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Title: Evidence Theory Based Uncertainty Quantification in Radiological Risk due to Accidental Release of Radioactivity from a Nuclear Power Plant

Journal Article · · AIP Conference Proceedings
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3516415· OSTI ID:21428711
 [1];  [2]
  1. New Arts, Science and Commerce College, Ahmednagar (MS)-414 001 (India)
  2. Health Physics Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai-400085 (India)

Consequence of the accidental release of radioactivity from a nuclear power plant is assessed in terms of exposure or dose to the members of the public. Assessment of risk is routed through this dose computation. Dose computation basically depends on the basic dose assessment model and exposure pathways. One of the exposure pathways is the ingestion of contaminated food. The aim of the present paper is to compute the uncertainty associated with the risk to the members of the public due to the ingestion of contaminated food. The governing parameters of the ingestion dose assessment model being imprecise, we have approached evidence theory to compute the bound of the risk. The uncertainty is addressed by the belief and plausibility fuzzy measures.

OSTI ID:
21428711
Journal Information:
AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 1298, Issue 1; Conference: ICMOS 20110: International conference on modeling, optimization and computing, West Bengal (India), 28-30 Oct 2010; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.3516415; (c) 2010 American Institute of Physics; ISSN 0094-243X
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English