RADIATION PROTECTION BULLETIN ›› 2025, Vol. 45 ›› Issue (4): 32-37.

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Habitability analysis and improvement of the main control room of EPR unit in a nuclear power plant

WEI Peng1, LI Xiaochen2, YANG Zhichao3, ZHANG Wei1, WU Tao2, ZHANG Yuan2, GAO Linfeng2, LI Yongguo2, LI Jian2, LIU Tao2, ZHANG Chongwen2   

  1. 1. Taishan Nuclear Power Joint Venture Co. Ltd., Guangdong Taishan 529200;
    2. CNNC Key Laboratory on Radioactive Gas Purification Technology, China Institute for Radiation Protection, Taiyuan 030006;
    3. South China Nuclear and Radiation Safety Supervision Station, Ministry of Ecology and Environment, Guangdong Shenzhen 518026
  • Received:2025-05-12 Online:2025-08-20 Published:2026-01-15

Abstract: On the background of general attention to the air in-leakage experiment and habitability for main control rooms of nuclear power plants, an in-leakage tracer gas experiment for a third-generation nuclear power plant is introduced. Experimental results show that the unfiltered air in-leakage of the main control room is smaller than some other nuclear power plants with no design requirements, but there is still room for improvement. Measures of real practicability originated from the analysis of the causes of unfiltered air in-leakage are suggested.

Key words: Nuclear power plant, EPR unit, main control room, habitability

CLC Number: 

  • TL75+2.2