Radiation doses due to accidental release of radioactive materials

Book · Sat Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1972

OSTI ID:4344288

Vogt, K J

From colloquium on meteorological problems occurring in reactor incidents; Nuremburg, Germany (May 1972). A test was made to relate the emisslon strengths of the activities released into the atmosphere from nuclear facilities by means of propagation calculations to the resulting radiation burden via various exposure paths in the environment of the emittant. From there a generally applicable concept was developed for the calculation of the permissible activity discharges to the environment of nuclear facilities regarded as admissible dose limits (for normally operation emissions) or accidental standard values (for accidental releases). Quantitative criteria are established for the site selection and for the necessary and sufficient requirements for the safe design of nuclear facilities. By evaluation of the propagation equations for the exposure paths and suitable parameter representations of the results as a catalogue of sets of curves, nomograms, and isopleth representations, some material is provided which is available for planning purposes and which can be used for analysis and forecasts of environmental hazards. (GE)

• Research Organization: Kernforschungsanlage, Juelich, Ger.
• NSA Number: NSA-29-018342
• OSTI ID: 4344288
• Report Number(s): GSF-S--189
• Country of Publication: Germany
• Language: German

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