Improvement of modelling capabilities for assessing urban contamination: The EMRAS Urban Remediation Working Group

The Urban Remediation Working Group of the International Atomic Energy Agency's Environmental Modelling for Radiation Safety (EMRAS) programme was established to improve modelling and assessment capabilities for radioactively contaminated urban situations, including the effects of countermeasur...

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Published in:Applied radiation and isotopes 2008-11, Vol.66 (11), p.1741-1744
Main Authors: Thiessen, K.M., Batandjieva, B., Andersson, K.G., Arkhipov, A., Charnock, T.W., Gallay, F., Gaschak, S., Golikov, V., Hwang, W.T., Kaiser, J.C., Kamboj, S., Steiner, M., Tomás, J., Trifunovic, D., Yu, C., Zelmer, R.L., Zlobenko, B.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Body Burden
Chernobyl
Cities
Computer Simulation
CONTAMINATION
Countermeasures
ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY AND ECONOMY
Environmental Exposure - analysis
Environmental Exposure - prevention & control
FALLOUT
Humans
International Agencies - organization & administration
Model testing
Models, Biological
NUCLEAR ENERGY
Radiation Dosage
Radiation Monitoring - methods
RADIATION PROTECTION
Radiation Protection - methods
Radioactivity
Reproducibility of Results
Sensitivity and Specificity
SIMULATION
UKRAINE
Urban contamination
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Summary:The Urban Remediation Working Group of the International Atomic Energy Agency's Environmental Modelling for Radiation Safety (EMRAS) programme was established to improve modelling and assessment capabilities for radioactively contaminated urban situations, including the effects of countermeasures. An example of the Working Group's activities is an exercise based on Chernobyl fallout data in Ukraine, which has provided an opportunity to compare predictions among several models and with available measurements, to discuss reasons for discrepancies, and to identify areas where additional information would be helpful.
ISSN:0969-8043
1872-9800
DOI:10.1016/j.apradiso.2007.11.023