• Journal of Radiation Research and Radiation Processing
  • Vol. 42, Issue 3, 030601 (2024)
Weijie CUI1,*, Jinlong ZHANG1, Zaixin LI1, and Bo CAO2
Author Affiliations
  • 1Southwestern Institute of Physics, Chengdu 610225, China
  • 2North China Electric Power University, Beijing 102206, China
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    DOI: 10.11889/j.1000-3436.2023-0113 Cite this Article
    Weijie CUI, Jinlong ZHANG, Zaixin LI, Bo CAO. Development and validation of a program for assessing the consequences of radioactivity releases from fusion reactor accidents[J]. Journal of Radiation Research and Radiation Processing, 2024, 42(3): 030601 Copy Citation Text show less
    Schematic diagram of tritium and radioactive dust migration in the environment
    Fig. 1. Schematic diagram of tritium and radioactive dust migration in the environment
    Schematic diagram of equivalent virtual point source modeling
    Fig. 2. Schematic diagram of equivalent virtual point source modeling
    Schematic diagram of the calculating process of ACCTRI
    Fig. 3. Schematic diagram of the calculating process of ACCTRI
    Comparison results for scenario 1: (a) near-ground air integral concentration; (b) ground deposition concentration;(c) inhalation dose; (d) ingestion dose (color online)
    Fig. 4. Comparison results for scenario 1: (a) near-ground air integral concentration; (b) ground deposition concentration;(c) inhalation dose; (d) ingestion dose (color online)
    Comparison results for scenario 2: (a) near-ground air integral concentration; (b) ground deposition concentration; (c) inhalation dose; (d) ingestion dose (color online)
    Fig. 5. Comparison results for scenario 2: (a) near-ground air integral concentration; (b) ground deposition concentration; (c) inhalation dose; (d) ingestion dose (color online)
    Comparison with HotSpot: (a) near-ground air integral concentration under D stability; (b) ground deposition concentration under D stability; (c) TEDE under D stability; (d) near-ground air integral concentration under F stability; (e) ground deposition concentration under F stability; (f) TEDE under F stability (color online)
    Fig. 6. Comparison with HotSpot: (a) near-ground air integral concentration under D stability; (b) ground deposition concentration under D stability; (c) TEDE under D stability; (d) near-ground air integral concentration under F stability; (e) ground deposition concentration under F stability; (f) TEDE under F stability (color online)
    Calculated and experimental values of instantaneous air concentrations during HT release.
    Fig. 7. Calculated and experimental values of instantaneous air concentrations during HT release.
    TFWT concentrations (a) and OBT concentrations (b) in 4 representative foods over 7 days after the release (color online)
    Fig. 8. TFWT concentrations (a) and OBT concentrations (b) in 4 representative foods over 7 days after the release (color online)
    Hourly inhalation and ingestion dose within 1 d after release (a) and its proportion of the total dose (b)
    Fig. 9. Hourly inhalation and ingestion dose within 1 d after release (a) and its proportion of the total dose (b)
    压水堆 Pressurized water reactor

    气冷堆 Gas cooled

    reactor

    熔盐堆 Molten

    salt reactor

    重水堆 Heavy

    water reactor

    ITERDEMO

    产氚率 / (g·a-1)

    Tritium production rate

    ~ 0.75290~100~4(110~170)×103

    存量

    Inventory

    几克

    Several grams

    数十克

    Tens of grams

    数百克 Hundreds

    of grams

    数百克 Hundreds

    of grams

    数千克 Thousands of grams数千克 Thousands of grams
    Table 1. Tritium production rates and tritium inventories in different reactors[19]

    参数

    Parameters

    场景一

    Scenario 1

    场景二

    Scenario 2

    大气稳定度

    Atmospheric stability

    DF

    60 m高度处的风速 / (m∙s-1)

    Wind speed at 60 m

    53

    20 m高度处的风速 / (m∙s-1)

    Wind speed at 20 m

    3.4421.850

    10 m高度处的风速 / (m∙s-1)

    Wind speed at 10 m

    2.7191.364

    混合层高度 / m

    Inversion layer height

    560200

    空气温度 / ℃

    Air temperature

    1010
    Table 2. Main meteorological parameters at the time of the simulated accident

    参数

    Parameter

    Value

    释放持续时间 / min

    Release duration

    30

    HT释放量 / Bq

    HT release amount

    3.54 × 1012

    释放高度 / m

    Release height

    1.0

    HT沉积速度 / (m∙s-1)

    HT deposition velocity

    7.8×10-4 (≤ 200 m)

    4.3×10-4 (> 200 m)

    评估高度 / m

    Evaluation height

    1.0

    风速/(m∙s-1)

    Wind speed

    2.25

    大气稳定度类型

    Atmospheric stability

    BC

    湿沉积

    Wet deposition

    No

    Table 3. Program input parameters used for comparison with the HT release experiment
    Weijie CUI, Jinlong ZHANG, Zaixin LI, Bo CAO. Development and validation of a program for assessing the consequences of radioactivity releases from fusion reactor accidents[J]. Journal of Radiation Research and Radiation Processing, 2024, 42(3): 030601
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