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Spent nuclear fuel is an important component of the nuclear waste in nuclear energy sector. It consists of fission products, and actinides. The composition and quantity of radionuclides in spent nuclear fuel depends on nuclear fission yields, initial nuclear fuel composition and the fuel burn-up. Due to the complicated physical phenomenon that take place during irradiation of nuclear fuel by neutrons special neutron code APOLLO is used for the fuel composition calculations and the fuel depletion code PEPIN. Radiation hazard related to the production of radionuclides depends on the type of radioactivity and on the energy of emitted particles. Radiation hazard is defined by the radiotoxicity of elements entering environment. Present paper discusses production processes of radiotoxic materials and provides the results of radiotoxicity analysis in the spent nuclear fuel of RBMK type reactor.
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Adlys, G. (2013). Sources of Radiotoxicity in Spent Nuclear Fuel. In: Dekhtyar, Y., Katashev, A., Lancere, L. (eds) International Symposium on Biomedical Engineering and Medical Physics, 10-12 October, 2012, Riga, Latvia. IFMBE Proceedings, vol 38. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-34197-7_56
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