Summary of the JCO Criticality Accident in Tokai-mura and a Dose Assessment

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概要

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• A criticality accident occurred on September 30, 1999, in a conversion test facility at the JCO Tokai site. The accident was triggered by pouring an 18.8% enriched uranyl nitrate solution into a precipitation vessel beyond the critical mass. The accident continued for about 19 hours before the criticality could be stopped, during which time neutrons and gamma-rays were emitted continuously due to fission reactions. The total number of fission reactions was 2.5 × 10^<18> , which was estimated by an activity analysis of the fission products in the solution of the precipitation vessel. The accident gave serious radiation dose to 3 employees and fatal dose to 2 of them. Neutrons and gamma-rays emitted by the accident caused meaningful doses to the residents of the surrounding area of JCO. The dominant dose to the residents and JCO employees was brought by neutrons and gamma-rays from the precipitation vessel, while the contribution of radioactive plume was negligible. The individual dose was estimated for 234 resident, 169 JCO employees and 260 emergency personnel. The maximum doses were 21mSv for the residents, 48mSv for the JCO employees, and 9.4mSv for the emergency personnel, respectively. No deterministic effect, however, has been observed, except for the 3 workers.

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著者

• TANAKA Shun-ichi

  Tokai Establishment, Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute

• Tanaka Shun-ichi

  Tokai Research Establishment Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute

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