Kr-85 has a half-life of 10.7 years and it stays in the atmosphere for a long time. However it does not accumulate as an noble gas but only emits beta particles. Therefore its contribution to environmental radiation dose is lower than any other radionuclides. Kr-85 is one of the main fission products produced by nuclear fission reaction and artificial radionuclide that does not exist in nature. For these reasons, monitoring Kr-85 from the atmosphere is meaningful so that the nuclear-related facilities are recommended to control and regulate environmental emissions. Post Irradiation Examination Facility (PIEF) which located in KAERI is a facility that conducts various material and chemical experiments using the irradiated nuclear fuels. Therefore, various radionuclides can present in gaseous effluent including Kr-85. To prevent the environmental hazards and guarantee the radiation safety of the public, nuclear facilities are recommended to be equipped with stack radiation/radioactivity monitoring system, so that the Kr-85 concentration in gaseous effluent is controlled within the regulatory criteria. Particularly, the Kr-85 concentration of gaseous effluent is commonly monitored by the stack monitoring system connected to the process ventilation system from the hot cell. The monitoring system supply the information such as beta count rate, dose rate and flow rate, etc. Due to the concentration of Kr-85 in gaseous effluent is subject to regulatory guide lines, a systemized procedure for calculating Kr-85 concentration of the stack exhaust is necessary. Furthermore, the emission should be monitored whether it satisfies the regulatory standard or does not. This paper performed discussion on the process of calculating the concentration of Kr-85 in the gaseous effluent of PIEF stack from the monitoring system (NGM209, MGP), and the amount of Kr- 85 over the last 2 years emissions was calculated. In addition to calculating effluent rate of radioactive Kr-85, the Minimum Detectable Concentration (MDC) and Decision Threshold (SD) were calculated. As a result, the calculated Kr-85 concentration was below the SD during the entire period. It is considered that there are no environmental emissions of Kr-85.

• Suhyun Choi(Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute (KAERI)) Corresponding author
• Cheolhyun Kang(Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute (KAERI))
• Jongil Lee(Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute (KAERI))
• Insu Chang(Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute (KAERI))