Radiological assessments for the National Ignition Facility [electronic resource].

Published: Washington, D.C. : United States. Dept. of Energy, 1996.
Oak Ridge, Tenn. : Distributed by the Office of Scientific and Technical Information, U.S. Dept. of Energy.
Physical Description: 6 pages : digital, PDF file
Additional Creators: Argonne National Laboratory, United States. Department of Energy, and United States. Department of Energy. Office of Scientific and Technical Information

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Summary

The potential radiological impacts of the National Ignition Facility (NIF), a proposed facility for fusion ignition and high energy density experiments, were assessed for five candidate sites to assist in site selection. The GENII computer program was used to model releases of radionuclides during normal NIF operations and a postulated accident and to calculate radiation doses to the public. Health risks were estimated by converting the estimated doses into health effects using a standard cancer fatality risk factor. The greatest calculated radiation dose was less than one thousandth of a percent of the dose received from natural background radiation; no cancer fatalities would be expected to occur in the public as the result of normal operations. The highest dose conservatively estimated to result from a postulated accident could lead to one in one million risk of cancer.

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E 1.99:anl/ea/cp--88826
E 1.99: conf-9606116--66
conf-9606116--66
anl/ea/cp--88826

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Published through SciTech Connect.
08/01/1996.
"anl/ea/cp--88826"
" conf-9606116--66"
"DE96013021"
Annual meeting of the American Nuclear Society (ANS), Reno, NV (United States), 16-20 Jun 1996.
Lazaro, M.A.; Hong, Kou-John.

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W-31109-ENG-38

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