RISKIND: A computer program for calculating radiological consequences and health risks from transportation of spent nuclear fuel

Technical Report · Mon Feb 01 00:00:00 EST 1993

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/10140193· OSTI ID:10140193

Yuan, Y C ^[1]; Chen, S Y; LePoire, D J ^[2]; Rothman, R ^[3]

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1. Square Y, Orchard Park, NY (United States)
2. Argonne National Lab., IL (United States). Environmental Assessment and Information Sciences Div.
3. USDOE Idaho Field Office, Idaho Falls, ID (United States)

This report presents the technical details of RISIUND, a computer code designed to estimate potential radiological consequences and health risks to individuals and the collective population from exposures associated with the transportation of spent nuclear fuel. RISKIND is a user-friendly, semiinteractive program that can be run on an IBM or equivalent personal computer. The program language is FORTRAN-77. Several models are included in RISKIND that have been tailored to calculate the exposure to individuals under various incident-free and accident conditions. The incidentfree models assess exposures from both gamma and neutron radiation and can account for different cask designs. The accident models include accidental release, atmospheric transport, and the environmental pathways of radionuclides from spent fuels; these models also assess health risks to individuals and the collective population. The models are supported by databases that are specific to spent nuclear fuels and include a radionudide inventory and dose conversion factors.

• Research Organization: Argonne National Lab., IL (United States). Environmental Assessment and Information Sciences Div.
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: W-31109-ENG-38
• OSTI ID: 10140193
• Report Number(s): ANL/EAIS-6; ON: DE93010623
• Resource Relation: Other Information: PBD: Feb 1993
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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