A review of plutonium environmental data with a bibliography for use in risk assessments
Plutonium fueled radioisotopic heat sources find space, terrestrial, and undersea applications to generate electrical power. Such systems under postulated accident conditions could release radioactivity into the environment resulting in risks to the general population in the form of radiological doses and associated health effects. The evaluation of the radiological impact of postulated scenarios involving releases of activity into the environment includes identification of postulated accident release modes, including the probability of release and the release location; source term definition, including the activity of each radionuclide released and the corresponding chemical form and particle size distribution; analysis of the environmental behavior of the released radioactivity to determine the concentrations in environmental media (air, soil, and water) as a function of time; and analysis of the interaction between the environmental concentrations and man, leading to ingestion, inhalation, and external doses through each environmental exposure pathway. 443 refs., 2 figs., 4 tabs.
- Research Organization:
- NUS Corp., Gaithersburg, MD (US)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Special Nuclear Projects (US)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC01-80ET32079
- OSTI ID:
- 6551640
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/ET/32079-6; NUS-4370
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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