Radiological consequence analyses under severe accident conditions for the Advanced Neutron Source Reactor at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Conference · Thu Oct 01 00:00:00 EDT 1992

OSTI ID:10104798

Taleyarkhan, R P; Kim, S H; Georgevich, V

This paper discusses salient aspects of methodology, assumptions, modeling of various features related to radiation exposure, and health consequences from source terms resulting from two conservatively scoped severe accident scenarios. Radiological consequences for a site-suitability scenario based on 10 CFR 100 guidelines also are presented. Consequences arising from severe accidents involving steaming pools and core-concrete interaction (CCI) events combined with several different containment configurations are presented. Results are presented in the form of mean cumulative values for prompt and latent cancer fatality estimates and related cumulative, complementary distribution functions as a function of distance from the reactor site. It is shown that the reactor-site-suitability risk goals are met by a large margin and that overall risk is dominated by early containment failure combined with CCI events.

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC05-84OR21400
• OSTI ID: 10104798
• Report Number(s): CONF-930116--12; ON: DE93003097
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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22 GENERAL STUDIES OF NUCLEAR REACTORS
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63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.
AEROSOLS
BIOLOGICAL RADIATION EFFECTS
DEPOSITION
FISSION PRODUCT RELEASE
HEALTH HAZARDS
HUMAN POPULATIONS
M CODES
MAN
NEOPLASMS
PLUMES
PUBLIC HEALTH
RADIATION DOSES
RADIATION TRANSPORT
RADIOACTIVE EFFLUENTS
REACTOR ACCIDENTS
REACTOR SAFETY
SOURCE TERMS