RADIATION PROTECTION ›› 2016, Vol. 36 ›› Issue (5): 317-321.

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Research on shielding performance measurements of a spent fuel transportation container

Sun Hongchao1, Li Guoqiang1, Zhuang Dajie1, Wang Renze1, Sun Shutang1, Meng Dongyuan1, Wang Xuexin1, Zhang Jiangang1, Cao Fangfang2, Zhang Hongjian2   

  1. 1. China Institute for Radiation Protection, Taiyuan 030006;
    2. Nuclear and Radiation Safety Center, Ministry of Environmental Protection, Beijing 100082
  • Received:2015-12-25 Online:2016-09-20 Published:2021-11-15

Abstract: The radiation shielding performance measurements of transport container is the important content to ensure transportation safety of radioactive material. The radiation shielding performance of radioactive material package must meet the requirements of “Regulations for the safe transport of radioactive material” (GB 11806—2004). However, some of the problems and difficulties reflected in practice need to be solved, such as the measurement results of neutron radiation level of container outer are not always reliable. In this paper,the monitoring results of using both the neutron multi-sphere spectrometer and portable neutron measurement instrument are compared, and the MCNP runs are done to study the shielding performance measurements of spent fuel package. The results of monitoring and simulation are compared, some factors are discussed, and an optimized scheme is recommended.

Key words: radioactive materials transport package, spent fuel, neutron radiation monitoring, MCNP, shielding performance measurements

CLC Number: 

  • R144