Experience with ALARA and ALARA procedures in a nuclear power plant

Conference · Wed Mar 01 00:00:00 EST 1995

OSTI ID:54650

Abrahamse, J C ^[1]

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1. N.V. Elektriciteits-Produktiemaatschappij Zuid-Nederland (Netherlands)

The nuclear power plant Borssele is a Siemens two-loop Pressurized Water Reactor having a capacity of 480 MWe and in operation since 1973. The nuclear power plant Borssle is located in the southwest of the Netherlands, near the Westerschelde River. In the first nine years of operation the radiation level in the primary system increased, reaching a maximum in 1983. The most important reason for this high radiation level was the cobalt content of the grid assemblies of the fuel elements. After resolving this problem, the radiation level decreased to a level comparable with that of other nuclear power plants.

• Research Organization: US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), Washington, DC (United States). Div. of Regulatory Applications; Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
• OSTI ID: 54650
• Report Number(s): NUREG/CP-0143; BNL-NUREG-52440; CONF-940505-; ON: TI95008770; TRN: 95:012684
• Resource Relation: Conference: 3. international workshop on implementation of ALARA at nuclear power plants, Long Island, NY (United States), 8-11 May 1994; Other Information: PBD: Mar 1995; Related Information: Is Part Of Proceedings of the Third International Workshop on the implementation of ALARA at nuclear power plants; Khan, T.A. [comp.] [Brookhaven National Lab., Upton, NY (United States)]; Roecklein, A.K. [Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC (United States). Div of Regulatory Applications]; PB: 810 p.
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

21 NUCLEAR POWER REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS
22 NUCLEAR REACTOR TECHNOLOGY
BORSSELE REACTOR
OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE
IODINE 131
FISSION PRODUCT RELEASE
ALARA
COBALT
FUEL ELEMENTS
REDUCTION
GRIDS