MODEL TO PREDICT THE RADIOLOGICAL CONSEQUENCES OF TRANSPORTATION OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL THROUGH AN URBAN ENVIRONMENT

A model has been developed which predicts the radiological consequences of the transportation of radioactive material in and around urban environments. This discussion of the model includes discussion of the following general topics: health effects from radiation exposure, urban area characterization, computation of dose resulting from normal transportation, computation of dose resulting from vehicular accidents or sabotage, and preliminary results and conclusions. (ERA citation 03:013167)

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Joint conference on sensing of environmental pollutants, New Orleans, LA, USA, 6 Nov 1977.
• Corporate Authors:

  Sandia Laboratories

  P.O. Box 5800
  Albuquerque, NM  United States  87115

  Energy Research and Development Administration

  20 Massachusetts Avenue, NW
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • TAYLOR, J M
  • Daniel, S L
  • DuCharme, A R
  • Finley, N N
• Publication Date: 1977

Media Info

• Pagination: 2 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Contaminants; Crash exposure; Crashes; Environmental impacts; Forecasting; Health; Health hazards; Human beings; Mathematical models; Pollution; Radiation doses; Radiation hazards; Radioactive materials; Transportation; Urban areas
• Uncontrolled Terms: Contamination; Exposure
• Old TRIS Terms: Human populations; Radiation effects
• Subject Areas: Economics; Safety and Human Factors; Society; Transportation (General);

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00175712
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: CONF-771113-6
• Contract Numbers: EY-76-C-04-0789
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 28 1978 12:00AM