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Title: Dose estimates in a loss of lead shielding truck accident.

Abstract

The radiological transportation risk & consequence program, RADTRAN, has recently added an updated loss of lead shielding (LOS) model to it most recent version, RADTRAN 6.0. The LOS model was used to determine dose estimates to first-responders during a spent nuclear fuel transportation accident. Results varied according to the following: type of accident scenario, percent of lead slump, distance to shipment, and time spent in the area. This document presents a method of creating dose estimates for first-responders using RADTRAN with potential accident scenarios. This may be of particular interest in the event of high speed accidents or fires involving cask punctures.

Authors:
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  1. Alion Science & Technology Albuquerque, NM
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Sandia National Laboratories (SNL), Albuquerque, NM, and Livermore, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
984941
Report Number(s):
SAND2009-5107
TRN: US1006105
DOE Contract Number:  
AC04-94AL85000
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
11 NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE AND FUEL MATERIALS; ACCIDENTS; CASKS; NUCLEAR FUELS; SHIELDING; VELOCITY; SPENT FUELS; Dose; Transportation-Accidents.; Radioactive wastes-Transportation-Accidents.

Citation Formats

Dennis, Matthew L, Osborn, Douglas M, Weiner, Ruth F, and Heames, Terence John. Dose estimates in a loss of lead shielding truck accident.. United States: N. p., 2009. Web. doi:10.2172/984941.
Dennis, Matthew L, Osborn, Douglas M, Weiner, Ruth F, & Heames, Terence John. Dose estimates in a loss of lead shielding truck accident.. United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/984941
Dennis, Matthew L, Osborn, Douglas M, Weiner, Ruth F, and Heames, Terence John. 2009. "Dose estimates in a loss of lead shielding truck accident.". United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/984941. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/984941.
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title = {Dose estimates in a loss of lead shielding truck accident.},
author = {Dennis, Matthew L and Osborn, Douglas M and Weiner, Ruth F and Heames, Terence John},
abstractNote = {The radiological transportation risk & consequence program, RADTRAN, has recently added an updated loss of lead shielding (LOS) model to it most recent version, RADTRAN 6.0. The LOS model was used to determine dose estimates to first-responders during a spent nuclear fuel transportation accident. Results varied according to the following: type of accident scenario, percent of lead slump, distance to shipment, and time spent in the area. This document presents a method of creating dose estimates for first-responders using RADTRAN with potential accident scenarios. This may be of particular interest in the event of high speed accidents or fires involving cask punctures.},
doi = {10.2172/984941},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/984941}, journal = {},
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place = {United States},
year = {Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 2009},
month = {Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 2009}
}