Analysis of RADTRAN transportation model

Conference · Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 EDT 1990

OSTI ID:145009

Resnikoff, M ^[1]

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1. Radioactive Waste Management Associates, New York, NY (United States)

This paper reviews the RADTRAN computer model, used to estimate the risks of transporting waste to a high-level repository. Ignoring high consequence accidents, human error, sabotage, realistic accident scenarios and recent health effects data leads to an underestimate of potential health effects. Potential economic costs following an accident in a rural area are low compared to a scale-up of the Palomares, Spain clean-up and other estimates. The author states that these costs can vary widely depending on the accident locale and whether certain direct and indirect costs are included.

• OSTI ID: 145009
• Report Number(s): CONF-900406-; ISBN 0-87262-751-9; TRN: 90:031587
• Resource Relation: Conference: 1. international topical meeting on high-level radioactive waste management, Las Vegas, NV (United States), 8-12 Apr 1990; Other Information: PBD: 1990; Related Information: Is Part Of High level radioactive waste management; Volume 2; PB: 1456 p.
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

05 NUCLEAR FUELS
99 MATHEMATICS
COMPUTERS
INFORMATION SCIENCE
MANAGEMENT
LAW
MISCELLANEOUS
HIGH-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTES
TRANSPORT
RISK ASSESSMENT
COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION
COST ESTIMATION
R CODES
ACCIDENTS