Dose and Dose Risk Caused by Natural Phenomena - Proposed Powder Metallurgy Core Manufacturing Facility

Technical Report · Thu Aug 16 00:00:00 EDT 2001

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/785012· OSTI ID:785012

Holmes, W G

The offsite radiological effects from high velocity straight winds, tornadoes, and earthquakes have been estimated for a proposed facility for manufacturing enriched uranium fuel cores by powder metallurgy. Projected doses range up to 30 mrem/event to the maximum offsite individual for high winds and up to 85 mrem/event for very severe earthquakes. Even under conservative assumptions on meteorological conditions, the maximum offsite dose would be about 20 per cent of the DOE limit for accidents involving enriched uranium storage facilities. The total dose risk is low and is dominated by the risk from earthquakes. This report discusses this test.

• Research Organization: Savannah River Site (SRS), Aiken, SC (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: US Department of Energy (US)
• DOE Contract Number: AC09-76SR00001
• OSTI ID: 785012
• Report Number(s): DPST-83-226; TRN: US0108313
• Resource Relation: Other Information: PBD: 16 Aug 2001
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

11 NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE AND FUEL MATERIALS
61 RADIATION PROTECTION AND DOSIMETRY
NATURAL DISASTERS
EARTHQUAKES
ENRICHED URANIUM
MANUFACTURING
POWDER METALLURGY
STORAGE FACILITIES
TORNADOES
FUEL FABRICATION PLANTS
RADIATION DOSES
RISK ASSESSMENT