The structural safety of prototype transport and storage containers for very low-level radioactive liquid waste was experimentally estimated for its localization development. Transport containers for radioactive liquid waste have been researched and developed, however, there are no standardized commercial containers for very low-level radioactive waste in Korea. In this study, the structural safety of the designated IP-2 type container capable of transporting and temporarily storing large amounts of very low-level liquid waste, which is generated during the operation and decommissioning of nuclear power plants, was demonstrated. The stacking and drop tests, which were conducted to determine the structural integrity of the container, verified that there was no external leakage of the contents in spite of its structural deformation due to the drop impact. This study shows the effort required for the localization of the technology used in manufacturing transport and storage containers for very low-level radioactive liquid waste, and the additional structural reinforcement of the container in which the commercial intermediate bulk container (IBC) external frame was coupled.

지구상에서 가장 오래된 해양 미세조류로 알려진 스피룰리나는 인체에 필요한 영양성분을 대부분 함유하고 있는 것으로 알려져 있다. 그 구성성분으로는 phycocyanin, chlorophyll, β-carotene과 같 은 다양한 물질을 다량 함유한다고 보고되고 있으며, 노화 및 미백효과가 있다고 알려져 있다. 본 연구에서 는 스피룰리나 정제수 추출물의 UVB로 유도된 활성산소종 ROS (reactive oxygen species) 소거능과 항산 화능을 확인하였다. 스피룰리나 정제수 추출물 0.05, 0.10, 0.50 1.0 mg/mL의 DPPH 라디칼 소거능, FRAP 환원능 및 ABTS+ 라디칼 소거능을 측정하여 항산화효과를 확인하였다. 대체실험동물모델인 Zebrafish를 이용하여 스피룰리나 정제수 추출물을 0.05, 0.10, 0.50 mg/mL 농도로 처리하여 응고율, 부 화율, 심장독성을 측정하였으며, 스피룰라나 추출물을 0.05, 0.10, 0.50 mg/mL 농도로 처리한 후, DCFH-DA로 염색하여 UVB로 유도된 ROS 저해효과를 확인하였다. 항산화효과 측정 결과 양성대조군인 ascorbic acid와 비교시 DPPH, Frpa, ABTS 모두 농도 의존적으로 항산화 효과가 있음을 확인하였다. 대체 실험동물인 Zebrafish를 이용하여 응고율과 부화율, 심박수를 측정한 결과 0.5 mg/mL을 제외한 0.05, 0.10 mg/mL에서는 대조군과 비교 시 독성이 없음을 확인 하였다. UVB로 유도된 Zebrafish의 ROS 소거 능은 양성대조군에 비해 높은 ROS 감소 효과를 나타내었다. 본 연구의 결과는 스피룰라나 정제수 추출물 이 자외선 및 피부 보호 화장품 소재로 사용가치가 있음을 시사한다.

We examined the adaptability of Korean winter forage crops such as Italian ryegrass, barley, oat, and triticale in Uzbekistan. The overall growth before wintering was slightly different between Uzbekistani and Korean varieties, but there was no significant difference among winter forage crops. The heading date of the Korean triticale 'Shinyoung' was the earliest, (April 4), and the heading date of the Uzbekistani triticale 'Frack cerebristy' was quite late, (April 25). The heading date of the Korean Italian ryegrass 'Kowinearly' was four days earlier than that of 'Kowinmaster,' on April 13, and that of the Korean barley ‘Youngyang’ and ‘Yuyeon’ were five days earlier than that of the Uzbekistani barley ‘Bolgaly’. The maximum dry matter yield of winter forage crop was from Uzbekistan triticale, 'Frack cerebristy', which was 13,536 kg/ha. The dry matter yield of Uzbekistan barley was 8,222 kg/ha. Compared with Uzbekistan barley, 'Bolgaly', yields of Korean barley 'Youngyang' and 'Yuyeon', Korean oat 'Samhan', and Korean Italian ryegrass 'Kowinearly' and 'Kowinmaster' were 59∼64%, 125%, and 113∼133%, respectively.

In this work, we report in-situ observations of changes in catalyst morphology, and of growth termination of individual carbon nanotubes (CNTs), by complete loss of the catalyst particle attached to it. The observations strongly support the growth-termination mechanism of CNT forests or carpets by dynamic morphological evolution of catalyst particles induced by Ostwald ripening, and sub-surface diffusion. We show that in the tip-growth mode, as well as in the base-growth mode, the growth termination of CNT by dissolution of catalyst particles is plausible. This may allow the growth termination mechanism by evolution of catalyst morphology to be applicable to not only CNT forest growth, but also to other growth methods (for example, floating-catalyst chemical vapor deposition), which do not use any supporting layer or substrate beneath a catalyst layer.