IfJIS-nf " - H?5VT IL9606164 THE 19th CONFERENCE OF THE ISRAEL NUCLEAR SOCIETIES & S<w4 d/ Afefatcti. DAN ACCADIA HOTEL HERZUYA December 9-10, 1996 VOL 2 8 H°= 06 piof}ps> *>£)ol /Mj/ ,n>iDN-n iboss v" 3 - n" 3 1 9 9 6 13)3X13 10-9 NIS-mf —1 5507 DAN ACCADIA HOTEL HERZUYA December 9-10, 1996 [Voo • 3uiipu9.ii @bjyo :|iBui-g cdQ' eemis-eo a^888Z4LS-£0 m-XZiZ 00SL9 irv zctos uu, ducal z (aua uadaa^) HUftLN cd„a aiCiLIU UCiCIQ: aau actUN amu dv^uctL daciN^ ud^a tyuz uud au,a c«tal uldc QU Nucaai gxJ <;w<Q act (Az.au tul NZ,t NCLUIC HCt CUL - d„L IrtLU CINLtCU: UNtlLU UdAlN^tU Z.LGIXU CUUUU UNtlLU Ut(<U.NZ,tU ^GtQtdU LGINtU UNtlLU Ut(ALN^U gjdl UdUClU unulu Ut^LN^u <;utcu aducu unulu z;at<u uartd curauuGiu: 6-01 XILKaZL' 9661 uucu' c„u-c„a ccQ4/y umc„i CI41I Ll-NCLiU' ULK41U m4 UNtILIU UtLrtiCilU C,mLN4 UC.CIQ UULKi U—61 Q"V2 bp’TD ’DIN 24 TNH m 62667 I’IN-tm 03-5440840 .t?D 03-5441095 .DpD T’DDipN 53006 .*T.n 61530 D’lN-tm 03-6473818 .^D 03-6496313 .DpD D’D*T3b 676 .i.n 60256 rmn’-mw 03-5333033 .>D 03-5333052 .DpD .n.u 730 .7.D 78107 07-6723741 .^D 07-6751003 .DpD D3’bpnD 37727 .7.11 61376 D’lN-^n 03-5600724 .bD 03-5600479 .DpD o"vd mwn nnri 9046 .*T.n 84190 DDW-7ND 07-6567008 .^D 07-6554502 .DpD 1996 ,*n)ma 9 /a m> *?p rn>ai nnmn 09:30-08:30 w-yi aim mmno aoio 10:00-09:30 D13>DH Y'V - 1J13 >3N I"! >y*rob n*mNn tvwi po - p»jn a»6 i"i nnan - n>mvN nmiNb mym - nna> tnm\y 'ana muttb ru\y 25 pman »y?o> n»%nw»n ipnn f)m bmn po - i3>i >n i"i yownn man ,mmai nmiN1? myin y'aan - pna pjna io mmoN yron aw - t>33 >33 l"*i D"JDO O'lL'JID 10'rOiU1-' 1.1 ^iiiMircxzy’ iFl Sj - d>w Chairman: A. fCefer P.S1 Radioactivity and Society - A Journey in the Netherlands Mr. G. Kupers, ENS President P.S2 Safety Research for Evolutionary Light Water Reactors Prof. D.G. Cacuci, KFZ Karlsruhe P.S3 The Safety of RBMK Reactors 10 years after Chernobyl Dr. L. Lederman, IAEA P.S4 Fusion Energy: Status, Technology Gaps and Programs: an Overview Dr. E. Abramov, NRCN 13:00-14:00 mim mw - viJivps o>w -1 - * Season I (2 - o»-gu o>w Advanced Reactor Physics and Technolgy 1 Chairmen: E. Abramov, W. Rothenstein 1.1 Low Energy Neutron Scattering for Energy Dependent Cross Sections. General Considerations W. Rothenstein, R. Dagan, Faculty of Mechnical Engineering, Technion-lsrael Institute of Technolgy, Haifa 1.2 A Comparison of Nodal Methods in Neutron Diffusion Calculations 8. Tavron, Nuclear Engineering Dept. R&D Division, Israel Electric Corporation 1.3 The Use of Routine Cell Codes for Evaluating the in-Rod Effective Cross Sections of a Resonance Absorber M. Segev, Ben Gurion University, Beer-Sheva 1.4 Analysis of Fission-Rate-Ratio Measurements in the NIST Iron Sphere Field R.L Perel, JJ. Wagschal, Y. Yeivin Racah, Institute of Physics, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem 1.5 Transport in Stochastic Multi-Dimensional Media 0. Haran, D. Shvarts, NRC, Negev & R. Thiberger, Ben-Gurion University, Beer-Sheva # -2- i' ' - 7ft d>w Radiation Protection and Dosimetry 1 Chairmen: 7. Schlesinger, E. Neeman 2.1 Revised Dose Limits and a New Respiratory Tract Model and Their Implications for the Annual limits of Intake of Radioactive Materials - A Review of Recent ICRP Publications 7 Schlesinger, /. Silverman, M. Shapiro, Soreq NRC, Yavne 2.2 Dose Calculation Due To Electrons Interaction With DNA G. Shani, S. Mark, I. Orion, Dept, of Nuclear Engineering, Ben-Gurion University, Beer Sheva, Soreq NRC, Yavne, 6. Laster, Medical Dept. Brookhaven National Laboratory, N.Y. USA 2.3 Magnetic Versus Electric fields in RF safety standarts - The Physical origin of difference and the practical implications M. Margaliot, R. Hareuveny, R. Ruppin and 7 Schlesinger, Soreq NRC, Yavne 2.4 Carcinogenic and Other Health Effects of 50/60 Hz Electric and Magnetic Files-Status Report R. Hareuveny, M. Margaliot, 7 Schlesinger, Radiation SafetyDivision, Soreq NRC, Yavne 2.5 Radiation Protection Implications Related to Cellular Communications R. Hareuveny, M. Margaliot, 7 Schlesinger, Radiation SafetyDivision, Soreq NRC, Yavne Advanced Reactor Physics and Technology 2 Chairmen: S.H. Levine, S. Dahan 3.1 Calculations of Criticality of the AP600 Reactor with the KENO V.a Code A. Krumbein, At Caner, At Shapira, Soreq NRC, Yavne 3.2 A Computerized Energy Systems Code and information Library at Soreq /. Silverman, At Shapira, At Coner, D. Saphier, Soreq NRC, Yavne 3.3 Plasma-Wall Interactions in Controlled Fusion Reactors: an Overview E. Abramov, Ben Curion University of the Negev, NRC Negev 3.4 A "Big-Mak"High Converting Water Reactor Y. Ronen, Y. Dali, Dept of Nuclear Engineering, Ben-Gurion University, Beer-Sheva # I 6: - tn port D$ 1N Radiation Protection and Dosimetry 2 Chairmen: Y. Shamai, E. Levinger 4.1 Radiation Dose to the Patient in Several Diagnostic X-Ray Examinations Performed with Conventional Radiography Equipment in 3 Major Medical Centers in Israel, A Comparative Study A. Ben-Shlomo, T. Schlesinger, Radiation Safty Division, Soreq NRC, Yavne, A. Kushilevsky, Dept, of Biomedical Engineering, Ben-Gurion University, Beer-Sheva 4.2 An Economic Evaluation of the Rare-Earth Screens to Reduce the Radiation Dose from Diagnostic X-Ray Procedures in Israel G. M. Ginzburg, Dept, of Information and Computing, Ministry of Health, Jerusalem, T. Schlesinger, A. Ben-Shlomo, Radiation Safety Division. Soreq NRC, Yavne 4.3 Neutron Activation Analysis for Environmental Trace Elements Research Determination of Elemental Composition of Sediments in the Sea of Gallilee, Israel N. Lavi, E. Neeman, S. Brenner, V. Butenko, Institute for Environmental Research, Tel-Aviv University, Sackler Medical School 4.4 129 l in Sea-Weeds Determined by AMS H. Feldstein, D.Berkovits, A. Peled, Soreq NRC, M. Paul, S.Ghelberg, Y.Kashiv, Racah Institute for Physics, Hebrew University; Jerusalem 4.5 Enhanced DNA Repair - A New Modality For Improved Radioprotection and Photoprotection E. Riklis, EDNAR R&D, NRC, Negev I ~:30- !i ffiSWfnl SVnS - D*-qi3 dHn 1996 10 BP r'.,i S'„<ij - 0*^13 D$1N Chernobyl: Ten Years After - Sum- up of the Radiological and Health Effects as Reported by IAEA and WHO J.Koch, D. Ilberg, IAEC O’5:45-11:15 5 (y yyy-41 5:-m4 - o*-y3 oJ»w Reactor Safety and Thermohydraulics 1 Chairmen: L. Reznik, J. Szabo 5.1 A New Approach to the Nuclear Power Plant Site Licensing A.A. kidron, Nuclear Project Manager, R&D Division, Israel Electric Corporation 5.2 Employment of MATLAB in the Analysis of Radionuclide Deposition and Leakage L Reznik, B. Tavron, Nuclear Engineering Dept. Research and Development Division, Israel Electric Corporation 5.3 Critical Pressure of Non-Equilibrium Two- Phase Critical Flow U. Minzer, Nuclear Engineering Department, Research & Development Division, Israel Electric Corporation 5.4 Aerosol Particles Sampling in Sampling and Transport Systems T. Kravchik, U. Gherman, Y. Laichter, NRC, Negev 5.5 Statistical Criterion for Bubbly-Slug Flow Transition J. Zingler*, E. Elias, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Technion, Haifa '> •• i ■ ■"JiO'W : . 'i i’ - 717 7ton DiffN Nuclear Instrumentation and Methods 1 Chairmen: U. German, B. Ben Shachar 6.1 Operation Program for an Automatic Alpha-Beta Counting System-FAG U. German, 5. Levinson, Y. Shemesh, O. Peled, M. Weinstein, NRC, Negev 6.2 A Manual Low Background Alpha and Beta Counting System S. Levinson, U. German, O. Peled, S. Turgeman, U. Vangrovitz, D.Tirosh, 5. Piestun, H. Assido, NRC, Negev 6.3 A Bar -Code Reader for an Alpha-Beta Automatic Counting System - FAG S. Levinson, Y. Shemesh, N. Ankry, H. Assido, U. German, O. Peled, NRC, Negev 6.4 Some Dosimetric Properties of the LiF:Mg,Ti Evaluated by the Automatic 6600 Thermoluminescent Reader B. Ben-Shachar, M. Weinstein, U. German, NRC, Negev 6.5 Computerized Operation of a Multi Detector Spectrometry System 5. Levivson, M. Messing, Y. Gilad, I. Ballon, 0. Peled, U. German, NRC, Negev I hM -7- # f I j - D>‘<)W D>W Reactor Safety and Thermohydraulics 2 Chairmen: M. Shapiro, Y. Barnea 7.1 A New Thermal-Hydraulic Core Module Based on the Drift-Flux Model for the DSNP I. Silverman, M. Shapira, D. Saphier, Soreq NRC, Yavne, E. Elias, Dept, of Mechanical Engineering, Technion, Haifa 7.2 Thermohydraulic Modeling of the Dry Air PCCS Process in the Westinghouse AP 600 ALWR R. Harari, Y. Weiss, NRC Negev, Y. Barnea, IAEC Licensing Division, Tel-Aviv 7.3 Aerosol Filteration by Fibrous and Membrane Filters T. Kravchik, U. Gherman, Y. Laichter, NRC, Negev 7.4 The Importance of Proper Feedback Modelling in HWR D. Saphier, 1. Gorelik, M. Shapira, Soreq NRC, Yavne 7.5 Coupling of Conduction with Laminar Free Convection from a Vertical Flat Plate- An Experimental Study J. Aharon, C. Lahav, NRC, Negev, H. Kalman, I. Shai, Pearlstone Center for Aeronautical Engineering Studies, Ben Gurion University, Beer Sheva -8- - 717 7>0,*7 D>W Nuclear Instrumentation and Methods 2 Chairmen: Y. Laichter, Y. Kalish 8.1 "R.I.S-125" 125l Air Monitoring System I. Belaish, S. Levinson, U. German, O. Pelled, Y. Laichter, U.Wangrovitz, D.Tirosh, D. Barak, NRC, Negev 8.2 Limitations of Absolute Activity Determination of I 125 Sources 0.