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Planning of Optimal Work Path for Minimizing Exposure Dose During Radiation Work in Radwaste Storage  

Park, Won-Man (College of Advanced Technology, Kyung Hee University)
Kim, Kyung-Soo (Impedance Imaging Research Center, Kyung Hee University)
Whang, Joo-Ho (Dept. of Nuclear Engineering, Kyung Hee University)
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Journal of Radiation Protection and Research / v.30, no.1, 2005 , pp. 17-25 More about this Journal
Abstract
Since the safety of nuclear power plant has been becoming a big social issue the exposure dose of radiation for workers has been one of the important factors concerning the safety problem. The existing calculation methods of radiation dose used in the planning of radiation work assume that dose rate does not depend on the location within a work space thus the variation of exposure dose by different work path is not considered. In this study, a modified numerical method was presented to estimate the exposure dose during radiation work in radwaste storage considering the effects of the distance between a worker and sources. And a new numerical algorithm was suggested to search the optimal work path minimizing the exposure dose in pre-defined work space with given radiation sources. Finally, a virtual work simulation program was developed to visualize the exposure dose of radiation doting radiation works in radwaste storage and provide the capability of simulation for work planning. As a numerical example, a test radiation work was simulated under given space and two radiation sources, and the suggested optimal work path was compared with three predefined work paths. The optimal work path obtained in the study could reduce the exposure dose for the given test work. Based on the results, tile developed numerical method and simulation program could be useful tools in the planning of radiation work.
Keywords
Exposure dose; Work path; Numerical analysis; Computer Simulation; Space discretization;
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