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Little, C.A.; Fields, D.E.; Emerson, C.J.; Hiromoto, G.
Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (USA)1981
Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (USA)1981
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[en] PRESTO (Prediction of Radiation Effects from Shallow Trench Operations) is a computer code developed under US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) funding to evaluate possible health effects from shallow land burial trenches. The model is intended to be generic and to assess radionuclide transport, ensuing exposure, and health impact to a static local population for a 1000-y period following the end of burial operations. Human exposure scenarios considered by the model include normal releases (including leaching and operational spillage), human intrusion, and site farming or reclamation. Pathways and processes of transit from the trench to an individual or population include: groundwater transport, overland flow, erosion, surface water dilution, resuspension, atmospheric transport, deposition, inhalation, and ingestion of contaminated beef, milk, crops, and water. Both population doses and individual doses are calculated as well as doses to the intruder and farmer
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PRESTO (Prediction of Radiation Effects from Shallow Trench Operations)
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Sep 1981; 131 p; Available from NTIS., PC A07/MF A01
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AIR POLLUTION, BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS, CERIUM 141, CERIUM 144, CESIUM 134, CESIUM 137, COBALT 60, COMPUTER CODES, GROUND WATER, HUMAN POPULATIONS, INTERNAL CONVERSION RADIOISOTO, IRON 55, LAND RECLAMATION, LEACHING, LEAD 210, LOW-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTES, MANGANESE 54, P CODES, RADIATION DOSES, RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL, RADIONUCLIDE MIGRATION, STRONTIUM 90, SURFACE WATERS, TECHNETIUM 99, THORIUM 232, UNDERGROUND DISPOSAL, URANIUM 234, URANIUM 235, URANIUM 238, WATER POLLUTION, ZINC 65
ACTINIDE NUCLEI, ALPHA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES, BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES, BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES, BETA-PLUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES, CERIUM ISOTOPES, CESIUM ISOTOPES, COBALT ISOTOPES, DAYS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES, DISSOLUTION, ELECTRON CAPTURE RADIOISOTOPES, EVEN-EVEN NUCLEI, EVEN-ODD NUCLEI, HEAVY NUCLEI, HOURS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES, HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS, INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI, IRON ISOTOPES, ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES, ISOTOPES, LEAD ISOTOPES, MANAGEMENT, MANGANESE ISOTOPES, MINUTES LIVING RADIOISOTOPES, NUCLEI, ODD-EVEN NUCLEI, ODD-ODD NUCLEI, OXYGEN COMPOUNDS, POLLUTION, POPULATIONS, RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS, RADIOACTIVE WASTES, RADIOISOTOPES, RARE EARTH NUCLEI, SEPARATION PROCESSES, STRONTIUM ISOTOPES, TECHNETIUM ISOTOPES, THORIUM ISOTOPES, URANIUM ISOTOPES, WASTE DISPOSAL, WASTE MANAGEMENT, WASTES, WATER, YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES, ZINC ISOTOPES
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