Radiological assessments for the National Ignition Facility
- 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
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