Requirements for estimation of doses from contaminants dispersed by a 'dirty bomb' explosion in an urban area

Kasper Grann Andersson; Torben Mikkelsen; Poul Astrup; Søren Thykier-Nielsen; L.H. Jacobsen; S.C. Hoe; Sven Poul Nielsen

doi:10.1016/j.jenvrad.2009.04.003

Requirements for estimation of doses from contaminants dispersed by a 'dirty bomb' explosion in an urban area

Kasper Grann Andersson
, Torben Mikkelsen
, Poul Astrup
, Søren Thykier-Nielsen
, L.H. Jacobsen
, S.C. Hoe
, Sven Poul Nielsen

Prolog Development Center A/S
Danish Emergency Management Agency

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Abstract

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.

Original language	English
Journal	Journal of Environmental Radioactivity
Volume	100
Issue number	12
Pages (from-to)	1005-1011
ISSN	0265-931X
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvrad.2009.04.003
Publication status	Published - 2009

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Radioecology and tracer studies
Nuclear technologies

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Requirements for estimation of doses from contaminants dispersed by a 'dirty bomb' explosion in an urban area

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