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Installation Places of Criticality Accident Detectors in the Plutonium Conversion Development Facility
| Content Provider | Scilit |
|---|---|
| Author | Sanada, Yukihisa Tsujimura, Norio Shimizu, Yoshio Izaki, Kenji Furuta, Sadaaki |
| Copyright Year | 2008 |
| Description | At the Plutonium Conversion Development Facility (PCDF) in the Nuclear Fuel Cycle Engineering Laboratories, the co-conversion technologies to purify the mixed plutonium and uranium nitrate solution discharged from a reprocessing plant have been developed. The probability of a criticality accident in PCDF is extremely low. However, the criticality accident alarm system (CAAS) has been in place since 1982 to reduce the radiation dose to workers in case of such a rare criticality accident. The CAAS contains criticality accident detector units (CADs), one unit consisting of three plastic scintillation detectors, and using the 2 out of 3 voting system for the purpose of high reliability. Currently, eight CADs are installed in PCDF evaluating the dose using a simple equation allowing for a safety margin. The purpose of this study is to show the determination procedures for the adequate relocation of the CADs which adequately ensures safety in PCDF. |
| Related Links | http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/00223131.2008.10875789?needAccess=true |
| Ending Page | 77 |
| Page Count | 4 |
| Starting Page | 74 |
| ISSN | 00223131 |
| e-ISSN | 18811248 |
| DOI | 10.1080/00223131.2008.10875789 |
| Journal | Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology |
| Issue Number | sup5 |
| Volume Number | 45 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited |
| Publisher Date | 2008-06-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Nuclear Energy and Engineering Criticality Accident Alarm System Plutonium Conversion Development Facility Facility Design |
| Content Type | Text |
| Subject | Nuclear and High Energy Physics Nuclear Energy and Engineering |
