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BWXT will scout potential TRISO fuel production sites in Wyoming
BWX Technologies Inc. announced today that its Advanced Technologies subsidiary has signed a cooperation agreement with the state of Wyoming to evaluate locations and requirements for siting a potential new TRISO nuclear fuel fabrication facility in the state.
Kenneth L. Ferguson
Nuclear Technology | Volume 42 | Number 1 | January 1979 | Pages 5-12
Technical Paper | Reactor | doi.org/10.13182/NT79-A32157
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Radioactive effluents and concentrations expected from the Clinch River Breeder Reactor (CRBR) during normal operation have been assessed. Developed were the individual off-site dose values as well as population doses within an 80-km (50-mile) radius of the proposed facility. Comparison has been with the as low as reasonably achievable (ALARA) exposure objective as in 10CFR50, Appendix I, of the Code of Federal Regulations. All estimated releases are well within the concentration limits found in 10CFR20. The calculated doses to individuals are consistently lower than values of 10CFR50, Appendix I. Population exposures are a very small fraction of that due to background radiation. Exposures due to CRBR effluents are also in conformity with cost-benefit arguments of the ALARA objective. Measures are in place to follow the design progression and operation of the facility to retain the ALARA aspect of the doses associated with the effluent releases.