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An Evaluation Of The Hazard Prediction And Assessment Capability (Hpac) Software's Ability To Model The Chornobyl Accident, Dirk E. Plante
An Evaluation Of The Hazard Prediction And Assessment Capability (Hpac) Software's Ability To Model The Chornobyl Accident, Dirk E. Plante
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A parameter study was conducted for a space nuclear reactor radiation shield. The focus of this research was to explore alternatives to current radiation shield designs to reduce the mass while maintaining the same shielding performance. MCNP4C was used to determine the parameters necessary to build an optimum shield. A design known as the split scatter shield offered some potential for reductions in shield mass. In theory, less material is required for this type of shield, which uses thin shield sections to scatter radiation away from the dose plane. The parameters for this shield design are the shield geometry, number …
Simulating Wet Deposition Of Radiocesium From The Chernobyl Accident, Aaron M. Kinser
Simulating Wet Deposition Of Radiocesium From The Chernobyl Accident, Aaron M. Kinser
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In response to the Chernobyl nuclear power plant accident of 1986, a cesium-137 deposition dataset was assembled. Most of the airborne Chernobyl cesium was wet deposited, either via interception by falling raindrops or via absorption into cloud droplets destined to become raindrops. The Hybrid Single-Particle Lagrangian rated Transport (HYSPLIT) model, developed at Air Resources Laboratory, is used to simulate the transport and deposition of Chernobyl cesium-137. A cloud base parameterization modification is tested and appears to slightly improve the accuracy of one HYSPLIT simulation of daily Chernobyl cesium-137 deposition over the course of the accident at isolated European sites, and …