ALARA at nuclear power plants

Conference · Mon Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1990

OSTI ID:6491888

Baum, J W

Implementation of the As Low As Reasonably Achievable (ALARA) principle at nuclear power plants presents a continuing challenge for health physicists at utility corporate and plant levels, for plant designers, and for regulatory agencies. The relatively large collective doses at some plants are being addressed though a variety of dose reduction techniques. It is planned that this report will include material on historical aspects, management, valuation of dose reduction, quantitative and qualitative aspects of optimization, design, operational considerations, and training. The status of this work is summarized in this report. 30 refs., 1 fig., 6 tabs.

• Research Organization: Brookhaven National Lab., Upton, NY (USA)
• Sponsoring Organization: DOE/ER; NRC
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-76CH00016
• OSTI ID: 6491888
• Report Number(s): BNL-NUREG-44508; CONF-910137--1; ON: DE91000909
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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ALARA
AROMATICS
BENZENE
BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS
BIOLOGICAL RADIATION EFFECTS
CARCINOGENS
DISEASES
DOSE LIMITS
DOSES
EPIDEMIOLOGY
GENETIC EFFECTS
GENETIC RADIATION EFFECTS
HAZARDS
HEALTH HAZARDS
HEMIC DISEASES
HYDROCARBONS
IMMUNE SYSTEM DISEASES
IMPLEMENTATION
LEUKEMIA
NEOPLASMS
NUCLEAR FACILITIES
NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS
OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE
OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
PERSONNEL
POWER PLANTS
RADIATION DOSES
RADIATION EFFECTS
RADIATION HAZARDS
RADIATION PROTECTION
RISK ASSESSMENT
SAFETY
SAFETY STANDARDS
STANDARDS
THERMAL POWER PLANTS