Validation of Y12MORSE

Conference · Thu Aug 15 00:00:00 EDT 1991

OSTI ID:10124526

Waddell, Jr, M W; Browie, L J; Baker, J S

American National Standard ANSI/ANS-8.3-1986 states that criticality alarm systems shall be designed to detect immediately the minimum accident of concern. The minimum accident of concern is defined to be one which will result in a dose of 20 rad in the first minute at a distance of 2 m from the reacting material, assuming only nominal shielding. To ensure that the criticality alarm system at the Oak Ridge Y-12 Plant satisfies this requirement, a study has been undertaken to determine the dose at the Y-12 detectors from the minimum accident of concern using the Y12MORSE code package. This paper describes the first phase of the project, that of validating Y12MORSE.

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge Y-12 Plant, TN (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC05-84OS21400
• OSTI ID: 10124526
• Report Number(s): Y/DD-524/R1; CONF-911107-60; ON: DE92008038
• Resource Relation: Conference: 1991 winter meeting of the American Nuclear Society (ANS),San Francisco, CA (United States),10-15 Nov 1991; Other Information: PBD: 15 Aug 1991
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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