Calculation of liquid waste discharge limits for routine discharge of Tehran research reactor

Abstract

Abstract One of the most important technical documents for obtaining of a reactor license (site selection, design, construction and operation license) from IINRA is public dose assessment and calculation of discharge limits into the environment. Presence of population centers and aquifers adjacent of nuclear installations is a crucial rule in public dose assessment and determination of liquid release limits into the environment. In this paper, liquid waste of TRR regards as liquid released in sewage system. The migration of radionuclides released to well through the ingestion of radionuclides via drinking water and human food-chain, inhalation of radionuclides and external irradiation from radionuclides in soil and water was modeled using the AMBER software. Then, amount of liquid released to environment with different amount of distribution coefficient, as an important effective parameter in simulation, is determined. The calculation of discharge limits shows that the liquid radioactive waste is lower than the values given into the Environmental Assessment for Tehran Research Reactor report. So the received dose doesn't exceed the dose limit of 10 μSvyr−1 for members of the public which is approved by INRA.