Personnel radiation exposure in HTGR plants

Conference · Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1980

OSTI ID:5134819

Su, S.; Engholm, B. A.

Occupational radiation exposures in high-temperature gas-cooled reactor (HTGR) plants were assessed. The expected rate of dose accumulations for a large HTGR steam cycle (HTGR-SC) unit is 0.07 man-rem/MW(e)y, while the design basis is 0.17 man-rem/MW(e)y. The comparable figure for actual light water reactor (LWR) experience is 1.3 man-rem/MW(e)y. The favorable HTGR occupational exposure is supported by results from the Peach Bottom Unit No. 1 HTGR and Fort St. Vrain HTGR plants and by operating experience at British gas-cooled reactor (GCR) stations.

• Research Organization: General Atomic Co., San Diego, CA (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AT03-76ET35300
• OSTI ID: 5134819
• Report Number(s): GA-A-15994; CONF-800946-1
• Resource Relation: Conference: IAEA specialists meeting on gas cooled reactor safety and licensing aspects, Lausanne, Switzerland, 1 Sep 1980
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

22 GENERAL STUDIES OF NUCLEAR REACTORS
21 SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS
HTGR TYPE REACTORS
RADIATION HAZARDS
COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS
INSPECTION
MAGNOX TYPE REACTORS
PEACH BOTTOM-1 REACTOR
PERSONNEL
RADIATION DOSES
REACTOR FUELING
REACTOR MAINTENANCE
REACTOR OPERATORS
VRAIN REACTOR
WATER COOLED REACTORS
DOSES
ENRICHED URANIUM REACTORS
GAS COOLED REACTORS
GCR TYPE REACTORS
GRAPHITE MODERATED REACTORS
HAZARDS
HEALTH HAZARDS
HELIUM COOLED REACTORS
MAINTENANCE
NATURAL URANIUM REACTORS
POWER REACTORS
REACTORS
THERMAL REACTORS
220900* - Nuclear Reactor Technology- Reactor Safety
210300 - Power Reactors
Nonbreeding
Graphite Moderated