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Atmospheric releases from severe nuclear accidents: Environmental transport and pathways to man: Modelling of radiation doses to man from Chernobyl releases

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OSTI ID:5517624
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The Chernobyl accident released a large amount of highly fractionated radioactive debris, including approximately 89 PBq of /sup 137/Cs. We calculated the resulting collective dose commitment to the Northern Hemisphere via the pathways of external exposure and ingestion of radionuclides withd food. We developed a rural/urban model of external dose and we used the PATHWAY model for ingestion. The results are a collective dose commitment of 630,000 person-Gy over the first year and 1,200,000 person-Gy over 50 years. 13 refs., 1 tab.
Research Organization:
Lawrence Livermore National Lab., CA (USA); California Univ., Davis (USA); Electric Power Research Inst., Palo Alto, CA (USA)
DOE Contract Number:
W-7405-ENG-48
OSTI ID:
5517624
Report Number(s):
UCRL-96541; CONF-870911-3; IAEA-CN-48/274; ON: DE88003951
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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