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http://dx.doi.org/10.5392/IJoC.2020.16.2.102

Using RESRAD-BUILD for Potential Radiation Dose Estimation the Korea Research Reactor-1 When It Opens to the Public as a Memorial Hall  

Lee, Sangbok (Department of Radioactivity Test & Analysis center, Sunkwang T&S, Department of Radiological Science, Graduate school of Gachon University)
Yoon, Yongsu (Department of Health Sciences Kyushu University)
Kim, Sungchul (Department of Radiological Science, Graduate school of Gachon University)
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International Journal of Contents / v.16, no.2, 2020 , pp. 102-108 More about this Journal
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to estimate and analyze the potential radiation dose that the future visitors and the cleaning staff will be exposed to when the KRR-1 reactor is converted into a memorial hall. The radiation doses were estimated using the RESRAD-BUILD software, where case, building, receptor, shielding, and source parameters were applied as the input data. Also, the basic data for the assessment of the radiation doses were determined in an indirect manner using the data on the waste generated during the decommissioning process of the reactor. The assessment results indicate that the potential radiation dose to the visitors and the cleaning staff will be less than 1 mSv, the annual dose limit for the general public. However, if anyone for a significant period of time is close to the reactor, the overall dose will increase. The radiation dose for the future visitors and the cleaning staff was determined to be lower than the annual dose limit for the general public. Given such a risk, systematic measures, such as periodic monitoring or limiting hours, are imperative.
Keywords
RESRAD-BUILD; research reactor; potential radiation dose; annual dose limit; memorial hall;
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