우리나라를 포함한 일본 및 미국과 독일, 영국, 프랑스 등 유럽국가의 원자력발전소 해체에 관한 규제제도 조사를 수행하였다. 각국의 해체에 관한 규제제도에 관하여 규제정책, 법규, 인허가 절차, 검사, 대중참여 등의 항목별로 비교분석을 수행하였다. 향후 본 조사결과는 국내의 가동 원자력발전소의 폐로 및 해체에 대비한 국내 제도 개선방향 수립에 참조자료로서 활용될 예정이다.

Butyltin compounds in seawater, sediments and organisms inside Jeju Harbor of Jeju Island, Korea, were quantitatively determined to assess the extent of contamination and to evaluate the bioaccumulation in Thais clavigera (gastropod), Liolophura japonica and Cellana nigrolineata. In addition, imposex in T. clavigera was used to assess the sublethal effect of tributyltin compounds and its usage as a specific biomarker for these compounds was also studied. The main species in seawater was tributyltin (TBT) in March and June, monobutyltin (MBT) in August, but in sediments and organisms it was dibutyltin (DBT) and TBT, respectively, irrespective of survey time. TBT, the most toxic to aquatic organisms among BTs, was found at concentrations which were sufficient to have a serous effect on the sensitive organisms upon chronic exposure. The high correlations (r>0.7) between BTs indicated that DBT and MBT were mainly degraded from TBT based on antifouling paints and their sources were negligible. The sedimentary organic matters have little influence on the distribution of BTs in marine environment and the lipid content in T. clavigera showed a significant correlation with TBT concentrations. Measurement of imposex T. clavigera was expected to be a very helpful tool for preliminary survey of BTs prior to trace analysis of those.