Concentration of Radiocarbon and Its Chemical Forms in Gaseous Effluents, Environmental Air, Nuclear Waste and Primary Water of a Pressurized Water Reactor Power Plant in Hungary
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9244456 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Mihály Veres, Ede Hertelendi, György Uchrin, Eszter Csaba, István Barnabás, Peter Ormai, Gábor Volent, István Futó |
| Year | 1995 |
| Volume | 37 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 497-504 |
| Publication date | 1995-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Radiocarbon (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0033-8222 • E-ISSN: 1945-5755 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0033822200030976 |
| OpenAlex | W2302445914 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 14 |
| References cited | 15 |
We measured airborne releases of 14 C from the Paks Pressurized Water Reactor (PWR) Nuclear Power Plant (NPP). Two continuous stack samplers collect 14 C in 14 CO 2 and 14 C n H m chemical forms. 14 C activities were measured using two techniques; environmental air samples of lower activities were analyzed by proportional counting, stack samples were measured by liquid scintillation counting. 14 C concentration of air in the stack varies between 80 and 200 Bqm −3 . The average normalized yearly discharge rates for 1988–1993 were 0.74 TBqGW −1 e y −1 for hydrocarbons and 0.06 TBqGW −1 e y −1 for CO 2 . The discharge rate from Paks Nuclear Power Plant is about four times higher than the mean discharge value of a typical Western European PWR NPP. The higher 14 C production may be apportioned to the higher level of nitrogen impurities in the primary coolant. Monitoring the long-term average excess from the NPP gave D 14 C = 3.5‰ for CO 2 and D 14 C = 20‰ for hydrocarbons. We determined 14 C activity concentration in the primary coolant to be ca. 4 kBq liter −1 . The 14 C activity concentrations of spent mixed bed ion exchange resins vary between 1.2 and 5.3 MBqkg −1 dry weight
Coolant · Effluent · Liquid scintillation counting · Nuclear chemistry · Nuclear engineering · Nuclear physics · Nuclear power plant · Pressurized water reactor · Radioactive waste · Radiochemistry · Radionuclide · Waste management · Chemistry · Environmental Science · Graphite, nuclear technology, radiation studies · Radioactive contamination and transfer · Radioactivity and Radon Measurements · Environmental Chemistry · Environmental Engineering
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| Citations per year | 0.48 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1997 - 2024 (28) |
| Highly cited | No |