Assessment, validation and intercomparison of operational models for predicting tritium migration from routine discharges of nuclear power plants: the case of Loire River

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 367-382

  Goutal, Nicole ^a   Luck, Marilyne ^a   Boyer, Patrick ^c   Monte, Luigi ^b   Siclet, Françoise ^a   Angeli, Giacomo ^b  

^a EDF R AND D   (France)

^b ENEA   (Italy)

^c INSTITUT DE RADIOPROTECTION ET DE SÛRETÉ NUCLÉAIRE IRSN   (France)

Author keywords

Loire River; Modelling; Radionuclide; River propagation; Transport and dispersion; Tritium

Indexed keywords

DISPERSIONS; HYDROLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RIVERS; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

LOIRE RIVER; RIVER PROPAGATION; TRANSPORT AND DISPERSION;

TRITIUM;

TRITIUM;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISPERSION; MODEL TEST; MODEL VALIDATION; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; PREDICTION; RADIONUCLIDE MIGRATION; RIVER WATER; TRITIUM;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; HYDROLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; RELIABILITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; VALIDATION PROCESS; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTION;

FRANCE; FRESH WATER; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; TRITIUM; WATER POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE;

ANGERS; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; LOIRE RIVER; MAINE ET LOIRE; PAYS DE LA LOIRE; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 39049092277     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2007.10.016     Document Type: Article

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