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Relative public health effects from accidental release of fusion structural radioactivity

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:6073736
The FUSECRAC code, a modification of the CRAC code, was developed to estimate public health effects from released fusion radioactivity both for safety studies and for comparison of the hazards associated with candidate structural materials. This paper summarizes the key motivations, problems, and results of the FUSECRAC comparison. The evolving CRAC code is a product of the Reactor Safety Study and represents the state-of-the-art in fission accident consequence assessments. It was found that potential public health effects from accidental releases of 316 SS are two orders of magnitude higher than from V-15Cr-5Ti or TZM per unit volume of activated first wall released. The probabilities for releases among these materials were not addressed here.
Research Organization:
EG and G Idaho, Inc., Idaho Falls (USA); Massachusetts Inst. of Tech., Cambridge (USA)
DOE Contract Number:
AC07-76ID01570
OSTI ID:
6073736
Report Number(s):
EGG-M-23082; ON: DE83013539
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English