• 한국수산과학회지
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• 제48권2호
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• pp.193-199
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• 2015

We observed that the growth and physiological change in Haliotis discus discus by low-dose irradiation with gamma ray.Irradiation with gamma ray was undertaken by using the low-level irradiation facility ($^{60}CO$) in cooperation with the Institute of Nuclear Science and Technology at Jeju National University. The parent abalones were attached one by one and then fixed by using the rubber band to the front side of the fabricated case for irradiation with gamma ray. The experimental plots of irradiation with gamma ray were set as 10, 15, 20 and 25 Gy and the 25 female abalones and 10 male abalones were utilized for each experimental plot. The sperms and eggs were fertilized by setting an interval for each dose to prevent mixing with other experimental plots when fertilizing the sperms and eggs for each dose of irradiation with gamma ray. As for the fertility, it was confirmed to be 85% the control and 10 Gy groups, whereas it was found to be 80%, 65% and 50% in the 15 Gy, 20 Gy and 25 Gy groups, respectively. As a conclusion, the hatching rate and attachment rate were higher at 10 and 15 Gy than the other experimental plots, and the growth rate was higher at 20 Gy than the other experimental plots. Also the changes in lysozyme activity in accordance with the stress of water temperature were found to have a significant increase in the other experimental plots as compared with the control plot at the end of 0 h. The changes in lysozyme activity have remained constant in all the experimental plots at the end of 12 h. These results allowed us to confirm that lysozyme was undertaking the biodefense action by reacting sensitively to the stress of water temperature in the control experimental plot. As for the other experimental plots, they are believed to avoid the biodefense mechanism due to the high degree of anti-parasite mechanism and anti-viral mechanism. Thus, it is believed that it would be imperative to conduct development and research on breeds that were potent for environmental tolerance by applying the method of irradiation with gamma ray to other marine animals and plants.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제54권11호
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• pp.4084-4094
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• 2022

The Advanced Fuels Campaign Fission Accelerated Steady-state Test (FAST) at Idaho National Laboratory (INL) completed its first irradiation cycle within the Advanced Test Reactor (ATR). The test focused on the irradiation of alloy fuel forms for use in sodium fast reactors. The first cycle of FAST testing was completed and four rodlets were removed for the initial post irradiation examination (PIE). The rodlet design and irradiation conditions were evaluated using Monte Carlo N-Particle (MCNP) for as-run power history and COMSOL for temperature analysis. These rodlets include a set of low burnups (~2.5 % fissions per initial metal atoms [%FIMA]), control rodlets, and a helium-bonded annular rodlet (4.7 %FIMA). Nondestructive PIE has been completed and includes visual inspection, neutron radiography and gamma scanning of the FAST capsules and rodlets. Radiography confirmed the integrity of the experiments, revealed that the annulus in the annular fuel was filled at a modest burnup (4.7 %FIMA), and indicated potential slumping of the cooler rodlets at lower burnup. Precision gamma scanning indicated mostly usual fission product behavior, except for cesium in the He-bonded annular fuel. Future destructive PIE will be necessary to fully interpret the effects of accelerated irradiation on U-Zr metallic fuel behavior.

• 원예과학기술지
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• 제19권4호
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• pp.515-520
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• 2001

기내에서 생산하여 저온 저장한 감자품종 대지와 수미 소괴경의 휴면타파에 미치는 저선량 방사선의 효과를 조사하고자 ${\gamma}$선을 0.5-30 Gy 수준으로 조사하여 맹아발생과 맹아생육 및 온실에서의 생육과 수량 등을 조사하였다. 감자 괴경의 맹아율과 생육에 대한 저선량 방사선 효과는 저장기간과 품종에 따라 다르게 나타났다. 대지 품종은 대체로 2-8 Gy에서 빠른 맹아 출현율과 양호한 생육 및 수량을 보였으며, 수미 품종은 대체로 2-4 Gy에서 맹아 출현이 빨랐고 온실에서의 생육 및 수량은 4 Gy에서 양호한 증가 효과를 보였다. 이에 저선량 ${\gamma}$선이 감자의 휴면타파와 생육촉진에 효과가 있음을 확인할 수 있었다.

• Macromolecular Research
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• 제12권1호
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• pp.112-118
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• 2004

With the goal of enhancing the creep resistance of ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE), we performed gamma irradiation and post-irradiation annealing at a low temperature, and investigated the crystalline structures and mechanical properties of the samples. Electron spin resonance spectra reveal that most of the residual radicals are stabilized by annealing at 100$^{\circ}C$ for 72 h under vacuum. Both the melting temperature and crystallinity increase after increasing the dose and by post-irradiation annealing. When irradiated with the same dose, the quenched sample having a higher amorphous fraction exhibits a lower swell ratio than does the slow-cooled sample. The measured tensile properties correlate well to the crystalline structure of the irradiated and annealed samples. For enhancing creep resistance, high crystallinity appears to be more critical than a high degree of crosslinking.

• 한국전기전자재료학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전기전자재료학회 2009년도 하계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.220-220
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• 2009

In case of favourable irradiation conditions, the ratio of irradiation to the total irradiation went up and then the irradiation increased in the area with high angle of inclination. The study showed that on a clear day with the irradiation of more than $800[W/m^2]$, the pattern of alternating current power change in the fixed system was similar with that in the single-axis tracker. On the contrary, in case of unfavourable irradiation conditions, the ratio of diffuse irradiation to the total irradiation went up and then the horizontal irradiation increased. In the demo system, the fixed system, the single-axis tracker and the dual-axis tracker all had low generation power and similar generation pattern with each other. The study showed the generation power varied with the irradiation in the fixed system, while in the single-axis tracker and the dual-axis tracker, the amount of the generation power variation was much more than the irradiation variation. The demo system was operated from 11:00 AM to 2:00 PM for generating power, during which time, 46[%] to 56[%] of the total generation power was produced. In this study. the generation power was increased by 147[%] in the fixed system, by 136[%] in the single-axis tracker, and by 164[%] in the dual-axis tracker, and the pattern of generation power was similar with the generation power variation in the situation where the irradiation increased by 140[%] in the spring with plenty of insolation. The alternating current power was more sensitive to variation of the irradiation than to that of the surface temperature of a module. The variation of the irradiation had a more positive effect on the generation power than the type of array.

• Journal of Dairy Science and Biotechnology
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• 제23권2호
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• pp.93-98
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• 2005

본 연구는 항원성을 저감한 우유 및 유제품 개발을 위한 기초자료 도출을 위해 열처리와 감마선 조사 처리 시 우유의 화학적, 미생물학적 및 면역적 변화를 비교하였다. 열처리와 감마선 조사 처리 시 열처리 온도와 조사량이 높을수록 유리지방산 함량이 증가하는 경향을 나타내었으며 UHT 처리시와 5 kGy 조사시 유리지방산 함량은 유사하였다. $10^3$ CFU/mL 수준의 원유를 저온, 고온, 초고온으로 열처리시와 1${sim}$10 kGy로 감마선 조사처리 시 모두 일반세균과 대장균 군이 검출되지 않았으나, 일주일 지난 후에도 UHT 처리유와 5kGy 이상 조사 처리유에서 일반세균과 대장균 군이 검출되지 않았다. 원유를 열처리시 arginine, asparate, iso-leucine, leucine, lysine, methionine이 감소된 반면 조사처리에 의해 aspartate, histidine, iso-leucine, leucine, lysine이 감소되어 열처리와 조사처리가 단백질의 일차구조에도 영향을 미칠 수 있는 것(p<0.05)으로 나타났다. 또한, 우유의 항원성은 감마선 조사처리시 5kGy 이상에서 유의적(p<0.05)으로 감소하였다. 이상의 결과로 볼 때 5 kGy 정도의 감마선 조사처리로 UHT 처리시와 유사한 화학적, 미생물학적 효과와 우유의 항원성 감소효과를 기대할 수 있다.

• Applied Biological Chemistry
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• 제51권2호
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• pp.148-152
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• 2008

저선량 감마선 조사에 의한 해바라기종자의 발아율과 초기생육을 통해 수량증감 여부를 조사하였고, DPPH radical 소거능 조사를 통한 항산화 활성을 분석하였다. 방사선을 조사한 직후 발아율은 무처리의 대조구에 비해 증가하였으며, 4개월 실온 보관한 후의 종자 발아율은 대조구에 비해 전체적으로 감소하는 효과를 나타내엇다. 특히 조사량이 높은 32 Gy에서의 감소율이 가장 높았으나 적정선량은 8 Gy이다. 조사된 종자의 보관 온도에 따라 초기생육에 미치는 영향을 조사한 결과, 1 Gy 조사구의 10$^{\circ}C$ 보관된 종자가 25$^{\circ}C$ 보관된 조사구에 비해 초장과 근장의 높은 증가 효과를 보여주었다. DPPH radical 소거법에 의한 항산화활성을 측정한 결과 방사선을 비조사한 대조구에 비해 조사구에서 항산화 활성이 증가하였으며, 감마선조사 후 저장기간에 관계없이 4 Gy에서 가장 높은 활성이 관찰되었다.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제54권3호
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• pp.991-996
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• 2022

Microstructures of monolithic high purity SiC and SiC with sintering additives after neutron irradiation to a fluence of 2.0-2.5 × 10²⁴ n/m² (E > 0.1 MeV) at 333-363 K and after post-irradiation annealing up to 1673 K were observed using a transmission electron microscopy. Results showed that no black spot defects or dislocation loops in SiC grains were found after the neutron irradiation for all of the specimens owing to the moderate fluence at low irradiation temperature. Thus, it is confirmed that these specimens were swelled mostly by the formation of point defects. Black spots and small dislocation loops were discovered only after the annealing process in PureBeta-SiC and CVD-SiC, where the swelling almost diminished. Anomalous-shaped YAG grains were found in SiC ceramics containing sintering additives. These grains contained dense black spots defects and might lose crystallinity after the neutron irradiation, while these defects may annihilate by recrystallization during annealing up to 1673 K. Amorphous grain boundary phase was also presented in this ceramic, and a large part of it was crystallized through post-irradiation annealing and could affect their recovery behavior.

• 전기전자학회논문지
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• 제15권2호
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• pp.143-148
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• 2011

MOS (Metal-Oxide Semconductor) devices among the most sensistive of all semiconductors to radiation, in particular ionizing radiation, showing much change even after a relatively low dose. The necessity of a radiation dosimeter robust enough for the working environment has increased in the fields of aerospace, radio-therapy, atomic power plant facilities, and other places where radiation exists. The power MOSFET (Metal-Oxide Semiconductor Field-Effect Transistor) has been tested for use as a gamma radiation dosimeter by measuring the variation of threshold voltage based on the quantity of dose, and a maximum total dose of 30 krad exposed to a $^{60}Co$ ${\gamma}$-radiation source, which is sensitive to environment parameters such as temperature. The gate oxide structures give the main influence on the changes in the electrical characteristics affected by irradiation. The variation of threshold voltage on the operating temperature has caused errors, and needs calibration. These effects can be overcome by adjusting gate oxide thickness and implanting impurity at the surface of well region in MOSFET.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제53권5호
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• pp.1602-1611
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• 2021

A varying degree of eccentricity always exists in the initial configuration of a nuclear fuel rod. Its impact on traditional LWR fuel is limited as the radial gap closes relatively early during irradiation. However, the effect of misalignment is expected to be more relevant in rods with highly conductive fuels, large initial gaps and low conductivity filling gases. In this paper, we study similar characteristics in the experimental setup of two fuel disc irradiation campaigns carried out in the OECD Halden Boiling Water Reactor. Using the multi-dimensional fuel performance code OFFBEAT, we combine 2-D axisymmetric and 3-D simulations to investigate the effect of eccentricity on the fuel temperature distribution. At the same time, we illustrate how the advent of modern tools with multi-dimensional capabilities might further improve the design and interpretation of in-pile separate-effect tests and we outline the potential of such an analysis for upcoming experiments.