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http://dx.doi.org/10.7733/jnfcwt.2020.18.2.157

Internal Dose Assessment of Worker by Radioactive Aerosol Generated During Mechanical Cutting of Radioactive Concrete  

Park, Jihye (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology)
Yang, Wonseok (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology)
Chae, Nakkyu (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology)
Lee, Minho (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology)
Choi, Sungyeol (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology)
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Journal of Nuclear Fuel Cycle and Waste Technology(JNFCWT) / v.18, no.2, 2020 , pp. 157-167 More about this Journal
Abstract
Removing radioactive concrete is crucial in the decommissioning of nuclear power plants. However, this process generates radioactive aerosols, exposing workers to radiation. Although large amounts of radioactive concrete are generated during decommissioning, studies on the internal exposure of workers to radioactive aerosols generated from the cutting of radioactive concrete are very limited. In this study, therefore, we calculate the internal radiation doses of workers exposed to radioactive aerosols during activities such as drilling and cutting of radioactive concrete, using previous research data. The electrical-mobility-equivalent diameter measured in a previous study was converted to aerodynamic diameter using the Newton-Raphson method. Furthermore, the specific activity of each nuclide in radioactive concrete 10 years after nuclear power plants are shut down was calculated using the ORIGEN code. Eventually, we calculated the committed effective dose for each nuclide using the IMBA software. The maximum effective dose of 152Eu constituted 83.09% of the total dose; moreover, the five highest-ranked elements (152Eu, 154Eu, 60Co, 239Pu, 55Fe) constituted 99.63%. Therefore, we postulate that these major elements could be measured first for rapid radiation exposure management of workers involved in decommissioning of nuclear power plants, even if all radioactive elements in concrete are not considered.
Keywords
Radioactive aerosol; Concrete; Internal exposure; AMAD; IMBA;
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