A comparison of models to assess the atmospheric dispersion of resuspended radionuclides on the Nevada Test Site

Technical Report · Tue Nov 01 00:00:00 EST 1994

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/46660· OSTI ID:46660

Green, J. R. ^[1]; Eckart, R. E. ^[2]

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1. Westinghouse Hanford Co., Richland, WA (United States)
2. Univ. of Cincinnati, OH (United States)

A study of computer codes was made to determine the suitability of their use for modeling radionuclide dispersion from attachment to fugitive dust at the GMX safety shot area of the Nevada Test site. Two codes, the Industrial Source Complex 2 Long Term Model (ISCLT2) and the Fugitive Dust Model (FDM), were subsequently chosen to model the GMX site. Dose calculations were performed using the output values generated by the computer codes. The concentration values produced by the two codes were within a factor of two of each other and were not significantly different. The FDM, however, was felt to be a more useful code for use in calculating doses caused by attachment to fugitive dust.

• Research Organization: Westinghouse Hanford Co., Richland, WA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC06-87RL10930
• OSTI ID: 46660
• Report Number(s): WHC-SA-2809; CONF-941102-42; ON: DE95010064; TRN: 95:011020
• Resource Relation: Other Information: PBD: Nov 1994
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
45 MILITARY TECHNOLOGY, WEAPONRY, AND NATIONAL DEFENSE
56 BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE
APPLIED STUDIES
NEVADA TEST SITE
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSPORT
I CODES
F CODES
RADIOACTIVE AEROSOLS
RADIATION DOSES
CALCULATION METHODS
RADIOECOLOGICAL CONCENTRATION
COMPILED DATA