Release of alpha emitters into the environment by nuclear industries of Brazil in Resende
During its operation, the Nuclear Fuel Factory of the Nuclear Industries of Brazil (FCN/INB) may generate and disseminate particulate material. Therefor, aiming occupational control, a system of air exhaustion is installed equipped with a system of automatic detection of release of radionuclides int...
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| author | Wagner Souza Pereira Alphonse Kelecom Rodney Santos Maysa Fernades Martins Santos Vinicius Romero Mozer Torres Jessica Julielle da Silva Rodrigues César Marques Salgado Izabella Christynne Ribeiro Pinto Valadão |
| author_facet | Wagner Souza Pereira Alphonse Kelecom Rodney Santos Maysa Fernades Martins Santos Vinicius Romero Mozer Torres Jessica Julielle da Silva Rodrigues César Marques Salgado Izabella Christynne Ribeiro Pinto Valadão |
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| description | During its operation, the Nuclear Fuel Factory of the Nuclear Industries of Brazil (FCN/INB) may generate and disseminate particulate material. Therefor, aiming occupational control, a system of air exhaustion is installed equipped with
a system of automatic detection of release of radionuclides into the environment. The present work aims to evaluate the radionuclides released by FCN, in terms of total release and activity concentration (AC). Along 2016, the amount
of 4.14∙106 Bq was released, which means a mean of 3.45∙105 Bq.month-1. The largest mean for AC was 4.03 mBq∙m-3. The release data was almost an order of magnitude lower than the annual release limit established by the regulatory
agency, fixed at 1.2∙107 Bq.y-1, proving the adequacy of the atmospheric effluents to the licensing requirements. The largest magnitudes of the two variables (AC and release) were observed in August while the smallest ones, in January. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-44116fe0c276418690605ddb6360144b2022-12-22T02:36:02ZengBrazilian Radiation Protection Society (Sociedade Brasileira de Proteção Radiológica, SBPR)Brazilian Journal of Radiation Sciences2319-06122019-06-0172B10.15392/bjrs.v7i2B.411Release of alpha emitters into the environment by nuclear industries of Brazil in ResendeWagner Souza Pereira0Alphonse Kelecom1Rodney Santos2Maysa Fernades Martins Santos3Vinicius Romero Mozer Torres4Jessica Julielle da Silva Rodrigues5César Marques Salgado6Izabella Christynne Ribeiro Pinto Valadão7Indústrias Nucleares do Brasil - INB, Universidade Veiga de Almeida - UVAUniversidade Federal Fluminense - UVAIndústrias Nucleares do Brasil - INBIndústrias Nucleares do Brasil - INBIndústrias Nucleares do Brasil - INBIndústrias Nucleares do Brasil - INBInstituto de Engenharia Nuclear - IENUniversidade Veiga de Almeida - UVADuring its operation, the Nuclear Fuel Factory of the Nuclear Industries of Brazil (FCN/INB) may generate and disseminate particulate material. Therefor, aiming occupational control, a system of air exhaustion is installed equipped with a system of automatic detection of release of radionuclides into the environment. The present work aims to evaluate the radionuclides released by FCN, in terms of total release and activity concentration (AC). Along 2016, the amount of 4.14∙106 Bq was released, which means a mean of 3.45∙105 Bq.month-1. The largest mean for AC was 4.03 mBq∙m-3. The release data was almost an order of magnitude lower than the annual release limit established by the regulatory agency, fixed at 1.2∙107 Bq.y-1, proving the adequacy of the atmospheric effluents to the licensing requirements. The largest magnitudes of the two variables (AC and release) were observed in August while the smallest ones, in January.https://bjrs.org.br/revista/index.php/REVISTA/article/view/411alpha emittersnuclear fuel factoryatmospheric effluents |
| spellingShingle | Wagner Souza Pereira Alphonse Kelecom Rodney Santos Maysa Fernades Martins Santos Vinicius Romero Mozer Torres Jessica Julielle da Silva Rodrigues César Marques Salgado Izabella Christynne Ribeiro Pinto Valadão Release of alpha emitters into the environment by nuclear industries of Brazil in Resende Brazilian Journal of Radiation Sciences alpha emitters nuclear fuel factory atmospheric effluents |
| title | Release of alpha emitters into the environment by nuclear industries of Brazil in Resende |
| title_full | Release of alpha emitters into the environment by nuclear industries of Brazil in Resende |
| title_fullStr | Release of alpha emitters into the environment by nuclear industries of Brazil in Resende |
| title_full_unstemmed | Release of alpha emitters into the environment by nuclear industries of Brazil in Resende |
| title_short | Release of alpha emitters into the environment by nuclear industries of Brazil in Resende |
| title_sort | release of alpha emitters into the environment by nuclear industries of brazil in resende |
| topic | alpha emitters nuclear fuel factory atmospheric effluents |
| url | https://bjrs.org.br/revista/index.php/REVISTA/article/view/411 |
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