The influence of the radionuclide composition on the radiation characteristics of radioactive waste from Ukrainian

the radioactive waste characteristics (activity, radiotoxicity, the spectral composition and the radiation exposure) during handling and storage at Khmelnitsky NPP and Rivne NPP.

For the 2014 the contribution of the 4 nuclear power plants in the whole produced electrical energy was 48,6%

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The aim of the present work :

The significant part of the total electricity of Ukraine is producted by NPP.

Ukraine ranks 10th in the world and 5th in Europe by the number of power reactors. There are 4 NPP with 15 power blocks in Uraine.

state:
liquid (LRW)
solid (SRW)
gaseous (GRW)

Depends on the half-life
short-lived
Average-lived
long-lived

Depends on the specific activity:
Low-level (LLW)
Intermediate-level(ILW)
High-level (HLW)

Depends on the composition of the radiation :
α- radiator
β- radiator
γ- radiator
neutron radiator

During normal operation of nuclear power plants generate radioactive waste (RW).

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AND RNPP

The isotopic composition of SRW, which has formated during 2011-2013 at the Khmelnytsky and during 2011 at the Rivne Nuclear Power Plant is shown in Table. The same table shows the half-lives of these isotopes.

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in the air or water is determined by the relation: RTi=Ai /DAi ,
where Аi — activity of considering the amount of nuclide i; DАi — maximum permissible activity of this nuclide in air or water.

for air DАi - PCАJinhal,
for water Dаi – PCБJingest
The values PCАJinhal and PCБJingest are taken from radiation safety standards-97, which correspond to the same international standards and are given in the table.

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the air radiotoxicity of SRW at the KhNPP formed in 2011.

The changing of total radioactivity of the SRW during storage time in the air at the KhNPP formed in 2011.

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in the water at the KhNPP formed in 2011.

The contribution of each element in the change over time in the water radiotoxicity of SRW at the KhNPP formed in 2011.

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ITS DEPENDENCE ON THE TIME

Fragments of the program.

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For the investigated nuclide composition were calculated spectral distribution of gamma rays and analyzed its change over time in increments of 10 years.

spectral distribution of radiation for the storage time
0,10, 20, 30 years.

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container with SRW:
Form of the source is cylindrical cask
height Н=80 сm
radius R=20 сm
V cask =200l

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model which used to calculate the characteristics of the radiation from a cylindrical source.

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ENERGIES (NUCLIDES) CALCULATED WITH HELP THE MONTE CARLO METHOD.

The spectral composition of the N-energy Eγ, will be determined by the relation:
where ni(Eγ) – the number of photons with energy Eγ,
Ii(E,Eγ) – the distribution intensity of the photons generated by gamma rays with energies in the range of energies Eγ 0 < E < Eγ.
In our case, the isotopic composition of SRW presented 6th radionuclides. At the time of storage of SRW over 5 years the main contribution to the emission comes from 137Cs and 60Co.
These two main nuclides spectral composition of the radiation as a function of storage time T is determined by the following relation:
where nCS(T) и nCO(T) – the number of photons which by emitted 137Cs and 60Co depend on the storage of radioactive waste.

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l and model filled with concrete elemental composition and densities
of 0.2 and 4 g / cm3, was calculated with use Penelope package

Part of the file describes the geometry calculations.

Part of the input file which defines the characteristics of the source.

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/ cm3

Spectral distribution of Co, source densities
of 0.2 and 4 g / cm3

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used technologies for the reduction of waste is the waste compaction.

FOR SRW DENSITIES :0.2 AND 4.0 g/cm3
AT THE KhNPP AND RNPP

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of gamma rays depend on the storage time and density of SRW 0.2 g/cm3
at the KhNPP and RNPP

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radiation characteristics KhNPP was investigated;
The calculations of maximum permissible concentrations of radioactive waste in the air and water, depending on the storage time of waste which are generated in 2010, 2011, 2012 at the KhNPP, was made;
For air and water medium it was calculated and analyzed the dependence on the radiotoxicity time of waste generated during 2010 on the KhNPP;
The changes in the spectral composition of gamma-ray SRW depend on the time was defined;
With help of volume integration and Monte Carlo methods was calculated dose rates cylindrical source with model filling of radioactive waste at the KhNPP;
The analysis of changes in dose rate depend on the storage time of radioactive waste at Khmelnytsky and Rivne NPP with different isotopic composition, was made.

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