pCi/L$, where levels of $1.57{\pm}0.81pCi/L$ occur in the JS and $0.80{\pm}0.23pCi/L$ in the PM. The highest radon levels of 4.1 pCi/L occur mainly in Keongbokkung station on the 3rd line and these exceed 4 pCi/L of the US EPA action level.