Analysis of the dose rate produced by control rods discharged from a BWR into the irradiated fuel pool.
BWR control rods become activated by neutron reactions into the reactor. Therefore, when they are withdrawn from the reactor, they must be stored into the storage pool for irradiated fuel at a certain depth under water. Dose rates on the pool surface and the area surrounding the pool should be lower than limits for workers. The MCNP code based on the Monte Carlo method has been applied to model this situation and to calculate dose rates at points of interest.
Ródenas
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Departamento de Ingeniería Química y Nuclear, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Valencia, Spain. jrodenas@iqn.upv.es
Gallardo
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Abarca
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Juan
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D003198:Computer Simulation; D004867:Equipment Design; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D015233:Models, Statistical; D055848:Nuclear Power Plants / Q000295:instrumentation*; D011829:Radiation Dosage; D012542:Scattering, Radiation; D014867:Water
D014867:Water