Radiological operating experinece at FFTF

Conference · Sun Mar 01 04:00:00 EST 1987

OSTI ID:5960467

Bunch, W. L.; Prevo, P. R.

The Fast Flux Test Facility (FFTF) has been in operation for approximately five years, including over eleven hundred days of full power operation of the Fast Test Reactor (FTR). During that time the collective dose equivalents received by operating personnel have been about two orders of magnitude lower than those typically received at commercial light water reactors. No major contamination problems have been encountered in operating and maintaining the plant, and release of radioactive gas to the environment has been well below acceptable limits. All shields have performed satisfactorily. Experience to date indicates an apparent radiological superiority of liquid metal reactor systems over current light water plants. 5 refs., 6 tabs.

• Research Organization: Westinghouse Hanford Co., Richland, WA (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC06-76FF02170
• OSTI ID: 5960467
• Report Number(s): HEDL-SA-3701; CONF-870917-16; ON: DE89014952
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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