Real-time global mutual aid for atmopheric releases of radioactivity is possible today

Conference · Tue Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 1989

OSTI ID:5721036

Sullivan, T. J.

Over the past 15 years, the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory's Atmospheric Release Advisory Capability (ARAC) has developed and evolved a computer-based, real-time, radiological-dose-assessment service for the United States Departments of Energy and Defense. This service is built on the integrated components of real-time computer-acquired meteorological data, extensive computer databases, numerical atmospheric-dispersion models, graphical displays, and operational-assessment-staff expertise. The focus of ARAC is the off-site problem where regional meteorology and topography are dominant influences on transport and dispersion. Through application to numerous radiological accidents/releases on scales from small accidental ventings to the Chernobyl reactor disaster, ARAC has developed methods to provide emergency dose assessments from the local to the hemispheric scale. 17 refs., 8 figs.

• Research Organization: Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: DOE/EH
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-48
• OSTI ID: 5721036
• Report Number(s): UCRL-101718; CONF-8907103-10; ON: DE90001056
• Resource Relation: Conference: Technology-based confidence building: energy and environment, Santa Fe, NM (USA), 9-14 Jul 1989
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION
RADIOACTIVITY TRANSPORT
DATA ACQUISITION
FISSION PRODUCT RELEASE
GENERAL CIRCULATION MODELS
MAPPING
REACTOR ACCIDENTS
REAL TIME SYSTEMS
ACCIDENTS
MATHEMATICAL MODELS
500300* - Environment
Atmospheric- Radioactive Materials Monitoring & Transport- (-1989)