순수한 우라늄 금속은 칩이나 분말로 존재할 경우 반응면적이 넓어 자연 발화할 정 도의 산화력을 지니며 산화열이 높기 때문에 운반 및 처리시 화재의 위험성이 있다. 따라서 이들을 장기보관하거나 영구처분시 안정한 형태의 전환이 우선되어야 한다. 외 국의 경우 감손우라늄 폐기물을 자연에서 가장 안전한 상태인 산화우라늄의 형태로 산화 처리 후 영구처분하고 있으며, 이를 위하여 우라늄 칩의 산화거동에 관한 연구가 수행 되었다. 우라늄 칩을 안전하게 보관하려면 불활성 분위기를 형성해 주든가 또는 우라늄 칩의 표면에 부동태층을 형성시켜야 한다. 또는 우라늄 칩을 광유속에 넣어 공 기나 물이 우라늄 칩에 접촉되지 않는 방법으로 보관하는 것이 바람직하다.

Safety in the nuclear facility has been a growing interest due to recent recurrences of the fatal accidents such as Fukushima accident and Chernobyl accident. It is not easy to determine the extent to what technical requirements of nuclear facility such as nuclear power plant are be likely applicable to the laboratory for use of nuclear material. All of workers in nuclear shall be recognized for the generic features of safety according to the related laws. This study surveys a status of safety control laws to enhance safety in laboratory for use of nuclear material.

This study investigate the correlation of Dan-Jeon and Meridian point in the lower abdomen. We considered that Dan-Jeon is not one meridian point of Lower Abdomen surface but a elastic and cubic round space of lower abdomen. And we considered that Dan-Jeon and meridian point in the lower abdomen has close relationship and similar function with characteristic of each meridian point, disease and diagnosis.

This study was conducted to isolate and characterize a novel feather-degrading bacterium producing keratinase activity. A strain K9 was isolated from soil at poultry farm and identified as Xanthomonas sp. K9 by phenotypic characters and 16S rRNA gene analysis. The cultural conditions for the keratinase production were 0.3% fructose, 0.1% gelatin, 0.04% K2HPO4, 0.06% KH2PO4, 0.05% NaCl and 0.01% FeSO4 with an initial pH 8.0 at 30℃ and 200 rpm. In an optimized medium containing 0.1% chicken feather, production yield of keratinase was approximately 8-fold higher than the yield in basal medium. The strain K9 effectively degraded chicken feather meal (67%) and duck feather (54%), whereas human nail and human hair showed relatively low degradation rates (13-22%). Total free amino acid concentration in the cell-free supernatant was about 25.799 mg/l. Feather hydrolysate produced by the strain K9 stimulated growth of red pepper, indicating Xanthomonas sp. K9 could be not only used to increase the nutritional value of chicken feather but also a potential candidate for the development of natural fertilizer applicable to crop plant soil.