Atmospheric dispersion of argon-41 from anuclear research reactor: measurement and modeling of plume geometry and gamma radiation field

Bent Lauritzen; Poul Astrup; Martin Drews; Hans Jørgensen; Torben Mikkelsen; Søren Thykier-Nielsen; Helle Karina Aage; Uffe C C Korsbech; Kim Bargholz; Carlos Rojas-Palma; Raf Van Ammel

Atmospheric dispersion of argon-41 from anuclear research reactor: measurement and modeling of plume geometry and gamma radiation field

Bent Lauritzen, Poul Astrup, Martin Drews, Hans Jørgensen, Torben Mikkelsen, Søren Thykier-Nielsen, Helle Karina Aage, Uffe C C Korsbech, Kim Bargholz, Carlos Rojas-Palma, Raf Van Ammel

Technical University of Denmark

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An atmospheric dispersion experiment was conducted using a visible tracer along with the routine release of argon-41 from the BR1 research reactor in Mol, Belgium. Simultaneous measurements of plume geometry and radiation fields for argon-41 decay were performed as well as measurements of the argon-41 source term and the meteorological parametres. Good overall agreement is found between measurement data and model results using the mesoscale atmospheric dispersion and dose rate model RIMPUFF.

Original language	English
Journal	International Journal of Environment and Pollution
Volume	20
Issue number	6
Pages (from-to)	47-54
ISSN	0957-4352
Publication status	Published - 2003

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Lauritzen, B., Astrup, P., Drews, M., Jørgensen, H., Mikkelsen, T., Thykier-Nielsen, S., Aage, H. K., Korsbech, U. C. C., Bargholz, K., Rojas-Palma, C., & Van Ammel, R. (2003). Atmospheric dispersion of argon-41 from anuclear research reactor: measurement and modeling of plume geometry and gamma radiation field. International Journal of Environment and Pollution, 20(6), 47-54. http://www.oersted.dtu.dk/publications/p.php?701

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Atmospheric dispersion of argon-41 from anuclear research reactor: measurement and modeling of plume geometry and gamma radiation field

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