Doctoral Dissertations

Abstract

"A closed form analytical method of calculating the radiological consequences of ten pressurized water reactor (PWR) hypothetical accidents was developed. This methodology was used to develop a computer code, DOSES, to compute the gamma-whole body, beta-skin and iodine inhalation thyroid doses at the site boundary, at the low population zone outer boundary and for control room occupancy for the ten PWR hypothetical accidents. The computer code, DOSES, was developed to operate in the conversational remote terminal mode and to provide a mechanism for producing required information for chapter 15 of PWR nuclear power plant safety analysis reports.

The identification of causes and accident descriptions, fission product release and dose analysis assumptions, dose calculation models, input parameters to the computer code DOSES and the dose results and conclusions are presented for each of the ten hypothetical PWR accidents for a typical PWR nuclear power plant. The severity rank and the conservatism ratios of each accident were calculated. The loss of coolant accident was found to be the most severe. All doses calculated for the plant considered fell well within the limits of l0CFRl00 and General Design Criterion 19 of Appendix A to l0CFRS0"-- Abstract p. ii

Advisor(s)

Edwards, D. R.

Committee Member(s)

Webb, William H.
Pauls, Franklin B., 1911-1996
Byers, James K.
Tsoulfanidis, Nicholas
Thiesing, James W.

Department(s)

Nuclear Engineering and Radiation Science

Degree Name

Ph. D. in Nuclear Engineering

Publisher

University of Missouri--Rolla

Publication Date

1975

Pagination

ix, 203 pages

Note about bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 136-140)

Rights

© 1975 Charles Francis Gill, All rights reserved.

Document Type

Dissertation - Open Access

File Type

text

Language

English

Thesis Number

T 3063

Print OCLC #

6013583

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