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Atmospheric dispersion and environmental consequences. Exposure from radioactive plume pathways

Abstract

Methods are described for assessing early radiation doses due to atmospheric releases of radionuclides, i.e. inhalation and external exposure from the plume and from deposited activity. Data to be used in these assessments are presented. The purpose of the present work is to evaluate methods and data that could be used in emergency situations as well as for emergency planning purposes. The most important direct pathways following a release of airborne radionuclides to the atmosphere are the inhalation pathway and the external exposure pathway from ground-deposited activity. For long-lived radionuclides like {sup 134}Cs and {sup 137}Cs the committed effective external dose from deposited acitivity is 1-2 orders of magnitude larger than the committed effective dose from inhalation. Similarly, the committed effective dose from inhalation is 1-2 orders of magnitude larger than the external {gamma}-dose originating directly from the plume. (au) (21 tabs., 2 ills., 37 refs.).
Publication Date:
Nov 01, 1992
Product Type:
Technical Report
Report Number:
Riso-M-2849/EN
Reference Number:
SCA: 560101; PA: AIX-24:035653; SN: 93000976767
Resource Relation:
Other Information: PBD: Nov 1992
Subject:
61 RADIATION PROTECTION AND DOSIMETRY; DOSE RATES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE PATHWAY; CALCULATION METHODS; EXTERNAL IRRADIATION; FALLOUT DEPOSITS; INHALATION; RADIOACTIVE CLOUDS; RADIOISOTOPES; 560101; DOSIMETRY AND MONITORING
OSTI ID:
10144619
Research Organizations:
Risoe National Lab., Roskilde (Denmark). Safety Dept.
Country of Origin:
Denmark
Language:
English
Other Identifying Numbers:
Other: ON: DE93622342; CNN: Contract NKS/BER-12; ISBN 87-550-1613-8; TRN: DK9300010035653
Availability:
OSTI; NTIS; INIS
Submitting Site:
DKN
Size:
[46] p.
Announcement Date:
Jul 05, 2005

Citation Formats

Hedemann Jensen, P. Atmospheric dispersion and environmental consequences. Exposure from radioactive plume pathways. Denmark: N. p., 1992. Web.
Hedemann Jensen, P. Atmospheric dispersion and environmental consequences. Exposure from radioactive plume pathways. Denmark.
Hedemann Jensen, P. 1992. "Atmospheric dispersion and environmental consequences. Exposure from radioactive plume pathways." Denmark.
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title = {Atmospheric dispersion and environmental consequences. Exposure from radioactive plume pathways}
author = {Hedemann Jensen, P}
abstractNote = {Methods are described for assessing early radiation doses due to atmospheric releases of radionuclides, i.e. inhalation and external exposure from the plume and from deposited activity. Data to be used in these assessments are presented. The purpose of the present work is to evaluate methods and data that could be used in emergency situations as well as for emergency planning purposes. The most important direct pathways following a release of airborne radionuclides to the atmosphere are the inhalation pathway and the external exposure pathway from ground-deposited activity. For long-lived radionuclides like {sup 134}Cs and {sup 137}Cs the committed effective external dose from deposited acitivity is 1-2 orders of magnitude larger than the committed effective dose from inhalation. Similarly, the committed effective dose from inhalation is 1-2 orders of magnitude larger than the external {gamma}-dose originating directly from the plume. (au) (21 tabs., 2 ills., 37 refs.).}
place = {Denmark}
year = {1992}
month = {Nov}
}