Abstract
The environmental monitoring system of the Paks Nuclear Power Station (Hungary) has been designed with a dual aim:in normal operation: to check that the population’s burden does not exceed the prescribed dose limit;under accidental conditions: to provide rapid information on the expected radiation burden of the population so that necessary steps can be taken.
For assessing environmental doses the following parts of the monitoring system are used
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— telemetric stations to determine the time integral of131I concentration in air and the gamma dose rate;
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— sampling stations and devices for sample measurement;
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— mobile laboratories;
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— a meteorological tower.
The main principles and structure of the environmental monitoring system are discussed.
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Fehér, I., Deme, S. & Andrási, A. Environmental monitoring system at the Paks Nuclear Power Station. Acta Physica 52, 373–379 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03158870
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