Safety Assessment and the Prediction of Radiological Doses and Risks Associated with a Transport Incident of Radioactive Waste Shipment: A Simulation Study

The study aims to assess the radiological risks for a supposed transport incident for a vehicle which carries a contaminated soil from Adaya site to Al-Tuwaitha site by calculating the area of the contaminated zone, the doses of the external exposure, inhalation of the contaminated dust and the inhalation released into the atmosphere for all people before the intervention of the emergency teams, the hazards of cancer as a result of that exposure to such doses, It has been found that the highest dose will be taken by the general public whom they are in the site before the arrival of the intervention teams is (0.32 mSv/y), the highest cancer risk is (1.51E-5), and both values are within the acceptable limits and we have found that the time allowed for the general public is (0.53 h) and for the workers is (10.5 h) respectively, this time is relatively high and cannot be exceeded by all the imposed worst cases.