Analysis and proposed revision of the radiation protection and waste management programs as described in the Oregon State University TRIGA research reactor safety analysis report

• Main Author: Chinudomsub, Kittisak
• Other Authors: Higginbotham, Jack F.
• Language: en_US
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: Water cooled reactors > Oregon > Corvallis; Nuclear energy > Research > Oregon > Corvallis
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1957/33385

The Safety Analysis Report (SAR) of the Oregon State University TRIGA Research Reactor (OSTR) was prepared and used as a safety baseline for the reactor's operation since 1968. Although, in general, revision of the Safety Analysis Report of a research reactor is not a regulation requirement, it should be revised from time to time to include changes to the facility or procedures or update to current regulatory standards. The ANS 15.21 workgroup developed a draft standard format and content for safety analysis reports for research reactors. An area of this guidance, which was selected for this work's revision of OSTR-SAR, is the radiation protection program and waste management chapter. The Health Physics program of the facility was observed. The radiological data were obtained from the annual reports for more than 10 years of operation. The related data, such as meteorological data, were obtained and prepared for the analysis processes. The current federal regulation limits and recommendations were used as the references for dose assessments. The results show the OSTR has a sufficient radiation protection program not only for the facility's workers, but also for the general public, and the program is in full compliance with the federal regulations. The dose estimation shows that the workers and general public can not receive and have not received doses in excess of regulatory limits from the normal operation of the OSTR. === Graduation date: 2000