Dose estimates from the Chernobyl accident

Conference · Sun Nov 01 00:00:00 EST 1987

OSTI ID:5650442

Lange, R; Dickerson, M H; Gudiksen, P H

The Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Atmospheric Release Advisory Capability (ARAC) responded to the Chernobyl nuclear reactor accident in the Soviet Union by utilizing long-range atmospheric dispersion modeling to estimate the amount of radioactivity released (source term) and the radiation dose distribution due to exposure to the radioactive cloud over Europe and the Northern Hemisphere. In later assessments, after the release of data on the accident by the Soviet Union, the ARAC team used their mesoscale to regional scale model to focus in on the radiation dose distribution within the Soviet Union and the vicinity of the Chernobyl plant. 22 refs., 5 figs., 5 tabs.

• Research Organization: Lawrence Livermore National Lab., CA (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-48
• OSTI ID: 5650442
• Report Number(s): UCRL-96934; CONF-871101-78; ON: DE88004711
• Resource Relation: Conference: California State Air Resources Board, Los Angeles, CA, USA, 15 Nov 1987; Other Information: Paper copy only, copy does not permit microfiche production
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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