Various approaches in optimization of a typical pressurized water reactor power plant

2009 ◽  
Vol 86 (7-8) ◽  
pp. 1301-1310 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hoseyn Sayyaadi ◽  
Tooraj Sabzaligol
Keyword(s):  
Power Plant ◽  
Reactor Power ◽  
Pressurized Water Reactor ◽  
Pressurized Water ◽  
Water Reactor ◽  
Reactor Power Plant

scholarly journals Concentration of Radiocarbon and Its Chemical Forms in Gaseous Effluents, Environmental Air, Nuclear Waste and Primary Water of a Pressurized Water Reactor Power Plant in Hungary

Radiocarbon ◽  
1995 ◽  
Vol 37 (2) ◽  
pp. 497-504 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mihály Veres ◽  
Ede Hertelendi ◽  
György Uchrin ◽  
Eszter Csaba ◽  
István Barnabás ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Power Plant ◽  
Nuclear Power Plant ◽  
Nuclear Power ◽  
Discharge Rate ◽  
Chemical Forms ◽  
Pressurized Water Reactor ◽  
Primary Coolant ◽  
Pressurized Water ◽  
Water Reactor ◽  
Environmental Air

We measured airborne releases of 14C from the Paks Pressurized Water Reactor (PWR) Nuclear Power Plant (NPP). Two continuous stack samplers collect 14C in 14CO2 and 14CnHm chemical forms. 14C activities were measured using two techniques; environmental air samples of lower activities were analyzed by proportional counting, stack samples were measured by liquid scintillation counting. 14C concentration of air in the stack varies between 80 and 200 Bqm−3. The average normalized yearly discharge rates for 1988–1993 were 0.74 TBqGW−1ey−1 for hydrocarbons and 0.06 TBqGW−1ey−1 for CO2. The discharge rate from Paks Nuclear Power Plant is about four times higher than the mean discharge value of a typical Western European PWR NPP. The higher 14C production may be apportioned to the higher level of nitrogen impurities in the primary coolant. Monitoring the long-term average excess from the NPP gave D14C = 3.5‰ for CO2 and D14C = 20‰ for hydrocarbons. We determined 14C activity concentration in the primary coolant to be ca. 4 kBq liter−1. The 14C activity concentrations of spent mixed bed ion exchange resins vary between 1.2 and 5.3 MBqkg−1 dry weight.

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