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Preparedness strategy and procedures. Final report

Abstract

Within the framework of the Nordic Nuclear Safety Research (NKS) programme four subprojects were carried out in order to assist the Nodic authorities in improving emergency response. The present report is a summary of all four subprojects; full reports of each subproject are or will be published separately. In the field of mobile measurements an exercise was carried out on Rapid Environmental Surveying using Mobile Equipment (RESUME95) in Finland in August 1995. The main purposes were to test the ability of existing airborne (10 teams), carborne (7 teams) and in situ instruments (from 8 countries) to map contaminated areas (due to the Chernobyl accident) and to establish the comparability of results obtained with different systems. Preliminary analysis showed that major features of the spatial distribution of the contaminants were identified by all teams, but that significant variations in absolute figures were observed. Quantitative analyses were undertaken to assess the comparability of the results, and the need for further development was identified. Quality assurance in sampling and analysis mainly addressed quality assurance in various aspects of gamma-ray spectroscopy with accreditation as a goal. Several details were examined; e.g. the possibility of adopting some joint reference sample geometries in the Nordic countries,  More>>
Publication Date:
Feb 01, 1998
Product Type:
Technical Report
Report Number:
NKS-FR-6(97)
Reference Number:
SCA: 540130; 540230; 990400; PA: AIX-30:013856; EDB-99:081723; SN: 99002073399
Resource Relation:
Other Information: PBD: Feb 1998
Subject:
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; 99 GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS//MATHEMATICS, COMPUTING, AND INFORMATION SCIENCE; AERIAL MONITORING; AIR POLLUTION MONITORING; COORDINATED RESEARCH PROGRAMS; DENMARK; EMERGENCY PLANS; FINLAND; GAMMA SPECTROSCOPY; ICELAND; NORWAY; QUALITY ASSURANCE; REACTOR ACCIDENTS; REACTOR SAFETY; SWEDEN; 540130; 540230; 990400; RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS MONITORING AND TRANSPORT; LAW
OSTI ID:
10147518
Research Organizations:
Nordisk Kernesikkerhedsforskning, Roskilde (Denmark)
Country of Origin:
Denmark
Language:
English
Other Identifying Numbers:
Other: ON: DE99618045; CNN: Contract NOS/EKO-3; ISBN 87-7893-027-8; TRN: DK9900026013856
Availability:
OSTI; NTIS; INIS
Submitting Site:
DKN
Size:
[47] p.
Announcement Date:
Sep 09, 1999

Citation Formats

Damkjaer, A, Hovgaard, J, Palsson, S E, Preuthun, J, and Salo, A. Preparedness strategy and procedures. Final report. Denmark: N. p., 1998. Web.
Damkjaer, A, Hovgaard, J, Palsson, S E, Preuthun, J, & Salo, A. Preparedness strategy and procedures. Final report. Denmark.
Damkjaer, A, Hovgaard, J, Palsson, S E, Preuthun, J, and Salo, A. 1998. "Preparedness strategy and procedures. Final report." Denmark.
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title = {Preparedness strategy and procedures. Final report}
author = {Damkjaer, A, Hovgaard, J, Palsson, S E, Preuthun, J, and Salo, A}
abstractNote = {Within the framework of the Nordic Nuclear Safety Research (NKS) programme four subprojects were carried out in order to assist the Nodic authorities in improving emergency response. The present report is a summary of all four subprojects; full reports of each subproject are or will be published separately. In the field of mobile measurements an exercise was carried out on Rapid Environmental Surveying using Mobile Equipment (RESUME95) in Finland in August 1995. The main purposes were to test the ability of existing airborne (10 teams), carborne (7 teams) and in situ instruments (from 8 countries) to map contaminated areas (due to the Chernobyl accident) and to establish the comparability of results obtained with different systems. Preliminary analysis showed that major features of the spatial distribution of the contaminants were identified by all teams, but that significant variations in absolute figures were observed. Quantitative analyses were undertaken to assess the comparability of the results, and the need for further development was identified. Quality assurance in sampling and analysis mainly addressed quality assurance in various aspects of gamma-ray spectroscopy with accreditation as a goal. Several details were examined; e.g. the possibility of adopting some joint reference sample geometries in the Nordic countries, the need for improving software for processing gamma-ray spectra, comparability of whole-body measurements and problems in reporting, storing and exchange of electronic data. (SM)}
place = {Denmark}
year = {1998}
month = {Feb}
}