Calculation of radiological dose due to release of tritium oxides from controlled thermonuclear reactors

Journal Article · Fri Sep 01 04:00:00 EDT 1978 · Nucl. Technol.; (United States)

OSTI ID:6800344

McKone, T E; Kastenberg, W E

A method has been developed for determining doses to the public resulting from releases of tritium as tritiated water vapor or as tritiated lithium compounds. This method has been included in a computer model. This model uses the Gaussian dispersion method to predict distribution of tritium species in the downwind environment. Movement of tritium into biological systems is determined by treating these systems as a series of interacting water compartments. Dispersion and uptake calculations are applied to two sample sites to predict health effects. Consequences predicted by the model are linear and can be scaled to any release quantity. For a continuous release of tritium at a rate of 10 Ci/day, the calculated dose would be 8 mrem/yr at the site boundary, with a dose commitment of 10 to 100 man-rem/yr within an 80-km radius. For an instantaneous release of 10/sup 8/ Ci, the calculated dose would be as high as 2200 rem at the site boundary, contributing a population dose of 0.6 to 2.6 x 10/sup 6/ man-rem within 80 km.

• Research Organization: Univ. of California, Los Angeles
• OSTI ID: 6800344
• Journal Information: Nucl. Technol.; (United States), Journal Name: Nucl. Technol.; (United States) Vol. 40:2; ISSN NUTYB
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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560161* -- Radionuclide Effects
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63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.
ALKALI METAL COMPOUNDS
CALCULATION METHODS
COMPUTERS
DOSES
DOSIMETRY
ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSPORT
FLUIDS
FORECASTING
GASES
HAZARDS
HEALTH HAZARDS
HUMAN POPULATIONS
LABELLED COMPOUNDS
LITHIUM COMPOUNDS
MASS TRANSFER
MATHEMATICAL MODELS
POPULATIONS
RADIATION DOSES
THERMONUCLEAR REACTORS
TRITIUM COMPOUNDS
TRITIUM OXIDES
VAPORS
WATER VAPOR