Development and operativity of a real-time radiological monitoring network centered on the nuclear power plant of Almaraz, Spain

Author

Baeza, A. ; del Puerto, J.A. ; Del Río, M. ; Miró, C. ; Ortiz, F. ; Paniagua, J.M.

Author_Institution

Dept. de Fisica, Extremadura Univ., Caceres, Spain

Volume

40

Issue

6

fYear

1993

fDate

12/1/1993 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

2014

Lastpage

2020

Abstract

The hardware and software characteristics of the environmental surveillance radiological network that has been installed around the nuclear power station of Almaraz, Spain are presented. A description is given of the program RADLINE, which allows radiological data to be logged in real time. A study is made of the operativity of the network and the methodology followed in establishing the radiological prealert and alert levels. It is found that, for the levels of radiological prealert to be sufficiently sensitive, they have to be different for each dosimetry station and vary with time. To discriminate between statistically significant increments in the dose rate and spurious maxima, these levels are fixed at x¯+15×σ, where x¯ is the mean dose rate and σ the standard deviation for the last 30 d recorded

Keywords

air pollution detection and control; computerised monitoring; environmental science computing; fission reactor safety; radioactive pollution; Almaraz; PWR; RADLINE; Spain; dosimetry station; environmental surveillance radiological network; nuclear power station; radiological data; radiological prealert; real-time radiological monitoring network; Accidents; Appraisal; Cities and towns; Ecosystems; Hardware; Power generation; Radiation detectors; Radiation monitoring; Radioactive materials; Surveillance;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9499

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/23.273450

Filename

273450