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NRC wants input on Hermes 2 test reactor construction permit
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is seeking input on its draft environmental assessment and draft finding of no significant impact for Kairos Power’s application to build the Hermes 2 test reactor facility in Oak Ridge, Tenn.
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Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 8 | Number 2 | September 1985 | Pages 2539-2543
Environmental Study | Proceedings of the Second National Topical Meeting on Tritium Technology in Fission, Fusion and Isotopic Applications (Dayton, Ohio, April 30 to May 2, 1985) | doi.org/10.13182/FST85-A24661
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The release of tritium into the public environment from heavy water reactor operations at Chalk River Nuclear Laboratories is about 0.1% of the Derived Release Limit which is based on internationally accepted standards. A mean discharge of 500 TBq/a of HTO vapour to the atmosphere has resulted in concentrations in precipitation at the plant boundary of 74 Bq/L. (1 TeraBq = 1012Bq = 27 Ci). A dilution factor of 6 × 107 m3/s is observed. Measurements of HTO in tree leaf moisture and integrated snow cores serve to delineate the dispersal plume. Measured discharges of liquid HTO to local surface and groundwaters totaling 147 TBq/a agree reasonably well with amounts observed in the Ottawa River. Preliminary measurements have shown that minor amounts of HT are being released to the atmosphere from the Chalk River facilities.