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Radiological assessments for the National Ignition Facility

Journal Article · · Fusion Technology
OSTI ID:447269
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  1. Argonne National Lab., IL (United States)

The potential radiological impacts of the National Ignition Facility (NIF), a proposed facility for fusion ignition and high-energy density experiments, were assessed for five candidate sites to assist in site selection. The GENII computer program was used to model releases of radionuclides during normal NIF operations and a postulated accident and to calculate radiation doses to the public. Health risks were estimated by converting the estimated doses into health effects using a standard cancer fatality risk factor. The greatest calculated radiation dose was less than one thousandth of a percent of the dose received from natural background radiation; no cancer fatalities would be expected to occur in the public as the result of normal NIF operations. The highest dose conservatively estimated to result from a postulated accident could lead to a one in one million risk of cancer. 5 refs., 5 tabs.

Research Organization:
Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL
DOE Contract Number:
W-31109-ENG-38
OSTI ID:
447269
Report Number(s):
CONF-9606116--
Journal Information:
Fusion Technology, Journal Name: Fusion Technology Journal Issue: 3 Vol. 30; ISSN FUSTE8; ISSN 0748-1896
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English