Radiation shielding design for a hot repair facility

Journal Article · Tue Oct 01 04:00:00 EDT 1991 · Health Physics; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1097/00004032-199110000-00014· OSTI ID:6179478

Courtney, J C; Dwight, C C ^[1]

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1. Nuclear Science Center, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge (United States)

A new repair and decontamination area is being built to support operations at the demonstration fuel cycle facility for the Integral Fast Reactor program at Argonne National Laboratory's site at the Idaho National Engineering Laboratory. Provisions are made for remote, glove wall, and contact maintenance on equipment removed from hot cells where spent fuel will be electrochemically processed and recycled to the Experimental Breeder Reactor-II. The source for the shielding design is contamination from a mix of fission and activation products present on items removed from the hot cells. The repair facility also serves as a transfer path for radioactive waste produced by processing operations. Radiation shields are designed to limit dose rates to no more than 5 microSv h-1 (0.5 mrem h-1) in normally occupied areas. Point kernel calculations with buildup factors have been used to design the shielding and to position radiation monitors within the area.

• OSTI ID: 6179478
• Journal Information: Health Physics; (United States), Journal Name: Health Physics; (United States) Vol. 61:4; ISSN 0017-9078; ISSN HLTPA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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