Workshop on iodine releases in reactor accidents

Technical Report · Sat Nov 01 00:00:00 EST 1980

OSTI ID:5344284

Principal conclusions from the workshop can be summarized: Observed environmental releases of iodine from actual reactor accidents are several factors of 10 smaller than those predicted by licensing bases. The presence of water apparently prevents large fractions of iodine released from fuel from being airborne, either inside or outside containments or other enclosures. There is evidence that with fuel overheating in a loss-of-coolant accident iodine will be released mainly as cesium iodide, a thermodynamically stable substance which dissolves in water. Exaggerated estimates of potential accident releases can contribute to unfounded actions by public officials and unwarranted physical and mental stress damage to the public. Ten presentations were made at the workshop. These presentations are summarized and the viewographs used are given in this document. Separate abstracts were prepared for three presentations. (DCL)

• Research Organization: Electric Power Research Inst., Palo Alto, CA (USA)
• OSTI ID: 5344284
• Report Number(s): EPRI-NSAC-14; ON: DE82901450; TRN: 82-013424
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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22 GENERAL STUDIES OF NUCLEAR REACTORS
REACTOR ACCIDENTS
FISSION PRODUCT RELEASE
MEETINGS
CHEMICAL STATE
IODINE
IODINE 131
LEADING ABSTRACT
LOSS OF COOLANT
THREE MILE ISLAND-2 REACTOR
ABSTRACTS
ACCIDENTS
BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
DAYS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
DOCUMENT TYPES
ELEMENTS
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HALOGENS
INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI
IODINE ISOTOPES
ISOTOPES
NONMETALS
NUCLEI
ODD-EVEN NUCLEI
POWER REACTORS
PWR TYPE REACTORS
RADIOISOTOPES
REACTORS
THERMAL REACTORS
WATER COOLED REACTORS
WATER MODERATED REACTORS
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