| Radioactive effluent monitoring is the most direct mean to identify a significant incident or event in nuclear power plants. This paper analyzes the problems in the radioactive effluent monitoring of national nuclear power plants, and discusses the requirements and methods for the radioactive effluent monitoring of nuclear power plants in IAEA Safety Standards Series, including management mechanism of radioactive effluent, emission limits, sampling/monitoring frequency, analysis methods of radionuclide, monitoring report, and quality assurance, etc. Finally, some suggestions including lifting basic technology ability, perfecting laws and regulations and strengthening supervision are put forward to improve national monitoring works on the radioactive effluent of nuclear power plants. |
