Preliminary design studies for the DESCARTES and CIDER codes. Hanford Environmental Dose Reconstruction Project

Technical Report · Tue Dec 01 00:00:00 EST 1992

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/10124461· OSTI ID:10124461

Eslinger, P W; Miley, T B; Ouderkirk, S J; Nichols, W E

The Hanford Environmental Dose Reconstruction (HEDR) project is developing several computer codes to model the release and transport of radionuclides into the environment. This preliminary design addresses two of these codes: Dynamic Estimates of Concentrations and Radionuclides in Terrestrial Environments (DESCARTES) and Calculation of Individual Doses from Environmental Radionuclides (CIDER). The DESCARTES code will be used to estimate the concentration of radionuclides in environmental pathways, given the output of the air transport code HATCHET. The CIDER code will use information provided by DESCARTES to estimate the dose received by an individual. This document reports on preliminary design work performed by the code development team to determine if the requirements could be met for Descartes and CIDER. The document contains three major sections: (i) a data flow diagram and discussion for DESCARTES, (ii) a data flow diagram and discussion for CIDER, and (iii) a series of brief statements regarding the design approach required to address each code requirement.

• Research Organization: Battelle Pacific Northwest Lab., Richland, WA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC06-76RL01830
• OSTI ID: 10124461
• Report Number(s): BN-SA-3681-HEDR; ON: DE93006344
• Resource Relation: Other Information: PBD: Dec 1992
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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