Radiological consequences of potential sabotage attack to storage casks on the ISFSI site

Abstract

Abstract Interim storage is one major program of fuel cycle. Because there are some individuals staying or living very close to the ISFSI site that is being constructed, this paper examines the potential radiological consequences of hypothesized events for storage casks. This study uses ORIGEN, HOTSPOT and RESRAD software to calculate the source terms, acute dose and long-term dose, separately. The results show that explosive-induced buoyancy would disperse the source much farther than the site boundary in a sabotage accident. Nevertheless, the amount of radioactivity released to offsite would be very low, and the maximum dose received by any individual staying or living in the vicinity of ISFSI, even under the most conservative scenario, would be very much less than the local public relocation dose limit.