Journal article
Requirements for estimation of doses from contaminants dispersed by a 'dirty bomb' explosion in an urban area
Radioecology and Tracer Studies, Radiation Research Division, Risø National Laboratory for Sustainable Energy, Technical University of Denmark1
Radiation Research Division, Risø National Laboratory for Sustainable Energy, Technical University of Denmark2
Risø National Laboratory for Sustainable Energy, Technical University of Denmark3
Meteorology, Wind Energy Division, Risø National Laboratory for Sustainable Energy, Technical University of Denmark4
Wind Energy Division, Risø National Laboratory for Sustainable Energy, Technical University of Denmark5
Prolog Development Center A/S6
Danish Emergency Management Agency7
The ARGOS decision support system is currently being extended to enable estimation of the consequences of terror attacks involving chemical, biological, nuclear and radiological substances. This paper presents elements of the framework that will be applied in ARGOS to calculate the dose contributions from contaminants dispersed in the atmosphere after a ‘dirty bomb’ explosion.
Conceptual methodologies are presented which describe the various dose components on the basis of knowledge of time-integrated contaminant air concentrations. Also the aerosolisation and atmospheric dispersion in a city of different types of conceivable contaminants from a ‘dirty bomb’ are discussed.
| Language: | English |
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| Year: | 2009 |
| Pages: | 1005-1011 |
| ISSN: | 18791700 and 0265931x |
| Types: | Journal article |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2009.04.003 |
| ORCIDs: | Andersson, Kasper Grann , Mikkelsen, Torben and Nielsen, Sven Poul |
Nuclear technologies Nukleare teknologier Radioecology and tracer studies Radioøkologi og sporstofstudier
ARGOS Aerosols Air Pollutants Atmospheric dispersion Bioterrorism Bombs Cities Countermeasure Decision support Disaster Planning Dose model Explosion Hazardous Substances Humans Particle Size Particle size Radiation Injuries Radiation Monitoring Radiation Protection Radioactive Hazard Release Radioactive contamination Skin Terror attack Terrorism Urban areas ‘Dirty bomb’
