Published February 1979 | Version v1
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Reactor cavity radiation streaming

  • 1. Stone and Webster Engineering Corp., Boston, MA

Description

A methodology has been developed to predict neutron and gamma doses on the operating floors of PWR's due to radiation streaming from reactor cavities. Favorable agreement between calculated neutron doses and measured data was found for a typical PWR. Among conclusions reached are that (1) neutrons with energies greater than 0.8 MeV in the annular region at the pressure vessel head flange elevation do not contribute significantly to the dose rates above the operating floor, and (2) gamma rays emanating from the reactor cavity do not constitute a significant contribution to the gamma ray dose rates on the operating floor

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Additional titles

Augmented title (English)
PWR

Publishing Information

Imprint Title
Radiation streaming in power reactors
Journal Page Range
p. 43-53.
Report number
ORNL/RSIC--43

Conference

Title
1978 winter meeting of American Nuclear Society.
Dates
12 - 16 Nov 1978.
Place
Washington, DC, USA.

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
10488060
Subject category
S21: SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
COMPUTER CALCULATIONS; CONTAINMENT BUILDINGS; GAMMA RADIATION; NEUTRON FLUX; PRESSURE VESSELS; PWR TYPE REACTORS; RADIATION STREAMING; SHIELDING
Descriptors DEC
CONTAINERS; CONTAINMENT; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; IONIZING RADIATIONS; RADIATION FLUX; RADIATIONS; REACTORS; WATER COOLED REACTORS; WATER MODERATED REACTORS