Methods and calculations for regional, continental, and global dose assessments from a hypothetical fuel reprocessing facility
The Savannah River Laboratory (SRL) is coordinating an interlaboratory effort to provide, test, and use state-of-the-art methods for calculating the environmental impact to an offsite population from the normal releases of radionuclides during the routine operation of a fuel-reprocessing plant. Results of this effort are the estimated doses to regional, continental, and global populations. Estimates are based upon operation of a hypothetical reprocessing plant at a site in the southeastern United States. The hypothetical plant will reprocess fuel used at a burn rate of 30 megawatts/metric ton and a burnup of 33,000 megawatt days/metric ton. All fuel will have been cooled for at least 365 days. The plant will have a 10 metric ton/day capacity and an assumed 3000 metric ton/year (82 percent online plant operation) output. Lifetime of the plant is assumed to be 40 years.
- Research Organization:
- Savannah River Ecology Lab., Aiken, S.C. (USA)
- DOE Contract Number:
- EY-76-C-09-0001
- OSTI ID:
- 5100996
- Report Number(s):
- DP-MS-77-92; CONF-780304-2
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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