Subject : Power Plant Engineering

Topic: Chap 5- Nuclear Power Plants

Difficulty: Medium

At nuclear power plants there are three main sources of radioactive contamination of air.

1. Fission of nuclei of nuclear fuels.

2. The second source is due to the effect of neutron fluxes on the heat carrier in the primary cooling system and on the ambient air.

3. Third source of air contamination is damage of shells of fuel elements.