• 센서학회지
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• 제25권5호
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• pp.333-336
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• 2016

In this study, a beta monitoring sensor was developed as a part of basic research for quantitative beta monitoring underwater, and its performance was evaluated using a calibration source. A beta detection sensor was manufactured by using SiPM(silicon photomultiplier) and $CaF_2$:Eu, YAG:Ce, YAP:Ce scintillator. A large-area light guide was introduced to improve beta-ray detection efficiency. As calibration sources, the Beta source $^{90}Sr$, which is the main fission product of a nuclear accident, and the gamma source $^{137}Cs$ are used. In the performance evaluation, it is confirmed that scintillator $CaF_2:Eu$ gives the highest beta-ray detection response. Compared to gamma ray, beta-ray detection responsivity and detection efficiency are verified. Therefore, this study is expected to contribute to basic research in the development of an underwater beta-ray monitoring system.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제52권6호
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• pp.1259-1265
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• 2020

A beta ray scanner was proposed for in-situ discrimination of beta and gamma ray radioactivity. This scanner is based on the principle that gamma and beta rays experience different changes in detection efficiency in scintillators with different geometries, especially with regard to the scintillator thickness. The ratios of the counting rates of gamma rays (R_gamma), beta rays (R_beta), and sample measurements (R_total) in a thick scintillator to those in a thin one are reported. The parameter X_thick, which represents the counting rate contributed by beta rays to the total counting rate in the thick scintillator, was derived as a function of those ratios. The values of R_gamma and R_beta for ⁶⁰Co and ⁹⁰Sr sources were estimated as 3.2 ± 0.057 and 0.99 ± 0.0049, respectively. The estimated beta ray contributions had relative standard deviations of 2.05-4.96%. The estimated range of the beta rays emitted from ⁹⁰Sr was 19 mm as per the Monte Carlo N-Particle simulation, and this value was experimentally verified. Homogeneous and surface contaminations of ⁶⁰Co and ⁹⁰Sr-⁹⁰Y were simulated for application of the proposed method. The counting rate contributed by the beta rays was derived and found to be proportional to the concentration of ⁹⁰Sr-⁹⁰Y contamination.

• 대한화학회지
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• 제12권2호
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• pp.55-60
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• 1968

芳香族誘道體 化合物의 鹽素化反應을 紫外線照射 및 ${\gamma}$-線照射下에서 行하였던 바 ethyl,${\alpha} ,{\beta} -dichloro-{\beta}$-phenyl propionate의 境遇 紫外線下에서는 主로 p-chloro 化合物이 生成되었다. 같은 反應을 ${\gamma}$-線 照射下에서 行한 結果 에스텔과 鹽素의 몰比가 1:2일 때에는 p-chloro 化合物이 主로 生成되었으나 몰比가 1:8인 境遇에는 側鎖鹽素化物이라고 判斷되는 多鹽素化合物이 生成되었다. 反應生成物을 確認하기 爲하여서 ethyl , ${\alpha} ,{\beta} -dichloro-{\beta}$-(p-chlorophenyl) propionate 및 ethyl${\alpha} ,{\beta} -dichloro-{\beta}$ -($o$-chlorophenyl) propionate 를 各各 ${\gamma}$-線 照射下에서 鹽素化시켜 보았더니 p-chloro誘道體에서는 側鎖鹽素化物을, o-chloro誘道體에서는 o,p-dichlorophenyl 化合物에 各各 該當하는 鹽素化物을 生成하였다. 化合物 確認에는 放射化 thin layer chromatography를 利用 하였으며 鹽素含量을 放射化分析法을 分析하였다. 反應結果를 鹽素化反應에 對한 芳香族의 置換基의 效果와 關聯시켜 論議하였으며 實驗方法을 記述하였다.

• 방사선산업학회지
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• 제2권3호
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• pp.141-148
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• 2008

Beta rays emitted from tritium in titanium tritide film were simulated with cathode rays of a scanning electron microscope to investigate the effect of beta rays from tritium on semiconductor devices. The cathode ray currents, which vary with the change of applied energy and beam spot size, were measured with Faraday cup. The current from the semiconductor device irradiated with cathode rays at various conditions was measured. The cathode ray current increased with the increase of spot size to a maximum then decreased when the spot sized increased further. The magnitude of current produced in the semiconductor device is proportional to the magnitude of cathode ray current. The magnitude of cathode ray current at each energy level was matched to the intensity of beta ray to simulate the tritium beta ray spectrum. Then the semiconductor characteristics were analyzed with I-V curves.

• KSBB Journal
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• 제15권1호
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• pp.84-87
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• 2000

포항 선형 가속기로부터 얻은 ultrasoft X-선이 대장균의 돌연변이 유도와 plasmid DNA 변이에 주는 영향을 알아보았다. 빔을 조사함에 따라 supercoil 형태의 plasmid DNA가 relaxed 형태로 변하고, 그후 선형으로 변해 감을 확인하였다. 빔을 조사한 plasmid DNA를 E. coli에 형질전환하여 $\beta$-galactosidase의 돌연변이 균을 분리하였고, 빔을 직접 조한 E. coli균으로부터도 $\beta$-galactosidase의 돌연변이 균을 얻었다. 변이된 plasmid DNA와 변이 대장균들의 plasmid DNA의 염기 부분을 변화를 확인하였으며 이 빔에 의해 주로 변이가 일어나는 부분이 있음을 알았다.

• 전기학회논문지
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• 제61권11호
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• pp.1706-1712
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• 2012

The Beta-ray absorption method (BAM) gives a good solution for measuring the mass concentration of atmospheric particles(PM10 and PM2.5). To determine particular matters (PM) concentration, a ratio of the number of detected beta-ray intensity passing through the clean filter and the dust-sampled filter is used. These intensity data measured in air pollution monitoring such as PM10 and PM2.5 usually contained the additive noise(thermal noise, power supply noise and etc.). Therefore, the estimation performance of mass concentration can be deteriorated by these noises. In this paper, we present a new noise reduction method that is essentially required to develope an automatic continuous PM monitoring system using beta-ray absorption method. By combining the block data averaging technique and curve fitting, in the proposed method, the additive noise can be reduced in the measured data. To evaluate the performance of the proposed method, computer simulations were performed with computer generated signals as the input.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제54권7호
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• pp.2748-2754
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• 2022

Because existing reactant coolant system (RCS) leakage detection mechanisms are insensitive to small leaks, a real-time, direct detection system with a detection threshold below 0.5 gpm·hr^-1 was studied. A beta-ray detection system using a silicon detector with good energy resolution for beta rays and a low gamma-ray response was proposed. The detection performance in the leakage condition was evaluated through experiments and simulations. The concentration of ¹⁶N in the coolant corresponding to a coolant leakage of 0.5 gpm was calculated using the analytic method and ORIGEN-ARP. Based on the concentration of ¹⁶N and the measurement of the silicon detector with ⁹⁰Sr/⁹⁰Y, the beta-ray count rate was estimated using MCNPX. To evaluate the effect of gamma rays inside the containment building, the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) was calculated. To evaluate the count rate ratio, the radiation field inside the containment building was simulated using MCNPX, and response evaluation experiments were performed using beta and gamma rays on the silicon detector. The expected beta-ray count rate at 0.5 gpm leakage was 7.26 × 10⁵ counts/sec, and the signal-to-background count rate ratio exceeded 88 for a transport time of 10 s, demonstrating its suitability for operation inside a reactor containment building.

• 대한방사선기술학회지:방사선기술과학
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• 제37권4호
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• pp.261-265
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• 2014

10세에서 70세까지 국내 남녀를 7개 연령대별 그룹으로 구분한 후, 치아의 감마선 농도와 각 그룹별 전${\beta}$ 방사능 농도를 측정하였다. 전${\beta}$ 농도는 P10가스(아르곤 90%, 메탄 10%)를 충진한 Tennelec XLB 측정기로 측정하였으며, 감마선은 고순도 게르마늄 검출기를 사용하여 감마선분광분석법으로 측정하였다. 본 실험에서 측정된 여성의 전${\beta}$ 방사능 농도범위는 0.089~0.32 Bq/kg이었으며, 남성의 전${\beta}$ 방사능 농도범위는 0.13~0.26 Bq/kg이었다. 치아의 감마선분광분석 결과 자연방사성동위원소인 $^{40}K$, $^{208}Tl$, $^{228}Ac$ 및 $^{234}Th$가 검출되었으며, 측정된 감마선 방사선 농도는 각각 20.7, 21.9 3.88 및 5.24 Bq/kg 이었다. 본 연구 결과는 향후 후쿠시마 원전사고 등 불의의 방사선 누출 사고 등에 대비하여 정상 환경에서의 인체의 치아에 축적된 방사능 준위 데이터로 활용할 수 있을 것으로 사려된다.

• 약학회지
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• 제37권3호
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• pp.216-227
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• 1993

Complex formations of practically insoluble antelmintic drugs such as mebendazole (MBZ), albendazole (ABZ) and flubendazole (FBZ) with dimethyl-$\beta$-cyclodextrin (DM-$\beta$-CyD) and 2-hydroxypropyl-$\beta$-cyclodextrin (HP-$\beta$-CyD) together with $\alpha$-, $\beta$- and $\gamma$-cyclodextrins(CyDs) in duffered solutions were investigated by solubility method. $A_{L}$ type phase solubility diagrams were obtained in all cases except for the complexation (B$_{s}$, type) of FBZ with $\gamma$-CyD. The highest stability constants were obtained with DM-$\beta$-CyD, followed by $\alpha$-CyD > $\beta$-CyD > HP-$\beta$-CyD > $\gamma$-CyD for ABZ, and HP-$\beta$-CyD > $\gamma$-CyD > $\beta$-CyD > $\alpha$-CyD for FBZ at pH 1.2. On the other hand, solid dispersion systems of ABZ and FBZ with $\beta$- and DM-$\beta$-CyDs were prepared by solvent evaporation method and evaluated by dissolution, differential thermal analysis and powder x-ray diffractometry. The dissolution rates of ABZ- and FBZ-DM-$\beta$-CyD solid dispersions were much faster than those of drugs alone, corresponding physical mixtures and tablets on market both at pH 1.2 and 6.8. Although dissolution rates of all samples at pH 6.8 were by far lower than those obtained at pH 1.2, as explained by pH-solubility profiles for ABZ and FBZ, the dissolution rates at pH 6.8 of ABZ from $\beta$- and DM-$\beta$-CyD solid dispersions exceeded the respective equilibrium solubility (23.9 $\mu\textrm{g}$/ml). Fast dissolution of ABZ from solid dispersions with CyDs was attributed to the reduction of drug crystallinity and particle size which was supported by DTA and powder x-ray diffractometry. Consequently these results suggest that solid dispersion systems with CyDs may provide useful means to markedly enhance the solubility and dissolution of benzimidazole antelmintic drugs.

• Journal of Radiation Protection and Research
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• 제26권4호
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• pp.393-398
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• 2001

매년 병원에서 사용 후 폐기되는 비가연성 폐기물은 ${\gamma}$-선과 ${\beta}$-선을 방출하지만 방사능은 주변방사능 수준으로 매우 낮다. 이를 측정하기 위한 기존의 방법은 비효율적이고 복잡하므로, 좀더 간단한 방법이 긴요하다. 본 논문에서는 측정 방사선의 특성상 핵종에 따라 다른 측정방법을 사용하였는데, ${\gamma}$-선 방출 핵종은 표준시료로부터 효율곡선식을 도출하여 미지의 방사능을 측정하였다 ${\beta}$-선 방출 핵종은 Monte Carlo 시뮬레이션을 통해 계측 효율을 예측하고 표면장벽형계측기로 측정하여 미지의 방사능 양을 결정하는 새로운 방법을 제시하였다. 연구결과에 의하면 이론적 계산치와 표면장벽형 계측기를 이용하면 전처리를 필요로하는 액체섬광계수기를 이용하지 않고 또한 계측효율을 결정하기 위한 비경제적인 표준시료 측정시험과정 없이도 저에너지 방사선을 약 17% 오차 범위내에서 결정할 수 있다고 판단된다.