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Tritium concentration and diffusion in seawater discharged from Tokai Reprocessing Plant

東海再処理施設から海洋放出されたトリチウムの海水中濃度及び拡散状況

國分 祐司 ; 藤田 博喜; 中野 政尚 ; 住谷 秀一 

Kokubun, Yuji; Fujita, Hiroki; Nakano, Masanao; Sumiya, Shuichi

東海再処理施設は1977年から2008年度末までに合計で1,140トンの使用済燃料を再処理した。操業の間、放射性廃液を放出承認後、沿岸から約3.7km沖(1991年までは約1.8km)の放出口から合計で4.5PBqの$$^{3}$$Hを放出した。そのため、1978年以来、原子力機構は毎月放出口周辺の海水を採取してきた。海水中の$$^{3}$$Hを分析し、液体シンチレーションカウンタにて測定した。すべてのデータを、希釈倍率(放出水濃度を海水中濃度で割った値)の計算に使用した。検出下限以下のデータは9,079件(82.0%)、検出下限を超え40Bq/L(定量下限)以下のデータは、1,964件(17.7%)あった。最大濃度は1979年に放出口直上で採取した海水で1,700Bq/Lであった。さらに、希釈倍率は、240から6,500,000倍であった。すべての濃度は法律に定められる水中の濃度限度(60,000Bq/L)以下であり、環境安全上問題がないことを確認している。

The Tokai Reprocessing Plant has reprocessed the total amount of 1,140 tons of spent fuels since 1977 to the end of fiscal year 2008. During the operation, radioactive liquid effluent has been discharged into the sea from the outlet of the pipeline stretching about 3.7 km from shoreline, after the discharge approval and discharged total amounts of 4.5 PBq of $$^{3}$$H to the sea. Therefore, since 1978, JAEA has sampled seawater around the outlet every month. Tritium concentrations in seawater were analyzed and measured using a liquid scintillation counter. All data were used to calculate the dilution factor which means the ratio of the $$^{3}$$H concentration in seawater to that in liquid effluent. The number of $$^{3}$$H concentrations below the detection limit was 9,079 (82.0%) and the number of those from the limit to 40 Bq/L (as quantification limit) was 1,964 (17.7%). The maximum concentration was 1,700 Bq/L at the point just above the outlet in 1979. Moreover, the dilution factors were ranged between 240 and 6,500,000. All the concentrations were confirmed to be those below 60,000 Bq/L of $$^{3}$$H concentration limit included in water decided by the law and that it were not concern of environmental safety.

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