Published November 1985 | Version v1
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High-range containment radiation monitor response to post-accident fission product releases

Creators

  • 1. Sargent and Lundy, Chicago, IL

Description

Two high-range containment radiation monitors (HRCRMs) have been installed in the drywell at the James A. FitzPatrick nuclear power station. These monitors were initially required only to provide a reasonable assessment of area radiation conditions inside the containment following a design basis accident. Recently, however, in addition to the original requirement, these monitors have been considered as a means for obtaining a gross estimate of core damage following an accident. One way to obtain this estimate is to correlate the HRCRM reading with a set of precalculated readings based on a series of hypothetical core fission product releases. These HRCRM readings can be used as an indicator of the airborne radioactivity potentially available for release. The results of this study indicate that within reasonable bounds the HRCRM response is not extremely sensitive to either detector location or contained sources

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Trans. Am. Nucl. Soc.
Journal Volume
50
Series
Trans. Am. Nucl. Soc.
Journal Page Range
464-465
ISSN
0003-018X
CODEN
TANSA

Conference

Title
American Nuclear Society winter meeting.
Dates
10-15 Nov 1985.
Place
San Francisco, CA (USA).

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
17073702
Subject category
S21: SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
AEROSOLS; CONTAINMENT SYSTEMS; FISSION PRODUCT RELEASE; FISSION PRODUCTS; FITZPATRICK REACTOR; PIPES; PRESSURE VESSELS; PRIMARY COOLANT CIRCUITS; RADIATION DOSES; RADIATION MONITORS; REACTOR ACCIDENTS; REACTOR CORE DISRUPTION; SHIELDING
Descriptors DEC
ACCIDENTS; BWR TYPE REACTORS; COLLOIDS; CONTAINERS; CONTAINMENT; COOLING SYSTEMS; DISPERSIONS; ENRICHED URANIUM REACTORS; ISOTOPES; MATERIALS; MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; MONITORS; POWER REACTORS; RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS; REACTOR COMPONENTS; REACTOR COOLING SYSTEMS; REACTORS; SOLS; THERMAL REACTORS; WATER COOLED REACTORS; WATER MODERATED REACTORS

Optional Information

Secondary number(s)
CONF-851115--.