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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.
Kazuya Ohgama, Taira Hazama, Hiroki Katagiri, Atsushi Takegoshi
Nuclear Technology | Volume 209 | Number 8 | August 2023 | Pages 1197-1214
Research Article | doi.org/10.1080/00295450.2023.2197660
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For evaluating control rod (CR) interaction, CR worth values with and without the insertion of interaction CRs were measured in six CR interaction patterns by the continuous period method and the compensation method in the prototype fast breeder reactor Monju. The measured CR worth was evaluated in detail by conducting corrections, such as the thermal contraction of CR drive shafts, and compared with calculations to examine the reliability. The calculation-to-experiment values (C/Es) of examined CR worths with and without the interaction were 0.96 to 0.98 ± 0.03. The values of the measured CR interactions were obtained from those examined CR worth measurements as a change in target CR worth by the insertion of interaction CRs: 5.0 ± 0.6% to 10.1 ± 0.1%. The C/Es of the interaction in those cases were 0.78 to 0.93 within 5% to 27% uncertainty. Through this study, the consistency and reliability of the measurements and the calculations of the CR interaction were confirmed, and the measurements were judged useful.