A comparison of world-wide uses of severe reactor accident source terms
Creators
- 1. NNC Ltd., Knutsford (United Kingdom)
- 2. Swedish Nuclear Power Inspectorate, Stockholm (Sweden)
- 3. Gesellschaft fuer Anlagen- und Reaktorsicherheit (GRS) mbH, Koeln (Germany)
- 4. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC (United States)
- 5. CEA Centre d'Etudes de Cadarache, Saint Paul Lez Durance (France)
- 6. Sandia National Labs., Albuquerque, NM (United States)
- 7. Japan Atomic Energy Research Inst., Tokyo (Japan)
- 8. AEA Technology, Winfrith (United Kingdom)
Description
The definitions of source terms to reactor containments and source terms to the environment are discussed. A comparison is made between the TID-14844 example source term and the alternative source term described in NUREG-1465. Comparisons of these source terms to the containments and those used in France, Germany, Japan, Sweden, and the United Kingdom are made. Source terms to the environment calculated in NUREG-1500 and WASH-1400 are discussed. Again, these source terms are compared to those now being used in France, Germany, Japan, Sweden, and the United Kingdom. It is concluded that source terms to the containment suggested in NUREG-1465 are not greatly more conservative than those used in other countries. Technical bases for the source terms are similar. The regulatory use of the current understanding of radionuclide behavior varies among countries
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Additional details
Publishing Information
- Imprint Pagination
- 18 p.
- Report number
- SAND--94-2157
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 26032994
- Subject category
- S61: RADIATION PROTECTION AND DOSIMETRY;
- Descriptors DEI
- COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS; GLOBAL ASPECTS; RADIATION PROTECTION; REACTOR ACCIDENTS; RELEASE LIMITS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOURCE TERMS
- Descriptors DEC
- ACCIDENTS; EVALUATION
Optional Information
- Contract/Grant/Project number
- Contract AC04-94AL85000
- Funding organization
- USDOE, Washington, DC (United States).