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

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The Chernobyl accident released a large amount of highly fractionated radioactive debris, including approximately 89 PBq of 137Cs. 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

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Available from NTIS, PC A02/MF A01; 1 as DE88003951.

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Imprint Pagination
9 p.
Report number
UCRL--96541

Conference

Title
International conference on the technical and economic performance of nuclear power.
Dates
28 Sep - 2 Oct 1987.
Place
Vienna (Austria).

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
19058289
Subject category
S63: RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGANISMS AND BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; S61: RADIATION PROTECTION AND DOSIMETRY; S61: RADIATION PROTECTION AND DOSIMETRY;
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Conference
Descriptors DEI
CESIUM 134; CESIUM 137; CHERNOBYLSK-4 REACTOR; DOSE EQUIVALENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE PATHWAY; ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSPORT; FORECASTING; GLOBAL ANALYSIS; GLOBAL FALLOUT; HEALTH HAZARDS; HUMAN POPULATIONS; IODINE 131; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; P CODES; RADIATION ACCIDENTS; RADIOACTIVITY; REACTOR ACCIDENTS
Descriptors DEC
ACCIDENTS; BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; CESIUM ISOTOPES; COMPUTER CODES; DAYS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; ELECTRON CAPTURE RADIOISOTOPES; ENRICHED URANIUM REACTORS; FALLOUT; GRAPHITE MODERATED REACTORS; HAZARDS; HOURS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI; INTERNAL CONVERSION RADIOISOTO; IODINE ISOTOPES; ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES; ISOTOPES; LWGR TYPE REACTORS; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICS; NUCLEI; ODD-EVEN NUCLEI; ODD-ODD NUCLEI; POPULATIONS; POWER REACTORS; RADIOISOTOPES; REACTORS; THERMAL REACTORS; WATER COOLED REACTORS; YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES

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Secondary number(s)
CONF-870911--3; IAEA-CN--48/274.