Radiological risk assessment caused by RDD terrorism in an urban area
| Autor: | Won-Tae Hwang, Misun Park, Hyo-Joon Jeong, Haesun Jeong, Moonhee Han, Eun-Han Kim |
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| Rok vydání: | 2012 |
| Předmět: |
geography
Radiation geography.geographical_feature_category Urban Population business.industry Wind direction Urban area Effective dose (radiation) Risk Assessment Confidence interval Radiological weapon Republic of Korea Medicine Humans Terrorism Risk assessment Nuclear medicine business Monte Carlo Method Nuclear Warfare |
| Zdroj: | Applied radiation and isotopes : including data, instrumentation and methods for use in agriculture, industry and medicine. 79 |
| ISSN: | 1872-9800 |
| Popis: | This paper specifically discusses a radiological risk assessment due to RDDs (Radiological Dispersion Devices) containing Cs-137 in the metropolitan area of Seoul, South Korea. The comparison of an effective dose caused by airborne plume and deposited Cs-137 is performed with and without consideration of the wind direction. When the dose is computed conservatively, an effective dose is around twice that of a dose computed realistically. Monte Carlo simulations showed that the 95% confidence interval for morbidity was 2.40×10 −5 to 8.55×10 −5 , and mortality was 3.53×10 −5 to 1.25×10 −4 . |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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