Experiences of Radiation Monitoring in the Fuel Reprocessing Test Plant

Abstract

The Fuel Reprocessing Test Plant at JAERI was operated during the period of 1968-1969 to gain experiences of the fuel reprocessing.
Fuel elements reprocessed were irradiated in the JRR-3 reactor up to about 700MWD/ton and cooled for 87-300 days.
The purpose of this paper is to describe the experiences of radiation monitoring including contaminations and radiation levels encountered during the fuel reprocessing, and the results of inplace test of air cleaning filters installed in the plant.