Development and comparison of five site-specific biosphere models for safety assessment of radioactive waste disposal

Journal of Radiological Protection

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 343-373

  Prohl G ^a   Olyslaegers, G ^b   Kanyar, B ^c   Pinedo, P ^d,g   Bergstrom U ^e   Mobbs, S ^f   Eged, K ^c   Katona, T ^c   Simon I ^d,h   Hallberg, U B ^e   Chen, Q ^f   Kowe, ^f   Zeevaert, T ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b BELGIAN NUCLEAR RESEARCH CENTRE   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PANNONIA   (Hungary)

^d CIEMAT   (Spain)

^e STUDSVIK NUCLEAR AB   (Sweden)

^f PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^g Empresa Nacional de Residuos Radiactivos SA   (Spain)

^h Presidenta de la Comisión Nacional de Radiofísica Vocal del Comité Asesor del Consejo de Seguridad Nuclear Expresidenta de la Sociedad Española de Protección Radiológica   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; BIOMASS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; IRRIGATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RADIOISOTOPES; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AGRICULTURAL CONDITIONS; BIOSPHERE MODELS; REFERENCE BIOSPHERE METHODOLOGY; STOCHASTIC CALCULATIONS;

RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL;

CESIUM; CESIUM 135; CHLORINE 36; DRINKING WATER; GROUND WATER; IODINE 129; NEPTUNIUM 237; PLUTONIUM 239; PROTACTINIUM; PROTACTINIUM 231; RADIOISOTOPE; RADIUM 226; SELENIUM; SELENIUM 79; TECHNETIUM 99M; THORIUM 230; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URANIUM 238;

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WASTE; ARTICLE; BIOSPHERE; CATTLE; CEREAL; CHEMICAL ENVIRONMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; FISH; FLUID INTAKE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; INFANT; INGESTION; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); LEAFY VEGETABLE; MILK; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR WASTE; POTATO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL; STOCHASTIC MODEL;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EUROPE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; RADIOMETRY; REFUSE DISPOSAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; WATER POLLUTION, RADIOACTIVE;

EID: 28844497988     PISSN: 09524746     EISSN: 13616498     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0952-4746/25/4/001     Document Type: Article

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