Concrete radiation shields

Technical Report · Fri Jun 01 04:00:00 EDT 1973

OSTI ID:4370760

Concrete radiation shields can be installed in nuclear facilities such as hot laboratories, radiochemical plants, experimental facilities, and nuclear fuel fabrication plants to provide a barrier between personnel and radiation sources for the purpose of reducing doses of ionizing radiation received by personnel to as low as practicable levels. This guide describes practices for the construction of concrete radiation shielding structures for such nuclear facilities, which are acceptable to the Regulatory staff as methods of complying, in part, with Commission regulations with regard to reducing radiation exposures. Much of the inforamtion included may be applicable to shielding structures for reactors and other nuclear and nonnuclear facilities which require concrete radiation shields. (TFD)

• Research Organization: USAEC Directorate of Regulatory Standards, Washington, D.C.
• NSA Number: NSA-29-018312
• OSTI ID: 4370760
• Report Number(s): REG/G--3.9(6-73)
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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