Open AccessDecommissioning of the ASTRA research reactor: Dismantling of the biological shield
Author(s) -
Franz Meyer,
F. Steger
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
nuclear technology and radiation protection
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.31
H-Index - 16
eISSN - 1452-8185
pISSN - 1451-3994
DOI - 10.2298/ntrp0602079m
Subject(s) - shield , nuclear decommissioning , astra , nuclide , environmental science , radioactive waste , nuclear engineering , geology , waste management , engineering , nuclear physics , physics , petrology
The paper describes the dismantling of the inactive and activated areas of the biological shield of the ASTRA research reactor at the Austrian Research Center in Seibersdorf. The calculation of the parameters determining the activated areas at the shield (reference nuclide, nuclide vector in the barite concrete and horizontal and vertical reduction behaviors of activity concentration) and the activation profiles within the biological shield for unrestricted release, release restricted to permanent deposit and radioactive waste are presented. Considerations of located activation anomalies in the shield, e.g. in the vicinities of the beam-tubes, were made according to the reactor's operational history. Finally, an overview of the materials removed from the biological shield is given