Evaluation of Radiation Doses for Hypothetical Accident Scenarios of Egyptian Second Research Reactor

Nema Mohamed Kandil; Faten Salah Tawfik

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Evaluation of Radiation Doses for Hypothetical Accident Scenarios of Egyptian Second Research Reactor

Nema Mohamed Kandil, Faten Salah Tawfik

Published in International Journal of Environmental Protection and Policy (Volume 9, Issue 3)

Received: 11 June 2021 Accepted: 26 June 2021 Published: 2 July 2021

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Inshas site is very important site, it is considered as a first nuclear site in Egypt. It contains the first and the second research reactors and other important facilities such as the Egyptian Fuel Manufacturing Pilot Plant (FMPP) which submits the fuel to the second research reactors. The goals of this paper are to assess different emergency plan scenarios, determine the effects of metrological conditions on the dispersion of the radioactive plume, and calculate the overall effective dose equivalent values (TEDE). The meteorological parameters for one complete year 2020 (hourly) meteorological data were analysed in details such as wind direction, wind speed and temperature. The HotSpot code was used to model atmospheric dispersion and its application resulted in a radiation dose profile around the site using meteorological parameters specific to the area under study. This study used more than one scenario to investigate the role of various meteorological parameters. The radionuclide source term of Cs-137 was assumed to be 2.10E+15Bq. The results show that the maximum dose form all postulated scenarios is about 1.1E+4 Sv is observed at 10 m from the release source for weather stability class F, which is greater than the IAEA occupational exposure limit of 0.02 Sv per year. The results can also show that the time of accident is a major effect on the impact of accident and then on the consequences of emergency plan.

Published in	International Journal of Environmental Protection and Policy (Volume 9, Issue 3)
DOI	10.11648/j.ijepp.20210903.12
Page(s)	59-68
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Accidental Release, Radionuclides, Radioactive Contaminant, Gaussian Model, HOTSPOT

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Nema Mohamed Kandil

Nuclear & Radiological Regulatory Authority (NRRA), Cairo, Egypt
Faten Salah Tawfik

Nuclear & Radiological Regulatory Authority (NRRA), Cairo, Egypt

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