Reduction of 41Ar Environmental Releases at Research Reactors.
Abstract
The reactor facility at the Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute consists of a TRIGA Mark-F reactor with two large walk-in exposure rooms and a pneumatic tube facility. Operation of the reactor adjacent to these rooms results in signigicant 41Ar production rated due to the high thermal neutron leakage from the core and from the albedo off the walls. The leakage and albedo have been reduced by placing panels painted with gadolinium-loaded paint on the walls and ceiling of the rooms and reactor tank protrusion. Calculations and measurements show that the 41Ar production rate and consequently the effluent release to the environment have been decreased by a factor of 10 to 20, depending on the operational configuration of the reactor. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Aug 01, 1973
- Accession Number
- AD0770115
Entities
People
- D. M. Verrelli
- L. A. Slaback Jr
- R. E. Carter
Organizations
- Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute