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Model to estimate the local radiation doses to man from the atmospheric release of radionuclides (LWBR development program)

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/7304487· OSTI ID:7304487
A model was developed to estimate the radiation dose commitments received by people in the vicinity of a facility that releases radionuclides into the atmosphere. This model considers dose commitments resulting from immersion in the plume, ingestion of contaminated food, inhalation of gaseous and suspended radioactivity, and exposure to ground deposits. The dose commitments from each of these pathways is explicitly considered for each radionuclide released into the atmosphere and for each daughter of each released nuclide. Using the release rate of only the parent radionuclide, the air and ground concentrations of each daughter are calculated for each position of interest. This is considered to be a significant improvement over other models in which the concentrations of daughter radionuclides must be approximated by separate releases.
Research Organization:
Bettis Atomic Power Lab., West Mifflin, PA (USA)
DOE Contract Number:
EY-76-C-11-0014
OSTI ID:
7304487
Report Number(s):
WAPD-TM-1273
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English