Environmental Radioactivity Levels Bellefonte Nuclear Plant: Annual Report, 1988.

摘要

The Bellefonte Nuclear Plant (BLN), being constructed by the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), is located in Jackson County, Alabama, on a peninsula bounded on the west by Town Creek embayment and on the east by Guntersville Reservoir at Tennessee River Mile (TRM) 391.5. The site is approximately 6 miles (10 kilometers) northeast of Scottsboro, Alabama. The plant will consist of two pressurized water reactors; each unit is rated at 3620 MWt and 1271 MWe. Fuel load in Unit 1 has not been scheduled. A preoperational environmental radiological monitoring program was implemented in August 1978 and continued through 1983. This program had the objective of establishing a baseline of data on the distribution of natural and manmade radioactivity in the environment near the plant site. Because of the extended delay in fuel loading, the sampling program was substantially reduced for 1984, 1985, and 1986. This reduced program was discontinued in the fall of 1988. The full preoperational sampling program will be restarted approximately 1 year prior to fuel loading. This report presents the results obtained from the program conducted during 1988. 16 figs., 10 tabs.