The Use of MACCS in a Non-Reactor Application
Dose calculations were performed using the MELCOR Accident Consequence Code System (MACCS) to support safety analyses for the Los Alamos Neutron Science Center (LANSCE) facility. The LANSCE facility is operated and maintained at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) and will be used to conduct experiments for the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to investigate the use of accelerators to produce tritium. This paper focuses on tbe methodology adopted in tbe evaluation of doses from potential accidental releases of radioactive material from the LANSCE facility. Some results of the dose calculations are presented. Also discussed are the important features of an isotope screening process developed for this application to limit the number of consequence calculations.
- Research Organization:
- Sandia National Laboratories (SNL), Albuquerque, NM, and Livermore, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC04-94AL85000
- OSTI ID:
- 9735
- Report Number(s):
- SAND99-1982C; ON: DE00009735
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: International MACCS Users Group Meeting; Upton, NY; 11/04-05/1998
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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