Dispersion modelling of radioactive pollutants: Application of the 'Demokritos' Transport code system for Complex Terrain (DETRACT) to the Hanford Purex scenario

International Journal of Environment and Pollution

Volumn 25, Issue 1-4, 2005, Pages 33-47

  Andronopoulos, Spyros ^a,d   Davakis, Efstratios ^b   Gounaris, Nikolaos ^a,d   Bartzis, John G ^c   Nychas, Stavros G ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR TECHNOLOGY AND RADIATION PROTECTION   (Greece)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN MACEDONIA   (Greece)

^d INSTITUTE OF NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Accidental releases; Hanford Purex scenario; Model evaluation; Radioactive pollutants

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; DISPERSIONS; GRAPH THEORY; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

ACCIDENTAL RELEASES; HANFORD PUREX SCENARIO; MODEL EVALUATION; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTANTS;

RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS;

IODINE 131; RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; DISPERSION; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; NUMERICAL MODEL; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION; WIND DIRECTION;

AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTION; AIR SAMPLING; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; CONFERENCE PAPER; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; METEOROLOGY; RADIOACTIVITY; SIMULATION; THEORETICAL MODEL; WIND;

EID: 27144515966     PISSN: 09574352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/ijep.2005.007653     Document Type: Conference Paper

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