The EPR: A clear step forward in dose reduction and radiation protection
✍ Scribed by E. Baumann; I.R. Terry
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2006
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 234 KB
- Volume
- 236
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0029-5493
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✦ Synopsis
For the European Pressurized Water Reactor (EPR) a large effort was made to improve the plant design with respect to radiation protection using the experience gained during the design of former generations of pressurized water reactor (PWR) in France and Germany, and their current operation. Keeping the radiation exposure of personnel to an acceptable level is one of the main objectives of the EPR design. Both the individual and the collective doses are considered.
Internationally comparable limits based on recommendations of the International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP) have been established for individual doses. These limits describe the framework within which the individual dose shall be kept as low as possible, applying the principles: