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’Twas the night before Christmas when all through the house
No electrons were flowing through even my mouse.
All devices were plugged by the chimney with care
With the hope that St. Nikola Tesla would share.
R. Wilson, G. A. Vivian, W. J. Chase, G. Armitage, L. J. Sennema
Nuclear Technology | Volume 72 | Number 3 | March 1986 | Pages 231-245
Technical Paper | Radiation Protection and Health Physics Practices and Experience in Operating Reactors Internationally / Nuclear Safety | doi.org/10.13182/NT86-A33762
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Occupational doses received during the operation and maintenance of Ontario Hydro’s pressurized heavy water nuclear power reactors are reported and comparisons made with occupational doses received during the operation of other reactor types in various nuclear power programs. The organizational and technical factors that have contributed to significant occupational dose reductions in Ontario Hydro’s program over the past 20 yr are discussed. Dose reduction practices in the design and operation of Ontario Hydro’s nuclear power reactors are described.