ERGDOSE: A UNIVAC 1108 COMPUTER CODE TO CALCULATE PREDICTED DOSES FROM THE DESIGN BASIS ACCIDENT.
Abstract
A major concern in the siting of a nuclear power plant is the effect of released radioactivity in the case of a design accident. Such a situation implies release of all fission products from the fuel matrix, and further leakage of those highly radioactive products from the vapor container along with the associated high-pressure steam. Once in the atmosphere, the fission products can be spread by the prevailing wind, and in this way, are likely to be inhaled by nearby inhabitants. Of the many products of nuclear fission, iodine, because of its concentration by the thyroid after ingestion into the body, represents the greatest biological hazard. A computer code, ERGDOSSE (Engineer Reactors Group DOSE Calculation) was written specifically to calculate the resultant ingested dose due to five isotopes of iodine at any time after the initiation of a design basis accident, and at any distance from the site of that accident. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- May 15, 1969
- Accession Number
- AD0697140
Entities
People
- Charles A. Myers
- Charles E. Meyer
- Lester K. Aldrich Ii