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In commercial nuclear power, there has always been a deliberate tension between the regulator and the utility owner. The regulator fundamentally exists to protect the worker, and the utility, to make a profit. It is a win-win balance.
From the U.S. nuclear industry has emerged a brilliantly successful occupational nuclear safety record—largely the result of an ALARA (as low as reasonably achievable) process that has driven exposure rates down to what only a decade ago would have been considered unthinkable. In the U.S. nuclear industry, the system has accomplished an excellent, nearly seamless process that succeeds to the benefit of both employee and utility owner.
B. Rouben, K. S. Brunner, D. A. Jenkins
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 98 | Number 2 | February 1988 | Pages 139-148
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE88-A28493
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A refinement is proposed to the current method of evaluating lattice properties for use in calculations of Canada deuterium uranium flux distributions. This refinement, labeled the local-parameter calculation, takes into account locally appropriate values of coolant density, fuel temperature, and flux/power level where core average values were previously used. The local-parameter calculation has been implemented and tested. Results are compared to those of previous calculations and of independent methods based on in-core measurements.
