TRANSPORTATION DOSE ANALYSIS USING AN INTERACTIVE MENU-DRIVEN COMPUTER PROGRAM

An easy-to-use software package is described for performing radiological consequence analyses for transportation scenarios involving truck or rail transport of spent fuel, HLW and other radioactive waste forms. The consequence analysis is based on the unit radiological factors (person-rem/km) developed by the Transportation Technology Center (Sandia National Laboratories). These generic unit radiological factors are combined with user-supplied information describing transportation distances, routes and waste types to estimate total exposure of the population. The software was developed for use in preparing the Environmental Assessment for the Monitored Retrievable Storage Program and is suitable for such analyses as siting waste repositories. The key feature of the software is the user-oriented, menu-driven interactive input mode available as an alternative to formatted input. The interactive input option allows the user to supply all input data, edit the data and run the program. Output reports can be diverted to a high-speed printer. (ERA citation 10:012392) high-speed printer. (ERA citation 10:012392)

• Corporate Authors:

  Batelle Memorial Institute/Pacific Northwest Labs

  Battelle Boulevard, P.O. Box 999
  Richland, WA  United States  99352
• Authors:
  • Strenge, D L
  • Peloquin, R A
• Publication Date: 1984-10

Media Info

• Pagination: 12 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Computer programs; Crash exposure; Forecasting; Freight handling; Hazardous materials; Radioactive waste disposal; Radioactivity; Routing; Software; Spent reactor fuels; User interfaces
• Uncontrolled Terms: Exposure; Interactive computing
• Subject Areas: Freight Transportation; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Safety and Human Factors; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00396979
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: PNL-SA-12446, CONF-850106-7
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 25 2004 1:34AM