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Nuclear Science and Technology Major

Prof. Hee-Kyung Kim 김희경

 

Email : hkim11 {at} kaeri.re.kr

Tel : +82-42-866-6294






2022-current   Professor of Nuclear Science and Technology, UST

2022-current   Principal Research Scientist, KAERI

2015-2021 Senior Research Scientist, KAERI





  • Migration of radionuclides in deep geological repository conditions

  • Actinide chemistry in geochemical conditions: Speciation of actinides and lanthanides, Chemical equilibrium of actinides in aqueous phases, Interfacial interactions of actinides on mineral phases

  • Actinide coordination chemistry and molecular structures

  • Spectroscopies including TRLFS, UV-Vis, LIBD and ATR-IR, Radiochemical analysis

  • Keywords: Actinide chemistry, Radioanalytical chemistry, Chemical thermodynamics, Spectroscopy





  • 1998      B.S. Chemistry, Korea University, Seoul, Korea.

  • 2000      M.S. Physical Chemistry, Korea University, Seoul, Korea.

  • 2007      Ph.D. Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL. USA





  • 2009 ~ 2014      Postdoctoral employee, Prof. Ignacio Tinoco research group, University of California at Berkeley, CA. USA.





(On-going)

  • Development of base technologies for demonstration of the radionuclides behaviors in geological disposal environments (2021-2029)

  • Development of verification method on characteristics of radioactive waste and phenomena identification of nuclide behavior for improvement of radioactive waste acceptance criteria (2023-2026)





(International Journal)

  • Hee-Kyung Kim, Hye-Ryun Cho, and Wansik Cha, Solubility of Trivalent Am, Eu, and Sm in the Synthetic KAERI Underground Research Tunnel Groundwater, Journal of Nuclear Fuel Cycle and Waste Technology :: in publication DOI:https://doi.org/10.7733/jnfcwt.2024.024

  • Hye-Ryun Cho, Sangki Cho, Jueun Kim, Sangsoo Han, Hee-Kyung Kim and Wooyong Um “Dissolution behaviors of PuO2(cr) in natural waters” Frontiers in Nuclear Engineering 2023, 2, 1118594

  • Hee-Kyung Kim, Hye-Ryun Cho, “Evaluation of Americium Solubility in Synthesized Groundwater: Geochemical Modeling and Experimental Study at Over-Saturation Conditions” J. Nucl. Fuel. Cycle Waste Technol. 2022, 20, 399-410

  • Hee-Kyung Kim “Spectroscopic Characterization of Aqueous and Colloidal Am(III)-CO3 Complexes for Monitoring Species Evolution” J. Nucl. Fuel. Cycle Waste Technol. 2022, 20, 371-382

  • Hee-Kyung Kim, Hyejin Cho, Keunhong Jeong, Ung Hwi Yoon, and Hye-Ryun Cho “Thermodynamic Study of Am(III)–Isosaccharinate Complexation at Various Temperatures Implicating a Stepwise Reduction in Binding Denticity” Inorg. Chem. 2022, 61, 19369-19378

  • Sangki Cho, Hee-Kyung Kim, Tae-Hyeong Kim, Wansik Cha, Hye-Ryun Cho “Thermodynamic studies on hydrolysis of trivalent plutonium and solubility of Pu(OH)3(am)” Inorg. Chem. 2022, 61, 12643-12651

  • Hwakyeung Jeong, Dong Woo Lee, Sung Jun Hong, Jihye Kim, Minsik Kim, Junhyuck Kim, Hyeon Seok Lee, Tae-Hong Park, Hee-Kyung Kim, Jai Il Park, Jong-Yun Kim, Sang Ho Lim, Taeghwan Hyeon, Byungchan Han, Sang-Eun Bae “Selective removal of radioactive iodine from water using reusable Fe@Pt adsorbents” Water research, 2022, 222, 118864

  • Youngjin Kwon, Hee-Kyung Kim and Keunhong Jeong “Assessment of Various Density Functional Theory Methods for Finding Accurate Structures of Actinide Complexes” Molecules 2022, 27, 1500.

  • Euo Chang Jung, Yongheum Jo, Tae‐Hyeong Kim, Hee‐Kyung Kim, Hye‐Ryun Cho, Wansik Cha, Min Hoon Baik and Jong‐Il Yun, “Surface Coverage‐ and Excitation Laser Wavelength‐Dependent Luminescence Properties of U(VI) Species Adsorbed on Amorphous SiO2” Minerals 2022, 12, 230.

  • Hee-Kyung Kim, Dong Woo Lee, Sojeong Park, Euo Chang Jung, Sang Ho Lim, Wansik Cha and Hye-Ryun Cho “Structural and spectroscopic studies of spontaneously formed crystalline Eu(III)–aliphatic dicarboxylates at room temperature” RSC Adv., 2022, 12, 4047–4053

  • H.-K. Kim, K. Jeong, H.-R. Cho, K. Kwak, E.C. Jung, W. Cha, “Study of Am(III)-aliphatic dicarboxylate complexation: coordination mode-dependent optical property and complex stability changes” Inorg. Chem. 2020, 59, 13912−13922

  • Wansik Cha, Hee-Kyung Kim, Hyejin Cho, Hye-Ryun Cho, Euo Chang Jung and Seung Yeop Lee, “Studies of aqueous U(IV) equilibrium and nanoparticle formation kinetics using spectrophotometric reaction modeling analysis” RSC Adv., 2020, 10, 36723–36733

  • Euo Chang Jung, Tae-Hyeong Kim, Hee-Kyung Kim, Hye-Ryun Cho, and Wansik Cha, “Excitation and Emission Properties of Adsorbed U(VI) on Amorphous Silica Surface” J. Nucl. Fuel. Cycle Waste Technol. 2020, 18, 497-508 

  • Euo Chang Jung, Tae-Hyeong Kim, Yongheum Jo, Hee-Kyung Kim, Hye-Ryun Cho, Wansic Cha, “Study on the Species Distributions of Dissolved U(VI) and Adsorbed U(VI) on Silica Surface” J. Nucl. Fuel. Cycle Waste Technol. 2020, 18, 63-72

  • Y. Jo, H.-K. Kim, J.-I. Yun,” Complexation of UO2(CO3)34- with Mg2+ at Varying Temperatures and Its Effect on U(VI) Speciation in Groundwater and Seawater” Dalton Trans. 2019, 48, 14769-14776.

  • H.-K. Kim, K. Jeong, H.-R. Cho, E.C. Jung, K. Kwak, W. Cha, “Spectroscopic speciation of aqueous Am(III)-oxalate complexes” Dalton Trans. 2019, 48, 10023-10032.

  • Y. Jo, A. Kirishima, K. Shingo, H.-K. Kim, J.-I. Yun, “Formation of CaUO2(CO3)32- and Ca2UO2(CO3)3(aq) Complexes at Variable Temperatures (10–70 °C)” Dalton Trans. 2019, 48, 6942-6950.

  • E.C. Jung, H.-R. Cho, H.-K. Kim, W. Cha, “Laser-based spectroscopic studies of actinide complexes” in The heaviest metals: science and technology of actinide and above, edited by W. J. Evans, T.P. Hanusa, 2019.

  • H.-K. Kim, S. Choi, E.C. Jung, H.-R. Cho, J.-I. Yun, W. Cha, “TRLFS study of hydrolyzed Eu(III) species” J. Lumin. 2018, 202, 469-474.





  • (2024~) 한국방사성폐기물학회 편집이사 및 학회지 (JNFCWT) 부편집위원장

  • (2022~2023) 한국방사성폐기물학회 방사화학분과 간사 





  • 2021  Radiochemistry summer school (lecture), ‘Spectroscopic Techniques for Aqueous Actinide Chemistry’

  • 2021  PacificChem (invited) ‘Chemical speciation and thermodynamic study of U(IV, VI), Pu(III), and Am(III) by using various spectroscopic methods and DFT calculations’

  • 2019  Nu-Act (International workshop on application of chemical and analytical technologies in nuclear industries) (Invited) ‘Speciation Study of Am(III) and Eu(III) Complexes using Spectroscopic Techniques’




 


  • 2023 한국방사성폐기물학회지 우수논문상


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