Made available in DSpace on 2014-10-09T12:55:00Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 / Made available in DSpace on 2014-10-09T14:07:16Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 / Este estudo teve como objetivo estabelecer diretrizes para realização da Contabilidade Ambiental no Ciclo do Combustível Nuclear, tendo como estudo de caso a Unidade de Produção de Hexafluoreto de Urânio do Centro Tecnológico da Marinha em São Paulo. A ciência contábil, em sua vertente Contabilidade Ambiental, fornece um conjunto de ferramentas aptas a mensurar os esforços de proteção, conservação, recuperação e monitoramento do meio ambiente na etapa de Conversão, que vai do concentrado de urânio, o yellow cake, até a fabricação do hexafluoreto de urânio. Foram realizadas pesquisas, visitas, levantamento do banco de dados, entrevistas e consultas ao Relatório Preliminar de Análise de Segurança para se obter o porcentual dos gastos relativos à preservação ambiental que a unidade estudada investiu em relação ao total do gasto do empreendimento. E também foi realizada a valoração da área verde preservada, sendo possível o levantamento do Balanço Ambiental. / Dissertacao (Mestrado) / IPEN/D / Instituto de Pesquisas Energeticas e Nucleares - IPEN/CNEN-SP

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A method has been developed that uses uranium hexafluoride as the internal standard to quantitatively determine trace impurities in the uranium hexafluoride using relative response factors. A computer program was written to control the mass spectrometer and determine the concentrations of target impurities present. Overlapping spectra are deconvoluted using the Gauss-Seidel iterative method. The composition of the sample is determined by comparing the peak height ratios of the target impurities to the internal standard. Measurement parameters are easily modified using the menu driven program. A flexible database allows the list of target impurities to be extended to accommodate any changes in analytical requirements. The method has been adapted for automatic on-line measurements. The technique was evaluated by analysing a number of carefully prepared standards. Nine target impurities were studied which ranged in concentration from parts per million to percentages. An overall precision of fifteen percent was obtained. / Dissertation (MSc)--University of Pretoria, 1993. / gm2013 / Chemistry / unrestricted

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Filter holders and continuous air monitors (CAMs) are used extensively in the nuclear industry. It is important to minimize leakage in these devices and in recognition of this consideration, a limit on leakage for sampling systems is specified in ANSI/HPS N13.1-1999; however the protocol given in the standard is really germane to measurement of significant leakage, e.g., several percent of the sampling flow rate. In the present study, a technique for quantifying leakage was developed and that approach was used to measure the sealing integrity of a CAM and two kinds of filter holders. The methodology involves use of sulfur hexafluoride as a tracer gas with the device being tested operated under dynamic flow conditions. The leak rates in these devices were determined in the pressure range from 2.49 kPa (10 In. H2O) vacuum to 2.49 kPa (10 In. H2O) pressure at a typical flow rate of 56.6 L/min (2 cfm). For the two filter holders, the leak rates were less than 0.007% of the nominal flow rate. The leak rate in the CAM was less than 0.2% of the nominal flow rate. These values are well within the limit prescribed in the ANSI standard, which is 5% of the nominal flow rate. Therefore the limit listed in the ANSI standard should be reconsidered as lower values can be achieved, and the methodology presented herein can be used to quantify lower leakage values in sample collectors and analyzers. A theoretical analysis was also done to determine the nature of flow through the leaks and the amount of flow contribution by the different possible mechanisms of flow through leaks.

Filter holders and continuous air monitors (CAMs) are used extensively in the nuclear industry. It is important to minimize leakage in these devices and in recognition of this consideration, a limit on leakage for sampling systems is specified in ANSI/HPS N13.1-1999; however the protocol given in the standard is really germane to measurement of significant leakage, e.g., several percent of the sampling flow rate. In the present study, a technique for quantifying leakage was developed and that approach was used to measure the sealing integrity of a CAM and two kinds of filter holders. The methodology involves use of sulfur hexafluoride as a tracer gas with the device being tested operated under dynamic flow conditions. The leak rates in these devices were determined in the pressure range from 2.49 kPa (10 In. H2O) vacuum to 2.49 kPa (10 In. H2O) pressure at a typical flow rate of 56.6 L/min (2 cfm). For the two filter holders, the leak rates were less than 0.007% of the nominal flow rate. The leak rate in the CAM was less than 0.2% of the nominal flow rate. These values are well within the limit prescribed in the ANSI standard, which is 5% of the nominal flow rate. Therefore the limit listed in the ANSI standard should be reconsidered as lower values can be achieved, and the methodology presented herein can be used to quantify lower leakage values in sample collectors and analyzers. A theoretical analysis was also done to determine the nature of flow through the leaks and the amount of flow contribution by the different possible mechanisms of flow through leaks.

Mémoire (M.Sc.)- Université du Québec à Chicoutimi, 1975. / "Thèse présentée dans le cadre du programme UQ d'études avancées en énergie pour l'obtention du grade de la maîtrise es science (énergie)". CaQCU Document électronique également accessible en format PDF. CaQCU

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