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Tritium concentration in ambient air around Kaiga Nuclear Power Plant
Creators
- 1. Centre for Advanced Research in Environmental Radioactivity, Mangalore University, Mangalagangothri (India)
- 2. Environmental Survey Laboratory, Kaiga Generating Station, Kaiga (India)
- 3. Environmental Survey Laboratory, Tarapur Atomic Power Station, Tarapur (India)
- 4. Health Physics Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai (India)
Description
Tritium (3H) is one of the important long-lived radioisotopes in the gaseous effluent from nuclear power plants. It may be produced in the pressurised heavy water reactor (PHWR). While a major component of the produced is contained or recovered, a very small component may be released into the atmosphere in the form of tritiated water vapour (HTO). However, such releases are strictly monitored and are kept well within the permissible limits set by the regulatory authority. In this paper we present the results of 3H monitoring in ambient air samples around the Kaiga Nuclear Power Plant. The 3H concentration in air varied in the range <0.04-6.64 Bq m-3 with a median of 0.67 Bq m-3. (author)
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Publisher
- Bangalore University
- Imprint Place
- Bengaluru (India)
- Imprint Title
- Proceedings of the national conference on radiation physics
- Imprint Pagination
- 316 p.
- Journal Page Range
- p. 123-126
Conference
- Title
- national conference on radiation physics
- Acronym
- NCRP-2017
- Dates
- 23-24 Nov 2017
- Place
- Bengaluru (India)
INIS
- Country of Publication
- India
- Country of Input or Organization
- India
- INIS RN
- 49021957
- Subject category
- S21: SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Conference
- Descriptors DEI
- AIR; HEALTH HAZARDS; KAIGA-3 REACTOR; KAIGA-4 REACTOR; RADIATION MONITORING; TRITIUM
- Descriptors DEC
- BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; FLUIDS; GASES; HAZARDS; HEAVY WATER COOLED REACTORS; HEAVY WATER MODERATED REACTORS; HYDROGEN ISOTOPES; ISOTOPES; LIGHT NUCLEI; MONITORING; NUCLEI; ODD-EVEN NUCLEI; PHWR TYPE REACTORS; POWER REACTORS; RADIOISOTOPES; REACTORS; THERMAL REACTORS; YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
Optional Information
- Notes
- 9 refs., 3 figs., 2 tabs.