Atmospheric dispersion and the radiological consequences of normal airborne effluents from a nuclear power plant

Technical Report · Sun Oct 01 04:00:00 EDT 1995

OSTI ID:103243

Fang, D; Yang, L ^[1]; Sun, C Z ^[2]

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1. Tsinghua Univ., Beijing (China)
2. Suzhou Nuclear Research Institute (China)

The relationship between the consequences of the normal exhaust of radioactive materials in air from nuclear power plants and atmospheric dispersion is studied. Because the source terms of the exhaust from a nuclear power plant are relatively low and their radiological consequences are far less than the corresponding authoritative limits, the atmospheric dispersion models, their various modifications, and selections of relevant parameters have few effects on those consequences. In the environmental assessment and siting, the emphasis should not be placed on the consequence evaluation of routine exhaust of nuclear power plants, and the calculation of consequences of the exhaust and atmospheric field measurements should be appropriately simplified.

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (United States)
• OSTI ID: 103243
• Report Number(s): TPJ-NS--36-No.1
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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