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Emergency Response Planning for Radiological Releases

Conference ·
OSTI ID:21208688
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  1. Argonne National Laboratory, 9700 South Cass Avenue, Argonne, IL 60439 (United States)

The emergency management planning tool RISK-RDD was developed to aid emergency response planners and decision makers at all levels of government to better understand and prepare for potential problems related to a radiological release, especially those in urban areas. Radioactive release scenarios were studied by using the RISK-RDD radiological emergency management program. The scenarios were selected to investigate the key aspects of radiological risk management not always considered in emergency planning as a whole. These aspects include the evaluation of both aerosolized and non-aerosolized components of an atmospheric release, methods of release, acute and chronic human health risks, and the concomitant economic impacts as a function of the risk-based cleanup level. (authors)

Research Organization:
WM Symposia, Inc., PO Box 13023, Tucson, AZ, 85732-3023 (United States)
OSTI ID:
21208688
Report Number(s):
INIS-US--09-WM-06219
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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