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Title: Predictive Fallout Composition Modeling: Improvements and Applications of the Defense Land Fallout Interpretive Code

Abstract

This paper outlines several improvements to the Particle Activity Module of the Defense Land Fallout Interpretive Code (DELFIC). The modeling of each phase of the fallout process is discussed within DELFIC to demonstrate the capabilities and limitations with the code for modeling and simulation. Expansion of the DELFIC isotopic library to include actinides and light elements is shown. Several key features of the new library are demonstrated, including compliance with ENDF/B-VII standards, augmentation of hardwired activated soil and actinide decay calculations with exact Bateman calculations, and full physical and chemical fractionation of all material inventories. Improvements to the radionuclide source term are demonstrated, including the ability to specify heterogeneous fission types and the ability to import source terms from irradiation calculations using the Oak Ridge Isotope Generation (ORIGEN) code. Additionally, the dose, kerma, and effective dose conversion factors are revised. Finally, the application of DELFIC for consequence management planning and forensic analysis is presented. For consequence management, DELFIC is shown to provide disaster recovery teams with simulations of real-time events, including the location, composition, time of arrival, activity rates, and dose rates of fallout, accounting for site-specific atmospheric effects. The results from DELFIC are also demonstrated for use by nuclearmore » forensics teams to plan collection routes (including the determination of optimal collection locations), estimate dose rates to collectors, and anticipate the composition of material at collection sites. These capabilities give mission planners the ability to maximize their effectiveness in the field while minimizing risk to their collectors.« less

Authors:
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  1. ORNL
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
OSTI Identifier:
1047030
DOE Contract Number:  
DE-AC05-00OR22725
Resource Type:
Conference
Resource Relation:
Conference: INMM 53rd Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL, USA, 20120715, 20120719
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; ACTINIDES; COMPLIANCE; DECAY; DOSE RATES; FALLOUT; FISSION; FRACTIONATION; IMPORTS; INVENTORIES; IRRADIATION; KERMA; MANAGEMENT; PLANNING; RADIOISOTOPES; SIMULATION; SOILS; SOURCE TERMS

Citation Formats

Hooper, David A, Jodoin, Vincent J, Lee, Ronald W, and Monterial, Mateusz. Predictive Fallout Composition Modeling: Improvements and Applications of the Defense Land Fallout Interpretive Code. United States: N. p., 2012. Web.
Hooper, David A, Jodoin, Vincent J, Lee, Ronald W, & Monterial, Mateusz. Predictive Fallout Composition Modeling: Improvements and Applications of the Defense Land Fallout Interpretive Code. United States.
Hooper, David A, Jodoin, Vincent J, Lee, Ronald W, and Monterial, Mateusz. 2012. "Predictive Fallout Composition Modeling: Improvements and Applications of the Defense Land Fallout Interpretive Code". United States.
@article{osti_1047030,
title = {Predictive Fallout Composition Modeling: Improvements and Applications of the Defense Land Fallout Interpretive Code},
author = {Hooper, David A and Jodoin, Vincent J and Lee, Ronald W and Monterial, Mateusz},
abstractNote = {This paper outlines several improvements to the Particle Activity Module of the Defense Land Fallout Interpretive Code (DELFIC). The modeling of each phase of the fallout process is discussed within DELFIC to demonstrate the capabilities and limitations with the code for modeling and simulation. Expansion of the DELFIC isotopic library to include actinides and light elements is shown. Several key features of the new library are demonstrated, including compliance with ENDF/B-VII standards, augmentation of hardwired activated soil and actinide decay calculations with exact Bateman calculations, and full physical and chemical fractionation of all material inventories. Improvements to the radionuclide source term are demonstrated, including the ability to specify heterogeneous fission types and the ability to import source terms from irradiation calculations using the Oak Ridge Isotope Generation (ORIGEN) code. Additionally, the dose, kerma, and effective dose conversion factors are revised. Finally, the application of DELFIC for consequence management planning and forensic analysis is presented. For consequence management, DELFIC is shown to provide disaster recovery teams with simulations of real-time events, including the location, composition, time of arrival, activity rates, and dose rates of fallout, accounting for site-specific atmospheric effects. The results from DELFIC are also demonstrated for use by nuclear forensics teams to plan collection routes (including the determination of optimal collection locations), estimate dose rates to collectors, and anticipate the composition of material at collection sites. These capabilities give mission planners the ability to maximize their effectiveness in the field while minimizing risk to their collectors.},
doi = {},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1047030}, journal = {},
number = ,
volume = ,
place = {United States},
year = {Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 2012},
month = {Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 2012}
}

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