Tritium accident containment within a large fusion enclosure [electronic resource] : cost, benefit, and risk considerations
- Published:
- Livermore, Calif : Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, 1983.
Oak Ridge, Tenn. : Distributed by the Office of Scientific and Technical Information, U.S. Dept. of Energy. - Physical Description:
- Pages: 25 : digital, PDF file
- Additional Creators:
- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and United States. Department of Energy. Office of Scientific and Technical Information
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- Summary:
- Containment of a tritium accident within a large fusion device building will be difficult and costly. Complete containment is impossible, and with this fact in mind, the global dispersion and health effects of tritium are reviewed. Atmospheric tritium emissions lead to an estimated population dose to the Northern Hemisphere of 5.6 x 10/sup -3/ man-rem/Ci, which may also be interpreted as 1 cancer fatality per MCi. Updating the NRC $1000 per man-rem criterion to 1982 costs gives 9.5 $/y per Ci/y as the unit annual health benefit rate from averting tritium release at a continuous rate. Present worth considerations lead to an estimate of $100 per Ci/y for the maximum capital investment justified per expected curie per year of tritium release averted. A simplified enclosure model is used to explore the trade-off between processing capacity and recycle time with the health cost of residual tritium release included in the analysis.
- Report Numbers:
- E 1.99:ucrl-88932
E 1.99: conf-830325-1
conf-830325-1
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- Note:
- Published through SciTech Connect.
01/01/1983.
"ucrl-88932"
" conf-830325-1"
"DE83009318"
US/Japan workshop of tritium handling, Los Alamos, NM, USA, 21 Mar 1983.
Sherwood, A.E. - Funding Information:
- W-7405-ENG-48
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