PURPOSES : The increase in particulate matter due to increased air pollutant emissions has become a significant social issue. According to the Ministry of Environment, air pollutants emitted from large-scale businesses in 2022 increased by 12.2% compared to the previous year, indicating that air pollution is accelerating owing to excessive industrialization. In this study, TiO2, which is used to reduce airborne particulate, was used. The TiO2 coating fixation and dynamic pressure coating-type TiO2 fixation methods were used to solve the material peeling phenomenon caused by gravity, which is a limitation when the TiO2 penetration method is applied to a vertical concrete structure along the road. The long-term durability and performance were analyzed through environmental resistance and NOx removal efficiency evaluation experiments. These analyses were then assessed by comparing the NOx removal efficiency with the dynamic pressure permeationtype TiO2 fixation method used in previous studies. METHODS : To evaluate the long-term durability and performance of the TiO2 coating fixation method and dynamic pressure coating TiO2 fixation method for vertical concrete structures, specimens were manufactured based on roadside vertical concrete structures. Environmental resistance tests such as the surface peeling resistance test (ASTM C 672) and freeze-thaw resistance test (KS F 2456) were conducted to evaluate the long-term durability. To evaluate the long-term performance, the NOx removal efficiency of TiO2 concrete owing to road surface deterioration during the environmental resistance test was evaluated using the NOx removal efficiency evaluation equipment based on the ISO 22197-1 standard. This evaluation was compared and analyzed using the dynamic pressure infiltration TiO2 fixation method. RESULTS : The long-term durability of the TiO2 coating fixation and dynamic pressure coating TiO2 fixation methods were evaluated using environmental resistance tests. During the surface peeling resistance test, the TiO2 material degraded and partially detached from the concrete. However, the NOx removal efficiency was ensured by the non-deteriorated and fixed TiO2 material. The long-term performance was confirmed through a freeze-thaw resistance test to evaluate the NOx removal efficiency after 300 cycles of surface deterioration. The results showed that when the TiO2 coating fixation and dynamic pressure infiltration TiO2 fixation methods were applied to vertical concrete structures, the durability of the structure was not compromised. In comparison to the dynamic pressure infiltration TiO2 fixation method, the NOx removal efficiency observed during the surface peeling resistance test was lower, while the freeze-thaw test exhibited notably higher removal efficiency. CONCLUSIONS : To solve the material peeling phenomenon caused by gravity, the long-term durability and performance were evaluated by applying the TiO2 coating fixation and dynamic pressurized coating TiO2 fixation methods to vertical concrete specimens. Long-term durability was confirmed through environmental resistance tests, and long-term utility was secured by measuring the NOx removal efficiency according to surface degradation. These findings show that implementing the TiO2 coating fixation method and dynamic pressure coating TiO2 fixation methods on-site effectively reduce NOx.

Radioactive cesium is a heat generated and semi-volitile nuclide in spent nuclear fuel (SNF). It is released gasous phase by head-end treatment which is a pretreatment of pyroprocessing. One of the capturing methods of gasous radioactive cesium is using zeolite. After ion-exchanged zeolite, it is transformed to ceramic waste form which is durable ceramic structure by heat treatment. Various ceramic wasteforms for Cs immobilization have been researched such as cesium aluminosilicate (CsAlSi2O6), cesium zirconium phosphate (CsZr2(PO4)3), cesium titanate (CsxAlxTi8-xO16, Cs2TiNb6O18) and CsZr0.5W1.5O6. The cesium pollucite is composed to aluminosilicate framework and cesium ion incorporated in matrix materials lattices. Many researchers are reported that the pollucite have high chemical durability. In this study, the Cesium pollucite was fabricated using mixtures of aluminosilicate denoted Absorbent product (AP) and Cs2CO3 by calcination and pelletized by cold pressing. The characterization of fabricated pollucite powder and pellets was analyzed by XRD, TGA, SEM, SEMEDS and XRF. The chemical durability of pollucite powder was evaulated by PCT-A and ICP-MS and OES. Thus, the optimal pressure condition without breaking the pellets which is low Cs2O/AP ratio and pelletizing pressure was selected. The long-term leaching test was performed using MCC-1 method for 28 days with the fabricated pollucite pellets. The leachate of leaching test was allard groundwaster and Deionized water and replaced 5 contact periods which is 3 hours, 3 days, 7 days, 14 days and 28 days and analyzed by ICPMS. The leaching rate was shown two stages. The first stage was rapid and relatively large amount of nuclides were leached. The leaching rate was decreased in the second stage. The fractional release rate of this study was shown same trend. These results were similar to previous studies.

During the normal operation boron concentrates and spent resins are generated. The boron concentrates are treated by concentrated waste drying system (CWDS) and results in fine powder form. The solidification or application of high integrity container (HIC) is required for the disposal of the dried boron concentrates. The spent resin is stored in storage tank after the water treatment. The spent resin also requires solidification or application of HIC to satisfy the waste acceptance criteria (WAC) in Korea. The solidification process requires periodic validation. The repeated validation and complicated process hesitates the practical application. The application of HIC offers various advantages, including flexible free standing water requirement, higher waste loading compared to solidification, and simple process. The polymer concrete (PC), which is a primary component for PC-HIC exhibits good material stability. The expected transportation mechanism of nuclide in the PC-HIC are 1) diffusion by concentration, 2) permeation by pressure, and 3) capillary suction when considering the disposal condition. Since the PC-HIC effectively prevents the intrusion of neighboring water and volume of free standing water is lower than 1%, it seems that diffusion by concentration is the primary transportation mechanism. In this study, the property of PC is investigated based on Cl ion diffusion test to evaluate the material reliability. The results indicate that PC exhibits superior stability compared to ordinary portland cement. In addition, the reliable life time of PC is estimated base on the element transportation phenomena.

A long-term cooling effect on hydride reorientation of a cladding tube can affect the integrity of spent nuclear fuel transportation and long-term storage. In this study, experimental setup for investigating the degree of radial reorientation of hydrides in the circumferential direction during the long-term cooling was established. The experimental setup was designed to be simplified since the long-term evaluation requires a long term period such as 12, 18 and 24 months when the cladding tube specimen is gradually cooled down from 400°C to 100°C. For the test, hydrogen-charged specimens of 100 ppm, 200 ppm, and 500 ppm were prepared. The specimen was sealed with fixtures and check valve, and was pressurized up to 90 Mpa. To heat the specimen, a box-type furnace was used while the temperature of the specimen was measured from thermocouples attached to the specimen. After the heat treatment, the long-term cooling was performed by developing temperature control program to investigate several cooling rate conditions of the specimen. As a reference case, microstructure and brittle property of the hydrogen-charged specimens of 100 ppm, 200 ppm, and 500 ppm without the long-term cooling was observed. In the case of the hydrogen content, it was uniformly distributed in circumferential direction although it was non-uniform in the axial direction. In the case of the brittle property, a compression test was performed. For the future work, the microstructure and brittle property of the hydrogencharged specimens after the several long-cooling conditions were investigated. Then, the degree of radial reorientation of hydrides in the circumferential direction during the long-term cooling was studied.

사용후핵연료를 저장하는 볼트체결 저장용기의 격납경계를 형성하는 주된 구성요소는 금속 밀봉재이다. 이러한 금속 밀봉 재는 열과 방사선에 의해 그 성질이 저하된다. 또한, 금속 밀봉재가 강한 열에 장기간 노출되면 크리프 현상이 발생한다. 이러한 크리프는 밀봉시스템에 응력 이완을 가져와서, 결국 밀봉재의 건전성을 해치게 된다. 이러한 응력 이완은 금속 밀봉재의 밀봉성능 저하로 이어지며, 저하의 정도에 따라 저장용기의 누설을 야기할 수 있다. 또한, 볼트 체결력의 감소도 밀봉성능 저하에 영향을 미친다. 본 논문에서는 금속 밀봉재의 격납건전성과 볼트체결력 감소를 평가하기 위해 수행한 가속화 시 험의 결과에 대하여 기술한다. 전 시험기간 동안 각 시편에서의 누설률, 볼트 변형률, 금속 밀봉재 주변 온도를 계측하여 분석하였고, 금속 밀봉재는 저장기간 50년 동안 격납건전성을 유지함을 입증하였다. 또한, 가속화 시험의 타당성에 대해서 기술하였다.

Chronic problems of water treatment membranes are fouling phenomena and membrane damage during the cleaning process. In this study, to solve these problems, a separation membrane in the form of a hollow fiber having excellent physical properties was produced by using the thermally induced phase separation (TIPS). The material used to make the water treatment membrane is poly(vinylidene fluoride) (PVDF). In the evaluation of the properties of the manufactured hollow fiber, citric acid which is an acidic solution and NaCl which is a basic solution were used and experiments of chemical resistance were proceed. In order to confirm the performance of hollow fiber membrane, water flux and tensile strength were measured.

There are various method for evaluating the durability life of concrete structures due to salt damage . The best way is to perform a corrosion test for a rebar embedded in concrete specimen was exposure to marine environment. However, this method has the disadvantage that it takes a long period of time. Also, accelerated corrosion test which was complemented complements the time-consuming weakness is limited to apply because it could not reveal a correlation between long-term exposure test. Accordingly, the purpose of this study is to derive a correlation coefficient between cycle drying -wetting accelerated corrosion test and long-term exposure test. Corrosion initiation time was measured in four types of concrete samples, i.e., two samples mixed with fly ash(FA) and blast furnace slag(BS), and the other two samples having two water/cement ratio(W/C = 0.6, 0.35) without admixture(OPC 60 and OPC 35). The accelerated corrosion test was carried out by two case, i.e., one is a cyclic drying-wetting method(case 1), and the other is a artificial seawater ponding test method(case 2). Whether corrosion occurs, it was measures using half-cell potential method. The results indicated that case 1 is to accelerated the corrosion of rebar about 24~36% as compared with case 2, then the corrosion of rebar embedded in concrete occurred according to the order of OPC60, FA, BS, OPC35. Correlation coefficient between accelerated corrosion test and long-term exposure test, case 1 is 4.23 to 5.42, and case 2 is 6.54 to 7.82.

경부 고속철 40 m 단경간 PSC 교량을 대상으로 38 자유도 KTX 동력차를 주행속도 500 km/h까지 12 단계 불규칙 궤도형상과 상호 작용력을 고려하여 해석하였다. 차량의 윤축하중과 중심회전각을 평가하기 위하여 170 m 일반도상을 교량과 조합하여 횡압과 탈선계수 그리 고 윤중감소율을 허용기준과 비교하였다. 단순교와 연속교의 교량받침 최대 변위와 누적이동거리를 주행속도별로 해석하였다. PTFE 마찰판 과 DP-mate의 EN-1337-2 기준의 장기마찰시험을 수행하였다. 수행된 장기마찰시험은 차세대 고속철의 증가되는 주행속도를 고려하여 개선 방안을 제안하였다.

The government has conducted a plan of total maximum daily loads(TMDL), which divides with unit watershed, for management of stable water quality target by setting the permitted total amount of the pollutant. In this study, BOD concentration trends over the last 10 years from 2005 to 2014 were analyzed in the Geumho river. Improvement effect of water quality throughout the implementation period of TMDL was evaluated using the seasonal Mann-Kendall test and a LOWESS(locally weighted scatter plot smoother) smooth. As a study result of the seasonal Mann-Kendall test and the LOWESS smooth, BOD concentration in the Geumho river appeared to have been reduced or held at a constant. As a result of quantitatively analysis for BOD concentration with exploratory data analysis(EDA), the mean and the median of BOD concentration appeared in the order of GH8 〉GH7 〉GH6 〉GH5 〉GH4 〉GH3 〉GH2 〉GH1. The monthly average concentration of BOD appeared in the order of Apr 〉Mar 〉Feb 〉May 〉Jun 〉Jul 〉Jan 〉Aug 〉Sep 〉Dec 〉Nov 〉Oct. As a result of the outlier, its value was the most frequent in February, which is estimated 1.5 times more than July, and was smallest frequent in July. The outlier in terms of water quality management is necessary in order to establish a management plan for the contaminants in watershed.

고속철 PSC 교량받침의 장기 마찰시험은 EN1337-2와 CUAP03.01/78기준을 기반으로 동일한 수직압력에 대한 온도변수별 누적 마찰거리 25,000 m 장기마찰시험을 수행하였다. 기존의 PTFE판은 우수한 마찰계수 결과에도 불구하고 10,000 m에서 손상되어 한계 내구성능을 나타 내었고, 반면에 DP-Mate판은 일부 온도구간에서 한계 마찰계수를 상회하였으나 성공적으로 장 기마찰시험을 만족시켰다. 개발된 마찰시험장치를 이용하여 온도변화(-35℃~70℃)내 저속(0.4 mm/s)시험 12 Cycle과 상온 고속(15 mm/s)시험 11 Cycle 을 32 일간 수행하였다.

최근 들어 온실 가스 감축을 위한 국제적 논의가 활발히 진행 중에 있으며, 탄소배출량 규제는 환경개선 이외에 산업·경제 분야에 중요한 영향을 미치면서 탄소 배출권 거래시장을 형성하였다. 이에 따라 도로 포장분야에도 국내외적으로 CO2 및 유해가스 배출량을 줄이기 위한 새로운 포장공법과 재료들에 대한 개발의 연구가 진행되고 있는데, 이중 생산 및 포설온도를 약 30℃ 낮추어 CO2 및 유해가스 배출량을 감소시키는 중온 아스팔트 포장공법이 있다. 본 연구에서는 시공된 중온 아스팔트 포장의 현장시험을 통해 장기 공용성을 평가하고자 공용초기에 1차 측정을 수행하고, 약 11개월경과 후에 2차 측정을 수행하고 비교분석하였으며, 그 결과 11개월 후에도 양호한 평탄성을 나타냈고 미끄럼 저항은 BPN 60.1으로 안전 기준에 만족하는 것을 확인하였다. 소성변형 측정 결과 버스 정류장 앞과 교차로 정지선 부근의 포트홀 발생 지점을 제외하고는 전체적으로 양호한 상태였으며 균열은 발생하지 않은 것으로 보아 섬유의 사용에 따른 혼합물의 인성과 균열 저항성이 향상된 것으로 판단된다.