Radiocarbon Releases At the Krško Nuclear Power Plant
| Autor: | Ivan Kobal, Barbara Vokal |
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| Rok vydání: | 1997 |
| Předmět: |
Hydrology
010506 paleontology Archeology 060102 archaeology Indoor air Pressurized water reactor 06 humanities and the arts 01 natural sciences Monitoring program law.invention law Nuclear power plant General Earth and Planetary Sciences Environmental science 0601 history and archaeology Radiocarbon dating 0105 earth and related environmental sciences Nuclear chemistry |
| Zdroj: | Radiocarbon. 39:285-292 |
| ISSN: | 1945-5755 0033-8222 |
| DOI: | 10.1017/s0033822200053261 |
| Popis: | Since 1991, radiocarbon analyses of exhaust air have been part of the regular radioactivity monitoring program at the Krško Nuclear Power Plant (NPP), a Westinghouse 632 MWe pressurized water reactor (PWR). Activity of CO2 and hydrocarbons has been identified; the former contributes ca. 43%. A normalized release of total 14C of 0.219 TBqGWe−1a−1 was obtained. Indoor air 14C concentrations in selected rooms inside the plant have generally been −3, although rare peaks of >1000 Bq m−3 may be reached. Tree rings have shown slight enhanced 14C activity due to the operation of the plant. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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