Atmospheric releases from severe nuclear accidents: Environmental transport and pathways to man: Modelling of radiation doses to man from Chernobyl releases

Conference · Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1987

OSTI ID:5517624

Anspaugh, L R; Goldman, M; Catlin, R J

The Chernobyl accident released a large amount of highly fractionated radioactive debris, including approximately 89 PBq of /sup 137/Cs. We calculated the resulting collective dose commitment to the Northern Hemisphere via the pathways of external exposure and ingestion of radionuclides withd food. We developed a rural/urban model of external dose and we used the PATHWAY model for ingestion. The results are a collective dose commitment of 630,000 person-Gy over the first year and 1,200,000 person-Gy over 50 years. 13 refs., 1 tab.

• Research Organization: Lawrence Livermore National Lab., CA (USA); California Univ., Davis (USA); Electric Power Research Inst., Palo Alto, CA (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-48
• OSTI ID: 5517624
• Report Number(s): UCRL-96541; CONF-870911-3; IAEA-CN-48/274; ON: DE88003951
• Resource Relation: Conference: International conference on the technical and economic performance of nuclear power, Vienna, Austria, 28 Sep 1987; Other Information: Portions of this document are illegible in microfiche products
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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