• 한국지구물리탐사학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국지구물리탐사학회 2005년도 공동학술대회 논문집
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• pp.267-272
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• 2005

충북 장풍, 전남 광양, 충남 임천의 세 개의 폐광산을 대상으로 물리탐사를 수행하였다. 연구는 산성광산배수에 의한 침출수의 유동경로, 매립된 광미 및 폐광석의 파악, 광산 폐수의 배수관 탐지, 갱도와 인공차수막의 효과를 파악하는데 목적을 두었다. 상관 해석 결과 물리탐사 자료는 물시료 분석 자료(수소이온농도, 전기전도도, 중금속, 황산이온)와 잘 일치하고 있다. 산성광산배수에 의한 침출수의 유동경로는 전기비저항 및 자연전위탐사로 탐지 가능한 반면에 폐광석, 산성광산배수의 배수관, 인공차수막 등은 탄성파 굴절법, 전기비저항, 지하투과레이다탐사를 통해 효과적으로 파악되었다.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제52권2호
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• pp.248-257
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• 2020

This study presents an initial design for a novel system consisting in a coupled nuclear reactor and a phase change material-based thermal energy storage (TES) component, which acts as a buffer and regulator of heat transfer between the primary and secondary loops. The goal of this concept is to enhance the capacity factor of nuclear power plants (NPPs) in the case of high integration of renewable energy sources into the electric grid. Hence, this system could support in elevating the economics of NPPs in current competitive markets, especially with subsidized solar and wind energy sources, and relatively low oil and gas prices. Furthermore, utilizing a prismatic-core advanced high temperature reactor (PAHTR) cooled by a molten salt with a high melting point, have the potential in increasing the system efficiency due to its high operating temperature, and providing the baseline requirements for coupling other process heat applications. The present research studies the neutronics and thermal hydraulics (TH) of the PAHTR as well as TH calculations for the TES which consists of 300 blocks with a total heat storage capacity of 150 MWd. SERPENT Monte Carlo and MCNP5 codes carried out the neutronics analysis of the PAHTR which is sized to have a 5-year refueling cycle and rated power of 300 MW_th. The PAHTR has 10 metric tons of heavy metal with 19.75 wt% enriched UO₂ TRISO fuel, a hot clean excess reactivity and shutdown margin of $33.70 and -$115.68; respectively, negative temperature feedback coefficients, and an axial flux peaking factor of 1.68. Star-CCM + code predicted the correct convective heat transfer coefficient variations for both the reactor and the storage. TH analysis results show that the flow in the primary loop (in the reactor and TES) remains in the developing mixed convection regime while it reaches a fully developed flow in the secondary loop.

• 터널과지하공간
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• 제17권5호
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• pp.372-380
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• 2007

침하로 인한 지표 손상대는 지하 채굴로 인해 발생되는 결과로서, 오랜 기간 동안 서서히 또는 급작스럽게 발생할 수 있다. 이러한 지표 손상대는 싱크홀 혹은 트러프형 침하에서 대규모 슬라딩에 이르기까지 다양한 형태로 관찰된다. 침하 발행 위험에 대한 평가는 광산 침하의 영향을 받는 지역에 있어서는 매우 중요하다. 이러한 위험도 평가나 침하 예측을 위해 경험적 모델, 프로파일함수, 영향 함수 그리고 수치해석과 같은 다양한 방법들이 적용되어 왔다. 본 연구에서는 다양한 인자들 중 지배적으로 침하 현상을 유발할 수 있는 채굴적과 관련한 정보, 즉 채굴적의 위치 및 규모의 정보를 확산이론과 연계한 비교적 간단한 침하 위험도 평가 기법을 제안하였다. 확산 모델은 지반 침하 기구를 설명할 수 있는 입자 모델과 상사관계를 가진다. 확산 모델을 폐금속광 및 폐석탄광 지역의 침하 위험도 작성에 적용하였다. 침하 위험도 평가를 위한 확산 모델은 매우 간단하지만 효율적인 방법임을 확인할 수 있었다.

• 자원ㆍ환경경제연구
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• 제18권2호
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• pp.345-375
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• 2009

본 논문에서는 자원산업이 국내 경제에 미치는 영향과 자원산업발전을 위한 광물자원 전주기 기술개발의 필요성을 살펴보고 국내 재개발 광산인 가곡광산에 전주기 기술을 적용할 경우의 예상되는 파급효과에 대해 검토하였다. 본 논문의 결과에 따르면 국내 재개발 아연 연 동 복합 금속광산 1개 광산을 대상으로 전주기 기술개발 적용효과를 분석한 결과 약 550억 원의 수입대체효과를 기대할 수 있으며 유사광산 10개를 개발하여 적용할 경우, 연간 관련 금속의 10.4%에 해당되는 수입대체효과를 기대할 수 있다. 또한 광물자원산업 가치사슬에서 상류부문의 기술선진화를 통해 이미 선진국 수준에 있는 중 하류 부문과 균형을 이루어 국가 경쟁력을 제고할 수 있으며 자원산업이 국가 신성장동력 산업으로 역할을 구축하는 데 기여할 것이다.

• 자원환경지질
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• 제41권1호
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• pp.57-62
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• 2008

휴폐광지역의 산성광산배수를 처리하기 위한 자연정화처리시설로서 소택지의 설치가 증가하고 있다. 이러한 소택지의 기질물질로서는 흔히 석회석, 참나무조각, 버섯퇴비 등이 벌크형태로 적용된다. 이러한 소택지의 정화효율은 시간이 지남에 따라 점차 저하되며, 특히 산성배수와의 화학반응에 의한 기질물질 층의 투수계수 감소에 주로 기인한 것으로 파악된다. 본 연구의 목적은 산성광산배수 처리시설에서 황산염환원균(SRB) 고정화 담체의 적용성을 평가하기 위한 것이다. 고정화담체는 유기물질인 버섯퇴비와 참나무 퇴비, pH 완충제인 석회석가루 등을 토양미생물을 접종한 m-CSB와 혼합하여 제작하였다. 본 실험에서 고정화담체는 벌크형태에 비하여 pH, 황산염제거율 및 중금속 제거율에서 효율이 우수함을 확인할 수 있었다.

• 한국지하수토양환경학회지:지하수토양환경
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• 제15권6호
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• pp.29-36
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• 2010

Several mines including Namil, Solim and Jungbong which are located in the Gyeonggi and Kangwon province have been abandoned and closed since 1980 due to "The promotion policy of mining industry". An enormous amount of mining wastes was disposed without proper treatment, which caused soil pollution in tailing dam and ore-dressing plant areas. However, any quantitative assessment was not performed about soil and water pollution by transporting mining wastes such as acid mine drainage, mine tailing, and rocky waste. In this research, heavy metals in mining wastes were analyzed according to leaching method which used 0.1 N HCl and total solution method which used Aqua-regia to recognize the ecological effect of distance from hot spot. We sampled tailings, rocky wastes and soils around the abandoned mine. Chemical and physical parameters such as pH, electrical conductivity (EC), total organic carbon (TOC), soil texture and heavy metal concentration were analyzed. The range of soil's pH is between 4.3 and 6.4 in the tailing dam and oredressing plant area due to mining activity. Total concentrations of As, Cu, and Pb in soil near ore dressing plant area are 250.9, 249.3 and 117.2 mg/kg respectively, which are higher than any other ones near tailing dam area. Arsenic concentration in tailing dams is 31.0 mg/kg, which is also considered as heavily polluted condition comparing with the remediation required level(RRL) in "Soil environment conservation Act".

• 대한자원환경지질학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한자원환경지질학회 2003년도 춘계 학술발표회 논문집
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• pp.7-14
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• 2003

The precious-meta] mineralization of epithermal type in the Korean Peninsula, which is spread over a broader range of ca. 110 to 60 Ma with a major population between 90 and 70 Ma, mainly occurred along the NE-trending major strike-slip fault systems (i.e., the Gongju and Gwangju ones) that commonly include volcano-tectonic depressions and calderas. The occurrence of epithermal mineralization during Late Cretaceous clearly indicates that the geologic setting of the Korean Peninsula changed to the favorable depth of ore formation with very shallow-crustal environments (〈1.0 kb) accompanied with gold-silver (-base-meta]) mineralization. Epithermal gold-silver deposits in Korea are primarily distinguished as sediment-dominant and volcanic-dominant basins by using criteria of varying alteration, ore and gangue mineralogy deposited by the interaction of different ore-forming fluids with host rocks and meteoric waters. These differences between the central and southern portions are causally linked to the tectonic evolution of the Peninsula during the Cretaceous time. In the Early Cretaceous, the sinistral strike-slip movements due to the oblique subduction of the Izanagi Plate resulted in the Gongju and Gwangju fault systems in the central portion of the Korean Peninsula, which was accompanied with a number of sediment-dominant basins formed along these faults. During the Late Cretaceous, the mode of convergence of the Izanagi Plate changed to northwesteward so that orthogonal convergence occurred with a calc-alkaline volcanism. As results, volcanic-dominant basins were developed in the southern portion of the Peninsula, accompanied with volcano-tectonic depressions and caldera-related fractures. The magmatism and related fractures during Late Cretaceous may play an important role in the formation of geothermal systems. Thus, such fault zones may be favorable environments for veining emplacement that is closely related to the precious-metal mineralization of epithermal type in the Korean Peninsula.

• 자원환경지질
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• 제28권5호
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• pp.455-467
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• 1995

In order to investigate the dispersion patterns and speciations of Cu, Pb, Zn and Cd in soils, stream sediments and stream waters, geochemical studies of soil, stream sediment and stream water samples collected in the vicinity of the Shi-Heung Cu-Pb-Zn mine was carried out Cation exchange capacity measurement, size analysis, X-ray diffraction analysis and batch test were performed to select applicable soil for adsorption treatment The average content of Cu, Pb, Zn and Cd in soils collected from tailings and ore dressing plant is 1084 ppm, 2292 ppm, 3512 ppm and 29.2 ppm, respectively, and therefore, tailings and ore dressing plant site may be the major contamination sources in this study area. The mean content of Cu, Pb, Zn and Cd in stream sediments is extremely high up to 794 ppm, 1633 ppm, 2946 ppm and 25.2 ppm, respectively. Tailing particles and heavy metal ions are dispersed along the tributary system. Results from the sequential extraction analysis indicate; (1) most of Cu is bound to organic matters and sulphides, (2) fraction of Pb is mainly bound to Fe and Mn oxides. Most of Zn is largely bound to Fe and Mn oxides and residual fraction. Ion exchangeable fraction of Cd is relatively higher than those of Cu, Pb and Zn. Batch test on soils collected from the kaolinite and/or pyrophyllite mines and from the control areas was carried out to select an applicable soil samples for adsorption treatment The sample, S10, collected from the control area 2 (clay content 33.2%) shows the highest $K_d$ (distribution coefficient). Organic content in soils and several clay minerals shows relatively good correlation with $K_d$. It means that applicable soils for adsorption treatment of heavy metals show high organic and clay content.

• 한국지하수토양환경학회지:지하수토양환경
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• 제23권2호
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• pp.15-22
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• 2018

Aqua regia extraction for the quantification of heavy metals and As in contaminated soils was investigated as one of preliminary steps for on-site monitoring using sensor technology. Soil samples were taken from closed railway depot, closed mines, and closed refinery and various extraction conditions including $30^{\circ}C/15min$, $30^{\circ}C/30min$, $30^{\circ}C/60min$, $30^{\circ}C/120min$, $80^{\circ}C/15min$, $80^{\circ}C/30min$, $80^{\circ}C/60min$, $80^{\circ}C/120min$ were tested. The optimal extraction condition was determined as $80^{\circ}C/60min$ because the extraction efficiencies of Zn were relatively low and did not reach the targeted level (80-100% of original concentrations) for $30^{\circ}C$ conditions. It was found that the fractionation of heavy metals and As using the sequential extraction method was useful to understand the degree of metal extraction. In order to enhance the extraction efficiency within short extraction time, ultrasound technology using a 20 kHz horn-type sonicator was additionally used for $30^{\circ}C/15min$. It was revealed that ultrasound could significantly enhance the extraction efficiency and pulsed irradiation showed higher efficiency than continuous irradiation due to the less formation of bubble clouds. However high temperature condition ($80^{\circ}C$) was required to achieve high extraction efficiency for Zn in spite of the use of ultrasound.

• Journal of Ecology and Environment
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• 제45권1호
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• pp.1-9
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• 2021

Background: Abandoned coal piles after the closure of mines have a potential negative influence on the environment, such as soil acidification and heavy metal contamination. Therefore, revegetation by efficient species is required. For this, we wanted to identify the role of Silene acaulis in the succession of coal piles as a pioneer and a nurse plant. S. acaulis is a well-studied cushion plant living in the Arctic and alpine environments in the northern hemisphere. It has a highly compact cushion-like form and hosts more plant species under its canopy by ameliorating stressful microhabitats. In this research, we surveyed vegetation cover on open plots and co-occurring species within S. acaulis cushions in coal piles with different slope aspects and a control site where no coal was found. The plant cover and the similarity of communities among sites were compared. Also, the interaction effects of S. acaulis were assessed by rarefaction curves. Results: S. acaulis was a dominant species with the highest cover (6.7%) on the coal piles and occurred with other well-known pioneer species. Plant communities on the coal piles were significantly different from the control site. We found that the pioneer species S. acaulis showed facilitation, neutral, and competition effect in the north-east facing slope, the south-east facing slope, and the flat ground, respectively. This result was consistent with the stress gradient hypothesis because the facilitation only occurred on the north-east facing slope, which was the most stressed condition, although all the interactions observed were not statistically significant. Conclusions: S. acaulis was a dominant pioneer plant in the succession of coal piles. The interaction effect of S. acaulis on other species depended on the slope and its direction on the coal piles. Overall, it plays an important role in the succession of coal piles in the High Arctic, Svalbard.