Development of CANDU-specific operational intervention levels

• Published in: Annals of nuclear energy Vol. 168; p. 108890
• Main Authors: Lebel, Luke, Shah, Manit, Chouhan, Sohan, Brown, Morgan, Morreale, Andrew, Edwards, Geoff, Korolevych, Volodymyr
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Ltd 01.04.2022
• Subjects: CANDU reactors; Emergency planning; Environmental fate and transport modelling; Environmental monitoring; Operational intervention levels (OILs); Severe accidents; CANDU reactors; Environmental monitoring; Environmental fate and transport modelling; Severe accidents; Operational intervention levels (OILs); Emergency planning

•Development of CANDU-specific operational intervention levels.•Extension of IAEA methodology from EPR-NPP-OILs (2017).•Based on postulated releases from CANDU reactor and irradiated fuel bay accidents.•CANDU OILs largely consistent with LWR OILs, expect for OIL7 for food post analysis.•Shortcomings...