Determination of the {sup 14}CO{sub 2} and the total airborne {sup 14}C releases from two Swedish light-water reactors using accelerator mass spectrometry
Journal Article
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· Radioactivity and Radiochemistry
OSTI ID:272700
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The {sup 14}CO{sub 2} and the total airborne {sup 14}C releases from two Swedish light-water reactors, the boiling water reactor (BWR) Ringhals 1 and the pressurized water reactor (PWR) Ringhals 4, have been analyzed using accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS). Five samples of air from each stack, each sample collected without interruption for a period of two weeks during normal operation, showed that of the total {sup 14}C effluents, on average 93% for the BWR and 14% for the PWR were released as {sup 14}CO{sub 2}. For the PWR the {sup 14}CO{sub 2} fractions were also measured in seven two-week samples in connection with an outage period. Increased {sup 14}C releases and {sup 14}CO{sub 2} fractions were observed before and during the outage.
- OSTI ID:
- 272700
- Journal Information:
- Radioactivity and Radiochemistry, Journal Name: Radioactivity and Radiochemistry Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 7; ISSN 1045-845X; ISSN RARAE6
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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