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The current status of heat pipe R&D
Idaho National Laboratory under the Department of Energy–sponsored Microreactor Program recently conducted a comprehensive phenomena identification and ranking table (PIRT) exercise aimed at advancing heat pipe technology for microreactor applications.
Cheol Woo Lee, Young-Ouk Lee, Young-Sik Cho
Nuclear Technology | Volume 168 | Number 1 | October 2009 | Pages 144-148
Dose/Dose Rate | Special Issue on the 11th International Conference on Radiation Shielding and the 15th Topical Meeting of the Radiation Protection and Shielding Division (Part 1) / Dosimetry | doi.org/10.13182/NT09-A9115
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Evaluation of the skyshine dose for the proton linac facility of the Proton Engineering Frontier Project in Korea was performed in this study. To predict the skyshine dose level outside of the facility, a Monte Carlo method (MCNPX code), analytical method using an estimation formula, and SKYSHINE-KSU codes using an integral line-beam method were considered in the evaluations. The neutron spectrum at the outer surface of the roof of the facility was considered as the radiation source term. The results from each method were in good agreement for the distance from 200 to 1000 m. The neutron dose of 1.65 × 10-4 Sv/h is expected at the fence of the facility, which is 400 m from the accelerator room.